Could be the first truckload of C7's to be shipped
 

Good catch! Where'd you find that?:thumbs:

Hard to say what that is. Could be a bunch of them going out for testing somewhere based on the covers.

The covers are going to be the new standard. You'll start seeing more and more of them.

Absolutely. I'm never taking mine off. Who needs "clear bra" paint film?

So the new Corvettes are coming with covers you get to keep??

Thanks for the laugh!

That's interesting, where did you get that info? No threads about that as far as I'm aware of. That would be nice if true and would be even better if we could keep them!!

Hmmm, can we get them in camo??:D

LOL, no, you don't get to keep them.

You're just going to have to trust me....and no, you won't get to keep them.

Aw, nuts!:(

If someone needs a reference, here's a good thread.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...ord-today.html

C'mon Paul, this is a profit opportunity for GM!!
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Can I just order that cover from Chevy, so my Triumph Spitfire looks like a C7 while parked at the Dairy Queen? It would save me a ton of money.:thumbs:

It would be cool but those camo covers are huge money. It is quite the racket by whoever invented / produces them. They are however nicely configurable, adjustable and can be outfitted with padding in lots of places internally to dramatically change the look of the car. Not too mention their ability to stay on at very high speeds and maneuvers safely.

Are these line produced or still hand built as the show cars were?

GM probably has a short line producing display vehicles. The cars probably don't have Vin numbers.

Line produced.

Who would have thought another Spitfire owner on the C7 forum. My first car when I was 16, still have it in the garage 25 years later:thumbs:

The C7 is going to look really good next to it. For some reason my GTR and M5 clashed with the Spitfire in the garage, but I have high hopes for the Vette:yesnod:

talon90 seems to have alot of good information

He has had for a long time.:thumbs:

:iagree:

He probably knows the hp ratings too :D

If he does he wouldn't tell us.

My sales guy called and said"I've got you covered". Wonder if this is what he meant? :rofl:

I'd like to know which highway this was taken on...if they were headed toward Michigan, I'll take a ride over to the test track with my camera and park in front of the gate.:D

These just could be a load going for a drive to see if there will be any transportation issues. Prior to this they were shipping the show cars inside semi trailors. I wonder if these cars also might be factory pilots heading for Detroit for a build inspection after all this is May already.

If they reuse them. grit and grime inside them with repeated use will scratch paint.

I'm guessing they are cleanable. Most car covers are.
http://www.calcarcover.com/m_covercare

Yes he does, click on his name and go read his other posts.

Also, were they heading N/NE... general direction of indy...

Production has started already? I thought I remembered that it wasn't until June or July, with first deliveries in September. No?

He always does.........:thumbs:

Good point...they could be the Indy pace cars.

There's a race at the local 7 - 11 store? Or are these taxi cabs? :D


"Indie" vs Indy.........................:lol:

Super duper super secret C7-Z's going out for testing :D

The production line has started (as stated by Tadge at the Bash) but full scale production hasn't.

I must have been watching too many indie films!:cheers:

It's GM trying to make all of us old fart typical Corvette customers feel like a kid again like back in the 50's when all through September the roads through town were full of car carriers with covered vehicles heading to dealers ahead of the big reveal date for the new models. No internet to break the secrecy of where this years chrome was applied or how many headlights the cars had. :D

A clue
 

talon90 lives just outside of Bowling Green

Neat... my guess is GM will be transporting the cars with covers now. Many luxury brands do this or something similar. Jaguars are shipped with a special spray on protective film that takes a special chemical to wash it off.

I bet that truck kept a steady pace on its way to its destination.

Not wide enough.

Talon works at the plant. What he says is gospel.

and Karnak says.....
 

An insightful post.

The C7 is the pace car. The race is in a couple of weeks. The race needs mini fleet of identical cars. If this were a random rainbow assortment of colors why cover them up? That cow has left the barn.

One could also say that the Stingray Pace Car has been shown so why cover them up?:D

:lol: :yesnod: :thumbs:

:cheers:

A lot of car carriers leak oils and hydro. fluid all over cars when they haul them. And lots of dead bugs and road dirt get on the cars during shipping. Maybe the car covers are there to help protect the cars from all that shipping dirt, bug guts, grease, and oils.

Don't know if it's the new standard but saw a truckload of Audis covered like that yesterday.

Waiting for the C7 haters to chime in that the C6 never needed to be transported in car covers....cause the paint was soo good :rofl:

I still want to know which road that pic was taken on....:toetap:

those are just shells. gm needs to make sure covers are secure enough for over the road transport without hurting finish prior to production and delivery. they sent transports out to several locations through flatlands, hills and valleys.

Fixed it for you :leaving:

mini me
 

On the way to and fro, we see a lot of auto transport traffic. Not unusual to see transport cars with white film blockson the roof, trunk, and hood. Never seen a full cover with window holes. Trying to hide something which adds to the mystique. And gives us something to blog about.

I subscribe to the theory that they are identical blue coupes headed to Indy :cool::yesnod: :cool:

That was good!:thumbs:

The same trailer was spotted off of I-75 in Ohio. I believe it was before this pic was taken (in the morning) as the sky looked.

Using state of the art computer analysis on this photo, within 94.7% degree of accuracy, it was determined this photo was taken from atop a grassy knoll. There may have been a second photographer in the Book Repository building - but no shots were taken from there . . . . . :cool:

Correct, spotted in a mall parking lot in Piqua, Ohio this morning. I would post a pic, but seems I am not allowed to add attachments. :thumbs:

Have to be a Silver or Gold member to add attachments. You can use a free service like Photobucket to host your photos and then you can display them directly in your posts. See the Help forum for further information.

Thanks for the information. Just great to see them moving about.

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/s...ilyy/image.jpg

Credit to bluec5 on corvette7

That is the photo. Thanks for posting it.

Too bad production hasn't started yet. They're still installing the new assembly line.

Also, the C-7 doesn't have wrap over glass like these do. What you have is a truckload of C-6s.

But it was a great thought.

You guys freakin' rock! Thanks for the pics. :thumbs:

Um, what?:willy::willy:

Assembly line changeover is complete. Production (actually production validation production) has begun.

Those are clearly C7 Z51 Chrome wheels.

I don't see "wrap over glass". I see the flat back glass and the rear side windows of the C7.

What we have is clearly a truckload of C7s.

Assembly line changeover is complete. Production (actually production validation production) has begun. Fact based and verifiable or speculation? :thumbs:

Also notice the spacing on the exhaust tips.

Information from Talon90 (Paul). I'm 100% confident it is correct.

:iagree: Not to be confused with production of Corvettes for sale :yesnod:

:iagree:

Those are C7's the ass even looks ugly covered up :beatdeadhorse:

I think Audi's are shipped like that and some Porsches for sure.
Great for open truck transport and does not hurt even for enclosed transport

:rolleyes::rofl::iagree:

WOW Carlisle Blue has returned :lol:

I agree with the post that said Indy Pace cars. All those chrome wheels are the big tip off.

:iagree:

Now be honest. Have you ever had more fun in any car than you've had in the Spitfire?

Sadly, I let my 72 go in about 1980 to buy a 1962 Porsche Super90, which like a jackass I also sold in about 82 for $6000.

I can honestly say that I have had a lot of fun with cars, Vettes, Porsche, BMW, MX5, but I have never had any more fun than in the Spitfire. It was a great time of life, and a great sports car to own.

I saw a truckload (like this) during the very early morning hours coming out of the plant during the April Bash. I didn't get a pic.

Nice catch!!!

Indianapolis will be crawling with hundreds of blue Camaro convertible pace cars. Just a few blue Stingrays, maybe 3?

I wonder why they don't have the "boy racer" black wheels which GM was showing off at the New York show?

Could it be that "bling" is still in and most C7's will be built with chrome wheels..

Black looks odd with blue. The chrome wheels are far more fitting. Plus it's a pace car which usually has crazy graphics and bright blinking lights.

They offer black for the young buyers and chrome for the old buyers. Use the median age of Corvette buyers to predict the popularity of black vs chrome.

Doesn't he work at the Bowling Green assembly plant?

But then how can you see when you drive??:eek:

Maybe they are all limerock green.maybe doing bongs at lunch

He doesn't work for GM and never has. I believe he works in sales for a small company in Wareham, MA that prints labels. Design-Mark Industries. He is a volunteer at the museum doing R8C deliveries and tours. His wife worked for the museum but I don't believe she does now, but not sure. Her part time job as Human Resource Administrator is currently being shown as an open position at the museum

Chrome will always be an option on Corvettes as long as the old farts who cant let go of the past are around buying them.

Thank goodness for the old farts. If black wheels were the only option on wheel finishes, sales of Corvettes would dry up.

Catering to old men!:D

He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer that's for sure :lol:

I'm going to be a part of opening day at the track in the morning. There is a "corvette exclusive," opportunity for approx 250+ vettes as part of opening day ceremonies. W get a lap around the track, free lunch put on by GM and are promised a look at the new c7! Stay tu Ed for posts with pics Saturday night!!!!

Ps I bet that truck was pace cars headed to Indy also! All chrome z51 wheels on 1 truck means most likely all identicle. All identicle means pace cars in my brain.

Tyler

Uh, black wheels are even older than chrome - ever heard of Henry Ford and the Model T? :lol: People who like black wheels must be REALLY old farts who can't let go of ancient history! :D

Nothing is new; it's just that each generation needs to think that they have "discovered' something newer and cooler than the previous one. Eventually they too will mature. :yesnod:

Good call Tyler..Chevrolet knows the chrome wheels make the car look better on TV. I am looking forward to your story and pictures. Maybe I should drive out there next year for this Corvette experience.

Even on the Corvette, black wheels were standard, starting in 1962. The fabulous C2's had black wheels as standard equipment though 1966. I have a matched set(5) of dated 1964 wheels in my basement, and they are black.

It was many years later(2006 C6) before the chrome wheel was available as an option on the Corvette.

Sure looks like the black wheel has been around longer on the Corvette than the chrome wheel. But once the chrome wheel became an option on the Corvette, it was the wheel of choice for most buyers.

Looks like us old folks are more inclined to accept change then the ones who jumped on the band wagon at the end of the parade.

I disagree. My 1962 Corvette had chrome wheel covers. I do not recall any black wheel Corvettes unless they took the covers off to race. The first black wheels I can recall are on Buick T types.

I want to see a brochure or advertising piece showing black wheels on a Corvette of the past. They did not sell them that way.

The wheels were still painted black on your 1962, even if they were partly covered by the flash chromed wheel covers. In 1957, the optional 5.5" wide wheels(included in RPO684) were painted black and only came with hub caps as the optional wheel did not have the wheel cover retainer bosses.
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You will find a bunch of photos of a 1959 Corvette with the RPO684 option....
http://www.vintagecorvettes.com/59bigbrake.html

http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...ps56ab60ba.jpg

Notice the black wheels.

Nice museum shot but hardly representative of the time period. "Partly" is the incorrect word in my opinion. Fully. That is why they were called "full wheel covers". In fact the late 50's and early 60s saw a huge increase in chrome wheels. I could not afford them so I used aluminum paint and trim rings, along with moon dog dish caps. I will stop my argument there is nothing to gain here but hard feelings.

Hmmm, they were painted red, too.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5218/5...00758bd9_z.jpg
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/1954-corvette-13.jpg

A couple more, these were taken in Elizabeth Town KY.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...77459614_n.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...64856285_n.jpg

So much for the idea that they were all Indy Pace Car Laguna Blue.

I prefer they ship my car uncovered.....the wind has to buffet that cover and with the slightest amount of dust under there and the cover moving....got to lead to scratches and swirls in the clear coat.....and heaven forbid a dealer trying to correct this on pre-delivery.....most of the wash guys I've watched use the same mitt or sponge on the body as they do on the wheels....right after they washed that used pick up the local farmer just traded in......I never let them wash my car!!!