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American Sports Cabrio C2 SilhouetteHistory

Silhouettes of Chevrolet Corvette C2 Convertible model years, including 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967

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From Mako Shark to Manta Ray: The Evolution of the Most Influential Corvette Concepts

Published: 14 Nov 2022, 16:04 UTC • By: 

During the 1960s, General Motors introduced a trio of stunning show cars that laid the groundwork for the C2 and C3 Corvette. Although many other concepts followed, these three remain the most influential, as they went on to inspire the styling of modern iterations, including the current, mid-engine C8.

Like the Corvette itself, the notion of a concept (or show) car was born in the U.S., under GM’s roof. Dubbed Buick Y-Job and designed by the legendary Harley J. Earl, the drop-top beauty unveiled in 1940 previewed a series of novel features and design cues that influenced the division’s mass-produced models for over a decade.

When GM decided to build a rival for the European sports cars that were flooding the North American market in the post-WWII years, the same Harley J. Earl was selected to draw it up. To build hype around it, the corporation commissioned Earl and the Chevy team to build a show car which was codenamed EX-122. First shown to the public at the 1953 Motorama in New York City, the concept would become known as the Corvette and with a few minor changes, it entered production a few months later.

Contrary to popular belief, the C1 wasn’t the commercial success that GM had envisioned but it did pique the American buyer’s interest in a homebuilt sportscar, so the corporation poured resources into the development of a successor.

Under the supervision of Styling and Design head Bill Mitchell, the new Corvette’s design was ironed out as early as 1961 and, as they did in the past, the team created a show car that would help promote it. Like the upcoming production version, the vehicle was designed by Larry Shinoda, who drew inspiration from the 1959 XP-87 Stingray racer.

Gone was the curvaceous, European-looking theme of the C1, with the ‘Vette’s body now boasting far more aggressive lines that look like the sleek shortfin mako shark. Although it was officially codenamed XP-755, the concept car unveiled at the 1962 International Automobile Show would become known as the Mako Shark due to its unmistakable resemblance to the fast-moving predator.

One aspect that contributed to this was the car’s spectacular paintwork. Legend has it that, upon returning from a fishing trip with a taxidermized shark head (some reports state that it was a complete shark) as a trophy, Bill Mitchell hung it in his office and instructed the design team to replicate its coloring on the show car.

Several attempts to make such an impossible task possible were made but Mitchell was not satisfied. The styling head would put the trophy next to the car and since the paint was not identical, he instructed the team to try again. Annoyed by this, an unnamed member of the team snuck into Mitchell’s office one night, took his beloved trophy, and airbrushed it to look like the car’s latest paint job. In the end, the boss couldn’t tell the difference and, since the car and the shark now looked the same, he finally gave his frustrated team the thumbs up.

The Mako Shark managed to draw enough interest in the C2 as it became a fan favorite at every event where it was showcased. It underwent styling and detail changes over time, gaining front fascia and interior upgrades. The car also lost the distinctive "double-bubble" canopy borrowed from a previous concept and became a pure convertible.

Apart from the unique paint and several flamboyant design cues, its overall styling made it to the mass-produced model. which became the commercial hit that its predecessor never was.

Unlike other GM concepts that were eventually destroyed, the original Shark is still alive and well, residing in the corporation’s Heritage Collection located in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

Just a few years after the debut of the Mako Shark, the Corvette team began work on the third-generation model which would roll out the factory gates in 1967. While the mid-engine format proposed by Zora Arkus-Duntov with his race-bred CERV II concept was considered, Bill Mitchell's conventional front-engine design was deemed more marketable by GM’s top brass.

Under the codename XP-830, the development of a new concept car kicked off in early 1964 with the C2’s existing chassis as the base. For the C3, Mitchell wanted "a narrow, slim, center section and coupe body, a tapered tail, an all-of-a-piece blending of the upper and lower portions of the body through the center (avoiding the look of a roof added to a body), and prominent wheels with their protective fenders distinctly separate from the main body, yet grafted organically to it.”

Turning this vision into reality took about a year to pull off. Mitchell’s designers completed a full-size, non-running version in March 1965, and days later, key members of GM’s management were invited to see it. Everyone was blown away and unanimously decided that it had to go into production as soon as possible.

Finished in a similar paint and carrying the same Mako Shark moniker as the XP-755, the non-functional concept was first shown to the public at the New York International Auto Show just a month later. While its exterior design was praised by everyone, its futuristic interior received a lot of criticism for ergonomically-nightmarish such as the yoke-style steering wheel with its complicated transmission controls.

Behind closed doors, the development team was working on a running model that would address these issues and in October 1965, it made its public debut in France, at the Paris Auto Show. Powered by the highly successful and versatile 427 version of Chevy’s Mark IV big block, the functional Mako Shark II had rear-exiting exhausts -as opposed to the static model’s side-mounted variants – and a conventional steering wheel with column-fitted transmission controls.

Although it’s unquestionably the most influential concept car to ever don Corvette badges, shaping the look of America’s popular sports car for generations to come, the story of the second Shark, in either non-functional or functional form, didn’t have a happy ending. Unlike its predecessor which enjoys retirement on top of a pedestal inside GM’s Heritage Collection, the static version was dismantled while the running model was transformed into another show car.

This leads us to the third most influential Corvette concept. Completed in 1969 it left the Mako Shark name behind (but not the now-iconic paint) and became known as the Manta Ray.

Its front fascia remained largely the same, with the only additions being an extended bumper ring around the vents and a chin spoiler mounted underneath.

On the sides, the Manta Ray featured functional exhausts that were masterfully integrated into rocker panels, but its most distinct upgrade was the profusely elongated, tail. The now-classic four taillights layout was tucked under the rear deck line and a pair of pop-up flaps that reflected light from upward-facing lamps were added. You can see rare footage of them in action below, thanks to the video posted on YouTube by DtRockstar1

The reshaped tail flowed into a sweeping, scooped-out, stinger-style roof that helped accentuate the aggressiveness of the overall design. Speaking of aggressiveness, the car was powered by the newly introduced ZL1 427-ci (7.0-liter) V8, a lightweight, all-aluminum monster that could spit out no less than 430 hp.

Even if the Mako Shark II had to be sacrificed to build it, the Manta Ray was in itself a work of automotive art that captivated the hearts and minds of sports car enthusiasts. Thankfully, after its transformation, GM decided to keep it and it joined the first Shark in the corporation’s Heritage Collection.

Many other concept cars that carried the Corvette nameplate followed in the next five decades, but none were as pure nor as influential as these three. They inspired the look of every mass-produced Corvette generation that followed, including the current and radically different C8. 

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here's my ranking of every corvette model purely on aesthetics, from C1 to C8

C1

Obviously, it's old. It looks old. There's essentially zero hard lines, as every piece of it is curved and connects smoothly without any angles. You can see the front-engine design that pushes the cabin towards the rear, which would be the defining visual feature imo for the corvette line as time goes on. Kind of timeless tho.

C2

This thing looks space age as fuck. I don't think I would fit in that cabin at 6'2", but they've leaned even harder on pushing the seats back about as far as they could go and giving what looks like fully half of the body, the front half, over to the engine. They've also kept a lot of the swoopiness and smoothness in the design, but you can start to see some hard lines on the side panel towards the front wheel, and an actual honest-to-god angle on the A pillar. I feel like this aged worse than the C1, but that's mostly my personal preference.

C3

Now we're fuckin talking !!! To me, this is some top shelf corvette design. The cabin is pushed back and the swoops are still present over top of the wheel wells, but they've gone for a more aggressive and angular front bumper design and some choice chrome.

C4

Flopp....to me, this is like the catfish camaro; it's kind of neat, but it looks nothing like the rest of the generations. This is like, there's no swoops. Or there is, but it's in the wrong places. They've taken out that gorgeous grille up front and hidden the vents on the side. I don't like it very much.

C5

LETS GOOOOOOO i love this one. Maybe I'm biased cuz this is the model I grew up seeing, but they brought back the smooth flowing curves and reimagined that side panel line from the C2. I wish it was just a touch more angular on the front bumper, maybe even borrowing elements from the C4 design (but ideally C3), but to me this is a huge return to form after the C4 flop. I know it looks kind of weird honestly and it's probably not for everyone, but I like it.

C6

This is textbook, truly stunning, a masterclass in modern corvette design. They dialed it back a bit from the frankly offensive curvature (even though...I love it...I know it's too much for most people) of the C5, and re-incorporated a bigass intake to the front. They've kept the C2, C3, and C4 elements I love and combined them with an evolved C5 chassis to create what is, in my opinion, the greatest 'vette look since the iconic C3.

C7

Ok so bad take maybe but to me the C7 is where we're starting to slip. It looks good, don't get me wrong -- it's angular, it's sharp, it looks mean and fast and all the things you want from an expensive car. But it's starting to look less like a Corvette, to me. There's still the front engine position, but look how much the cabin has crawled forward since the C2. Since even the C5. And where's the swoopies? The curves? This looks kind of like if a Camaro and a Ferrari had a baby -- which is kind of distinctly far from what a Corvette should look like. To me.

C8

And there is it...the C8.

Let me tell you a story. My grandfather, may he rest in peace, owned a C3. It was in brown, which is kind of the worst color, but a beautiful machine nonetheless. And my father, his son, drove it with startling regularity. Can you blame him? If I'd had access to a Corvette in my teen years I would have driven it just to drive it! He loved it so much that he totaled it, and I never got to see it in my own lifetime.

I say all this to say: my dad knows what a Corvette looks like. He spent a huge chunk of time in his formative years driving one. Through my childhood he would often tell me stories, mostly the one of him totaling it, of him driving it. And the first time he saw this car, he asked me what it was.

BECAUSE IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A CORVETTE.

The swoops; the long nose; the engine in front of the driver -- even the side vents have been repurposed as additional air intake and shoved way back! If you squint, it kind of resembles the C7. But that's cuz they're lying: that classic bubble cockpit doesn't cover just the seats, but also the engine. This isn't an FR car. This thing looks practically indistinguishable from anything coming out of Maranello.

They've said the C9 is going to be built on the same base as the C8, which is pretty disheartening. I hope once the line switches over to being electric, they're able to make it look more like it's supposed to.

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[personalswtorheadcanons]

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Oro’a: Betrayal and insubordination. I've killed for less. I suppose Khem could stop calling me "Little Sith".

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Teeubo: Honestly? I love Corso, but his chivalry act makes my eyes roll. And I'm the biggest flirt in the galaxy!

Zenahi: Jorgan, Vik, and Yunn all need to start learning how to put the seat down!

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Gázművek RANT

Ki kell kötnöm a gázt a lakásomból. (Hosszú sztori, komplex műszaki okai vannak, még bőven a rezsidémon előtt jött az elhatározás egy katasztrófavédelmes bünti kilátásbahelyezése után. Nem, nincs más reális opció csak a teljes megszűntetés.) A döntés meghozatala is hónapokat vett igénybe (elektromos művekkel is egyeztetnem kellett kiváltás miatt, volt kör a katasztrófavédelemmel, felmérés, ajánlatkérés vállalkozóval, stb.) Augusztus 2: Végre el tudtam küldeni postán ajánlva a honlapról letöltött, kinyomtatott és tollal kitöltött űrlapot egy valószínűleg oké címre. (Aki mostanában a nagy energetikai mergerek után próbálta kideríteni, hogy milyen ügye kihez tartozik, az sejti, hogy kevéssé felhasználóbarát az útvesztő.) Szeptember 15: Mivel nulla visszajelzés érkezett, egy nap folyamatos telefonálás után végül írtam egy mailt, hogy mi van már? Szeptember 26: Felszólítottak hiánypótlásra egy sorok között lanyhán megbúvó "márpedig tudja meg!" hangvétellel, hogy méltóztattam elfelejteni csatolni a társasház közös képviselőjének a hozzájárulását. (Oké. Ha az elején szólnak, beszerzem és együtt adom be, de hát ez van.) (Fun fact: közös képviselő interregnumban vagyunk. A régi már nem képvisel, az új meg még nem. Pár napja derült ki, hogy volt egy kis adminisztratív gikszer, úgyhogy ennek még lesz egy átfutása.) Leírták továbbá, hogy a., a munkálatok idejére az egész házat lekapcsolják a gázszolgáltatásról, majd b., tömörségvizsgálatot végeznek és c1., ha az oké, visszakapcsolják a házat c2., ha az nem oké, javítás után kapcsolják vissza a házat. Ez esetben a javítás költsége a tulajdonost terheli. Már kérdezném is, hogy "ez oké, nyilván, az emberélet a legfontosabb, nem akarok gázrobbanást, de mégis ez a procedúra mennyi időt vesz igénybe? Kijön Lőrinc, elzárja a gázt reggel nyolckor, elszív egy cigit a gangon, majd a padawanjával leflexelik a csövet 10 perc alatt, lehegesztik a végét, megkávéznak, ránéznek a nyomásmérőre és újra kitekerik a gázcsapot 10 órakor? Vagy ez egy többhónapos procedúra, ami alatt nincs gáz senkinél?"

Értelemszerűen ez erősen befolyásolja, hogy hozzájárul-e a T. ház a fűtési szezon közeledtével.

No de... ...NOREPLY, ÉRTI???

Készséges ügyfélszolgálatos Szerencsére megadtak egy olyan számot, ahol műszaki kérdésekkel kapcsolatban lehet hívni őket és egy azonosító számot is, amire hivatkozzak. Ez működött szinte pikk-pakk. Egy egyórás gépi tájékoztató szöveg után felvette a műszaki munkatárs: - Kérem az azonosító számot. - <azonosító szám> - Ilyen nincs a rendszerben. Ilyen felütés után könyörögtem, hogy ne tegye le, és azonsítatlanul is legyen már szíves támpontot adni. Ami kiderült: Nem két óra de valószínűleg nem is hónapok. A ház lekapcsolását, a lakásomban a gázvezeték lenyesését, a tömörségpróbát és a ház visszakapcsolását külön-külön kell egyeztetni és kapacitás függvényében jönnek majd ezeket megtenni. Hááát, időt nem tud mondani. Egy nap alatt tuti nincs meg. Hogy egy hét kell-e neki, az szinte biztos, de nem tud mondani semmit, mert minden helyzet más és más.

Hogy erre nem kapok a háztól hozzájárulást - pláne tél előtt, az tuti. Úgyhogy vissza a starthelyre tavaszig.

[teilix]

1963 Chevrolet Corvette C2 'Split Window' in Osnabrück. My 5000th post.😳 In 8 years. Time is running... Without my loyal followers I wouldn't have posted that much. Thanks for following!! 🙏🏻😃🙋🏼‍♂️ On to the next 5000...🏁😬 #63corvette #1963corvette #splitwindowcorvette #splitwindow #ChevroletCorvetteC2 #ChevroletCorvette #chevrolet #corvette #corvetteC2 #corvettestingray #corvettefamily #corvettenation #vette #chevy #americanmuscle #uscar #carspotting #carspotter #classiccarspotting #teilixchevrolet #CarPhotography #classiccaroftheday #classiccar #oldtimer #classicsdaily #automotivephotography #oldtimerigosnabrück #5000thpost (hier: Museum Industriekultur Osnabrück gGmbH) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdN6ujqoDDb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Meghalt a motoros, aki múlt héten csigolyatörést szenvedett a Dakar Ralin

A TwinTrail Racing Team megerősítette a spanyol versenyző, Carles Falcón halálhírét, aki súlyos baleset áldozata lett a 2024-es Dakar második napjának utolsó kilométerein. Január 15-én este a TwinTrail Racing Team megerősítette Carles Falcón spanyol versenyző halálhírét, aki a 2024-es Dakar Rali második szakaszán súlyos balesetet szenvedett. A katalán versenyző másodszor vett részt a világ legnehezebb versenyén, és néhány kilométerrel az Al Henakiyah és Al Duwadimi közötti speciális szakasz vége előtt balesetet szenvedett, ami a C2-es csigolya törése miatt agyi ödémát okozott, valamint öt bordája, bal csuklója és kulcscsontja is eltört. A katalán csapat által kiadott közlemény így szól: "Január 15-én, hétfőn Carles elhagyott minket. Az orvosi csapat megerősítette, hogy a baleset idején bekövetkezett szív- és légzésleállás okozta neurológiai károsodás visszafordíthatatlan". "Carles mosolygós, mindig aktív ember volt, aki szenvedélyesen szeretett mindent, amit csinált, különösen a motorozást. Olyasvalamit hagyott itt minket, ami az álma volt, a Dakaron való versenyzést. Jól érezte magát, boldog volt a motoron. Emlékeznünk kell rá a mosolyáért és a boldogságért, amit mindenkiben kiváltott" - folytatta. "Végzettségét tekintve számítástechnikai mérnök volt. Szenvedélye szerint motoros oktató és motoros túravezető. Sokan tanultak mellette. Türelemmel, energiával és jókedvvel tanított, mindenkit arra késztetett, hogy jól érezze magát a motorozásban. Ez az, amit ránk hagyott, és amit mindig magunknál fogunk tartani, mindazok, akik közel álltak hozzá, családtagok, barátok, kollégák és rajongók" - mondta a csapat. Fotó: TwinTrail Racing Team Read the full article