Stupid question '83 vette
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From: waller texas
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Re: Stupid question '83 vette (78pace)
When I toured the vette plant I was told there were about 400 83's made which all were destroyed except 2.One is in the museum and the other was supposedly given to a technical school.The 83 was a new design and it supposedly didn't have some of the problems worked out for production sales in time.I've only heard the 400 figure one time so not sure if that's true.
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Re: Stupid question '83 vette (Irezumi)
Production delays and time to change over the plant for the new car. By the time they were ready for production to start, March 83, and it met all the 84 standards, it was decided to just make it an 84 model. Normaly, an 83 model would have been introduced in Aug or Sept of 82. The new Vette came out in Mar 83, seven months late. Then they would have ran the 83 production only to July 83, and the 84 would have came out in Aug 83. So why fool with a 3 or 4 month production run of 83's?
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Re: Stupid question '83 vette (Tom73)
Production delays and time to change over the plant for the new car. By the time they were ready for production to start, March 83, and it met all the 84 standards, it was decided to just make it an 84 model. Normaly, an 83 model would have been introduced in Aug or Sept of 82. The new Vette came out in Mar 83, seven months late. Then they would have ran the 83 production only to July 83, and the 84 would have came out in Aug 83. So why fool with a 3 or 4 month production run of 83's?
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, here is a link to my page with pictures of the '83 vette http://www.stickboyweb.com/Corvette.php?pageid=1983
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Re: Stupid question '83 vette (all smiles 81)
Hmmm... in a '93 factory tour, I was told the number was 43 produced, all but 1 & 1/2 destroyed.
Here's the one http://users.erols.com/jerryp58/corvette/835whole.jpg
Here's the half http://users.erols.com/jerryp58/corvette/83.5.jpg (used to be above the doors to the factory).
Here's the one http://users.erols.com/jerryp58/corvette/835whole.jpg
Here's the half http://users.erols.com/jerryp58/corvette/83.5.jpg (used to be above the doors to the factory).
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From: NM
Re: Stupid question '83 vette (jerryp58)
Jerry,
Thanks, have been looking for a pic of that half '83. Any idea what happened to that half car since they took it down. It stayed up during the first year of C5 production but then was taken down. Where it then went, who knows. May only be one 83 now.
tom...
Thanks, have been looking for a pic of that half '83. Any idea what happened to that half car since they took it down. It stayed up during the first year of C5 production but then was taken down. Where it then went, who knows. May only be one 83 now.
tom...
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Re: Stupid question '83 vette (Tom73)
I got the "back room" tour at the NCM the first of the month. Here is another picture of the 1/2 1983. http://webpages.charter.net/ggwright/ncm8.jpg
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Re: Stupid question '83 vette (Irezumi)
The new C4 Corvette met all 1984-up federal emissions and CAFE requirements. For that reason, despite it being built in the calendar year 1983, GM classified it as a 1984 model. If memory serves, it was the first 1984 model automobile to go into production. There were a few actual 1983s built (less than 50), one of which is in the NCM, but they were all pilot models and none of them were sold to the public. For liability reasons, GM cannot sell pilot line cars to the public. They get built, tested, photographed, then destroyed. I have subsequently read a second 1983 model survives, but this car turns out to have been assembled from spare parts at the plant as an afterthought when it was determined GM had kept only one of the 1983 pilot cars. This car has 84 and 85 parts on it, but a 1983 VIN plate.
Personally, I think they are stretching the point when calling this Corvette an '83.
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Personally, I think they are stretching the point when calling this Corvette an '83.
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Re: Stupid question '83 vette (Justin79-L-82)
Oh ...about the same as an '84 - I suppose - about $5-$6k ! :lol: :lol: :lol:
The '84s were really plagued with a lot of factory problems - IMO - more so than the '68s..... the '68s got 'bad' press..... but the '84s were just plain bad :eek:
My parents bought an '84 brand new & currently it just sits in the driveway with 65k and is a project car.... yeah it runs - after my dad & I rebuilt the upper end of the engine in '91-'92... :crazy:
*just so you're aware - this is a re-post and should really be in the C4 section. :smash:
The '84s were really plagued with a lot of factory problems - IMO - more so than the '68s..... the '68s got 'bad' press..... but the '84s were just plain bad :eek:
My parents bought an '84 brand new & currently it just sits in the driveway with 65k and is a project car.... yeah it runs - after my dad & I rebuilt the upper end of the engine in '91-'92... :crazy:
*just so you're aware - this is a re-post and should really be in the C4 section. :smash:
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Re: Stupid question '83 vette (Irezumi)
I took this pic at the NCM two months ago.
The sign says there were 43 '83 Vettes made for testing and all were destroyed except this one. It is the only one left.
[Modified by bamavettes, 3:06 PM 4/30/2002]
The sign says there were 43 '83 Vettes made for testing and all were destroyed except this one. It is the only one left.
[Modified by bamavettes, 3:06 PM 4/30/2002]
