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1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (1/12)
2/5/09 2:32pm

Bardone
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I am looking at buying a 1981 dark blue metallic (38 paint code). However, the car has an oyster interior, dash, seats, door panels, carpet, etc. According to all sources I have seen, the oyster interior was not offered in 1981 (stopped in 1980).

Is this possible? Or, has someone switched the entire interior (not likely)?

Thanks, Bob

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1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (2/12)
2/5/09 3:20pm

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Bardone, the info I have agrees with you. 1980 was the last year oyster was offered. According to "Corvette Sprots Car Superstar" there were 496 cars produce in Code 38 Dark Blue Metallic. Also in 1981 GM started production at the Bowling Green plant. For a period in 1981, GM produced corvettes at Bowling Green and St Louis. Smile

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1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (3/12)
2/5/09 3:22pm

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Someone switched the interior......... Ouch

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1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (4/12)
2/5/09 3:33pm

Bardone
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Any chance that the plant used an oyster interior that was left over ?

1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (5/12)
2/5/09 5:52pm

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What does the trim tag say ? Are you sure it's oyster

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1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (6/12)
2/5/09 6:18pm

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Bardone

Oyster was not an option for that year, somewhere the entire interior was changed out. It sure is fine in my opinion and if you aren't looking fro a purist standpoint, go for it!

1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (7/12)
2/5/09 6:24pm

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You could tell everyone that one of the band members from "Blue Oyster Cult" was the previous owner. LOL

1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (8/12)
2/5/09 6:57pm

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[QUOTE=rearn2go72]You could tell everyone that one of the band members from "Blue Oyster Cult" was the previous owner. LOL

[/QUOTE] Jim, you do come up with some "good" one.......... Rolling%20On%20The%20Floor%20Laughing

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1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (9/12)
2/5/09 8:50pm

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Bob,

Have you actually seen the car in person?

I'm wondering if the seller is choosing the wrong word ("oyster") to describe the interior.

What other interior color option was offered in '81 that is similar?

I'm not overly driven by correctness myself, but I do appreciate good standards and good taste.

In my opinion, a dark blue '81 with oyster interior sounds sharp!

Let us know what happens.

Kevin

1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (10/12)
2/5/09 9:05pm

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I show paint code 38 to be a BG, dark blue color, but used in combo with silver(code 33).

Dark Blue Metallic is a St. Louis code 28.

The "recommended" interior color for the BG Dark blue/silver was dark blue, with silver available.
The "recommended" interior colors for the code 28 Dark Blue Metallic were red, dark blue, silver, or camel.

Now...ANY color combo could be had, even if it was not on the "recommended" interior color list for '81 cars, if it was available at the time. I'd say get a look at the trim tag, and see what the interior color code actually is.

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1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (11/12)
2/6/09 9:32am

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Bardon, There should be a label on the door jam on the driver's side that should have the paint and interior codes. If the label is there, then you will know what the original colors were.

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1981 with Oyster Leather Interior? (12/12)
2/6/09 10:14am

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Sounds like a silver, not oyster interior. The trim plate will clear this up.

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