What's wrong with this picture?

"BadMotorScooter" (badmotorscooter) 10/31/2017 at 10:35 • Filed to: None

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There’s something spooky about this diecast C4 that made me buy it. What is it?

Tekamul > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 10:37

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It’s haunted by the wrong wheels?

OPPOsaurus WRX > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 10:37

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that is a big panel gap for ‘precision made’

Takuro Spirit > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 10:39

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MoCamino > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 10:40

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There was no ‘83 Corvette. The C4 project was met with delays. The last Coke bottle ‘Vette was the ‘82, and the C4 finally went on sale as the ‘84 model year.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 10:41

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The Corvette wasn’t sold as a 1983 model.

BadMotorScooter > MoCamino 10/31/2017 at 10:42

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Correct! which makes me wonder how this diecast got released as an 83

BadMotorScooter > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/31/2017 at 10:43

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Very realistic diecast! right down to the paint overspray

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 10:46

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There is ONE 1983 Corvette.

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2015/01/20/last-remaining-1983-corvette-gets-dedicated-display/

diplodicus > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/31/2017 at 10:47

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Hey they didn’t say how precise. As long as they set some standard it is precision lol.

MoCamino > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 10:48

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I remember reading somewhere that Chevy had always intended to release it as an ‘83. Those licensing deals happen way in advance - I’m betting Corgi had the die-casts made and packaged way ahead of time, and you managed to find one that wasn’t buried in a landfill. It’s a unicorn!

BadMotorScooter > Takuro Spirit 10/31/2017 at 10:49

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I just noticed the wheels on the diecast more closely resemble the real prototype 83 wheels than the actual first production 84 C4 wheels. I’m guessing the diecast makers were given preview pictures in anticipation of the car’s release as an ‘83, only to have production delays make in an 84.

PartyPooper2012 > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 10:49

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This is a European version. As you can see, it was cast in Great Britain.

Flavien Vidal > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 10/31/2017 at 11:02

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No there were a few dozens’83 models... They just ended up being crushed but one.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 11:09

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The hood appears to be magically levitating.

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 12:01

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“precision made”

“safety tested”

that doesn’t sound like a Corvette 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 12:12

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Does the hood open the wrong way?

MoCamino > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 10/31/2017 at 17:43

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I didn’t realize there were 43 of the prototypes created...or that only one of them survives. Glad it didn’t get crunched in the sinkhole!

I would love to have one of the Doug Nash 4+3 trannies in my El Camino. I know they were far from perfect, but the uniqueness and the overdrive.....the want is strong. Just not strong enough to pay for it. :)

SpeedSix > BadMotorScooter 10/31/2017 at 19:40

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Hot Wheels (Mattel, USA), Corgi Juniors (Mettoy, UK), and Matchbox (Lesney, UK) all released around the time of when the real ‘83 Corvette was originally scheduled, as they had early access to design their diecast models. While Corvette production was delayed, diecast production was not, so all three brands sold C4 Corvettes before the 1:1 was available for sale.

pip bip - choose Corrour > BadMotorScooter 11/01/2017 at 07:53

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wonder how much that’s worth?

BadMotorScooter > SpeedSix 11/01/2017 at 16:33

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I assumed it was something like this, just surprised that they actually got away with calling it an ‘83.

BadMotorScooter > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/01/2017 at 16:35

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I don’t think very much. It’s a cool oddity which is why I picked it up but I don’t think it is particularly valuable. Sort of like an actual first year C4!