In 2003 the fifth generation of the Chevrolet Corvette was getting long in the tooth, being on its eighth model year. But it was a special year because it was the fiftieth birthday of Chevy's fiberglass two-seat sports car.
Every 2003 'Vette got special 50th Anniversary badging but buyers could opt for a special 50th Anniversary commemorative package and over 11,600 of them did.
Those fans got the lustrous metallic Anniversary Red paint job and the Shale interior which even covered the dash, the first C5 with anything other than a black dash.
Mechanically, the 50th Anniversary models were like any regular '03 Corvette, with a 5.7L pushrod LS1 V-8 pumping out 350 SAE net horsepower through either a Borg-Warner T56 six-speed manual or a GM 4L60E four-speed slushbox.
Motor Week recorded a 4.9 second zero-to-sixty dash and a 13.4 second quarter at 106mph from their test convertible, which had a base sticker price of $55,745, the equivalent of about $96,242 in today's money.
The one in the photo was snapped in September of 2023 using a Canon EOS-1D Mark IV and an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS zoom lens.
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