{"id":499280,"date":"2021-06-01T15:11:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T22:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=119171"},"modified":"2024-12-02T20:38:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T20:38:46","slug":"the-super-tanker-1963-corvette-zo6-tanker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-super-tanker-1963-corvette-zo6-tanker\/","title":{"rendered":"1963 Corvette ZO6 Tanker &#8211; The Super Tanker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-763242 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-9.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-9-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-9-770x767.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-9-293x292.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>Corvette\u2019s contemporary ZO6 is enough to strike terror into the hearts of those who drive slower cars, such as Ferraris at the N\u00fcrburgring. Well, okay, \u00a0perhaps not terror, but certainly a modicum of frustration. That\u2019s because today\u2019s ZO6 offerings have blown the doors off of competition that costs many times more, thus making them sought after machines.<\/p>\n<p>However, more coveted than the contemporary ZO6 is the original 1963 ZO6; which was actually a one-year-only split window Sting Ray with the ZO6 performance package. This original ZO6 was developed primarily for racing almost 60 years ago, and the classic combination can still make the hair on the back of your neck stand up today. \u00a0Plus, this high performance package was installed in one of the most sublimely beautiful \u2018Vettes ever built. Incidentally, the 1963 Sting Ray eventually morphed into what was dubbed the Stingray (all one word) for the 1968 model year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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However, more coveted than the contemporary ZO6 is the original 1963 ZO6; which was actually a one-year-only split window Sting Ray with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":813968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,658,11272,261,18124,18207],"tags":[17152,660,19853,19797,1388,19814,1390,6524,11351,17140,13061,548,17143],"class_list":["post-499280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-chevrolet","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-the-stories","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-chevrolet","tag-chevrolet-featured-race","tag-chevrolet-featured","tag-chevrolet-corvette","tag-chevrolet-corvette-featured","tag-chevrolet-corvette-z06","tag-chevrolet-model-in-depth","tag-motorsport-history","tag-members-only","tag-car-profiles","tag-motorsport","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1963 Corvette ZO6 Tanker - The Super Tanker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jim Richardson samples one of the Holy Grail&#039;s of the Corvette world\u2014the 1963 Corvette ZO6 Tanker.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-super-tanker-1963-corvette-zo6-tanker\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-super-tanker-1963-corvette-zo6-tanker\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1963 Corvette ZO6 Tanker - The Super Tanker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jim Richardson samples one of the Holy Grail&#039;s of the Corvette world\u2014the 1963 Corvette ZO6 Tanker.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-super-tanker-1963-corvette-zo6-tanker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-01T22:11:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-02T20:38:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0848-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim Richardson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim Richardson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"15 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-super-tanker-1963-corvette-zo6-tanker\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/the-super-tanker-1963-corvette-zo6-tanker\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim Richardson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1e352cd73bad5b7383fc9d2666eb7ce4\"},\"headline\":\"1963 Corvette ZO6 Tanker &#8211; 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