Vehicle Description
1963 Corvette Stingray Convertible This very proud Stingray Runs
and Sounds as good if not better than it looks! It has been
cosmetically & mechanically restored prior to us getting our hands
on it. The Body has a bright finish with lots of shine, evidence of
a quality job. Interior shows extremely well and even the clock
works! Mechanically is where the Stingray comes to life! From the
moment you turn the keys, it's rumble and thumping. The Side
Exhaust just sings Performance! There are Fuel Injection Badges on
the side and as we were told this was originally a Fuel Injection
Car that had been converted back to Carburetor; (very typical of
cars of the era). Believable but we don't have the fuel injection
unit to accompany the car. Engine is a 327ci that had been decked
while rebuilt and number pad has been smoothed out. We cannot for
certain say this car has the born with matching motor but we can
say that it has a healthy 327ci with correct manifolds, heat
shields, tower clamps, and overall appearance of an original
carbureted set up. 4-Spd Muncie obviously to back that power band
and transfer it effectively to the pavement. Aluminum Knock Offs
and Red-Line Tires really set off the look. White Convertible Top
is like icing on the cake; It just looks great! Call us for further
details We sell and ship worldwide The 1963 "Sting Ray" coupe,
designed by Bill Mitchell's group including Peter Brock and Larry
Shinoda has a spine in the rear window splitting it in two. The
striking design was opposed by Zora Arkus-Duntov because it limited
rear visibility. Zora had been instrumental in making the 1963 a
much better engineered car including independent rear suspension
and disc brakes. Mitchell threatened to go back to the old design
if the split window was not kept. Many of the engineering
innovations came from the Q-Corvette project, Mitchell's "Sting
Ray" race car and the CERV 1 which was a pet project o Zora's that
was designed around the Indy car dimensions. The Chevrolet code
name for the new Sting Ray was the XP-720. Mitchell was so excited
about the coupe that he had to be told by the board to create a
convertible. Zora hated the name Sting Ray saying "It's a dumb
fish!" but Bill Mitchell loved the name and it stuck. Zora wanted
the new Corvette to have independent rear suspension (IRS) and
thought they could use technology from the Q-Corvette and Q-sedan
projects. Unfortunately the development costs that could have been
absorbed by the passenger car project were not because the program
had been cancelled. Zora came up with another plan, he told the
bean-counters that with an independent rear suspension, he could
sell 30,000 Corvettes even though he knew most drivers couldn't
tell the difference. The racers were the ones that would notice and
Zora had always thought of the Corvette as a racing chassis. The
new IRS that was designed used a system that was common on race
cars of the time. Using a simpler system that used the driveshafts
as a part of the suspension, they were able to create a suspension
that was cheaper than the European cars and lighter than the old
solid axle system. The system uses a transverse nine leaf spring,
this is a single spring that is mounted across the car from one
wheel to the other. The reason for this spring arrangement was the
lack of room for coil springs and the weight savings. The new
"Sting Ray" included a power steering option on all but the most
powerful optional engines. The steering ratio was also faster
reducing the turns from lock to lock from 3.4 to 2.9. Power
assisted brakes were also available although they were still drum
brakes because money for developing disc brakes was not available.
Optional finned aluminum drums and sintered metallic pads could be
ordered to increase stopping ability and decrease brake fade under
hard braking. Designers moved the engine one inch to the left to
increase the amount of foot room for the driver. This also had the
opposite aff
