1963 split windiw vette
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1963 split windiw vette
New to site today, purchased a numbers matching 1963 split. red with red interior. options include Original Knock offs, A/C, powers windows and power steering. i know there were only 278 63's built with a/c how do i find out how many red with red interior were built? thanks for the feed back
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Unfortunately, there's no way to know how many Corvettes of any color combination, or combination of options, were built. Chevrolet has no records beyond the total number of each option ordered, and in most cases, the total of each color ordered. The exception is the few Corvettes that were shipped as new cars, to Canada, as GM of Canada does have those records.
All that is known is that there were 4,612 Riverside Red 63's built. There are no published totals for the red interior, or red/red 63's.
By the way, in spite of what the seller may have told you, it's highly unlikely that the knock-offs are original to the car. Generally it's believed that no 63's were ever delivered new with knock-offs, and only a hand full of original knock-offs were sold through Chevrolet parts departments. Sorry.
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knock off rims
Welcome to the Forum.
Unfortunately, there's no way to know how many Corvettes of any color combination, or combination of options, were built. Chevrolet has no records beyond the total number of each option ordered, and in most cases, the total of each color ordered. The exception is the few Corvettes that were shipped as new cars, to Canada, as GM of Canada does have those records.
All that is known is that there were 4,612 Riverside Red 63's built. There are no published totals for the red interior, or red/red 63's.
By the way, in spite of what the seller may have told you, it's highly unlikely that the knock-offs are original to the car. Generally it's believed that no 63's were ever delivered new with knock-offs, and only a hand full of original knock-offs were sold through Chevrolet parts departments. Sorry.
Unfortunately, there's no way to know how many Corvettes of any color combination, or combination of options, were built. Chevrolet has no records beyond the total number of each option ordered, and in most cases, the total of each color ordered. The exception is the few Corvettes that were shipped as new cars, to Canada, as GM of Canada does have those records.
All that is known is that there were 4,612 Riverside Red 63's built. There are no published totals for the red interior, or red/red 63's.
By the way, in spite of what the seller may have told you, it's highly unlikely that the knock-offs are original to the car. Generally it's believed that no 63's were ever delivered new with knock-offs, and only a hand full of original knock-offs were sold through Chevrolet parts departments. Sorry.
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1963 vette pics i hope!
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these are the pics of the 1963 vette just purchased,, i hope they are the correct file
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Sept or October is way to early for a factory AC car. What is the vin number and build date on the trim tag and further more what is on the trim tag
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EDIT: You got it right in the next post after the doc file. Beautiful car.
PS: If that pretty girl came with the car, you got a great deal at any price.
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Air didn't become available until April 63. It's possible that glass from September or October 62, as well as 1962 heads, got installed in a Corvette built in April 63 or later, but a little unlikely. On the trim tag, as part of the "Trim" code, will be a 3 number code for the interior color, as well as a one or two letter ECL code. The ECL code will give you some idea of what options were originally installed on your car.
A set of 64 knock-offs, obviously wouldn't be correct for a 63 car, but if they are a set of real GM knock-offs, they're still quite desirable, valuable, and worth having. There seems to be some debate as to why 63 KO's never actually went into production, but porosity of the aluminum wheel does seem to be the most common reason given. Though not "technically" correct on a 63, knock-offs look good on any mid-year Corvette.
