Gas cap and logo detail of a 1967 silver Corvette Sting Ray Stingray coupe. The second or mid-year generation, designed by Larry Shinoda, with major inspiration from a previous unproduced design called the Q Corvette by Peter Brock and Chuck Pohlmann, and under the styling direction of Bill Mitchell, started in 1963 and ended in 1967. 1963 would see the introduction of the new Corvette Sting Ray coupé with its distinctive split rear window and fake hood vents as well as an independent rear suspe