53 Commemorative Edition Corvette

Registry for owners of the 1953 Commemorative Edition Corvette. I saw my first one up-close and personal when Ted Springstead arranged to have his 1953 Commemorative Edition. 1953 Commemorative Edition Corvette?

Our 1953 Commemorative Edition Corvette Story #53 Gordon & Sandi Harman. Steve Pasteiner later told me our 1953-2003 Commemorative Edition Corvette is Number 53. 2001 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible Very rare 1953-03 Commemorative Edition Corvette with only 20,488 original miles. Beautiful Speedway White over Torch Red interior.

The 1953 Commemorative Edition Corvette Flash!! Click if you own one of these terrific cars; I need your help. Click for the CE#11 and CE#12 (and friends) caravan out to Vettes On the Rockies (VOTR) 2006! Click for Rich & Mo Waller's pictures and story of the Inaugural 1953 Commemorative Edition Reunion at Vettes On the Rockies 2005! Click for Owners' Stories.

And, finaly click for a bit of Corvette history. When GM unveiled the 50th Anniversary Edition Corvette in May of 2002, many Corvette enthusiasts were underwhelmed.

While the new Anniversary Red is a very nice color and the new interior is quite handsome, the Corvette community was hoping for more. Historically, all the special edition Corvettes (pace cars, 25th Anniversary, 35th Anniversary, 40th Anniversary, '96 Collector's Edition, etc.) have always been just regular Corvettes with different trim and paint; but, hey, this time it could have been more. After all, the marque is FIFTY years old and it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something really special.

In the opinion of many observers, GM didn't do 'something really special': The 2003 Anniversary Edition Convertible by Corvette Is that 'something special'? I don't think they hit the mark (personally); I like it -- but they just didn't get my blood pumping the way I'd hoped.

Airparrot Windows Keygen Crack. But someone did. The chief designer for a company named, Bill Miller, along with a former GM designer, Steve Pasteiner, took what many of us 'Vette nuts were thinking to heart: 'What if someone took the look of the original 1953 Corvette -- and updated it to fit onto the high-tech chassis of the current C5 Corvette?' And that's what they did. Magna Steyr, the original owners of the design, commissioned a showcar prototype with an eye toward having GM adopt it as 'THE' 50th Anniversary Edition Corvette.

GM decided on a more conservative strategy (see photo above) and Magna-Steyr abandoned the idea. Steve Pasteiner's company,, purchased the rights to produce a limited edition series of this fantastic vehicle. Now the die-hard Corvette enthusiast can have a 50th anniversary Corvette that fairly screams '50th Anniversary Corvette'!and here it is. To avoid confusion with the 'official' 50th Anniversary Edition Corvette, this car is called the ' 1953 Commemorative Edition' and you can own one.

Steve's company is presently building and delivering customer cars. There's no way to know how many 1953CE's (for short) there'll be -- but it will certainly be far fewer than the 11,632 50th Anniversary Edition Corvettes that were produced by the Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green in 2003 -- and likely even fewer than the original production run of 300 Corvettes in 1953. Note: Someone viewing this site asked, 'What did the 1953 Corvette look like?' I thought everyone knew but for those who don't: Is the 1953 Commemorative Edition for 'real'? I saw my first one up-close and personal when arranged to have his 1953 Commemorative Edition delivered to Monterey, CA for the Monterey Classic Car Week starting August 10th, 2002.

There was a car show sponsored by Monterey del Oro on Saturday, August 10th -- and there she was! (these pix are of Ted's 1953CE): (You may click any image for a larger one) How did I react?

Well, I simply flipped out. I got Steve's name from Ted and got my order in that same day. And then I registered so that we'd all have a place to record our stories, pictures and specifications for these cars. And I cancelled my order for the 50th Anniversary Edition from my dealer.