50th Anniversary question ...wheels
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50th Anniversary question ...wheels
Yesterday I saw a 50th Anniversary Corvette in Woodbridge Ca that is identical to mine. The wheels were the same chrome ones, not like the ones you see in the special 50th package brochure, which were polished aluminum. I was wondering if anyone who has a 50th edition got the car with the wheels like the ones in the picture below. Was it from the factory or at the dealers.They may have been an option, not sure. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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You mentioned the 50th anniversary sales brochure and I was wondering if you could help me out .
If I remember correctly, towards the end , in the lower right , was a single paragraph saying the same options could be had in all black, but without the unique badging.
This has been bugging me, as I wasn't realy paying attention back when the literature was new, and now I own an all black '03 convertible. it seems to have all available options, some of them even work.
By the way that car has chrome steel wheels with five thick flat spokes. I think they are factory wheels, but from another year. I really don't know.
If I remember correctly, towards the end , in the lower right , was a single paragraph saying the same options could be had in all black, but without the unique badging.
This has been bugging me, as I wasn't realy paying attention back when the literature was new, and now I own an all black '03 convertible. it seems to have all available options, some of them even work.
By the way that car has chrome steel wheels with five thick flat spokes. I think they are factory wheels, but from another year. I really don't know.
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50TH. Wheels ?
Mine came new from Bill Heard Chevrolet in Sugarland TX with the aluminum wheels painted in a Champagne color. I still have them and I wouldn't ever considering parting with them. 
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You mentioned the 50th anniversary sales brochure and I was wondering if you could help me out .
If I remember correctly, towards the end , in the lower right , was a single paragraph saying the same options could be had in all black, but without the unique badging.
This has been bugging me, as I wasn't realy paying attention back when the literature was new, and now I own an all black '03 convertible. it seems to have all available options, some of them even work.
By the way that car has chrome steel wheels with five thick flat spokes. I think they are factory wheels, but from another year. I really don't know.
If I remember correctly, towards the end , in the lower right , was a single paragraph saying the same options could be had in all black, but without the unique badging.
This has been bugging me, as I wasn't realy paying attention back when the literature was new, and now I own an all black '03 convertible. it seems to have all available options, some of them even work.
By the way that car has chrome steel wheels with five thick flat spokes. I think they are factory wheels, but from another year. I really don't know.
You could get all the options on any of the 2003 cars except for the Anniversary Red paint and shale interior. Those were only available on the Anniversary Edition and the entire anniversary package stickered at $5,000
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I have the brochure and as it turns out they are "Highly Polished Aluminum" my error in calling them chrome. The ones in the brochure also have colored cross flags, mine are just plain. I am sure they are after market, i guess I was surprised that the other car I saw had the same wheel, maybe they are fairly common. Thanks for your response
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As stated above, all Anniversary models came with the Champagne colored wheels, without exception.
A lot of us have moved to something else, but OEM was the painted "anniversary" wheel.
A lot of us have moved to something else, but OEM was the painted "anniversary" wheel.
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Yup, a lot of us moved on from those OEM 50th AE Wheels. 
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Even when I was deciding to buy the AE, the wheels were my very least-favorite part of the package. I drove it for a couple of years and then pulled the trigger on the chrome, deep-dish repos.
