It's only mostly true that there are no 1983 Corvettes. Creating what we now call the C4 or fourth generation Corvette, was such a big job that, by the time the car was ready to be sold, the 1983 model year was old hat even though the 1983 calendar year was still pretty new. So the first C4 available to dealers was the 1984 model. A sign at the museum says 43 pre-production cars were made but other sources say 44. Whether 42 or 43 cars were destroyed, it's a certainty that only one survives. The lone 1983 Corvette is currently part of the world's only "Threes Display" (all ---3 models) at the museum.

I stayed on the Dixie to Louisville and got some bad news and some good news along the way. In Bonnieville, the "FOR SALE" sign at the OK Court seems to include an invitation to destroy them. A couple of the units appear to be occupied but others are in pretty sad shape. In Louisville, I was happy to see the Norman Pepper's 25 foot catfish was still there. In 2007, the city Planning Commission said it must come down since they considered it a sign and it was one too many. I don't know any details of the story since then but the fish remains and I, for one, am pleased.