The 1967 Corvette is regarded by many to be the very best Corvette ever. This 1967 model year was a second-generation member of the Chevrolet Corvettes. With it being called the Sting Ray, just about the most prevalent mistakes that individuals make is confusing it with the C3 or third-generation Corvette Stingray that ran from 1968 to 1982. It is unquestionably different. This Corvette is easily one the very best looking Corvette’s of its time and is highly sought after in the automotive collecting world.
A lot of the changes that took place from 1966 to the 1967 model year was fairly modest things like flat finish rockers sans ribbing, factory 6 inch rally wheels with smaller chromed out beauty hubcaps, a brand new single backup light located over the license plate, and the handbrake was also relocated from under the dash panel to in between the car seats. The RPO L71 had distinctive aluminum heads.
Its front suspension had independent upper or lower A arms, anti-roll bar, tubular hydraulic shock absorbers, and cool springs. The rear suspension featured fixed differential, radius rods, tubular hydraulic shock absorbers, lateral struts, in an extra antiroll bar came with 1967s that had a big block engine.
The original color options of the 1967 Corvette included Ermine White, Marina blue, Sun fire yellow, Rally red, Goodwood green, Silver Pearl, Lynndale blue, Marboro maroon, Elkhart blue, and Tuxedo Black.
The rear engine of the 67 Corvette was really the L88. Many people regarded this car as close to a racing motor for a production automobile that has ever been publicly released by Chevrolet. It can flat-out run like a scalded dog. It had 12:5:1 compression and a huge Holly 4 barrel carburetor. This sweet motor could generate 560 hp at 6400 RPM but it had to be used with 103 octane racing fuel. Most people could not achieve the speed with the gasoline from their local gas station, but it undoubtedly showed a great deal of power anyway.
The year of 1967 was the year in which Corvette’s sales drop by 5000 units, due to a new redesign that was coming out. However, the 67 Corvette is considered one of the quintessential collector cars of all time. Its impact on the car collecting world has been tremendous.
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