Is it a 50th anniversary model?
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Is it a 50th anniversary model?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1864283819
Maybe it's me,but it just seems weird that you can buy this car,which will be registered in 2002,& call it a 50th anniversary car.I would have thought only cars that are sold & registered in 2003 would classify as 50th anniversary models?
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (Fleetwood)
The next year models usually come out in Sept. and they call them the following year cars. I know my 72 was made in August of 71 and sold in September. I have a freind who just picked up his 50th anniversary car. He loves it. Can't wait to drive it.
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (SuperFast80)
I've got a '78 25th Anniversary with Silver Anniversary paint that was built in October of '77. So sometime this month she officially becomes 25 years old! Happy birthday...
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (Blankman)
What kind of complete idiot would bid over retail? The rarity of this vehicle is that it is limited to ONE MODEL YEAR. That means they will build them for anybody willing to buy one @57,000 per. :crazy: :confused: :rolleyes:
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (Fleetwood)
GordonM is right it was traditional in North America to have the new model cars come out in September. All that sort of got smeared around after imports became such a huge part of the car market. Most US manufacturers still have cars that they put on the market in September and call them the next years model, but they can and do release new models at all times of the year. The "New GTO" aka Holden Monaro, is scheduled to be released as a 2004 model in "late 2003."
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (Fleetwood)
I wonder if the bidder thinks he's gonna buy the car for $3500??? The only other thing he ever purchased on ebay was a device to make his car shoot flames:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1853158623
All I gotta say is :crazy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1853158623
All I gotta say is :crazy:
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (Blankman)
I've got a '78 25th Anniversary with Silver Anniversary paint that was built in October of '77. So sometime this month she officially becomes 25 years old! Happy birthday...
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (Fleetwood)
In the US model years are like this:
A car can be ANY model year you want it to be provided that:
1) At least one example of that car is built during the year that the car is labeled (so to be a 2003, at least one must be built during 2003)
2) The production run for that model year may only include ONE January 1st.
So here it is in 2002. I could start building a car on Jan 2nd, 2002 and call it an '03. I could build it until Dec 31st, 2003 (only one Jan 1st in there). So I could have a single model year span 2 full years of production. Crazy, huh?
A car can be ANY model year you want it to be provided that:
1) At least one example of that car is built during the year that the car is labeled (so to be a 2003, at least one must be built during 2003)
2) The production run for that model year may only include ONE January 1st.
So here it is in 2002. I could start building a car on Jan 2nd, 2002 and call it an '03. I could build it until Dec 31st, 2003 (only one Jan 1st in there). So I could have a single model year span 2 full years of production. Crazy, huh?
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (page62)
I wonder if the bidder thinks he's gonna buy the car for $3500??? The only other thing he ever purchased on ebay was a device to make his car shoot flames:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1853158623
All I gotta say is :crazy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1853158623
All I gotta say is :crazy:
I do not sell this kit at this time,I am simply directing you to the source and saveing you from allot head aches.Price:$9.95 + .75 cents for shipping
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (Fleetwood)
Thanks to everone for the input,so that means that the first Corvette came out in sept.1952,right?
TRADITIONALLY, the start of the selling season for new models has been late September. The plants were shut down for a couple weeks in July while they changed over to the new model year. To get ramped up and get the vehicles out to dealers would take a couple months. In days long past, it wasn't uncommon for the new model to be at the dealer, but kept under wraps until the "unveiling" on a particular date.
The '53 was actually unveiled to the public on January 16, 1953. I don't know the date that it went on sale to the public.
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (QuickVet)
But I don't think the '53 was really sold to the "public" per say. I thought they made 300 hundred of them and they all went to "special" people, big wigs of companies and such.
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Re: Is it a 50th anniversary model? (SuperFast80)
HAHAHA! You can walk into your local dealer and negotiate <MSRP and this idiot wants anothe 3-4K OVER that! :rolleyes:
And the guy auctioning directions, OMG, how much :bs can one take? :D
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