Cool Cars in Movies: 1970 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible from Slipstream

I saw an intruiging picture of Anthony Hopkins standing next to a yellow 1970 Corvette Stingray that is used by his character Felix Bonhoeffer in a movie called Slipstream. Hopkins also wrote and directed the movie.

yellow 1979 corvette stingray convertible from slipstream

While I haven't seen the movie and can't say much about it, the 1970 Corvette Stingray is a fantastic car. Muscle it is, but in my opinion the Corvette Stingray is more elegant than it is brute. I like it more than I like the 1967 Stingray from Conair. It is perhaps the best known model of all the Corvettes. And the 'vettes have been around since 1953. The 1970 Corvette Stingrays come in two body styles - sports coupe and convertibles.

The basic shape is essentially from the 1968 release which persisted until 1983, but some refinements were made in 1970. The cars are distinguished with the ice cube tray grille at the radiator intake and side fender louvres.

The street version of the 1970 Corvette Stingray came with the LT-1 engine option, a small block engine package that can produce 370 horsepower. The LT-1 engine also had with sharper valve timing and a bigger bore exhaust. GM could only advertise 350 horsepower due to federal emissions regulations. The 1970 Corvette LT1 Stingrays could do the quarter mile in 14.17 seconds at 102.15 mph (Corvette history 1970).

Corvettes Stingrays with LS-7 package were available for competition. These had the big block 454 cubic inch V-8s that could produce 465 horsepower. Fast and powerful, the 1970 Corvette 454 LS-7 Stingrays could cover the quarter-mile in around 13 seconds at 110 mph.

Here's a video of a blue 1970 Corvette that was taken for a test drive. The makers of the video have the Vette for sale and that was 2+ years ago. Chances are, it sold. And the buyer is very lucky.

Farrah's Foxy Vette

In the '70s, George Barris, custom car designers to the stars, designed and modified a 1970 Corvette Stingray for Farrah Fawcett (RIP). It was dubbed Farrah's Foxy Vette and it made the cover of the book, Barris Cars of the Stars.

According to the book, Farrah Fawcett had a hand in designing and personalizing the car, including picking the colors and selection of fur interior fabrics. Green metallic paint, chrome sidepipes, and a quite a bit more mods were added to make the car truly unique, just like Farrah herself. In early 2000s, Farrah's Foxy Vette was sold on eBay to an unknown lucky owner.