Restyled inside and out, the C3 Sting Ray (the space is deliberate) offers an industry first – T-top roof panels. Styling is cribbed from Shinoda’s Mako Shark II concept car and feature “pop-up” headlights, chrome bumpers (fore and aft ’68-’72; front only in ’73), and a deleted formal rear storage area. The C3’s underpinnings and V8 engines carryover through ’71 (notable firsts include the ZR-1 in ’69 and LS6 V8 in ‘71), but emissions drop power to coincide with the urethane bumper cars from ’74 and on. The ’78 25th Anniversary car features a fastback rear window, along with a new interior where leather is now offered at no cost, resulting in record-breaking production in ’79. ’80-82 models are restyled and drop weight, and fuel-injection returns.