VIN 1G1AY876?BS406843

Car Year:	1981
Car's approximate birthday:	October 19, 1980
Owner:	eBay Motors aicpa1
City:	Buffalo
State:	New York
Country:	United States
Purchase date:	Undefined
Status:	Current Owner
State:	Nice Driver
Exterior:	80/98 Autumn Red/Dark Claret
Interior:	Other Color
Wheels:	Alloy
Delivery Dealer Zone:	Unknown
Delivery Dealer Code:	Unknown
Options:	RPO	Option	Percentage Sold [%]	Sales Price [$]
	1YY87	Base Corvette Sport Coupe (190hp)	100.00%	16,258.52
	A42	Power Driver Seat	71.91%	183.00
	AU3	Power Door Locks	89.45%	145.00
	C49	Rear Window Defogger	90.86%	119.00
	D84	Two-Tone Paint	13.18%	399.00
	MM4	4-Speed Manual Transmission	14.18%	0.00
	N90	Aluminum Wheels (4)	89.85%	428.00
	QGR	White Letter SBR Tires, P255/70R15	54.03%	72.00
	U58	AM-FM Radio, stereo	12.67%	95.00
	U75	Power Antenna	81.03%	55.00
	Total		0.001348524313411% (1 Cars)	17,754.52
Factory job nr.:	Unknown
Export Car:	Non Export Car
Other details:	Odometer: 24,517 miles Added to Registry 03/28/2011
Car history:
You are viewing my 1981 Chevrolet Corvette. This Corvette has the optional two- tone exterior finish in Autumn Red/Dark Claret Metallic, powered by a "numbers- matching" 5.7L (350 cu. in) “L81” V8 and four-speed manual transmission. It has 24,517 original miles. There is a host of information available online to help you research this car if you wish. Briefly however, the then-brand new Bowling Green KY Plant built 8,995 of the 40,606 total 1981 model year Corvettes (the St. Louis MO Plant built the rest that year in its final year of Corvette production). Out of the 8,995 Bowling Green built 1981 cars, just over 5,300 were the "D84” two-tone Corvettes. The 1981 model year also marked the return of two-tone Corvettes since the 1978 ‘Silver Anniversary” models, and before that since the 1961 models. The 1981 models were the last “Sharks” with manual transmissions. The Bowling Green state of the art paint process was the first to employ base coat/clear coat techniques for the Corvette. There are no mechanical issues of any kind with this Corvette. The transmission shifts smoothly and the engine is powerful and quiet. All electrical and mechanical systems, including the AC system, operate fine (but the clock is a bit slow). It still has its original exhaust system. The options on this Corvette, in addition to the two-tone paint were the polished aluminum slotted wheels, white letter radial tires, driver side power seat, power door locks, AM/FM stereo radio, and rear window defogger. A previous owner added a power antenna (car was ordered with regular antenna), and I added the 255/60-15 Goodyear Eagle GT white-outlined letter tires that was the optional tire correct for this year. As noted, the Eagle GTs are not the original tires. The Polysteel radials from the factory were gone when I bought the car. I do have a nice set of correct white- letter 225/70-15 Goodyear Polysteel radials that I will do an even swap for the Eagle GTs if a new owner desires (note please that both sets of tires are almost 30 years old and therefore are not suitable for long distance/high speed driving). The original owner also had this Corvette rust-proofed at the dealership (the legendary Yenko Chevrolet, then located in McMurray PA so it was a bit after the heady "COPO" days) when he took delivery in 1981. The car comes with a reproduced build sheet and factory invoice, plus original owner's manual and related documents, and two 1981 Corvette dealer brochures: the one before the two-tone cars were available from Bowling Green, and the one from later in the model year with this car's actual color combination on the cover. This Corvette appears to have been professionally repainted a long time ago. Though I cannot confirm it for this particular car, I am fairly certain there was a paint issue where the clear coat was peeling (a problem known to exist for a few of the Bowling Green Vettes using the new base/clear process). Other matters worth pointing out are (1) there is a small tear in the door-side lumbar area of the driver seat, (2) there are a few minor dings in the finish consistent with a vehicle that has been lightly driven, and (3) the driver side sun visor won’t stay up (I use a small Velcro patch to keep it up) and might need replacement. My 1981 Corvette is a fine, low mileage example of the ‘”Shark” body style that was to end just one year later. And, its also a rare combination of Corvette “firsts and lasts”: among the first year the two-tone Vettes came back, among the first models produced in the Bowling Green Plant, and the last year of the four speed manuals in the C3 cars. If you have been looking, you probably know these1981 four-speed C3 orvettes are hard to come by nowadays, in any condition let alone with less than 25K miles on the clock. I hope it finds a good home with an appreciative new owner. The impressive list of standard equipment on all 1981 Corvettes included the following items: tinted glass, AM/FM (non-stereo) push-button radio, air conditioning, four-wheel power disc brakes, power steering, limited slip differential, anti-theft system, power windows, and tilt-telescopic steering column. My Corvette of course has all that. In addition, my Corvette has the following options: AU3-power door locks, A42-six-way power driver seat, C49-electric rear window defogger, D84-two tone paint, MM4-four speed manual transmission, N90- aluminum wheels, QGR-225/70-15 steel-belted radials with white lettering, and U58-AM/FM stereo radio. The four-speed manual transmission was standard equipment (with the three-speed automatic being a "no-charge option"), however, only about 5,700 total cars out of the 40,000+ made in 1981 were four speed manuals. Although I believe the manual transmission cars could be ordered this way, note that this Corvette does not have cruise-control. All through this era of the late 70's/early 80's, it seemed for whatever reasons(s) people preferred the automatics in their Corvettes by an 8-to-1 margin, creating the rarity of manuals in the cars like this one that have survived to this day.
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