Corvette Magazine

After considerable research and study, Chevrolet chose to purchase a large unused plant from Chrysler in Bowling Green, KY. The facility was gutted and a state of the art assembly line was installed. The Bowling Green plant began assembling Corvettes in june of 1981, the only model year that Corvette was built at both St. Louis and

                              Bowling Green. When the last 1981                              rolled out of St. Louis on august 1,
                          the Corvette line there was
                      shut down and further Corvette production would come only from Bowling Green.
     The differences in the cars built in the different plants are considerable, especially in the painting process. Corvettes built in St. Louis were still painted with lacquer while the Bowling Green cars were painted in the new