It is no wonder that when Chevrolet recently unveiled the 2014 Corvette, they chose to bring back the Sting Ray name. The Corvette Sting Ray of the 1960s had something of a dual personality. With its adept handling, it was easy to drive fast and was manageable for everyday use, in keeping with the MG-beater it had once intended to be. Yet, as the available V-8s grew ever larger and the options list grew ever hotter, with more and more go-fast goodies available, the Corvette also began to take on an element of musclecar. By the mid-1960s, there were few American production cars that could take on the Bow Tie’s best on road or track, establishing a proud heritage of streetable high performance that the Corvette carries forward proudly to this day.

On offer is this inspiring Corvette roadster that is driven by the rare and desirable 427-cid, 425-hp V-8 engine and backed by the desirable four-speed manual transmission. Finished in Milano Maroon with black interior, it is also equipped with a teakwood steering wheel, power steering, radio, factory side-mounted exhaust system and cast-aluminum knock-off wheels with yellowline tires. Disc brakes at all four corners were standard equipment for the second year. Of the 17,762 Corvette roadsters produced in 1966, only 5,258 ran with this brutish powerplant , and only 3,799 total Corvettes in a production run of 27,720 cars were finished in Milano Maroon.