But when a rare example comes up for auction, the interest raises even higher. The 1969 Manta Ray is a classic model in Corvette history. This concept car showed the direction of what the 1968-1982 (C 3) Corvette. The Corvette nameplaate is older than most of us and each one of its many generations, has its devoted fans. Chevy made several classic muscle cars but their Corvette muscle cars are the most recognizable.
Hard braking caused flaps on the rear deck to rise, reflecting light from upward facing stop-lamps (a feature first shown on the original Shark).
A gunslit vertical window replaced the louvered fastback rear window. Even though the shark-inspired ‘68 production Corvette was in showrooms, the Manta Ray was just too cool to retire just yet. Its an amazing story thats even more amazing when you consider the car in question is a 73 Motion. The Manta Ray also packed the new, lightweight, all-aluminum ZL-1 427ci engine which produced 430 horsepower. Check out this rare 1973 Motion Manta Ray Corvette that is one of only three made in 1973. The Stingray-like pointed roof with its louvers was replaced with a long, pointed, scooped out design that was very cool. The covers for the side pipes eventually showed up as an option on the ‘69 Corvette Most dramatic was the all-new roof line. The front end had a pointed chin spoiler and the headlights used 2 banks of 3 quartz-hallogen lights. 1969 Manta Ray The Manta Ray was actually the 1965 Mako Shark II (XP-830) with a few upgrades, so it featured many of the Mako II's outward features, such as side exhaust and a lower-body (along the rocker panels) silver paint job.
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