2003 50th Anniversary Question
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2003 50th Anniversary Question
Hello there everyone. I have a question about the 2003 50th anniversary edition Corvette. I have looked through the search articles for a bit, but didn't find anything matching my criteria (forgive me if there is a post, spent a few minutes searching but no luck).
My dad and I recently went down to this dealership which claims to have the most corvette's in the area (and seems to be pretty true). We found this beautiful 50th anniversary corvette.. but the problem is that it is Dark Grey. (link to dealership's page of corvette http://hendrick-chevrolet.ebizautos....px?iid=3083479)
I was under the impression that 50th anniversary corvette's were only in the special red, not sure of full name. Umm.. am i just mistaken and there are other colors of the 50th anniversary or is something wrong here? The salesman said it was one owner who did nothing to his car.
Overall, it was a beautiful car and the price seems to be around what we're willing to pay for it.
Thank you for any input!
Signed,
Einn
My dad and I recently went down to this dealership which claims to have the most corvette's in the area (and seems to be pretty true). We found this beautiful 50th anniversary corvette.. but the problem is that it is Dark Grey. (link to dealership's page of corvette http://hendrick-chevrolet.ebizautos....px?iid=3083479)
I was under the impression that 50th anniversary corvette's were only in the special red, not sure of full name. Umm.. am i just mistaken and there are other colors of the 50th anniversary or is something wrong here? The salesman said it was one owner who did nothing to his car.
Overall, it was a beautiful car and the price seems to be around what we're willing to pay for it.
Thank you for any input!
Signed,
Einn
Drifting
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All '03s received the hood badging (not sure about the decklid), but only those with the special 50th Anniversary Edition option package got the shale colored interior, the special champagne colored wheels, and the like. And those were all in the special Anniversary Red color. Option code was Z25.
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Burning Brakes
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All 2003 Corvettes are 50th anniversary cars. They all came with silver hood and trunk 50th Ann badging. However, there is only one special edition 50th ann model that was done in the 50th Ann red color, speical interior color, champaign wheel color, and special fender badging. I think that was the only car that you could get the Magnetic Ride control shocks option on as well; first year for this option. Hope this help. The gray you are talking about is called Spiral Gray and it is a great color. I believe they only made it for 2 years. If the car you are looking at is in good shape, you should consider it. Have fun.
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50th AE
Hi, If the dealer, or anyone else says that a 2003 Vette is a 50th Anniversary car, they are not incorrect, but they are not telling you the entire story. It's true that all 2003 vettes were 50th Anniversary cars and received the 50th badges. But only the package listed below is the "50th AE,(Anniversary Edition). It came with all the items listed below, and was 3700 to 5000 more money depending on the time of year you bought it, and the discount you got. There were only 7547 verts and 4085 cpes made. All the rest made that year were 50th year cars, but not 50AE packaged cars, which most believe holds the true distinction as the true 50th anniversary car.
Let the flame begin
Good Luck
SEE BELOW
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Package--1SC
50th Anniversary Edition Package, which includes these options as standard equipment:
(effective 4/2003)
Original Msrp (not counting dealer markup)-$5,000
Discounted Package Price--$3,700
50th Anniversary Red metallic paint
Shale two-tone leather trim
50th Anniversary aluminum wheels
50th Anniversary trim & badges
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
Let the flame begin
Good Luck
SEE BELOW
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Package--1SC
50th Anniversary Edition Package, which includes these options as standard equipment:
(effective 4/2003)
Original Msrp (not counting dealer markup)-$5,000
Discounted Package Price--$3,700
50th Anniversary Red metallic paint
Shale two-tone leather trim
50th Anniversary aluminum wheels
50th Anniversary trim & badges
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
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All 2003 Corvettes are 50th anniversary cars. They all came with silver hood and trunk 50th Ann badging. However, there is only one special edition 50th ann model that was done in the 50th Ann red color, speical interior color, champaign wheel color, and special fender badging. I think that was the only car that you could get the Magnetic Ride control shocks option on as well; first year for this option. Hope this help. The gray you are talking about is called Spiral Gray and it is a great color. I believe they only made it for 2 years. If the car you are looking at is in good shape, you should consider it. Have fun.
The F55 Magnetic Ride was only available on the coupe or convertible, not the Z06. It was part of the 1SC package which made up the special anniversary edition.
All 2003 Corvettes had the silver 50th anniversary badging on the nose and rear deck lid, and the convertibles had the 50th anniversary badge on the waterfall as well.
The Medium Spiral Gray metallic was only available on 2003 and 2004 coupes and convertibles. It was not offered on the Z06.
This web site will cover most of the O.P.'s availability questions -
http://corvetteactioncenter.com/spec.../2003prod.html
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I was at the dealer last night looking at a 427 SE Vette same price as a Z06 signed inside the center console lid, by whom I don`t know?, I had to inform him of the color/combo that truly denotes the real 50th AE.
Saw a 07 Vert new, low 50`s, about 4 08 6Z06 ( I`ll take the 3LT blue one please), I strongly note used C5`s DO NOT last on there lot very long at all, even in so so condition. C6`s on the other hand, yipes they just sit month after month with rusted rotors, kinda sad, I quess.
Saw a 07 Vert new, low 50`s, about 4 08 6Z06 ( I`ll take the 3LT blue one please), I strongly note used C5`s DO NOT last on there lot very long at all, even in so so condition. C6`s on the other hand, yipes they just sit month after month with rusted rotors, kinda sad, I quess.
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Wow, thank you so much guys! Yeah, when i saw the icon on the hood, i was like ".. wait, what the hell? are they trying to rip people off?"
My dad's still thinking about it, 'cause it seems like a fairly nice price for the 'vette given it's options and miles so /crosses fingers.
Signed,
Einn
My dad's still thinking about it, 'cause it seems like a fairly nice price for the 'vette given it's options and miles so /crosses fingers.
Signed,
Einn
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Wow, thank you so much guys! Yeah, when i saw the icon on the hood, i was like ".. wait, what the hell? are they trying to rip people off?"
My dad's still thinking about it, 'cause it seems like a fairly nice price for the 'vette given it's options and miles so /crosses fingers.
Signed,
Einn
My dad's still thinking about it, 'cause it seems like a fairly nice price for the 'vette given it's options and miles so /crosses fingers.
Signed,
Einn
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08
Wow, thank you so much guys! Yeah, when i saw the icon on the hood, i was like ".. wait, what the hell? are they trying to rip people off?"
My dad's still thinking about it, 'cause it seems like a fairly nice price for the 'vette given it's options and miles so /crosses fingers.
Signed,
Einn
My dad's still thinking about it, 'cause it seems like a fairly nice price for the 'vette given it's options and miles so /crosses fingers.
Signed,
Einn
One note about 2003's, it was the first year in decades where there were more Convertibles than other models.
Good luck searching
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Hello there everyone. I have a question about the 2003 50th anniversary edition Corvette. I have looked through the search articles for a bit, but didn't find anything matching my criteria (forgive me if there is a post, spent a few minutes searching but no luck).
My dad and I recently went down to this dealership which claims to have the most corvette's in the area (and seems to be pretty true). We found this beautiful 50th anniversary corvette.. but the problem is that it is Dark Grey. (link to dealership's page of corvette http://hendrick-chevrolet.ebizautos....px?iid=3083479)
I was under the impression that 50th anniversary corvette's were only in the special red, not sure of full name. Umm.. am i just mistaken and there are other colors of the 50th anniversary or is something wrong here? The salesman said it was one owner who did nothing to his car.
Overall, it was a beautiful car and the price seems to be around what we're willing to pay for it.
Thank you for any input!
Signed,
Einn
My dad and I recently went down to this dealership which claims to have the most corvette's in the area (and seems to be pretty true). We found this beautiful 50th anniversary corvette.. but the problem is that it is Dark Grey. (link to dealership's page of corvette http://hendrick-chevrolet.ebizautos....px?iid=3083479)
I was under the impression that 50th anniversary corvette's were only in the special red, not sure of full name. Umm.. am i just mistaken and there are other colors of the 50th anniversary or is something wrong here? The salesman said it was one owner who did nothing to his car.
Overall, it was a beautiful car and the price seems to be around what we're willing to pay for it.
Thank you for any input!
Signed,
Einn
Pro
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From: Bucks County Pa
50th AE Cars
All 2003's are 50th Anniversary cars. The "Anniversary Edition" comes in the red you mention. The Anniversary Edition was by far the most common in 2003. Also, all 2003's have the 50th emblems both front and rear as well as on the gauge cluster tach and speedometer.
One note about 2003's, it was the first year in decades where there were more Convertibles than other models.
Good luck searching
One note about 2003's, it was the first year in decades where there were more Convertibles than other models.
Good luck searching
Also the Magnetic Selective Ride Control which was standard on the AE Packaged car was on 42% of the cars produced that year, of which 33% were AE's, so only 9% of the non AE Cars had it.
The following link has all the production numbers , options, codes, and such for the 2003 car.
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/.../2003prod.html
Below is the breakdown by color.
Luck to all
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Color Options
RPO Color Interior
Colors Coupe Convert FRC Total
Prod. % Prod. % Prod. % Prod. %
Exterior Color Production
12U Quicksilver Metallic B-LG-LO-R-RB 798 6% 500 4% 1,089 13% 2,387 7%
21U Electron Blue Metallic B-LG-LO-RB 967 8% 531 4% 1,272 15% 2,770 8%
40U Speedway White B-LG-R 371 3% 308 2% 0 0% 679 2%
41U Black B-LG-R-RB 1,600 12% 1,398 10% 2,599 30% 5,597 16%
70U Torch Red B-LG-R-RB 1,864 36% 1,374 10% 1,967 23% 5,205 15%
79U Millenium Yellow w/ Tint B-LG-RB 1,041 27% 1,151 8% 1,708 20% 3,900 11%
88U Spiral Gray Metallic B-LG-LO-R 2,086 16% 1,213 9% 0 0% 3,299 9%
94U Anniversary Red Metallic S 4,085 35% 7,547 54% 0 0% 11,632 33%
Abbrv: B=Black, LG=Light Gray, LO=Light Oak, R=Firethorn Red, RB=Red/Black, S=Shale
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EDIT- Just for the sake of playing witth the production numbers, below is an excerpt from the production chart on the above linked site. It shows Six Speeds in 24% of the cars built, and 51% Automatics, What was in the other 25% of the cars built????
MM6 6-speed Manual $915 3,767 29% 4,823 34% 0 0% 8,590 24%
M30 Elect. 4spd. Automatic Transmission $0 9,045 71% 9,199 66% 0 0% 18,244 51%
Last edited by bestvettever; Jun 19, 2008 at 11:25 PM.
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What are you waiting for? That Spiral Gray Metallic is of 1,213 produced in '03, so in essence, it is by far much rarer than a 1SC PKG Anniversary Red / Shale interior '03. Tell Pops to pull the trigger. He won't regret it!
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Guys, all of these cars were made in the last 10 years so they aren't rare, exotic, special, collectable, antique, Barrett-Jackson type of cars, etc. Just buy the color and trans type of C5 you like and drive away. 
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08
Too bad they didn't make a Z06 in Anny Red. THAT would look outstanding!
