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There were not supposed to be any 68 coupes sold to the public before 1/1/68. That date would put the VIN of the first production coupe somewhere in the 8000 range or later. All of early production was limited to convertibles.
Just the same, there had to be pilot line coupes. Zora Duntov had a blue, big block coupe as early as May, 1967 which he was preparing for the long lead press review for the 68s set for July. This is car he cut vent holes in the lower valance panel to aid cooling the big block. The vents he cut went into production on the later cars.
Just the same, there had to be pilot line coupes. Zora Duntov had a blue, big block coupe as early as May, 1967 which he was preparing for the long lead press review for the 68s set for July. This is car he cut vent holes in the lower valance panel to aid cooling the big block. The vents he cut went into production on the later cars.
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You are all right. I read the script and did not concentrate on the pics. Went back and looked again and was about to correct myself, but was too slow. 
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If you looked thru the Mecum ad, you could see the 'worn' condition the car was in. The person who bought that car is now posting the Forum with the refurbished "end product". Very nice job of restoration with just some minor detailing to adjust.
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Nice find! That's pretty neat that the ad is still up from when it we pre-restored and now the buyer is posting it after restoration!
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Pictures look nice - some observers will be very disappointed if he replaced some original worn parts, painted over some original surfaces or messed with anything unique to very early production. I wonder if the area under the front bumper is uncut or has the rough looking dealer cutouts.
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Pictures look nice - some observers will be very disappointed if he replaced some original worn parts, painted over some original surfaces or messed with anything unique to very early production. I wonder if the area under the front bumper is uncut or has the rough looking dealer cutouts.
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There were not supposed to be any 68 coupes sold to the public before 1/1/68. That date would put the VIN of the first production coupe somewhere in the 8000 range or later. All of early production was limited to convertibles.
Just the same, there had to be pilot line coupes. Zora Duntov had a blue, big block coupe as early as May, 1967 which he was preparing for the long lead press review for the 68s set for July. This is car he cut vent holes in the lower valance panel to aid cooling the big block. The vents he cut went into production on the later cars.
Just the same, there had to be pilot line coupes. Zora Duntov had a blue, big block coupe as early as May, 1967 which he was preparing for the long lead press review for the 68s set for July. This is car he cut vent holes in the lower valance panel to aid cooling the big block. The vents he cut went into production on the later cars.
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Looks like ProTeam has the first coupe: http://www.proteam-corvette.com/Corv...203X/203X.html
Anybody know when the 1st coupe was released to the dealers?