Through the 1962 model year, the Corvette had earned its reputation through sheer power. Though the car handled far better than the sedans of the era, it was a far cry from the best of the European sports cars in terms of suspension sophistication. In fact, with the exception of the Corvette's fuel injection, sophisticated technology was absent from Chevrolet's sports car. That would change, however, with the 1963 through 1967 model years. The Corvette was given a second name, Sting Ray, and the chassis and body were new from the asphalt up. The changes gave the Corvette a level of sophistication the equal of any European sports machine.
This car is an all original Corvette Sting Ray roadster. It is an original Red on Red which means the car has an external Riverside Red color with a matching Red interior and White Canvass top. There were a total of 22,229 Corvette Stingrays built in 1964, of those 13,925 were convertibles. This car is 1 of 3,706 with power windows and 1 of 2,310 with a special highway axle of 3:08:1. The car is equipped with an original Corvette 327 cubic inch motor with 365 horsepower (L-76). It has a four speed, Muncie closed ratio, fully synchronized transmission. This car can go from 0-to-60 mph in 6.3 seconds and from 0-to-100 mph in 14.7 seconds. The 327 motor generates 365 horsepower at 6,200 rpm (Redline 6500 rpm). The top speed for this corvette is 138 mph. The original base price for this year Corvette was $4,037.