Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red
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Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red
Hi everybody.
I'm a french owner of a 2003 corvette. The car has the Z51 package and an automatic trans...
The exterior color is Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red for the interior.
In december, just before buying this vette, I used the Compnine website to decode the VIN of the car.
One thing I don't understand. Only 4 cars with the Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red options should exist.
But only in 2003 or for all years?
I don't know... I've read that Medium Spiral Grey was only introduced in 2003. Is it true?
I'm a french owner of a 2003 corvette. The car has the Z51 package and an automatic trans...
The exterior color is Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red for the interior.
In december, just before buying this vette, I used the Compnine website to decode the VIN of the car.
One thing I don't understand. Only 4 cars with the Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red options should exist.
But only in 2003 or for all years?
I don't know... I've read that Medium Spiral Grey was only introduced in 2003. Is it true?
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Hi everybody.
I'm a french owner of a 2003 corvette. The car has the Z51 package and an automatic trans...
The exterior color is Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red for the interior.
In december, just before buying this vette, I used the Compnine website to decode the VIN of the car.
One thing I don't understand. Only 4 cars with the Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red options should exist.
But only in 2003 or for all years?
I don't know... I've read that Medium Spiral Grey was only introduced in 2003. Is it true?
I'm a french owner of a 2003 corvette. The car has the Z51 package and an automatic trans...
The exterior color is Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red for the interior.
In december, just before buying this vette, I used the Compnine website to decode the VIN of the car.
One thing I don't understand. Only 4 cars with the Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red options should exist.
But only in 2003 or for all years?
I don't know... I've read that Medium Spiral Grey was only introduced in 2003. Is it true?
The MSG and Torch Red interior is a rare combo, however I've seen a few pictures over the year. I think only 4 C5s with this color combo is low. I'm sure someone will chime in with the actual count.
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That is a fairly rare combo, but 4 seems low. Out of 35,469 cars in 2003, 3,299 were Medium Spiral Gray, and 1,969 had the Red interior. Using those figures to extrapolate, you could estimate that 183 cars had this combo. I'm pretty sure production numbers for specific combinations weren't recorded, and I'm not sure how Compnine comes up with their estimates.
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That is a fairly rare combo, but 4 seems low. Out of 35,469 cars in 2003, 3,299 were Medium Spiral Gray, and 1,969 had the Red interior. Using those figures to extrapolate, you could estimate that 183 cars had this combo. I'm pretty sure production numbers for specific combinations weren't recorded, and I'm not sure how Compnine comes up with their estimates.
Also, according to the build sheet that I got from the museum, the car was ordered with the white vinyl top. It was shipped to a dealership in Louisiana, so the white top makes some sense for their climate. It now has the darker cloth top; I do not know when it was changed. It also has Cray five-spoke black rims with a chrome trim ring, which really show well against the gray body.
I also would love to know how many C5s have these colors, especially if it is as rare a combination as it appears to be.
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I've never seen that color combo. Mine is the way more typical Spiral Gray with light gray interior.
Funny, when I bought the car, I thought it was really different as I had only seen pictures of spiral gray Vettes, never seen one up close. Now that I own the car, I've seen four twins in the Raleigh, NC area.
So much for unique, but I still like that color.
Funny, when I bought the car, I thought it was really different as I had only seen pictures of spiral gray Vettes, never seen one up close. Now that I own the car, I've seen four twins in the Raleigh, NC area.
So much for unique, but I still like that color.
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Here is a picture of a coupe with that combo I found online...
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I've never seen an MSG car with a TR interior, but I can imagine that it would look great.
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If it's Mr Bill you refer to, I believe his is pewter/firethorn. That's a definite for the exterior, but not a positive on the interior. It's possible it could be TR. I'm sure he'll chime in.
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Thanks. Tried his profile, but no mention that I could see of interior color on his '02.
Not to highjack the thread, but when was the firethorn discontinued?
Edit: With a little research it looks like firethorn's last year was 1999. TR debuted in 2000.
Not to highjack the thread, but when was the firethorn discontinued?
Edit: With a little research it looks like firethorn's last year was 1999. TR debuted in 2000.
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Here is a few pics of mine over the years. Ordered it in 2003. Factory even called the dealer back to ensure of the color combo. Once arrived at dealer everyone fell in love. Color combo is rare...numbers even lower with 6 speed. Been receiving compliments ever since 
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Hi everybody.
I'm a french owner of a 2003 corvette. The car has the Z51 package and an automatic trans...
The exterior color is Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red for the interior.
In december, just before buying this vette, I used the Compnine website to decode the VIN of the car.
One thing I don't understand. Only 4 cars with the Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red options should exist.
But only in 2003 or for all years?
I don't know... I've read that Medium Spiral Grey was only introduced in 2003. Is it true?
I'm a french owner of a 2003 corvette. The car has the Z51 package and an automatic trans...
The exterior color is Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red for the interior.
In december, just before buying this vette, I used the Compnine website to decode the VIN of the car.
One thing I don't understand. Only 4 cars with the Medium Spiral Grey and Torch Red options should exist.
But only in 2003 or for all years?
I don't know... I've read that Medium Spiral Grey was only introduced in 2003. Is it true?
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You did a really great job with that Vette.
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