DJ Dep

Careful before you play "Mr. Expert" on this one..it's a trick question? ;)

Dep

lason

Theres one in Kentucky that I know of.............(<<<not an expert)

SuperFast80

Rusting and rotting in parts in a secret dump somewhere near BG. The 1 1/2 remaining are at the Museum.

stickboy

here are 2 pictures http://www.corvettepages.com/history.php?pageid=1983 I believe this is the only one left and it is in the NCM. :cheers:

DJ Dep

WOW!!! I'm impressed!!! I figured at least one guy would say "they never built them". I'm humbled before such expertise :D

"While never offered to the public, a total of 43 - 1983 model Corvettes were built. There were so many quality problems with them it was decided to halt production until they could be corrected."

Dep

GrandSportC3

This still leaves the question open where they are... Well - we know about the one at the NCM.. but where are the other ones???

tshort

Wow, I didn't even know that many were made (43). Can you imagine if they did that with the new C6?
So did they sell any Corvettes that year? Did they still have enough of the 82's or did the car cease to exist at a car lot for one year?

DJ Dep

As far as I know (and I WILL be corrected if I goof up!), no 1983 year Corvettes were sold to the general public. Perhaps, of the 43 that were built, some of them went back for an upgrade to 1984 specs and a correction of the problems they experienced? Just a guess. Would you be able to tell if it's a 1983 by production date? Would it be late 1982? I dunno.

Dep

SuperFast80

All 44 1983 pilot cars were assigned 1983 serial numbers.

11 were retained by the Bowling Green plant for assembly evaluations and other tests - and the rest went to engineering for crash tests and other engineering appraisals.

There were problems in BG ramping up for the 1983 model year in late '82 and the 1983 model saw press previews in December 1982. As a result, the general released it in January 1983 as a 1984 model year.

The remaining '83 is serial number 23.

pws69

Never mind.....



[Modified by pws69, 3:09 PM 1/3/2003]

tshort

So, as far as the consumer was concerned, there wasn't a year where the vette wasn't available? And the 84 sold for about a year and a half?

mapman

On ebay of course! :lol:

SuperFast80

Right-e-o.

jerryp58

Anyone know what happened to the 1/2 one (they said at the factory, back in '93, that they cut it right down the middle; and that all but those 1 and 1/2 were destroyed).



Here's a pic of the whole one... http://users.erols.com/jerryp58/corvette/835whole.jpg . I saw it at the factory in '93. The picture is at the NCM but I'm afraid I can't remember the year.

bamavettes

I took this picture last year at the NCM.

PROSOUTH

What happened to the one that was stolen from a parking garage in Atlanta? Was it ever recovered? It may be the one on E-bay, I'd call CID and have it checked before I paid for it!

Now correct me if I am wrong because I only speak from the fading memory.

There were several last minute '82's made to appease someone or orders I am told. The were known for a while as the X cars. Don't ask me why but one of my friends was a GM Factory REP and this was per him.

I have a piece from an X car. I have an '82 rear end assembly from a wrecked X-car. It has something unusual about it, I'll post a picture and see if you can figure out what it is. JIM

LAvetteman

Hmmm

Aluminum strut rods?

Different differential mounts?

You got me.

Love My 72 and 77

I just happen to have a few 1983 Corvettes You can own one of them just PayPal me $20k AND I WILL SEND YOU ONE THANKS :spam