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Many enthusiasts consider the 1967 Corvette the best cars that was ever manufactured. The 1967 design turned out to be the very last year of the second generation Corvette. The 1967 was easily the smoothest driving Sting Ray to be put on the market by Chevrolet.

Many of the changes that took place from 1966 to the 1967 model year was rather minor things like flat finish rockers sans ribbing, factory 6 inch rally wheels with really small chromed out beauty hubcaps, a brand new single backup light situated over the license plate, and the handbrake was also moved from beneath the dash panel to in between the car seats. The powertrain actually changed hardly any from a year earlier.

The 1967 Corvette sported 11 inch disc brakes on the front and back. It included a standard 3 speed manual transmission, but you could pick a 4 speed manual or a two speed powerglide.

Some of the options involved things such as leather-based seats, power windows, headrests, soft Ray tinted glass, auxiliary hardtop, shoulder belts, air conditioning (amazingly only 3788 people added this option), vinyl covering, positraction rear axle, special front and rear end suspension, air injection reactor, transistor ignition system, heavy-duty brakes, the 390, 400, 435, 350, and 430 hp engines, aluminum cylinder heads on the L71, four speed manual transmission (close ratio or heavy-duty), powerglide tranny, 36 gallon fuel tank on the coupe, off-road exhaust system, side mount exhaust system, telescopic steering column, power steering, cast aluminum bolt on wheels, redline tires, speed warning indicator, AM/FM radio.

The rear engine of the 67 Corvette was really the L88. Many people considered this car as near 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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Ebay is one of those sites that built the internet from the ground up. Even if people did not have the internet streamed into their homes, they knew from word of mouth, that Ebay was a cool online auction site that many people used to find great deals on valuable items.

They only used the internet to check their email, or check out a brand name company website like one belonging to a favorite department store or auto body shop. There were only a few websites online that had enough clout to create public interest offline. Ebay was one of those sites.

Nowadays, Ebay is known as one of those websites that is like a grandfather internet site. It has clout and respect throughout the entire world. If you want something, it seems as if they will sell it to you on Ebay. Even if you were not looking for something, it seems like it can be found on Ebay.

People from Australia to Brazil know that if you are trying to buy something at a good rate, you can probably find it on Ebay. You can have access to rare and valuable items like cars, land and antiques.

Many people use Ebay only to purchase larger items like cars, land and valuable jewelry items. If you are one of these people, you should definitely check out the Ebay Corvette section of the auction website. You will be very pleased with the selection that you find in that area. The Ebay Corvette section of the website has really beautiful classic Corvette cars. Some are in their original condition, and others have been restored. You can even find some cars in the Ebay Corvette section that are brand new Corvette cars.

You will have to beat out a few competitors, but there is such a large selection of cars in the Ebay Corvette section that even if you miss out on few auctions, you will find one to meet your needs.

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The 15 year run for the C3 “Shark” generation of the Corvette that stands today is the first model, the 1968 Corvette. The most stubborn of all the Corvette generations is the C3 that ran until 1982. There was selling records in the late 1960′s, large numbers in the 1970′s despite gas shortages and holding until the early 1980′s. The 1968 Corvette started this prolonged existence which brought a new design that would encourage Corvettes that are driven today with the C6 generation of 2005 to present.

In 1964, Larry Shinoda under the watchful direction of Bill Mitchell, designed the 1968 Corvette. By 1965 the Mako Shark II Concept Car was brought to the public eye by way of car shows and the 1968 Corvette would be an almost identical product by way of looks.

When the auto shows were done the Shinoda/Mitchell design was sent to Chevrolet styling under David Hollis. Using the existing Sting Ray chassis the design began to take place. The mid-engine design of the Mako Shark II was dropped. When the 1968 Corvette began to take shape there was an obvious overtone from the Mako Shark II design and the 1968 Corvette was the same car from the beltline down, just with softer contours.

Some of the new innovations to the 1968 Corvette included:

*Total redesign of the body. *Removable T-Top roof panels and back window on the coupe model. *Redesigned interior. *Optional three-speed Hydra-matic transmission to replace the previous two-speed Powerglide.

The engine stayed the same and was a carryover from the previous year, even though ,the 1968 Corvette had new features. There was no lack of power actually it was quite the contrary. Road & Track conducted several speed tests with the 1968 Corvette and found that the small-block 327 V-8 put out 350-bhp and had a reported top speed of 128 miles per hour. Even better was the big block put out a whopping 400 bhp and could do 0-60 miles per hour in 5.7 seconds.

The Sting Ray name for the first time was not attached to the Chevrolet muscle machine which was new to the 1968 Corvette. Although, it was advertised using the Sting Ray name. However, one year later the Sting Ray name returns to the Corvette.

General Motors tried to keep the new design of the 1968 Corvette a secret, however, it was unveiled a few weeks earlier than the official unveiling. Prior to the time the1968 Corvette was revealed to the public the toy maker Mattel released a new Hot Wheels line that shocked the General Motors executives because it was an unauthorized version of the custom Corvette.

Corvette fans loved the new 1968 Corvette, however, the critics gave it a poor review. This did not bother consumers and at the end of the year Chevrolet’s new Corvette had the last laugh with a record sale of 28, 566 cars sold which was an increase from the 5,000 from the last year of the Sting Ray.

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