robs81vette

Hi, i just bought a 73 vette. It is Elkhart green and i havent seen to many of them. I was just wondering if anyone knew how many were produced in 1973. Also, does anyone know how many beige/dark bronze were made in 1981.
Thanks a lot, Rob

redwingvette

Don't know the totals but mine was and is now red. PO had it striped and change color in 1985.

Mike Ward

The paint colour numbers are not known for 1973 and several other years. There's not many Elkhart Green cars around any more because most have been repainted a 'more popular' colour like mine was.

Red73

Same here, started green with tan interior and is now red with a black interior. So we know there were three and currently you own the only remaining one.

78L-82

(Taken from the Corvette Black Book Under Model Year 1973)
"...Exterior color quantities are currently not available from Chevrolet".

Nothing on quantities from '81 either.

Entropy

I love elkhart green corvettes.


I couldn't find any info on the web. I've got a book at home I can check, if I find anything I'll post it.

trw

SpeedE55

I had one that started life Elkhart Green/Saddle and was changed to Black/red by the PO. I recently sold the car to a fellow forum member. Alot of people changed the color over the years to a more desirable combination.

73 red vette

Mine started green with black int. is now Red with black int.
Thats now 4 we know of.

Easy Mike

Try the '73 Registry or the NCRS. There is an NCRS member who has charted '73 exterior colors based upon the '73s he has seen at various meets. He has compiled a percentage of colors based upon what he has found. I've read his article concerning '73 exterior colors, but I'm not sure where I read it (best guess is a back issue of the NCRS Restorer Magazine). Apparently there is no actual documentation available from GM.

another-user

my 69 started out as gold, and is now elkheart green. i have no intention of ever painting it another color either.

RMS73

In my databse of '73's I have 1491 73's listed of which I have 874 trim tag paint codes listed, and the code 947 is listed 87 times, thus ~10% of the 73's were painted Elkhart Green per my data -not scientific but it is the best I have.

Please send me your '73's SN and trim tag codes for me to include.
rms0990@comcast.net

Roger

724544SPD

Vettescape.com has some good production info that might help.

Green73

Mine is Elkhart Green with Black interior.. I've already looked at a body shop to have it repainted... and I'm going to be keeping it green. Its always been a favorite of mine, so add one more to the list.

early shark

Rob,

In 1972 there were 4200 Elkhart green Corvettes, this is out of 27,004 total produced, which accounted for 15.5%. In 1973 there were, 30,464 Corvettes produced and 15.5% would total to 4721 cars that could have been Elkhart green.

This is in no way a factual figure, but green and orange earthtone colors were still very popular in the early seventies. This might give you a pretty good idea of how many were possibly produced.

c6silver

I have one...73 LS4 TH400 light saddle interior A/C

Easy Mike

Congrats, but this thread is six years old.

c6silver

Yeah, I realized that after I typed out the above post and hit send...I came to it off a Google search...wasn't looking at the dates of the thread...sorry, just putting in my .02.