1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray

This 1963 Corvette Sting Ray spent nearly two years in Crown’s shop before crossing the block at Barrett-Jackson. A wide-body LS7 build on a Roadster Shop chassis, finished in a deep candy red that stopped the room.

Status: Delivered

Finished 1963 Corvette Sting Ray restomod on the show floor at Barrett-Jackson, front three-quarter view

Finished 1963 Corvette Sting Ray crossing the auction block at Barrett-Jackson

Dashboard gauges and steering wheel of a finished 1963 Corvette Sting Ray in candy red

Bare 1963 Corvette Sting Ray body in black primer, hoisted onto stands for restoration at Crown Customs

1963 Corvette Sting Ray body masked in black and white tape for paint prep, orange wheels

Front suspension coilover assembly on a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray restomod chassis

Dashboard wiring harness and digital display panel in a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray restomod

Custom blue-stitched door panel for a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray restomod interior

Gutted cockpit of a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray during early teardown at Crown Customs

Finished 1963 Corvette Sting Ray in deep candy red, rear view at Crown Customs in Tucson, Arizona

Display placard for a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray restomod at the Barrett-Jackson auction

Crown Customs team at the Barrett-Jackson auction with the finished 1963 Corvette Sting Ray

Crown Customs team members with the finished 1963 Corvette Sting Ray at the Barrett-Jackson auction

Bare 1963 Corvette Sting Ray shell on a rolling cart in the paint prep area at Crown Customs

Wide body.
LS7 power.

LS7 crate engine V8, Roadster Shop chassis

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Powertrain

LS7 crate engine V8 on a Roadster Shop chassis
Baer disc brakes
Adjustable coilover suspension
Stainless steel exhaust

Chassis & Systems

Custom wide-body kit
Custom HRE-style wheels
C7-style door handles and latches
Custom progressive-retro interior
Air conditioning with original-style controls
Deep candy red finish

Bare shell first.
Barrett-Jackson later.

The build in detail.

Some builds take a weekend. This 1963 Corvette Sting Ray took the better part of two years, and every hour of it shows. What started as a bare black shell hoisted onto stands for a full teardown ended up on the auction block at Barrett-Jackson wearing a deep candy red finish that nobody in the room could stop looking at.

Underneath, an LS7 crate engine sits on a Roadster Shop chassis, backed by Baer disc brakes, adjustable coilover suspension, and a stainless steel exhaust system built to sound as serious as it looks. This is not a car built to sit still. Every mechanical piece went in with the assumption that someone would eventually put a foot into the throttle and mean it.

The body tells its own story. A custom wide-body kit pushed the classic Sting Ray silhouette out at the fenders, filled with HRE-style wheels that fill the new proportions exactly right. C7-style door handles and latches blend modern detailing into a sixty-year-old shape without ever looking out of place, the kind of update that only reads as intentional once you notice it.

Inside, a custom progressive-retro interior and air conditioning wired into original-style controls keep the cabin honest to the car’s roots. Crown brought the whole team to Barrett-Jackson to watch this one cross the block, two years of work condensed into the few seconds it took to sell. It was worth every one of them.

Under the hood, power comes from an LS7 crate engine V8 on a Roadster Shop chassisBaer disc brakes. The engine is paired with adjustable coilover suspension, running through a stainless steel exhaust systemCustom wide-body kit.

Custom HRE-style wheels filling the new fender proportions. C7-style door handles and latches blend modern detailing into the original shape.

Custom progressive-retro interiorAir conditioning wired into original-style controlsDeep candy red finish, sold at Barrett-Jackson.