this is gonna be a dumb question, can anyone tell me if 76 was the last year for stingray or are the 77's considered stingrays also? i have heard several diffrent sides of this, some say 76 & some say all c3's are stingrays.. thanks for any info.  verneymac77.

According to the Corvette Black Book in the glossary: "Stingray:1969 through 1976 Corvette".  Lot of people will argue about it tho.   Mike     Also, Sting Ray:1963 through 1967 Corvette mkapp787938543.4524305556

As far as I am concerned you honestly do not own a Stingray.

 ....The Factory simply did not place a emblem (Stingray) on 68's or any Corvette manufactured after the 1976 model year.  so 77's are not Stingrays..

However:

I understand that "some" of the advertizing material did however refer to the 77 as a Stingray...  and a few people will say that since GM approved that wording in the add then they approved ...

If you want to call your 77 a Stingray.. DO IT ...

Bob Griffiths

My brother has 77 and it has Sting Ray on the side just like my 76. In the black book it does say 76 was the last year for Sting rays. But of course chevrolet may have had bodies of 76 left over for 77, what do you think?

So it sounds as if it was Chevrolet's mistake!

Aegisfang38545.8303009259

Documentatiom from GM confirms that some early '77s had the "Stingray" emblems on the fenders, but it was not intended to. The instructions to the line (assy. plant) were not in place when the first '77s came down the line.
Some were also installed at the dealer level, if the customer requested, as they were for the '68s after the '69s came out with 'Stingray' emblem.
If anyone has an assy. man. for the '77, look & see if they were included in the 'ornamentation' section, and if so, what is the date on the page?
Technically, the '77s were not called "Stingray", but simply "Corvette". In the end, does it really matter? Call it what you want, it's your car!