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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 02:32 AM
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How can we know how unique a car is? As far as color and equipment? Where can this information be gathered?
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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 06:18 AM
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Check Binnie's website see if what you are looking for is there.
http://corvettec3.ca/
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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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Check Binnie's website see if what you are looking for is there.
http://corvettec3.ca/
Thank you but not what I am looking for
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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 09:01 AM
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Corvette "Black Book" has all the stats, options, colors and [I believe] the quantities of each unit produced. You can buy them in major book stores (Transportation section).
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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Gary Huth
How can we know how unique a car is? As far as color and equipment? Where can this information be gathered?
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You can't. People who state that a car is 'one of X' have invented the number by doing some simple percentages. These are nothing more than a guess and a naive one at that. I have proved over and over that my own car is less than one of one.
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Originally Posted by wnmech
Check Binnie's website see if what you are looking for is there.
http://corvettec3.ca/
Wow there is a lot of stuff on his website.
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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 09:55 AM
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Chevrolet did not keep close records on the vettes until after they moved to Bowling Green from what I understand. You can do some math and extrapolate the numbers like Mike Ward suggests.
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Hi Gary,
As others have said, definitive information, especially for an early car, is pretty difficult to find.
A rare car may be very interesting or it may not be, for example some 3-speed transmission cars were built before the 4-speed became standard. Not too many people care though, for many, they're just an oddity.
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