What is C8?
Racer
Joined: Jan 2023
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GM assigns a platform letter to every car project that I know of since I studied GM. If the project is a success, the letter car lives on. The F body is Camaro and Firebird.. Well then it changed from F when the new platform was formed.
as to Corvette.. I see alot of threads already on this. Some good explanations there
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...originate.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...c2-c3-etc.html
as to Corvette.. I see alot of threads already on this. Some good explanations there
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...originate.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...c2-c3-etc.html
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2019
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From: Mandalore
Pretty sure C stands for Corvette but based on this post in one of the threads linked earlier that naming convention apparently didn't start until the C4 and got retconned on back from there to the C1:
I bought my first Vette in Dec. 67 so the 68 Stingray was a new car at the time. I remember that all the 53 - 62 Vettes were called Solid Axle cars, the 63 - 67s were Mid-Years, and after 68 all of the Stingrays were called Sharks. Then when the 84 came out the factory called it a C4 and that seems to have moved back to include the C1, C2, C3, etc.
Call me old school, or cranky, but the old ones will always be solid axle and mid-years to me.
Call me old school, or cranky, but the old ones will always be solid axle and mid-years to me.
Heel & Toe
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From: Merritt Island, FL
[QUOTE=Vette_388;1608268568]GM assigns a platform letter to every car project that I know of since I studied GM. If the project is a success, the letter car lives on. The F body is Camaro and Firebird.. Well then it changed from F when the new platform was formed.
The Corvettes body designation is Y. At least it used to be
The Corvettes body designation is Y. At least it used to be
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2019
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From: Mandalore
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