interesting 1973 stats
Team Owner
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From: Massillon,Ohio USA
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12
Originally Posted by Fevre
I got the poor man's 73 vert:
No PS
No PB
No A/C
No Tilt/tel
Base interior
L48
4 speed
Sounds like a rare combo, better put it on e-bay.
No PS
No PB
No A/C
No Tilt/tel
Base interior
L48
4 speed
Sounds like a rare combo, better put it on e-bay.
Very little to maintain 
Pro
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Posts: 713
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From: plymouth mass
Hey Codestar7
Mine sounds like yours:
Power steering, no power brakes, no tilt/tele
L48 M-20 3:36
A/C
Power windows
Standard interior
HD Battery
White wall tires
Stereo AM/FM
Chuck D
Power steering, no power brakes, no tilt/tele
L48 M-20 3:36
A/C
Power windows
Standard interior
HD Battery
White wall tires
Stereo AM/FM
Chuck D
Last edited by chuck d; Feb 22, 2005 at 03:54 PM.
Intermediate
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From: NEW MEXICO
My 73
Dark Blue Metallic
T-top
L48
Automatic
Ps
Pb
Ac
Deluxe Interior (tinted Glass)
Tilt/tel
Am/fm Non Stereo
No Big Block Because Of Gas Crunch (always Thought It Would Be A Big Block)
Delivery Time Was About 6 Months
Dark Blue Metallic
T-top
L48
Automatic
Ps
Pb
Ac
Deluxe Interior (tinted Glass)
Tilt/tel
Am/fm Non Stereo
No Big Block Because Of Gas Crunch (always Thought It Would Be A Big Block)
Delivery Time Was About 6 Months
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Safety Car
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From: Orlando FL
Originally Posted by Paul Borowski
Two other "rare" '73 facts. Only 45 1973 Z07 Big Brake & Suspension cars were ever built. Also, "supposedly" 22-28 '73 Corvettes were painted "Black", a non-stock color for '73. Then there is the 4,000 "missing" VIN numbers between 28,000 & 32,000 
First year for Radial Tires & ALL 1973 Corvettes were "ORIGINALLY" equipped with a smog pump from St. Louis
First year for Radial Tires & ALL 1973 Corvettes were "ORIGINALLY" equipped with a smog pump from St. Louis
Safety Car
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From: Warren MI
Originally Posted by Ron C!
Interesting you mention this. A friend of mine has a 73 L48 Vert with a trim tag that has "SPEC" for the paint color. The car was ordered by the owner of a Chevrolet dealer for his wife's driver. She liked yellow cars, but didn't like the 73 yellow. They had the car delivered to the dealer in gray primer, all emblems on just as if it had been painted a stock color. The dealership painted the car a lighter yellow, very much like the 68 Safari yellow. Nicely equipped car, TH400 with black leather, PS, PB, PW, Tilt, stereo, A/C and a black vinyl hardtop. I think it is sitting right around 60-70K miles right now.
Burning Brakes
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From: NC
Originally Posted by Ron C!
Interesting you mention this. A friend of mine has a 73 L48 Vert with a trim tag that has "SPEC" for the paint color.
There is a guy here in charlotte that has one of those cars. The first owner wanted a black car and so he ordered the car in primer. Very intresting I thought. The one you mention about the person that wanted the car in yellow is the only other one I have heard of.
Team Owner
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From: Massillon,Ohio USA
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12
Originally Posted by robertmc48
I have heard of this before. I was looking at a black 1973 a few years ago that had the "SPEC" designation...black was not color offered in 1973. Since then I have read that if you were to have a car judged at a NCRS event with the "SPEC" for the color code..it would have to be in primer to be correct. I'm not sure if that is true.
Safety Car
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From: Orlando FL
I helped the owner go through the car after he bought it and I tried to get him to take it to the NCRS winter meet in primer with the emblems on. We had the car apart and stripped for paint. Just couldn't convince him to do it. We would have had to strip the door jambs etc and put the entire car back together to show it. We had paint mixed that matched what the original owner had painted it and reshot it.
Cruising
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Posts: 11
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From: VA
Mine is a T-Top 73
L-82
M-21 four speed
No power steering
No power brakes
No power windows
No a/c
No tel/tilt steering wheel
Does have deluxe black leather interior
am/fm radio
Was Elkhart Green but now painted 1970 Monza Red. Other than that its all original.
L-82
M-21 four speed
No power steering
No power brakes
No power windows
No a/c
No tel/tilt steering wheel
Does have deluxe black leather interior
am/fm radio
Was Elkhart Green but now painted 1970 Monza Red. Other than that its all original.
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Team Owner
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From: S.W. Ohio. . . . . . NRA Life Member
[Mine is a T-Top 73
L-82
M-21 four speed
No power steering
No power brakes
No power windows
No a/c
No tel/tilt steering wheel
Does have deluxe black leather interior
am/fm radio
L-82
M-21 four speed
No power steering
No power brakes
No power windows
No a/c
No tel/tilt steering wheel
Does have deluxe black leather interior
am/fm radio
Granted the 454 was faster in the straight line, but the extra weight made it slightly unbalanced. Not the best for rally type driving.
But having a choice... is what makes it great
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Last edited by Mike Mercury; Feb 23, 2005 at 08:41 PM.
