The Manta Ray was actually the 1965 Mako Shark II with a few upgrades,
so it featured many of the Mako II’s outward features, such as side exhaust
and a lower-body (along the rocker panels) silver paint job.
The front end had a pointed chin spoiler and the headlights used 2 banks of 3 quartz-hallogen lights.
The covers for the side pipes eventually showed up as an option on the ’69 Corvette.
Most dramatic was the all-new roof line.
A gunslit vertical window replaced the louvered fastback rear window.
Hard braking caused flaps on the rear deck to rise, reflecting light from upward
facing stop-lamps (a feature first shown on the original Shark).
The Manta Ray also packed the new, lightweight, all-aluminum
ZL-1 427ci engine which produced 430 horsepower.
(carstyling.ru)
A gunslit vertical window replaced the louvered fastback rear window.
Hard braking caused flaps on the rear deck to rise, reflecting light from upward
facing stop-lamps (a feature first shown on the original Shark).
The Manta Ray also packed the new, lightweight, all-aluminum
ZL-1 427ci engine which produced 430 horsepower.
(carstyling.ru)
(Photos from corvettemaster.com, conceptcarz.com, netcarshow.net & carstyling.ru)
