manufacture questions

I bought a 1968 corvette stingray convertible in 1979, it has the 327, 350 horse designation and I have been told they didn't make this model in 1968. I bought the car from International Harvester as it was a company car. I wanted to get clarification on this. Thank you, John   

They did in fact make that engine available is 1968. L-79 engine was 327/350hp.

Hey Jonh,  what you have is correct, at least as for the 1968 model with a L79 option 327, it was a 350 hp engine... wheras the base 327 was a 300 hp engine.  You can verify this if you can find the engine suffix that is stamped into the block on the pad, located on the passenger side of the engine, at the front of the engine just ahead of the cylinder head.  It "should" have the letters "HP" or "HT" to be the 350hp engine(along with the last few numbers of the vehicle's vin).  By the way, there were 9440 L79's produced... :) 

Thank you for the info. What about the stingray badges and the chrome louvers that I was told not done in 68?

Howdee nieghbor welcome to the club..I have a 69 that has the emblems and luovers you speak about..I believe that the 68 and 69 are identical except engine and door handle changes..ever get down to York you can stop by and compare if you like..but I am pretty sure that's the only difference..car show in Shrewsbury Friday night if you want to go!

That is correct, there was no "stingray" emblem or chrome louvers,  that started in 1969 models :)

I trust Jim on this one..there are not that many 68's around so I do get confused once in a while..but how does a company car include a 68 convertable?????  I guess IH had some fun back then!

As all have said, the '68 Corvette was just a "Corvette"...no Stingray designation until '69. The fender vent louvers  were a '69 only option, but a lot of '68 owners added them.

There were a few more differences in the two years, including the back-up lights, the push-button door handles on the '68 only, the interior door panels, and the key in the dash for '68 only.
You're a lucky guy to be able to get a car like that. Did you get any documentaion on the history?

Welcome to C3VR, too!

so I guess that means that the company car had them added? it also has a shifter plate with the flag that 327 350 horsepower 

I bought the car as a senior in high school 1979. I'm the second owner