Corvette Sting Ray
Subtitle: genesis of an American icon
By: by Peter Brock ; foreword by Ed Welburn
Publisher: Brock Racing Enterprises
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Henderson, NV
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780989537209
Copyright date: 2013
Notes: "Contains 180+ photographs and sketches throughout." - Publisher.

Author background: Peter Brock, just 19 and fresh out of California's prestigious Art Center College of Design, had little idea that corporate circumstances far beyond his understanding would deliver the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to interpret the vision of William "Bill" Mitchell to create the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray. His role at GM Styling in the late 1950s has been well overshadowed, having joined Carroll Shelby in 1961 where he designed the Daytona Cobra Coupe that won its class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1964 and then scored America's first FIA GT World Championship in 1965 for Shelby American. - Publisher.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Foreign influence; title: Forces larger than life; title: Harley Earl's C2; title: Sebring '57 : the SS Corvette; title: Collateral damage, the AMA ban; title: The assignment; title: Variations on a theme; title: Genesis Stingray, the XP-87; title: Function vs. aesthetics; title: Mitchell's split window; title: Secrets in the Hammer Room; title: On track!; title: Production, '57 Stingray returns; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix : The Cadet