I am new to c5 forum. Would any body tell me if GM made more than 1 color for the 50th anniverary model. How about the commenerative for 2004. I see people are advertising all colors Are they correct.
Thanks for your help

 

Ah, have you tried the C5 Forum?

 

This is the C5 forum.
The 50th Anniversary Edition is only available in anniversary red (burgandy) with a shale top (convertible)and interior. The coupe is anniversary red all over. (Unless you have the glass top).The 50th anniversary year is available in several colors and interiors, just not the 50th Edition. The badges are the same.
The same is true for the 04 Commemorative Edition, only available in blue with the shale interior, but other 04's in several colors are available.
Both Editions have entirely shale interiors, while all others have black consoles, dashes, and tops of the door panels.

 

Commemorative Edition Lemans Blue With Shale Interior Only. If You Want More Info You Can Buy a Book for $9.99 in Barnes & Noble with the History of C1 To C5

 

And here's the 50th Anniversary Edition Coupe:

 

Love my 04 CE.............Best interior I think

 

Sets it apart from the boring black.

 

touché

 

I could never understand why They had so much black with the "color" interiors......My Mill yellow had a full black interior but like I said.....the shale is ...."****"...........

 

Here's my 50th Anniversary.

 

All 2003 Vettes are anniversary models.The annivesary edition was an option and came in anniversary red with a shale interior. That option was about $4500. It also had fender badges with the 50th year logos and magnetic selective ride control and differant wheels.

 

Just a slight correction, the 2004 Commemorative Edition Z06 Z16 was only available with LeMans Blue exterior paint & black interior.

 

Thanks Guys
I understand now. Did all the yellow 03 or 04 (not anniv. or comm) have black interiors
Thanks again

 

No, you could order them with black, light oak or red interior (not sure if light gray was available with MY exterior), but black was the most popular one.

 

 

Hello, below are the specs for the 2003 vette
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1YY07--Corvette base coupe-$43,225
(effective 10/4/2002)-$43,325
(effective 11/2002)-$43,335
(effective 2/2003)-$43,495
(effective 4/2003)-$43,735

1YY67--Corvette base convertible-49,700
(effective 10/4/2002)-50,075
(effective 11/2002)-50,235
(effective 2/2003)-50,395
(effective 4/2003)-50,735

Transportation Charges-650
(effective 10/4/2002)-670
(effective 11/2002)-760
(effective 2/2003)-800

1SC
50th Anniversary Edition Package, which includes these options, below, as standard equipment:
$5,000 initial msrp
$3,700-discounted as of april 2003
50th Anniversary Red metallic paint
Shale two-tone leather trim
50th Anniversary aluminum wheels-Painted Champagne color-only on 50th AE package
50th Anniversary trim & badges, including special logo floor mats, and embossed seat backs
Shale convertible top (convertible only)
5.7L LS1 350HP V8 engine
Electronic four speed automatic transmission
Heads-up display
Electrochromatic inside & left side mirrors
Power telescoping steering column
Memory package
Twilight sentinel
Custom adjustable sport bucket seats
Power passenger seat
Dual zone electronic air conditioning
Front fog lamps
Rear luggage shade & parcel net (coupe only)
Magnetic selective ride control

Other options which may be added at the time of order:
U1S 12 disk CD changer-600.00
UL0 Bose stereo w/ in dash cassette, in lieu of in dash CD player, with U1S only.-100.00
B84-Body side moldings-150.00
V49-Front license plate frame-15.00
MN6-Six speed manual transmission-915.00
CC3-Blue transparent top (coupe only)-750.00
C2L-Two top option, transparent & solid tops (coupe only)-1200.00
G92-Performance ratio rear axle (automatic transmission only)-395.00
R8C-Corvette Museum Delivery-490.00

As previously stated, the 50th Anniversary Edition was only available in Anniversary Red with Shale interior, the shale interior included shale dash and door panels, all other models in 2003 got black dash and black door panels, even if they got gray or oak seats.
There were approximatly 11,632 AE packages sold with verts about 7,547, and the rest coupes.
Below is the Shock Stuffer Info
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All 2003 Corvettes with magnetic suspension, which includes all Anniversary Editions, leave the factory with "shock stuffers" placed on each shock absorber to prevent the suspension from bottoming-out during transport. This is required as there is essentially no shock absorber action when current is not applied to the shocks.

During the new vehicle preparation, the dealership is required to remove these shock stuffers. Since this is a new procedure for the dealer and it's not required on any other Chevrolet vehicle, many technicians are not aware of this procedure and cars have been delivered to customers with the shock stuffers still in place. Failure to remove these shock stuffers will result in poor ride quality.
The shock stuffers are placed by the factory under the dust cover of each of the car's four shocks. Removal of these stuffers requires jacking the car so the suspension can hang (or on a lift), pushing up the dust covers and removal of the stuffers. A yellow tag may be noticed protruding from the shock dust covers if they are still in place.

GM's instructions are included inside every 2003 Anniversary Edition.

Good Luck

 

One other point, by definition all 2003 Corvettes are 50th anniversary cars. But only the ones that include the 1SC package are the 50th AE,(Anniversary Edition), car. So when an advertiser claims his/her 2003 to be a 50th anniversary car, they are correct, but the distinction(for whatever it is worth), belongs only to the 1SC packaged car. Below is an excerpt from a Car and Driver review of that package when it first came out.
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Initially, it was going to be Polo White with a red interior, just like those first 300 in 1953. But that was too obvious, too plain. Then it was going to be Aztek Gold, like the 12 prototypes that were built in 1998. But nobody liked that hue, either—too disco.

So the people in charge of planning the Corvette's 50th-Anniversary Special Edition picked a shade of what is currently the most oft-selected Corvette color—red. Not just any bright Porsche Guards Red, mind you, and not the purple-red that proved unexpectedly popular on the 40th-anniversary model. No, this new, one-year-only Anniversary Red is a lustrous burgundy with Xirallic aluminum-oxide flakes floating under a special tinted clear-coat and complemented by special Shale interior trim with anniversary badges and cockpit embroidery.

Yes, this new Vette is positively magnetic, but more than you realize. All 50th-Anniversary models—of which as many as 10,000 will be built if demanded—along with all 2003 hatches and convertibles optioned with the F55 Magnetic Selective Ride Control suspension, will feature a novel variable-damper-rate technology that puts the "shock" in shock absorber (a similar system went into production on the Cadillac STS a few months ago).

The dampers are filled not with standard oil but with magnetorheological (MR) fluid. This is a synthetic oil with millions of tiny iron ***** suspended in it. These iron ***** have a proprietary coating to make them less abrasive and help them float evenly within the shock fluid.

More important, they react to a magnetic field generated by an electric coil on the shock piston, thereby changing the fluid's viscosity. Imagine changing your shock fluid from 5W to 100W by simply varying the current in the coil.

"It can go from no damping to solid almost instantly," says Tadge Juechter, assistant chief engineer for Corvette. "The only question is, do you have the computational power to keep up?"

A dual-processor computer adjusts the current about 1000 times per second based on wheel travel and speed, vehicle speed, steering-wheel angle, lateral acceleration, brake application, and also temperature. At 60 mph, that's an adjustment with every inch of the Corvette's forward travel. The goal of these adjustments is to keep the Corvette on a smooth, even keel while maximizing the contact of the tires with the pavement.

The current C5 is already quite capable in those departments, but compared with the base setup and the Z51 option, this F55 suspension represents a great leap forward. Perhaps the greatest improvement involves travel over large bumps and dips, where the conventional suspensions hit the bump stops. In contrast, the F55 system senses the magnitude of the bump or dip as it is deflecting the tire and immediately adjusts the appropriate shock to stay within the available wheel travel. As a result, a humpbacked railroad grade crossing over which a Z51 gets airborne at 80 mph becomes nothing but a medium bump with the F55.

Smaller pavement pockmarks, which the conventional suspension absorbs nicely, virtually disappear on the F55. Yet there is no sense of disconnection with the road. If anything, road feel is even purer because it is polluted by fewer extraneous suspension wiggles.

Severe chatter bumps remain vexing, even with the F55 setup. But the new system provides the Corvette with a major improvement in ride comfort, while enhancing its overall stability.

Those who insist on maximum road feel can rotate a console switch from Tour to Sport mode. This shifts the programming so the car's body tries to follow the road surface more closely rather than remain stable and tranquil. Based on our brief drive, this mode will be useful primarily when hot-lapping at a proper racetrack.
Luck to ALL

 

Bestvettever, Thanks for clarifying the issue of what constitutes a 50th Anniversary edition. Here are the production figures of the 2003 1SC package: Total units 11,632, of which 7.547 were Converts, and 4,085 were coupes. I must agree, that the ,03 A/E 1SC is indeed the best vett ever, just my opinion.

 

One day, I will own one just like that! Love the 50th AE coupes.

 

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