when was my Vette produced?

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Vette(s): Silver 1974 Convertible - L82 4 speed Low miles (was only 8,900 when I bought it in March 2006) - Now 54K miles. Original owner bought it as an investment for son's college expenses. 2008 Jetstream Blue Convertible

Can that be right? 889 cars finished in one day? (21035-20146=889)

I wanted a Corvette my whole life, but I never dreamed of all the wonderful people I would meet because of it!

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when was my Vette produced?

Posted: 10/29/06 9:06am Message 12 of 24

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Vette(s): #1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/ Am-Fm/map light National/Regional/Chapter NCRS "Top Flight" #2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto Member: NCRS, NCRS Texas, Corvette Legends of Texas

That would have been a heck of a day, eh?!
My bad...

I looked at the wrong day for the first #.
Friday, March 15th would have ended with VIN 20,887...I glanced at it, and wrote the final for Friday, the 8th.(20,146)...Thanx for the good catch!!!!

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when was my Vette produced?

Posted: 10/29/06 9:26am Message 13 of 24

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Vette(s): 1974 Stingray Coupe LS4 454 Dark Brown Metallic with Deluxe Saddle interior

How many were made on the 11th of Jan, 1974? Doing the math, 141 were made AFTER mine on that date74stingray4542006-10-29 09:28:33

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There's a pretty good book out called "The Corvette Birthday Book", by Dennis Moore. He did a lot of research and covers most (maybe all - not sure when the book was published or if it'd been updated). He goes into month-by-month production.

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[QUOTE=74stingray454] How many were made on the 11th of Jan, 1974? Doing the math, 141 were made AFTER mine on that date[/QUOTE]

Dang, Terry...now EVERYONE knows my secwet!!!

That's exactly what I'm using here. There is some "guessing" involved in some of the data in the "Birthday Book", but for the most part, it is accurate.

Final VIN on Jan. 10th was 13,897
Final VIN on Jan. 11th was 14,050
So...there would have been 153 cars built on the 11th.
Your car would have been the 22nd car produced on the 11th.
Some days there were more cars built, some days less. A lot depended on options installed, and available parts.

oh!!! gotta go...PIZZAs here!!

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Posted: 10/29/06 6:28pm Message 16 of 24

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Vette(s): 1974 Stingray Coupe LS4 454 Dark Brown Metallic with Deluxe Saddle interior

thanks for all the great info.... nice to know the little details that surround the car!

when was my Vette produced?

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Vette(s): #1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/ Am-Fm/map light National/Regional/Chapter NCRS "Top Flight" #2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto Member: NCRS, NCRS Texas, Corvette Legends of Texas

btw, ya'll...the "Corvette Birthday Book" is still available. The one I have is several years old, but the info is still pretty much accurate. Mine came from NCRS , but I think some of the 'Vette parts suppliers have it. It's something neat to have in your library.

Mine covers '53-'82.Adams' Apple2006-10-29 18:57:52

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Posted: 10/30/06 6:14pm Message 18 of 24

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Is there any more information to be gleened from the book?

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Such as?

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