Rare Aztec Gold Corvette
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Yesterday's ugly is today's rare, hard to find, if you want it you gotta pay color. Or at least that's what the guys who own them say.
I do know there's a very dark green that was only made in 01 ( I think). I know there was a green in 97 but I don't believe it was as dark as the 01 color. The 01s are not common at all. I came close to buying an 01 vert with that dark green.
ALSO, the 03, 50 year anniversary edition metallic burgundy is a one year only color, but there's a similar color in 04. The AE color, I believe, was a one and done on purpose, they are beautiful.
I do know there's a very dark green that was only made in 01 ( I think). I know there was a green in 97 but I don't believe it was as dark as the 01 color. The 01s are not common at all. I came close to buying an 01 vert with that dark green.
ALSO, the 03, 50 year anniversary edition metallic burgundy is a one year only color, but there's a similar color in 04. The AE color, I believe, was a one and done on purpose, they are beautiful.
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There was a similar color available on 2000MY Mustangs, also called Aztec Gold. Not too many of those around either, but I love that color. Add some black stripes, and wheels, and you have my dream color C5Z.
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Saw a LR Green C7 in the sun and I thought the color was stunning, probably one of my favorites. But hey, to each their own.
I did get to see #1 of 15 at Carlisle this year. Not my favorite color but I've seen some custom jobs that looked way worse.
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I did get to see #1 of 15 at Carlisle this year. Not my favorite color but I've seen some custom jobs that looked way worse.
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Nice Year Old Thread!
Aztec Gold was scheduled to be the 50th Anniversary color for the 2003 Corvette and in 1998 GM did a test run of 15 cars. They could not get the colors to match from panel to panel and they deiced against using the the color for the 50th Anniversary Edition cars.
So the 15 cars painted that color have become somewhat collectable or at least a cool conversation piece.
Later in the C5 model years GM produced one Aztec Gold Coupe with Z06 brake ducts and the NCM raffled off the car. It was to celebrate the highest test score from JD Powers Initial Quality Study. During it's production all of the Bowling Green Assembly Plant workers signed the car, inside, under the hood any where they could sign it, they did. The car was won via the auction and then the new owner sold it to Kerbeck in Atlantic City, NJ and it now apart of that Corvette Collection.
Aztec Gold was scheduled to be the 50th Anniversary color for the 2003 Corvette and in 1998 GM did a test run of 15 cars. They could not get the colors to match from panel to panel and they deiced against using the the color for the 50th Anniversary Edition cars.
So the 15 cars painted that color have become somewhat collectable or at least a cool conversation piece.
Later in the C5 model years GM produced one Aztec Gold Coupe with Z06 brake ducts and the NCM raffled off the car. It was to celebrate the highest test score from JD Powers Initial Quality Study. During it's production all of the Bowling Green Assembly Plant workers signed the car, inside, under the hood any where they could sign it, they did. The car was won via the auction and then the new owner sold it to Kerbeck in Atlantic City, NJ and it now apart of that Corvette Collection.
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IIRC, Troy Roberts had an Aztec Gold C5. I got a chance to meet him at the 50th Anniversary event at the NCM. He was out in the parking lot cleaning up his car.
I have an '87 C4 that's gold. One of something like 395 that were painted that color. It's too bad that GM had problems with getting gold paint to work. I wonder what a C7 would look like in gold?
I have an '87 C4 that's gold. One of something like 395 that were painted that color. It's too bad that GM had problems with getting gold paint to work. I wonder what a C7 would look like in gold?
The car is gone... but I found a 1994 Copper Metallic Convertible now....
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I took this picture on 9/22/2007 at Funfest in Effingham, Illinois. I knew I had this picture, just took me awhile to go back and find it. 3 of the 15 in the same place, pretty remarkable!