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Video: Peter Brock on How the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray Got Its Split Rear Window

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Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
6/12/20 9:06 a.m.

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The choice to split to the rear window of the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray came from GM Vice President of Design Bill Mitchell, much to the chagrin of Corvette engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov.

Peter Brock, then part of the GM Design Studio, recounts the moment when Mitchel and Duntov got into a he…

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CaptRon400
CaptRon400
6/13/20 1:01 p.m.

I've had both. The split window looks somewhat better from outside the car, but it further reduces the driver's marginal view of what's behind him. More of a safety issue to me.

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