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Old May 25, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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I currently own a 1981 Corvette with a beige (59) exterior and cinnabar (rust) interior. This car also came factory with the rally wheels (rare in 81?) I was told by a guy at a car show that only 75 cinnabar interior corvettes came out of the factory--- ever!!!! I would like to know if this is really true and assuming it is, how rare is my car with the options that I have????

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power antenna
leather seats
manual door locks
rally wheels
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https://store.corvettemuseum.com/ser...buildsheet.asp
contact them. They may have the information you want. But you will have to pay for it.
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Originally Posted by delong1964
I currently own a 1981 Corvette with a beige (59) exterior and cinnabar (rust) interior. This car also came factory with the rally wheels (rare in 81?) I was told by a guy at a car show that only 75 cinnabar interior corvettes came out of the factory--- ever!!!! I would like to know if this is really true and assuming it is, how rare is my car with the options that I have????

Following options:
power windows
am-fm radio
power antenna
leather seats
manual door locks
rally wheels
automatic
I have the same car with 4 speed. I beleive there were more than 75. All of the corvette parts houses carry cinnabar interior and with only 75 produced as your friend says. I don't think these houses wouldn't stock these parts but i could be wrong.

BTW I changed the exterior color on my car.
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I hope cinnabar is not that rare, I have sold all three that I have owned in the past. Exterior colors: One white, one beige, one two tone beige/brown. If they only produced 75, I owned almost 5% of production...


Not to hijack your thread here, but since cinnabar is such a strange interior color, I do have an extra set of cinnabar floor mats for sale if anybody is interested.

Brad
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Keep in mind that rare and valuable are two different concepts. A '63 split window with a 3-speed manual transmission is very rare - but worth less than a 4-speed.

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