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Sep 8, 2008 | 05:29 PM

Purerock105

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1998 Aztec Gold

Saw this over the weekend at the Venice Corvette Show(Florida).

Pretty interesting but sorta of an EPIC Fail for GM.

Sep 8, 2008 | 06:08 PM

jserio

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Am I missing something?

Sep 8, 2008 | 06:10 PM

Purerock105

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Am I missing something?

I dunno know...are you...?

Sep 8, 2008 | 06:18 PM

jserio

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All I see is a white blank box...Or is that the point

Sep 8, 2008 | 06:32 PM

Purerock105

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All I see is a white blank box...Or is that the point

Its a :40 second youtube video of a 1998 Aztec Gold Corvette. Can you not see it or play it...?

Sep 8, 2008 | 06:39 PM

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I saw it A OK. I would like to have gone to Venice for the show (my neighbor went) but I just had too much deferred stuff to do around the house. Anyway, the gold C5 is a neat car and as I understand, because of problems with the paint at the factory, it is a pretty rare bird!

Sep 8, 2008 | 08:10 PM

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I saw it A OK. I would like to have gone to Venice for the show (my neighbor went) but I just had too much deferred stuff to do around the house. Anyway, the gold C5 is a neat car and as I understand, because of problems with the paint at the factory, it is a pretty rare bird!

Rolled 5 off the factory and paint didn't match between the fender, the doors, hood, etc. So...they did another 5...samething. Okay one more time...yet another 5, same result. GM/Chevy then threw in the towel.

Sep 8, 2008 | 09:20 PM

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Sep 8, 2008 | 10:44 PM

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GM tried by like was mentioned, couldn't get the paint to match right. I've seen one of the Aztec gold cars at Kerbecks - IMO it would have been a great color for the C5.

BTW, the video is no longer available.

Sep 8, 2008 | 10:47 PM

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They look like this:

Sep 8, 2008 | 11:20 PM

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never knew they made that color, but not a fan,

Sep 9, 2008 | 12:22 AM

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Video still works. See Corvette Magazine, April 2008, pages 64-67 for full story on these "Gold Bugs."

Sep 9, 2008 | 11:20 AM

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Looks like a rare color to me.

Sep 9, 2008 | 11:28 AM

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I read somewhere that after the failures with the paint not matching up, that GM used most of these C5's as corporate cars. They were sold later and most people got them for a great price. Not my favorite color but still think it's cool as a rare/ not too often seen model

Sep 9, 2008 | 11:38 AM

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I liked the C6 Z06 Edmunds video next to it comparing the Ford Shelby GT500 to it.

Edmunds prefers the Z06 hands down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIPBP-9TUnQ

Sep 9, 2008 | 02:24 PM

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A father and son in the Chicago Corvette Club own 2 of the 15 that were made. I want to say one of the first batch and one of the second batch.

It is an interesting story.

Sep 9, 2008 | 11:49 PM

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There used to be one of those in OKC but I haven't seen it in a while.

Sep 10, 2008 | 12:02 AM

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Now I finally seen it. Glad I did too. I have always loved Gold on a Corvette. My 82 was gold and that looked great. Compliments everywhere I went.

Sep 17, 2008 | 10:12 PM

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Sep 17, 2008 | 10:19 PM

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There were less Navy Blue Corvettes made in 1998 then Aztec gold.

Check out a thread I'm working on.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=2132399

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