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Unwanted Thirtieth Anniversary Corvette
Saturday, July 19th, 2008I’m doing a little house cleaning lately and have decided that I do not need an Official 30th Anniversary 1983 Corvette in my garage. I never drive it–ever. I don’t think it even has any miles on it.
I’m willing to let it go very, very cheap. For a song maybe. Or less.
In fact, if anyone has an authentic Mickey Mantle baseball card, in exchange for it, I will relinquish to that person all right and title I have to this undriven 30th Anniversary Corvette.
All I ask is that before you agree, you take a quick look on the internet to make sure you like the way the official 1983 model looks. :^)
7 Responses to "Unwanted Thirtieth Anniversary Corvette"
1983??? Sucker bet.
So out of the 44 made, how come yours has never been driven? How did it get from Bowling Green to Minnesota?
LOL!!!!
Where can I find a photo of the car?
Yeah, my offer leans heavily on the 30th Anniversary Edition (and quitclaim deed) language
I think Jules Verne would have enjoyed my garage. While it looks small from the street, it has the capacity to hold one of every automobile that doesn’t exist. Someday I hope to sell the whole collection on eBay.
If somebody will pay thousands for a grilled cheese sandwich resembling the Virgin Mary my Complete Collection of Non-existent Automobiles should be enough to retire upon.
Sorry Charles, your message initially went into the spam filter on the website and I just found it.
Reportedly because of some quality control problems, GM never released a 1983 Corvette and officially the model doesn’t exist. It’s the 30th Anniversary Corvette that never was.
Some 40-odd (44 says one site I found quickly; 47 says another) cars were assembled as prospective 1983 models but GM destroyed them. Apparently the revisions or improvements they made took long enough that they decided to skip ‘83 as a model year and go directly to ‘84. One of the 40-odd cars assembled for testing is at the National Corvette Museum. It is still owned by GM, according to the description below, and was never sold. Photo here:
http://www.web-cars.com/corvette/1983.php
My post was a bit of a trivia quiz; hope no one is too disappointed. Just meant for fun.
I demand specific performance!!!!!
If you’ve got the Mickey Mantle card, I’ve got the quitclaim deed. :^)
(Apologies for the nerdy law humor.)
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