AS THE HISTORY OF THE CORVETTE SHOWS, ZORA ARKUSS-DUNTOV DELIGHTED IN FINDING WAYS TO CIRCUMVENT AUTHORITY & GO FAST AT THE SAME TIME. THIS REBELLIOUS STREAK MANIFESTED ITSELF IN 1963 WITH THE RPO (REGULAR PRODUCTION OPTION), "Z06".
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR COMPETITION-MINDED VETTE BUYERS, A RACE READY Z06 MODEL COULD BE HAD WITH A CHECK OF AN OPTION BOX. ONLY 199 ZO6 EQUIPPED STING RAY COUPES WERE PRODUCED, MAKING IT ONE OF THE MOST COLLECTIBLE & VALUABLE CORVETTES OF ALL TIME.
EVEN THOUGH THE Z06 OPTION WAS EVENTUALLY OFFERED FOR THE STING RAY CONVERTIBLE, RECORDS INDICATE THAT NO SUCH CORVETTES WERE EVER BUILT. HOWEVER, INSPIRED BY THE Z06 AND AS A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO DUNTOV, THE BUILDER OF THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND 1964 STING RAY HAS CREATED THAT PROVERBIAL "CHECK OF AN OPTION BOX".
ORIGINALLY A 327/365 HP TRAILER QUEEN, THERE NOW LURKS AN ABSOLUTELY FEROCIOUS 383 CUBIC INCH STROKER MOTOR, CAPABLE OF MAKING 430 HORSEPOWER. ENOUGH PONIES TO BLAST THIS 2960 LB. AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTNING BOLT THROUGH THE 1/4 MILE AT 12.90 SECONDS @ 110 MPH, WITHOUT TRYING.
