Corvette History Part 2: A Fish Tale

Last week began the seven part series on the history of the Corvette, starting with the first generation of Corvettes.  This week, we’re looking at the Corvette’s next evolutionary leap:  the 1963-67 “C2.”

With an established reputation and a (finally) profitable product line, the guys in the Corvette design and engineering team got down to the business of building a second generation of “the poor man’s sports car.”  Japanese-American designer Larry Shinoda had already conceived a prototype, dubbed the “Mako Shark” after the deadly sea creature that inspired it, which toured autoshows across the country in 1961.