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I saw one on the showroom floor of Kerbecks a few years ago. I think it is an awesome color for the C5 - too bad they couldn't get the paint just right.
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Originally Posted by CombatVette
Why?
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Originally Posted by CombatVette
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They say that no two aztec gold were the exact same colour. here is the vert from Kerbecks
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I've seen at least 2 of them with my own eyes. I'm not sure if it was constraints, or that they just received that few orders, but it was a rare color. I've seen Roscoe's, and I've seen one other at the 50th celebration in June of '03. The other one had cleartastic installed. I'm sure it would be a pain to match that color for touch-up paint.
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Zilla's right - GM could never get the color right so only 15 were made.
Looking at that color again today really reminds me of Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic on the C6 - that color is just slightly redder........
Please Grumpy - don't move this just cause I mentioned the C6. It's really about the Aztec Gold C5!
Looking at that color again today really reminds me of Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic on the C6 - that color is just slightly redder........
Please Grumpy - don't move this just cause I mentioned the C6. It's really about the Aztec Gold C5!
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I think it is an awesome color on the C5. I do wish they would have made more than 15 of them. I've seen only one at a show here in Houston. It looks so much better in person than in pictures.
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I had also read some place that none of these were sold as "new" cars. I'm curious what GM really intended with these few cars - perhaps they were testing customer reaction, or trying to see if they could get the color application correct. Similar to the story with the just over 100 Copper Metalic cars made in 94, except they really tried to sell those, but had to pull the plug due to quality control problems.
Imagine trying to get a color match for a paint repair....
Imagine trying to get a color match for a paint repair....
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Originally Posted by Tom/99
I think it is an awesome color on the C5. I do wish they would have made more than 15 of them. I've seen only one at a show here in Houston. It looks so much better in person than in pictures.
I saw one last year and it looked really good! 
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I never believed the color match story. GM puts out thousands of different gold and champagne colored cars and if it were a huge paint problem I am sure it could be corrected. I like the golds, fairway greens, and the purple pearl which are all rare corvette colors but they are not
for eveyone and they really dont appear to bring that much more of a premium on the car lots either.
for eveyone and they really dont appear to bring that much more of a premium on the car lots either.
