Trip to Bowling Green Pics 56k beware
08-06-2007, 11:09 PM
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Trip to Bowling Green Pics 56k beware
Went for a weekend trip to Bowling Green to see my cars birth place. Had a great weekend, if you have not been to the museum i recommend it.
08-06-2007, 11:14 PM
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Great pics -- thanks! Especially liked the 1983 C4 -- had not seen it before. 
08-06-2007, 11:21 PM
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At least that is the story the tour guide told us at the museum.
08-06-2007, 11:56 PM
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That is a cool trip, I went there in March.
08-07-2007, 12:51 AM
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Yeah that is cool story too. I always heard that there were no 83's till i seen this one. The story is (someone correct me if im wrong) that when the plant workers found out there would be no 83 models they disasembled this one and hid it in various parts of the plant so that no one would find it. After a few years they put it back together and moved it around so that no one would find it till one day during a audit it was found and placed in the museum where it has to stay because it has no VIN (not a legal car to drive on the road). It is in pretty rough shape because it sat in the rain and snow for years at the plant.
At least that is the story the tour guide told us at the museum.
At least that is the story the tour guide told us at the museum.
08-07-2007, 01:06 AM
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Yeah that is cool story too. I always heard that there were no 83's till i seen this one. The story is (someone correct me if im wrong) that when the plant workers found out there would be no 83 models they disasembled this one and hid it in various parts of the plant so that no one would find it. After a few years they put it back together and moved it around so that no one would find it till one day during a audit it was found and placed in the museum where it has to stay because it has no VIN (not a legal car to drive on the road). It is in pretty rough shape because it sat in the rain and snow for years at the plant.
At least that is the story the tour guide told us at the museum.
At least that is the story the tour guide told us at the museum.
"The 1983 model year was skipped due to production problems, although 44 prototype 1983 models were completed. All but one of the 44 units assembled were crushed, the 23rd 1983 prototype produced was the only one that wasn't destroyed, and it is displayed at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky"
I live in Bowling green, and love corvettes so ive read quite a lot on them.
08-07-2007, 06:04 AM
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Nice pics and yes, it is a very interesting place to visit.
08-07-2007, 09:28 AM
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That story is in fact not true...the actual story is
"The 1983 model year was skipped due to production problems, although 44 prototype 1983 models were completed. All but one of the 44 units assembled were crushed, the 23rd 1983 prototype produced was the only one that wasn't destroyed, and it is displayed at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky"
I live in Bowling green, and love corvettes so ive read quite a lot on them.
"The 1983 model year was skipped due to production problems, although 44 prototype 1983 models were completed. All but one of the 44 units assembled were crushed, the 23rd 1983 prototype produced was the only one that wasn't destroyed, and it is displayed at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky"
I live in Bowling green, and love corvettes so ive read quite a lot on them.
Ohh well sorry if i told a false story im just going off wha the tour guide said.
08-07-2007, 09:44 AM
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Thanks for the pictures. I'm hoping to do the museum delivery when I get my C6 next year. So far, I haven't been to the museum.
