Production Numbers

 

Production: 49,213

All Coupes

Base Price: $8,647.65

VIN's: 1Z37L7S400001 - 1Z37L7S449213

Engine: Base - 350ci, 180hp ohv V8

Transmission: 4 Speed Manual/3 Speed Auto

Color Options: 

Exterior: Classic White, Silver, Black, Corvette Light Blue, Corvette Dark Blue, Corvette Chartruese, Corvette Yellow, Corvette Bright Yellow, Corvette Orange, Corvette Tan, Medium Red, Corvette Dark Red

Interior: Blue, Black, Brown, Buckskin, Red, Smoked Grey, White

Production Options:

Base Corvette Sport Coupe

Power Windows

Color Keyed Floor Mats

Rear Window Defogger

Air Conditioning

Sport Mirrors

Gymkhana Suspension

Optional Rear Axle Ratio

Speed Control

High Altitude Emission Equip

Luggage & Roof Panel Rack

Trailer Package

210hp, 350ci Engine

4 Speed Manual Trans, CR

Turbo Hydra-Matic Auto Trans

Tilt-Telescopic Steering Column

White Letter Tires GR70 x 15

Heavy Duty Battery

AM-FM Radio

AM-FM Stereo Radio

California Emission Cert

Aluminum Wheels

Convenience Group

News Headlines

  • Ronald Reagan, 73, takes oath for second term as 40th president (Jan. 20). 

  • General Westmoreland settles libel action against CBS (Feb. 18). 

  • Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher addresses Congress, endorsing Reagan's policies (Feb. 20). 

  • U.S.S.R. leader Chernenko dies at 73 and is replaced by Mikhail Gorbachev, 54 (March 11). 

  • Two Shi'ite Muslim gunmen capture TWA airliner with 133 aboard, 104 of them Americans (June 14).

  • Chevrolet Chief Engineer Don Runkle and Lotus' Tony Rudd discuss creating a new show car to show off their engineering expertise. The project would become the CERV III.

  • 39 remaining hostages freed in Beirut (June 30).

  • Group Lotus in Norfolk, England, proposes building a new engine for Chevrolet, who quickly approves the project. The engine would become the LT5 for the ZR1 Corvette (June).

  • Supreme Court, 5–4, bars public school teachers from parochial schools (July 1). 

  • Arthur James Walker, 50, retired naval officer, convicted by federal judge of participating in Soviet spy ring operated by his brother, John Walker (Aug. 9). 

  • Chevrolet calls Reeves Callaway, ultimately resulting in Callaway building the Twin Turbo Corvette as a Chevrolet dealer option (August).

  • P.L.O. terrorists hijack Achille Lauro, Italian cruise ship, with 80 passengers, plus crew (Oct. 7).

  • American, Leon Klinghoffer, killed (Oct. 8).

  • Italian government toppled by political crisis over hijacking (Oct. 16).

  • John A. Walker and son, Michael I. Walker, 22, sentenced in Navy espionage case (Oct. 28). 

  • Reagan and Gorbachev meet at summit (Nov. 19). agree to step up arms control talks and renew cultural contacts (Nov. 21). 

  • Terrorists seize Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner after takeoff from Athens (Nov. 23).

  • 59 dead as Egyptian forces storm plane on Malta (Nov. 24). 

  • U.S. budget-balancing bill enacted (Dec. 12).

 

Entertainment News

 

Oscars

 

Best Picture - Amadeus

 

Best Actor - F. Murray Abraham (Amedeus)

 

Best Actress - Judy Davis (A Passage To India)

 

Grammys

 

Record Of The Year - What's Love Got To Do With It (Tina Turner)

 

Album Of The Year - Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie)

 

Song Of The Year - What's Love Got To Do With It (Graham Lyle and Terry Britten)

 

Best New Artist - Cyndi Lauper

 

Emmys

 

Outstanding Drama Series - Cagney And Lacey

 

Outstanding Comedy Series - The Cosby Show

 

Sports News

 

World Series - Kansas City Royals d. St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)

NBA Championship - LA Lakers d. Boston Celtics (4-2)

Super Bowl - San Francisco 49er's d. Miami Dolphins (38-16)

Stanley Cup - Edmonton d. Philadelphia (4-1)

 

Miss America

 

Sharlene Wells (UT)

 

 

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