Came across this sales brochure or advertisement.
Only 1 83 c4 in existence so this is cool to have.

 

Oh no... here we go again.

 

Care to explain?

 

Just one of many print advertisements for the 1984 Corvette.

https://vette-vues.com/1984-corvette...KyTGjPRBO-p0kV

 

Thanks for posting this.

I don't recall seeing an ad that touted the "speed" of the processor in the C4 before

 

well...it's cool to me so I shared.
😗

 

Oh man I am sorry I came across as another FB style goon. I think it's cool too. Matter of fact the PO of mine had a copy he showed me but he wanted to keep it for memories. There was another thread here recently where the OP had a poster size copy of the "anatomy" advertisement, so I had to have one and found a couple on eBay. Now just need to frame and put up in the garage.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/27747262565...AaAj1JEALw_wcB

 

all good my man. I love having original documents and anything to do with the vette of the generation I have more ap for the year of vette I have.

 

Often, when someone speaks of an '83 Corvette, the thread turns pages of speculation of what happened to them, do they/did they ever exist, etc.

 

to my understanding, there's only 1 at the national corvette museum. All others (50 or so) were destroyed by GM.

 

It really is a cool sales advertisement. I collect 1984 Corvette literature and this is one piece of the early literature that I really like. Most of the early literature is very thorough and comprehensive and includes very nice pictures of the 84 Corvette. Chevrolet did very well with their advertising on this car.

 

43 cars were built.

33 cars built to validate production processes

10 cars were power-train mules

8 of those 10 were L83 cross-fire injection, calibration, durability & emissions, MD8 automatic testing.

All except 1, had a date with the crusher.

That lone survivor is at Bowling Green.

 

Exactly. Didnt know the breakdown except the 1 survivor. Thanks for details.

 

Last bit, that one and its 42 brethren are not "officially" 1983 Corvettes. They are "... 43 “pilot assembly” cars made to validate production processes and for other engineering, testing and training purposes. Common industry practice calls for crushing such vehicles when such work is completed, since they cannot be sold to the public." -- https://www.history.com/articles/mis...tte-model-year

Note the key item the article, the rims on the sole remaining 1983 Pilot Assembly Corvette. I'd buy that style in 18" quick as lightning.

Hah, just found why it really wasn't crushed.....boots. Or Mother Nature, really.

"In June of 1982, Ralph Montileone, a worker at the plant, was assigned to use a mobile crusher to get rid of the 43 1983 Corvettes that had been built. All of the cars were destroyed, one by one, until Montileone got to the last car, number 23. Out of nowhere, it started to downpour over Bowling Green, and Montileone decided to save the final crushed car until the next day.

Ralph Montileone had just bought some expensive boots and didn’t want to ruin them in the inches of rain that started flooding the parking lot, so the car was left untouched. As Montileone arrived at the plant the following day, the mobile crusher was gone. This crusher was a rental, and during the night the rental company came and took the crusher away, leaving number 23 as the lone surviving car."
-- https://www.hotcars.com/the-story-of...1983-corvette/

 

Very cool story. It says at one point in the article 61 were produced, then later says 43? Where does this 61 number come from? Just curious.

 

noticed that as well.
Cool bit of corvette history.​​

 

My guess, 61 is either a typo or there were 18 that were not full builds, only partial to proof the engine and/or powertrain were assembled correctly. Possible as well the 18 were not completed due to noted issues during assembly.