1988

The 1988 Corvette promos were manufactured by Ertl. All 1988 Corvette promos were convertibles. There weren't any notable body or interior changes from 1987 to 1988. 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. The bodies were molded in dark red metallic plastic and not painted. 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 windshield and interior assembly were inserted into the underside of the body. 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 "1988". The front license plate read "CORVETTE". The wheels were updated to resembled a newer style of 16" polished alloy wheel with center cap (these wheels were unique to the 1988 models). 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 the same as 1987 and attached to the body with 4 bright plated philips head screws.

Boxes: The 1988 Corvette promos came in plain white boxes. The boxes had a large white label attached to the end. The labels read "6095EO" "1988 CORVETTE ROADSTER" "DARK RED". The boxes had a 4 digit number stamped on the side. This was the Julian date of manufacture (Example: "2827" = 282nd day of 1987).

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.

1988-01

1988-02

Note: There are additional 1988 Corvette promos located in the "Test Shots" and "Special Issues" sections of this website.