The second generation of the Chevrolet Corvette was launched in 1963. The whole new pattern included a carve up rear window for the coupe. The Corvette was merely produced for one yr with that split rear window. So, the divide window 1963 Corvette is rare on its own. Merely, at that place is one ultra-rare choice that was bachelor for 1963. This Corvette has it.

A Daytona Blue 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Coupe
A 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Coupe | Corvette Mike

The Corvette is iconic

The Chevrolet Corvette is an iconic sports car. The 2-seater was a low production vehicle for Chevy. Even nonetheless, people could not stop buying them and taking them to the rails. That'southward where the car'southward performance really shined, as information technology dominated one race later another.

A Daytona Blue 1963 Corvette
A 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Coupe | Corvette Mike

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The split rear window

By the early 1960s, the original Corvette had grown a little long in the tooth. So, in 1963 a new generation of the sports motorcar was launched. This would become the near distinctive American sports car of the early on 1960s. That stardom was due to the gunkhole-tail rear end that housed a separate rear window. Many loved the sports car's design for its rear window handling. Nonetheless, it was also a hindrance to rear visibility. So, a lot of people that purchased a Vette, every bit it was affectionately chosen, would later buy kits that allowed them to alter the split window to a singular window. That makes finding a surviving separate rear window car from 1963 rare. But, that is non the ultra-rare option that makes this Vette a precious stone.

The rear of a Daytona Blue 1963 Corvette Sting Ray
A 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Coupe | Corvette Mike

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Corvette ultra-rare option

The 1963 Chevrolet Corvette was the first year the auto came available with factory airconditioning, a $421 selection. The arrangement was added to other convenience features that could exist ordered, such every bit ability brakes, ability steering, and power windows. Of all the 1963 Corvettes that remain on this world, few have the surviving rear carve up windows, and even fewer have the manufactory air workout. In fact, only 278 of them had the option.

Factory decal showing that a 1963 Corvette was equipped with air conditioning
Manufacturing plant decal showing that a 1963 Corvette was equipped with ac | Corvette Mike

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The Corvette Sting Ray Coupe instance below has the dissever window and the factory airconditioning. In fact, it has a lot of the factory options that could take been ordered originally. It is an automated-equipped vehicle with power windows, power brakes, power steering, tinted windows, whitewall tires, and even the AM/FM radio. This well-optioned sports car is finished in a Daytona Bluish exterior, over a night blue interior. The auto has the 327 Turbo-Fire V8. So, it is a cruiser in improver to beingness able to go, go, go.

The vehicle underwent a manufactory-correct frame-off restoration and has since received recognition from the National Corvette Restorers Society as a Zora Arkus-Duntov Marking of Excellence Award winner.

The Corvette is for sale

Originally, this Corvette sold for about $v,500. Today, Corvette Mike is offering this rare factory airconditioning equipped model at $205,000. It has over 59K miles on the odometer. Because that the restoration is already done and that the vehicle is so rare, this vehicle volition probably be picked up past a collector pretty quickly, even at that price. Other samples are selling at Barrett-Jackson for over $300,000.