Corvette Stingray, 1976. We found this beauty sitting at Marathon Town & Country in Wausau. That's the owner standing in the background on the cell phone. This was the last year the Corvette would carry the Stingray title. To the chagrin of many Corvette lovers, she had a Chevy Vega steering wheel, a mistake not repeated in 1977. The design was not changed from the previous year, largely because Corvette engineers had to contend with newly emerging pollution and safety regulations. The 1976 edition broke all records for sales, despite a hefty price hike.
Sweet. One of the things that made the 1976 popular had to do with the government's anti-pollution requirements ruining performance. Muscle cars were dying. Not this one. She was not as fast as the engineers would have liked, but she was faster than most.
