1976 Orange Crush Corvette
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1976 Orange Crush Corvette
Hello, first post looking for information. The story goes that in 1976 Pepsi had commissioned several corvettes be converted to “Orange Crush” models complete with orange velour interiors. Has anyone seen one of these or heard/know about them .
thanks for any help you can give.
mike
thanks for any help you can give.
mike
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Jan 16, 2020, 03:24 PM
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Since I made this post I have learned that it is on the cover of the Vette Vue Magazine, June 1980 edition. We are trying to restore this car back to the orange crush condition. Someone previously had started removing the velvet material.
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Not that it matters, but to me it looks like a "normal" custom and the owner went to the extreme of creating a fancy display and calling it orange crush. The Denver Broncos called their defense the orange crush during that time with no affiliation to the soft drink.
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Except for that giant soft drink can in the picture with the "Orange Crush" logo on it.
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I was looking at the generic font on the sign in the back but I can get on board with you Priya.
The big can is probably the smoking gun. That would have taken a lot of effort for an individual to duplicate.
No normal person would have had that or the orange globe above that made.
Was that "crushed" velvet interior?
The big can is probably the smoking gun. That would have taken a lot of effort for an individual to duplicate.
No normal person would have had that or the orange globe above that made.
Was that "crushed" velvet interior?
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If it matters, my money says it's a one-off custom with no affiliation to the soft drink company other than the name. I doubt there were ever "several" of these, otherwise some of them would popped up over the years.
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According to the article is was owned by an Abbie Miller and the Corvette Expo was in Knoxville, TN with the magazine from Sandy Springs, Georgia. Might start there...
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