The 1963 Corvette Sting Ray Is Our Favorite of the Model. Here’s Why.

With 71 model years to celebrate, the Chevrolet Corvette—known as “America’s Sports Car“—has a genealogy that can get pretty complicated. Fans would argue that there’s really no such thing as a bad ’Vette, from the first C1 of 1953 to the latest mid-engined C8 (Nerd Note: there was no model year 1983 Corvette). Most admirers would agree that examples from the C2 series, from 1963 through 1967, are the true icons of the Corvette model, with show-car looks, numerous…