1986

The 1986 Corvette promos were manufactured by MPC (Model Products Corporation). All of the 1986 Corvette promos were coupes. The only notable body change from 1985 to 1986 was the addition of a third brake light on the roof. The bodies were molded as one piece of plastic with a separate hood. The underside of the hood had 4 plastic pins. These plastic pins slid into 4 alignment holes in the main body. The plastic pins were melted to permanently attach the hood to the body. This was done before the cars were painted. The bodies were molded in brown plastic and painted "Gold Metallic". There weren't any notable interior changes from 1985-1986. The interior tub, seats, dash, shifter and steering wheel were all separate pieces and not painted. These parts were glued together to form the interior assembly. The clear plastic windows and interior assembly were inserted into the underside of the body after it was painted. Only the front grilles and wheels were chrome plated. The tail lights were translucent red plastic. The rear license plate was molded into the rear bumper and read "1986". The front license plate read "CORVETTE". The wheels resembled 16" polished alloy wheels with center caps (all 1984-1987 Corvette promos had the same style wheel). The blackwall tires had "GOODYEAR" "CUSTOM WIDE TREAD POLYGLAS" molded into the sidewall (all 1975-1988 Corvette promos had the same style tire). The chassis was like the 1984-1985s and attached to the body with 4 bright plated straight head screws with spiral threads.

Boxes: The 1986 Corvette promos came in plain white boxes. Some boxes were unmarked (like the 1985s). Some boxes were stamped with "86" "VETTE". Most boxes had a paper label glued to the end. The labels were either white or red and were stamped with "86" "VETTE" or "86" "VETTE" "58673".

Note: The interiors of C4 Corvette promos are very easy to interchange. This website shows all the factory interior/exterior combinations for 1984-1996 Corvette Promos. Any combination not shown on this website was altered after it left the factory.

1986-01

Note: There are additional 1986 Corvette promos located in the "Test Shots" section of this website.