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Old Jan 18, 2005 | 07:42 PM
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Does anyone have any ideas where the 34 PR verts are? are any of them in public use?
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There was one on ebay!
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There was one on ebay!
Victory Red on ebay ?????
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Old Jan 18, 2005 | 08:01 PM
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I got to drive a Mag Red Convertible that a GM Engineer had for a couple of days but i don't know what happened to it, it had quite a few miles, I know GM has sold some coupes to some of the larger Corvette dealers
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Just coupe so far
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Originally Posted by barney
Does anyone have any ideas where the 34 PR verts are? are any of them in public use?
First, I would like to know where you got the "34" figure?
Second, I've been interested in the same and talked to Monica and Marvin
with the following results -
Cars used in PR "work" are "trashed" by the factory or-
sent to the crash test facility or -
offered up to employees or-
placed up at auctions.
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There's all kinds of PeR-Verts on eBay!
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Old Jan 18, 2005 | 10:08 PM
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I found out from BG,it was part of the answer to a guestion that I had em them. The question I asked was how many pr were made.
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I found out from BG,it was part of the answer to a guestion that I had em them. The question I asked was how many pr were made.
Over 1300
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Originally Posted by Hoonose
Over 1300
actually it was over 3400.

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Over 1300
1304, but I don't know whether that included any verts or not.
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Originally Posted by natejohn
First, I would like to know where you got the "34" figure?
Second, I've been interested in the same and talked to Monica and Marvin
with the following results -
Cars used in PR "work" are "trashed" by the factory or-
sent to the crash test facility or -
offered up to employees or-
placed up at auctions.

PR= Precision red?
PR = Public relations?
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PR= Precision red?
PR = Public relations?
Well....I ASSUMED (!) Precision Red(verts)

THAT'S what I'M looking for....a Precision Red Convertible
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I saw a precision red vert with a tan top when I was in Bowling Green back in December. It was coming from the museum headed toward the factory.
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Originally Posted by Brett Hunter
I saw a precision red vert with a tan top when I was in Bowling Green back in December. It was coming from the museum headed toward the factory.

now thats got to be a friggin beatiful automobile
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