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Old Nov 13, 2021 | 04:28 PM
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How can I find out the color my 2000 corvette when it was new. Bought in vermont with reg no title

Don't think this is stock color
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Old Nov 13, 2021 | 04:33 PM
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That is not a factory color.

If that paint job (is it paint or vinyl wrap?) isn't crazy thorough, you could start by looking at door jambs, engine bay, under carpeting, behind door panels, etc.

You can also look at the RPO sticker in the glovebox for codes, and one of them will be a color code. Pic of that and we can tell you what color it was when it was new.
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Old Nov 13, 2021 | 04:48 PM
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It is paint, checked jams, removed part of weather stripping checked under hood same color. They did a great job

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Old Nov 13, 2021 | 06:11 PM
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It was a Medium Spirol Gray car off the line

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I'm envious of that thorough paint job, I'm wrapping my car in spring to be orange.

However, the spiral gray shown in your code was available for 2003-2004, and you say yours is a 2000.
I'd pop your vin into a vin checker to figure out the actual year. There's a lookup table to find out what exact day your car was made as well.
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The last 6 numbers of your VIN indicates build date if you'd like to share that.
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I do like the color.
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So first post says "don't think this is a stock color" but I think it technically is, just not stock for that car. My guess is factory daytona sunset orange from the C6.
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What else can I find out about the car from this sticker
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Old Nov 13, 2021 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by J lou

What else can I find out about the car from this sticker
Your car was made on Wednesday, March 31, 2004. Very nice! No early C5 issues for you, not a Friday car, and you dodged the April Fool's day shenanigans.

You can check out what each code means here. Some you won't find like SLM but you can find those separately.
https://www.corvetteactioncenter.com.../2004rpos.html
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