Is 2023 really the 70th anniversary
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09-11-2023, 03:26 PM
70 years from your birthday or wedding or first one made is the 70th anniversary. Period.
09-11-2023, 03:24 PM
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You are correct because no 1983s were ever sold and only one pre production prototype exists today. GMs dirty little secret.
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09-11-2023, 03:26 PM
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70 years from your birthday or wedding or first one made is the 70th anniversary. Period.
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09-11-2023, 03:28 PM
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09-11-2023, 04:21 PM
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Crazy stuff out there
A friend of mine is celebrating his grandmothers 100th birthday this December. She died 5 years ago.
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09-11-2023, 04:45 PM
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Well, I've been to the 100th Anniversary of the first Indianapolis 500 (2011) and the 100th Indianapolis 500 (2016). Very confusing.
I'd say 2023 is the 70th Anniversary of the Corvette, and 2024 is the 70th model year.
I'd say 2023 is the 70th Anniversary of the Corvette, and 2024 is the 70th model year.
09-11-2023, 04:49 PM
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Excuse my ignorance, why no corvettes built in 1983?
09-11-2023, 04:54 PM
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C4 was to launch in 1983. It was late... and launched as a 1984.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2016/10...%20test%20cars.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2016/10...%20test%20cars.
09-11-2023, 04:57 PM
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The short answer is the C4 was supposed to debut in 1982 but due to delays and problems during development those delays went into the 1983 calendar year. GM made the decision to call it a 1984 model since it was delayed for so long they skipped from the 1982 C3 right into the 1984 C4. Btw, GM made 43 pre-production 1983 C4s and 42 of them were destroyed by GM. Only 1 still exists today.
09-11-2023, 05:06 PM
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I believe they changed over from generation C3 to the C4...The C4 was late being introduced with all the new changes, so cars didn't start showing up at dealers until mid to later spring of 1984..I bought a C4 from Ed Byrnes Chevrolet in New Hampshire when I was still living in upstate N.Y. That car was my first brand new Corvette at the time.I lived in a small town in Essex Co. N.Y. and the word spread fast that there was a guy in town with a new Corvette!...I was loving it..and the fact that that car was just a little over $25 k at the time!.I stored it during the winters, until 1989 when I brought it to Florida when I left cccold country!....
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09-11-2023, 05:30 PM
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09-12-2023, 10:35 AM
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09-12-2023, 01:26 PM
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2023 was still the 100-year anniversary, but it was not the "Centennial race" aka the 100th running of the race.
But when it comes to cars, very few "-th"s are celebrated beyond "anniversary" years. The 1st VIN of a model year or more important the 1st VIN of a new model... wonder if there was any hoopla over the millionth vette manufactured? (sarcasm)
At any rate, yes 70th ANNIVERSARY is 2023.
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09-12-2023, 03:28 PM
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Start until now... You can over-think anything. 
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09-12-2023, 04:19 PM
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The only 1983 Corvette left, and the card beside it at the NCM:
09-12-2023, 04:33 PM
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Anniversary is just that. It's the number of years since the event.
If they never made another Corvette, a hundred years from now would still be the 200th anniversary of the 1st Corvette.
If they never made another Corvette, a hundred years from now would still be the 200th anniversary of the 1st Corvette.
09-12-2023, 04:35 PM
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1953-2023....close enough for me for 70 years
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09-13-2023, 12:09 AM
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As others have said, yes the 2023 is the 70th anniversary for the Corvette.