
Chevrolet Corvette C2 Sting Ray Sebring Silver Norev 1:18

About the Chevrolet Corvette C2 Sting Ray Sebring Silver Norev 1:18
TL;DR: Norev's 1:18 diecast 1963 Chevrolet Corvette C2 Sting Ray reproduces the split-window coupe in Sebring Silver. The divided rear window appeared only in 1963 before Chevrolet dropped it over visibility concerns, making this early Sting Ray a distinct, one-year-only styling detail worth tracking down.
Chevrolet built the split rear window for exactly one model year, and Norev's Sebring Silver diecast captures that brief, much-debated detail before the factory quietly deleted it.
A One-Year Styling Detail in Careful Diecast Form
Getting the split rear window right matters more on a 1963 Corvette than on almost any other single model-year detail in the Corvette catalog, since Chevrolet used it for exactly one year before removing it. Norev's diecast renders that divided window and the boat-tail rear end that frames it with the kind of care the detail demands, finished here in Sebring Silver, a period color that lets the coupe's crisp new lines do the talking rather than a bright hue competing with them. A wrong year on a Corvette C2 model is a real miss for anyone chasing this specific detail.
Why 1963 Stands Apart in Corvette History
The C2 Sting Ray arrived for 1963 as a genuinely new car, with independent rear suspension replacing the C1's older setup and styling from Bill Mitchell drawing directly on his own Sting Ray racing concept. The split rear window was part of that dramatic new design, but Chevrolet's own engineers reportedly disliked the rear visibility it created, and the divided glass disappeared after a single model year in favor of a single-pane window for 1964 onward. That short lifespan is exactly why the 1963 split-window coupe holds such a specific, well-documented place in Corvette collecting.
A Sought-After Year for a Corvette Lineage
For a collector tracing Corvette generations, this 1963 split-window Sting Ray marks the one year worth having specifically for that single, short-lived detail.















