his custom-made steel bucket seat frames
and then shaped high-density aircraft
foam covered in Australian free-range red
leather tanned in Austria.
The complete interior, headliner, door
panels, dashboard, console and all the
related parts Atkins fabricated are covered
in red leather. For temperature control
and soundproofing, Goldman’s Customs
installed Boom Mat throughout followed
by Atkins laying Veteran’s True Black
German square weave carpet. Creature
comforts include ice-cold Vintage Air
air conditioning and Specialty power
windows. The Sting Ray remains a radio
delete car. A Billet Specialties steering
wheel faces a dash cluster of bespoke
Classic Instruments gauges with Arctic
White faces and Victory Red needles.
Steve Locklin’s ’64 Corvette has made a
variety of appearances since its 1 1/2-year
build at J&M Enterprizes and Goldman’s
Customs. Toward the nearing of comple-
tion Locklin requested the progress pho-
tos to cease because he wanted the ’64’s
final look to be a surprise. And a com-
plete surprise it was, Talbert Goldman
warned Steve before the ’64 was unveiled
at the Goodguys Columbus show that he
had added a little “hot sauce” to the mix.
The hot sauce Talbert added wasn’t in
Brockmeyer’s rendering, and it was never
discussed during the build, but there it
was, a spoiler on the tail of the Sting Ray.
Locklin told Ve t t e when the cover was
pulled off the car it exceeded all expecta-
tions. Since its debut in Columbus, the
’64 was exhibited at the SEMA show in
C&R Racing’s booth and Steve recounted
his most memorable experience to date
as autocrossing the ’64 Sting Ray at Texas
Motor Speedway. VETTE
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