No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette????
02-06-2002, 10:59 PM
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No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette????
Wonder if the corvette they were redesigning came out in 1983:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
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The camaro will come back one day, but maybe with a different name or style. GM needs a $25K sports car. The Camaro is on a "hiatus" as GM says, please remember even the Corvette went away for a year to be tottaly re-done in 1980 or 81 I think.
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The camaro will come back one day, but maybe with a different name or style. GM needs a $25K sports car. The Camaro is on a "hiatus" as GM says, please remember even the Corvette went away for a year to be tottaly re-done in 1980 or 81 I think.
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02-06-2002, 11:03 PM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (TONYS68L36)
:crazy: is right!:D
They made like, 50,000 'Vettes in 1980 and 1981. The year that there were no 'Vettes was '83. Rumor has it the redesign had so many problems it took 'em 'til '84 to come out with it.
-Noel
They made like, 50,000 'Vettes in 1980 and 1981. The year that there were no 'Vettes was '83. Rumor has it the redesign had so many problems it took 'em 'til '84 to come out with it.
-Noel
02-06-2002, 11:09 PM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (Noel Carboni)
Noel, as a fellow 82 CE owner, I hate to burst your bubble. Only ONE
1983 exists at the museum. Here it is
1983 exists at the museum. Here it is
02-07-2002, 12:41 AM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (82dukman)
Here we go again with the '83! I've understood it as being 1 1/2. The half of one being hung over the NCM that had 1983 on it?
02-07-2002, 07:28 PM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (TONYS68L36)
My 1980 must then be an extremely, extremely late '79 :lol:
Also, when I parked the '83 in the Corvette Museum, it was on the other end. It's been moved according to the last pic. :bs
[Modified by Paul Borowski, 5:31 PM 2/7/2002]
Also, when I parked the '83 in the Corvette Museum, it was on the other end. It's been moved according to the last pic. :bs
[Modified by Paul Borowski, 5:31 PM 2/7/2002]
02-07-2002, 09:41 PM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (Paul Borowski)
Also, when I parked the '83 in the Corvette Museum, it was on the other end. It's been moved according to the last pic.
02-07-2002, 11:03 PM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (Dalannex)
Also, when I parked the '83 in the Corvette Museum, it was on the other end. It's been moved according to the last pic.
What do you mean when "you" parked it there. How does a guy get that job anyway?
What do you mean when "you" parked it there. How does a guy get that job anyway?
02-08-2002, 03:04 AM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (TONYS68L36)
let's put that whole '83 corvette 'issue' to rest once and for all. since june 30, 1953, there has never, NEVER been a year in which the corvette has not been produced. although, no corvette has ever been sold to the public as an '83 corvette (at least not one we've heard of yet...) the c-3 production stopped in mid 1982 and c-4 production started in very early 1983. i know it is semantics but to say a car produced, delivered and sold in march of 1983 is not an '83? come on!
the way i understand it, the biggest reasons the '84 was released as an '84 instead of '83 or '83-1/2 (ala mustang) was 1: production line problems and 2: the car met all upcoming federal requirments for 1984.
so there is my take on the whole '83 corvette issue. (you think this might start a whole other string?) :jester
the way i understand it, the biggest reasons the '84 was released as an '84 instead of '83 or '83-1/2 (ala mustang) was 1: production line problems and 2: the car met all upcoming federal requirments for 1984.
so there is my take on the whole '83 corvette issue. (you think this might start a whole other string?) :jester
02-08-2002, 03:34 AM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (clutchdust)
the '84 was released as an '84 instead of '83 or '83-1/2 (ala mustang) was 1: production line problems and 2: the car met all upcoming federal requirments for 1984.
so there is my take on the whole '83 corvette issue. (you think this might start a whole other string?) :jester
so there is my take on the whole '83 corvette issue. (you think this might start a whole other string?) :jester
the 82 had a long production year and so did the 84. The Vette has been in constant production. :yesnod:
02-08-2002, 07:55 AM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (Justin1984)
I thought that they made a few 83 vette's but they were all used in testing with those cool crash dummies and that the only one left is in the museum..Thats what I heard and sound reasonable considering that the new bady style had to be tested... I doubt that they would put the 84 together and send it out on the road without some type of crash testing...
02-08-2002, 09:07 AM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (TONYS68L36)
This stuff is fun!! I don't know too much about C-4 history, but I do know that in July of 1983, I was driving a C-4 Vette. Actually, I got to drive it home from the dealership. My wife had it for the next 4 years. Somebody was producing Corvettes in 1983, just called them 1984's because they met the EPA requirements and the extra time between models made people like me ****** one up real quick.
02-08-2002, 09:41 AM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (clutchdust)
So then, to sum up:
Production continued unbroken from 82-84
GM did not sell any Corvettes LABELED as 1983 (regardless of what the VIN, body tags, or any other dated tags read).
[Modified by KenSny, 8:42 AM 2/8/2002]
Production continued unbroken from 82-84
GM did not sell any Corvettes LABELED as 1983 (regardless of what the VIN, body tags, or any other dated tags read).
[Modified by KenSny, 8:42 AM 2/8/2002]
02-08-2002, 09:53 AM
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Re: No such thing as a 1980 or 81 Vette???? (KenSny)
Production on the 82 ended in October of 82.
The first 84 came out in March 83.
Look at the 83 in the museum, last time I remeber it didn`t have an interior at all. It was a piece of plywood from the dash to the rear area.
The first 84 came out in March 83.
Look at the 83 in the museum, last time I remeber it didn`t have an interior at all. It was a piece of plywood from the dash to the rear area.
