[PICS] First 70th Anniversary Corvette Stingray Delivered to Mike Furman

Jul 8, 2022

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[PICS] First 70th Anniversary Corvette Stingray Delivered to Mike Furman

Earlier this week came some unexpected news but very welcome. Chevrolet pushed through a limited batch of 70th Anniversary Stingrays for production despite the fact that the red-striped 70th Anniversary wheels have been on constraint since May. From what we understand, Chevy did have a very small supply of wheels and dipped into those to create the cars.

Two of those first 70th Anniversary Stingray’s were delivered Wednesday to Criswell Chevrolet and found out about it after one of the younger sales associates shared the photos of the two convertibles, one in Carbon Flash and the other in the new White Pearl as they were unloaded and freed from their transports covers. As it turns out, the White Pearl Stingray Corvette is going to national Corvette seller Mike Furman.

Mike had mentioned earlier about him purchasing one of the first 70th Anniversary Stingrays in White Pearl and on Friday he took delivery of VIN 007. But I will let him tell the story as usual:

~It’s been 35 years since I purchased an Anniversary edition Corvette…Today I took delivery of my 23rd Corvette, a White Pearl 2023 Corvette Convertible VIN 00007 as all the 70th Anniversary editions are sequential. This is possibly/probably the very first retail delivery as most of the target production weeks for these “70th” cars start 8/8/22. The White Pearl paint on a Corvette has never been done and it’s stunning. My 35th anniversary Corvette was White/Black as were all 2,050 in 1988, mine was #131.

I chose no stripes on my 70th with a Carbon Flash black top/nacelles as I was trying to mirror the 35th from 1988. It’s interesting that the color code on my build sheet reads out “Abalone” instead of White Pearl metallic tri-coat. Abalone is the GM original code name, I’ve seen this in the past over the last few decades.

Other options that I ordered: Competition seats, Black exhaust tips, Performance exhaust, and of course the heavy content of 3LT and 70th Anniversary special. Criswell Chevrolet of Gaithersburg, MD PDI’d and delivery inspected my new Corvette and I switched cars, signed the paperwork and transferred tags. I completed the Onstar/mygmrewards process and drove it home to wash the car at home. Enjoy the pics of my new 70th anniversary and the old shots of my 35th Anniversary from so many years ago. Well there you have it, my own delivery post. Big thanks to Jason, Bart and Peter for having everything ready when I came in today as I’m still on vacation. I told the used car director to not wash my trade in as that would make it dirty!😉
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10 COMMENTS

DougR Jul 8, 2022 At 6:29 pm

*red-striped
rtbasey Jul 8, 2022 At 6:59 pm

Hopefully after the anniversary, the pearl white and carbon flash black (plus other new colors) might be offered. At least on some models anyway (Z06, E-Ray).
DON BJORKLAND Jul 8, 2022 At 7:33 pm

Good for you Mike.
Doug Jul 8, 2022 At 8:10 pm

Nice spec. 💪🇺🇸
Ken Frost Jul 8, 2022 At 10:09 pm

OMG, 23rd corvette. Way to go Mike, you have earned it. Great guy, picking my 4th vette up next week on Thursday from Mike. Yahoo.
Cleveland E. Norton Jr. Jul 9, 2022 At 1:32 am

The correct word is striped.
Steve Chookazian Jul 9, 2022 At 5:51 am

Mike the 70th looks great … I agree it’s just the way to go to give up your Red Mist 🙂 You deserve it so enjoy as much as possible.
Jimmy Jul 10, 2022 At 9:08 pm

The 35th anniversary one is hideous
Patrick Connors Jul 12, 2022 At 10:54 pm

What did I miss….how did you get this, didn’t think pricing isn’t even out?
Art Fink Jul 13, 2022 At 1:19 pm

Beautiful Corvette Mike, Congrats! Enjoy your new ride and best of luck !!!