68 interior
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Racer
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68 interior
It is getting time to sell my restored 68 numbers matching 427 rag top. It has a saddle tan leather interior and I am wondering how rare this is. Trim tag is 421/988 and my Corvette black book does not show this number for 68. However my car was built in Nov of 67 and there is a 421 for 67. My question is how rare is this and is there a way to find out how many saddle interiors were made in 68?
Thanks Chuck
Thanks Chuck
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Are you the original owner? If not, a PO could have changed out the factory seat covers for the saddle leather covers.....just because...
While the '67 cars had the saddle leather seating, the seats were very different and the covers were not transferrable to the '68 cars. Could 'trial' seat cover sample have been made in saddle color? Yes, but there's really no way for such samples to be injected into the production line system.
While the '67 cars had the saddle leather seating, the seats were very different and the covers were not transferrable to the '68 cars. Could 'trial' seat cover sample have been made in saddle color? Yes, but there's really no way for such samples to be injected into the production line system.
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Racer
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From: Elma NY
Are you the original owner? If not, a PO could have changed out the factory seat covers for the saddle leather covers.....just because...
While the '67 cars had the saddle leather seating, the seats were very different and the covers were not transferrable to the '68 cars. Could 'trial' seat cover sample have been made in saddle color? Yes, but there's really no way for such samples to be injected into the production line system.
While the '67 cars had the saddle leather seating, the seats were very different and the covers were not transferrable to the '68 cars. Could 'trial' seat cover sample have been made in saddle color? Yes, but there's really no way for such samples to be injected into the production line system.
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Drifting
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I would suspect that the seat/interior assembly line had some left over 1967 material and decided to use it up. Likely pretty rare but also might be difficult to find the quantities produced.
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Here is another thread. actually your own thread from 6 years ago where you were asking the same question:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...rior-code.html
everyone seemed to agree saddle didnt show up until spring of 68, so if the car was original it would be the earliest know example.
post up some pics
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...rior-code.html
everyone seemed to agree saddle didnt show up until spring of 68, so if the car was original it would be the earliest know example.
post up some pics
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