Could someone help?
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Could someone help?
I have tired looking and can not find any help on the build history of my 07 zo6. I went to the corvette museum and had them do a build sheet and window tag. The museum contacted me this is what she said.
ROGER,
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME IF THE SEATS IN YOUR 2007 CORVETTE ARE SOLID OR TWO TONE?
THANK YOU
Sharon Kinser
Library/Archives Assistant
National Corvette Museum
800-538-3883 EXT 157 or Direct 270-467-8807
Email: sharon@corvettemuseum.org
www.corvettemuseum.org
The problem is that when I look on how many zo6's were built with the ebony and titanium seats there are none. Well mine is 1. the car was built on 4-6-06. vin#1G1YY26E375100030. I bought the car with 7136 miles and the car was never licensed . The dealer said it was a event car that was used by GM. I was told that it was used for adds for GM that year showing the new color atomic orange. I was hoping that someone here might be able to help or tell where I might look for info on my car.
ROGER,
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME IF THE SEATS IN YOUR 2007 CORVETTE ARE SOLID OR TWO TONE?
THANK YOU
Sharon Kinser
Library/Archives Assistant
National Corvette Museum
800-538-3883 EXT 157 or Direct 270-467-8807
Email: sharon@corvettemuseum.org
www.corvettemuseum.org
The problem is that when I look on how many zo6's were built with the ebony and titanium seats there are none. Well mine is 1. the car was built on 4-6-06. vin#1G1YY26E375100030. I bought the car with 7136 miles and the car was never licensed . The dealer said it was a event car that was used by GM. I was told that it was used for adds for GM that year showing the new color atomic orange. I was hoping that someone here might be able to help or tell where I might look for info on my car.
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Here's a link to what you might be looking for.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3D18%26um%3D1
Could be your car.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3D18%26um%3D1
Could be your car.
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Couple things. I'd go back to that dealer and get it in writing. I don't know if you're thinking it's worth more because it's one-of-one, but it could be someday, esp. if it is one of the (or the only) photoshoot cars.
After I got that letter, I'd try and verify using Murph's writeup with the Museum that this is the car. Certainly with the VIN they can determine if it is or isn't. Maybe. It is possible that advertising just "slapped" some different seat covers in the car for photos and made no record of which actual car it was. If I were the photographer, that's what I'd do.
Finally, while you don't want to hear this, it could be that someone else, either the dealer or the prior owner (I know; it's GM) could have put the seat covers in after it was produced. That seems like a lot of miles for an event car, but I don't know what the usual mileage is for a car of that type.
After I got that letter, I'd try and verify using Murph's writeup with the Museum that this is the car. Certainly with the VIN they can determine if it is or isn't. Maybe. It is possible that advertising just "slapped" some different seat covers in the car for photos and made no record of which actual car it was. If I were the photographer, that's what I'd do.
Finally, while you don't want to hear this, it could be that someone else, either the dealer or the prior owner (I know; it's GM) could have put the seat covers in after it was produced. That seems like a lot of miles for an event car, but I don't know what the usual mileage is for a car of that type.
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Did you reply to Sharon's request? The museum can certainly access your build information. They are simply trying to verify a piece of information about your car. If you don't get anywhere let me know and I'll see what I can find out for you.
On a related note, the car pictured in Murphman2's link while a promo for the Z06 is showing a convertible when they picture the ebony/cashmere interior. The waterfall is the dead giveaway. Also, the seats as shown in the Z06 easiest to see in the fifth picture down does not have the crossed flag logo (or Z06 logo) which would also appear in a car with the two tone interior.
On a related note, the car pictured in Murphman2's link while a promo for the Z06 is showing a convertible when they picture the ebony/cashmere interior. The waterfall is the dead giveaway. Also, the seats as shown in the Z06 easiest to see in the fifth picture down does not have the crossed flag logo (or Z06 logo) which would also appear in a car with the two tone interior.
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I seen the waterfall on the interior pic and figured that it was a stock photo, which it probably was, but thought that I'd post it anyway.
7500+ miles taking pics seem a bit excessive, but you never know, this might even be Jon Voights' car.
7500+ miles taking pics seem a bit excessive, but you never know, this might even be Jon Voights' car.
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Sharon at the Museum told me that they have no info on GM cars. I did buy the build sheet and window sticker. I'm not looking for $$$ in finding out . It's just for me lol. The dealer sent me some pro picts of a zo6 and said it was mine. I also bought the brochure that was for the corvette of that year. I saw some picts that could be mine but no way of knowing. The reply that I got form Sharon was this.
Roger,
With GM, the often call the same color different names. For instance, your is black/silver. Here it is listed Ebony/Lt. Titanium, in our black book it is listed ebony/gray. They are all the same color.
Thanks,
Sharon
The dealer told me that the owner has ties with someone at GM . I think this could be true since they have been selling corvettes for over 25 yrs , have a high performance shop for them and have 4 event cars or had for sale when I bought mine. When I titled it it showed owned but not licensed buy GM. That and the vin # along with the build date 4-6-06? isn't that early ? I do not know since I have always dreamed and drooled at these cars but never thought I would actually own 1. I know this info will most likely not be obtainable but I figured it's worth a try. When I looked at the Bowling Greens info sheet for that year it did not show any zo6's with the black silver config seats no matter what they color they called them.The dealer had the car since last fall. He also told me that GM drove this car to places to show it off like corvette events and the likes of. They are car dealers so I do not have much faith in what they say but hey I think it would be cool if the car actually was what they said it was wouldn't you? Any one that can help I would sure make it worth their time . I am the type of person that likes to know and willing to pursue any avenue to get to the truth not hear say.
Roger,
With GM, the often call the same color different names. For instance, your is black/silver. Here it is listed Ebony/Lt. Titanium, in our black book it is listed ebony/gray. They are all the same color.
Thanks,
Sharon
The dealer told me that the owner has ties with someone at GM . I think this could be true since they have been selling corvettes for over 25 yrs , have a high performance shop for them and have 4 event cars or had for sale when I bought mine. When I titled it it showed owned but not licensed buy GM. That and the vin # along with the build date 4-6-06? isn't that early ? I do not know since I have always dreamed and drooled at these cars but never thought I would actually own 1. I know this info will most likely not be obtainable but I figured it's worth a try. When I looked at the Bowling Greens info sheet for that year it did not show any zo6's with the black silver config seats no matter what they color they called them.The dealer had the car since last fall. He also told me that GM drove this car to places to show it off like corvette events and the likes of. They are car dealers so I do not have much faith in what they say but hey I think it would be cool if the car actually was what they said it was wouldn't you? Any one that can help I would sure make it worth their time . I am the type of person that likes to know and willing to pursue any avenue to get to the truth not hear say.
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Sharon at the Museum told me that they have no info on GM cars. I did buy the build sheet and window sticker. I'm not looking for $$$ in finding out . It's just for me lol. The dealer sent me some pro picts of a zo6 and said it was mine. I also bought the brochure that was for the corvette of that year. I saw some picts that could be mine but no way of knowing. The reply that I got form Sharon was this.
Roger,
With GM, the often call the same color different names. For instance, your is black/silver. Here it is listed Ebony/Lt. Titanium, in our black book it is listed ebony/gray. They are all the same color.
Thanks,
Sharon
The dealer told me that the owner has ties with someone at GM . I think this could be true since they have been selling corvettes for over 25 yrs , have a high performance shop for them and have 4 event cars or had for sale when I bought mine. When I titled it it showed owned but not licensed buy GM. That and the vin # along with the build date 4-6-06? isn't that early ? I do not know since I have always dreamed and drooled at these cars but never thought I would actually own 1. I know this info will most likely not be obtainable but I figured it's worth a try. When I looked at the Bowling Greens info sheet for that year it did not show any zo6's with the black silver config seats no matter what they color they called them.The dealer had the car since last fall. He also told me that GM drove this car to places to show it off like corvette events and the likes of. They are car dealers so I do not have much faith in what they say but hey I think it would be cool if the car actually was what they said it was wouldn't you? Any one that can help I would sure make it worth their time . I am the type of person that likes to know and willing to pursue any avenue to get to the truth not hear say.
Roger,
With GM, the often call the same color different names. For instance, your is black/silver. Here it is listed Ebony/Lt. Titanium, in our black book it is listed ebony/gray. They are all the same color.
Thanks,
Sharon
The dealer told me that the owner has ties with someone at GM . I think this could be true since they have been selling corvettes for over 25 yrs , have a high performance shop for them and have 4 event cars or had for sale when I bought mine. When I titled it it showed owned but not licensed buy GM. That and the vin # along with the build date 4-6-06? isn't that early ? I do not know since I have always dreamed and drooled at these cars but never thought I would actually own 1. I know this info will most likely not be obtainable but I figured it's worth a try. When I looked at the Bowling Greens info sheet for that year it did not show any zo6's with the black silver config seats no matter what they color they called them.The dealer had the car since last fall. He also told me that GM drove this car to places to show it off like corvette events and the likes of. They are car dealers so I do not have much faith in what they say but hey I think it would be cool if the car actually was what they said it was wouldn't you? Any one that can help I would sure make it worth their time . I am the type of person that likes to know and willing to pursue any avenue to get to the truth not hear say.
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Sharon at the Museum told me that they have no info on GM cars. I did buy the build sheet and window sticker. I'm not looking for $$$ in finding out . It's just for me lol. The dealer sent me some pro picts of a zo6 and said it was mine. I also bought the brochure that was for the corvette of that year. I saw some picts that could be mine but no way of knowing. The reply that I got form Sharon was this.
Roger,
With GM, the often call the same color different names. For instance, your is black/silver. Here it is listed Ebony/Lt. Titanium, in our black book it is listed ebony/gray. They are all the same color.
Thanks,
Sharon
The dealer told me that the owner has ties with someone at GM . I think this could be true since they have been selling corvettes for over 25 yrs , have a high performance shop for them and have 4 event cars or had for sale when I bought mine. When I titled it it showed owned but not licensed buy GM. That and the vin # along with the build date 4-6-06? isn't that early ? I do not know since I have always dreamed and drooled at these cars but never thought I would actually own 1. I know this info will most likely not be obtainable but I figured it's worth a try. When I looked at the Bowling Greens info sheet for that year it did not show any zo6's with the black silver config seats no matter what they color they called them.The dealer had the car since last fall. He also told me that GM drove this car to places to show it off like corvette events and the likes of. They are car dealers so I do not have much faith in what they say but hey I think it would be cool if the car actually was what they said it was wouldn't you? Any one that can help I would sure make it worth their time . I am the type of person that likes to know and willing to pursue any avenue to get to the truth not hear say.
Roger,
With GM, the often call the same color different names. For instance, your is black/silver. Here it is listed Ebony/Lt. Titanium, in our black book it is listed ebony/gray. They are all the same color.
Thanks,
Sharon
The dealer told me that the owner has ties with someone at GM . I think this could be true since they have been selling corvettes for over 25 yrs , have a high performance shop for them and have 4 event cars or had for sale when I bought mine. When I titled it it showed owned but not licensed buy GM. That and the vin # along with the build date 4-6-06? isn't that early ? I do not know since I have always dreamed and drooled at these cars but never thought I would actually own 1. I know this info will most likely not be obtainable but I figured it's worth a try. When I looked at the Bowling Greens info sheet for that year it did not show any zo6's with the black silver config seats no matter what they color they called them.The dealer had the car since last fall. He also told me that GM drove this car to places to show it off like corvette events and the likes of. They are car dealers so I do not have much faith in what they say but hey I think it would be cool if the car actually was what they said it was wouldn't you? Any one that can help I would sure make it worth their time . I am the type of person that likes to know and willing to pursue any avenue to get to the truth not hear say.
I'll dig up a little more detail for you when I'm able.
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Did you get a Carfax Report? I just looked and it shows "5 events". Might be interesting to see.
And like Talon said, the glove box label should have a "WD1". Did you or will you confirm it is there?
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Thanks,
Yes I will check the glove box. I thought the carfax was for accidents . I know it had the roof fixed and was told all other problems were fixed. I will check tomorrow since I leave the car in a storage unit in town. Where I live it is not the best for this car this time of year. That along with 1 mile of gravel road going up about 800 ft of mountain or black hills whatever you want to call it. here are some picts I took before the last big snow about 2 weeks ago. It was 78 deg for a week then back to 20 along with a foot of snow. Today was the first day since them that I took her out for a spin. Now we are going to get another blizzard fiday night and saturday . Oh well here's some picts. I had the front and sides of the car chip guarded . It brings out the color and keeps it from getting chipped up plus I hate the plastic crap that leaves lines. hope you enjoy. Yes that is a Buffalo! and a pict of the seats
[IMG]http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/rlw222
/ZO6/springzo6062.jpg[/IMG]
Yes I will check the glove box. I thought the carfax was for accidents . I know it had the roof fixed and was told all other problems were fixed. I will check tomorrow since I leave the car in a storage unit in town. Where I live it is not the best for this car this time of year. That along with 1 mile of gravel road going up about 800 ft of mountain or black hills whatever you want to call it. here are some picts I took before the last big snow about 2 weeks ago. It was 78 deg for a week then back to 20 along with a foot of snow. Today was the first day since them that I took her out for a spin. Now we are going to get another blizzard fiday night and saturday . Oh well here's some picts. I had the front and sides of the car chip guarded . It brings out the color and keeps it from getting chipped up plus I hate the plastic crap that leaves lines. hope you enjoy. Yes that is a Buffalo! and a pict of the seats
[IMG]http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/rlw222
/ZO6/springzo6062.jpg[/IMG]
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Ok here goes this is all the numbers on the glove box
1G1YY26E375100030 JNRCJW 1YY87
AAB AJ7 ALO OQ9 BGR CJ2 DDO DD8 DL5 D42 E2C
FE4 FE9 GU6 IL3 JL5 J56 KA1 K63 LS7 FMG FN6
NK4 NT7 N37 QL9 86P R7V R9N R9Z 8LM UE1 UG1
UJN UK3 US3 US9 U2K U52 U65 VA5 VDD V73
XFA YFJ 1FZ 2LZ 832 841 845
VC/CC U 418P 843
this is all that I found in the glove box on the left hand side. If there is other numbers hidden somewhere else Please let me know and I will try to find them.
1G1YY26E375100030 JNRCJW 1YY87
AAB AJ7 ALO OQ9 BGR CJ2 DDO DD8 DL5 D42 E2C
FE4 FE9 GU6 IL3 JL5 J56 KA1 K63 LS7 FMG FN6
NK4 NT7 N37 QL9 86P R7V R9N R9Z 8LM UE1 UG1
UJN UK3 US3 US9 U2K U52 U65 VA5 VDD V73
XFA YFJ 1FZ 2LZ 832 841 845
VC/CC U 418P 843
this is all that I found in the glove box on the left hand side. If there is other numbers hidden somewhere else Please let me know and I will try to find them.
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Hmmmm....what we are looking for ain't there. Hopefully Talon90 will return with info for you. 
Just FYI, I dug this up to give you some explanation of what we are trying to confirm:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...post1564325779
Just FYI, I dug this up to give you some explanation of what we are trying to confirm:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...post1564325779
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I'm not sure that I understand the controversy...your RPO list in the glovebox says it has the 84I (not 841) interior and the production numbers show 1372 or 16.8% Z06s made with that interior. The seats are the 843 seats that come in Z06s, called "ebony with titanium accents". The 843 code is there on the label also. These are not the same as the seats that are part of the "two tone interior" which is RPO 846...only available on coupes and Verts but not Z06. I like the low serial number!
Last edited by cclive; Apr 3, 2009 at 11:14 PM.
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I'm not sure that I understand the controversy...your RPO list in the glovebox says it has the 84I (not 841) interior and the production numbers show 1372 or 16.8% Z06s made with that interior. The seats are the 843 seats that come in Z06s, called "ebony with titanium accents". The 843 code is there on the label also. These are not the same as the seats that are part of the "two tone interior" which is RPO 846...only available on coupes and Verts but not Z06. I like the low serial number!
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So I saw these # on the left side of the glove box [when sitting it it] I didn't look all over the glove box . When I saw these I figured they had to be the 1's you guys were talking about. Where else can I look to find anything that might help? Oh and a BIG thanks to all of you for the help.
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Update
I received the build sheet. It says it was built for a particular person or reason. It was made for GM and sent to show car facility in Warren MI. The car was charged to dealer #104 IN ZONE 35 . THEN SHIPPED TO DEALER #100 IN ZONE 49. Can anyone give me any more advise on how to get in contact with the Warren place? Also a big thanks to cclive for all the help. It looks more and more like there might be some truth to what I was told.
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You said this car had the roof fix done?
Am I the only one to maybe notice that this Z has a removeable top ?
Does it ? If so , maybe it's not a Z06. If it is then it makes it even more special since no Z06 has a removeable top.
Not trying to dog the car , it's beautiful , just trying to find some answers for you .
Never mind , just saw in the build sheet that the car was a 2LZ ......
Am I the only one to maybe notice that this Z has a removeable top ?
Does it ? If so , maybe it's not a Z06. If it is then it makes it even more special since no Z06 has a removeable top.
Not trying to dog the car , it's beautiful , just trying to find some answers for you .
Never mind , just saw in the build sheet that the car was a 2LZ ......
Last edited by corvettezman; Apr 11, 2009 at 04:14 AM. Reason: just read previous post....
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You said this car had the roof fix done?
Am I the only one to maybe notice that this Z has a removeable top ?
Does it ? If so , maybe it's not a Z06. If it is then it makes it even more special since no Z06 has a removeable top.
Not trying to dog the car , it's beautiful , just trying to find some answers for you .
Never mind , just saw in the build sheet that the car was a 2LZ ......
Am I the only one to maybe notice that this Z has a removeable top ?
Does it ? If so , maybe it's not a Z06. If it is then it makes it even more special since no Z06 has a removeable top.
Not trying to dog the car , it's beautiful , just trying to find some answers for you .
Never mind , just saw in the build sheet that the car was a 2LZ ......
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"I'm not sure that I understand the controversy...your RPO list in the glovebox says it has the 84I (not 841) interior and the production numbers show 1372 or 16.8% Z06s made with that interior. The seats are the 843 seats that come in Z06s, called "ebony with titanium accents". The 843 code is there on the label also. These are not the same as the seats that are part of the "two tone interior" which is RPO 846...only available on coupes and Verts but not Z06. I like the low serial number!" quote
Sorry, I can't bend and girlfriend eyes are not good that could be a one and not i
"I'm not sure that I understand the controversy...your RPO list in the glovebox says it has the 84I (not 841) interior and the production numbers show 1372 or 16.8% Z06s made with that interior. The seats are the 843 seats that come in Z06s, called "ebony with titanium accents". The 843 code is there on the label also. These are not the same as the seats that are part of the "two tone interior" which is RPO 846...only available on coupes and Verts but not Z06. I like the low serial number!" quote
Sorry, I can't bend and girlfriend eyes are not good that could be a one and not i