I would have liked one, but the builder told me in his building experience modern manuals are difficult to fit in the tight tunneled Sting Rays and the ergonomics of the shifter aren't very good. I didn't have it built as I bought it used with 231 miles on it.
A similar car, a Jeff Hayes '63 Silver Coupe goes up for Mecum auction 1/22/21. Here's my cars sister, that was recently listed for $250K. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NCSVFMFWgUQ.html Recently two of his cars sold at Mecum and BJ for $400K, one was my cars sister on a resale.
When I got the car it wasn't running quite as I liked. I took it to a tuner who did his thing. I took it out on the expressway in the middle lane. At 65 mph I just put the pedal to the floor. The transmission downshifted and the tires struggled for traction. She began to accelerate hard and upshifted at 80 mph and spun the tires for at least 50 ft @ 80mph!
