Model year 1981
1981 Corvette Interior Colors and Trim Codes
Six interior colours were offered for 1981, in cloth or leather, and this is the first year a power driver seat could be ordered. Below is every trim code and what it came with.
1981 interior trim codes
| Interior colour | Cloth | Leather |
|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 19C | 192 |
| Medium Red | not offered | 722 |
| Camel | 64C | 642 |
| Dark Blue | 29C | 292 |
| Silver | not offered | 152 |
| Medium Cinnabar | 67C | 672 |
How to read your trim code
From 1975 the trim code carries a letter that tells you the material at a glance. A code ending in V is vinyl and one ending in C is cloth, while an all-numeric code ending in 2 is leather. So 19V and 192 are the same black, one in vinyl and one in leather. Read the code off the trim tag riveted to the driver's side of the body, just inside the door opening, alongside the paint code. It is the only surviving evidence of what the car originally had once the seats have been recovered.
What each 1981 interior came with
This is the same factory chart the 1981 colour page carries, turned round. That page starts from the paint and tells you what could go inside. This one starts from the trim code, which is the way round you need when you have read the tag and want to know whether the car left the factory in the combination it wears now.
| Interior colour | Suggested with these exteriors |
|---|---|
| Charcoal | no suggested combination listed |
| Medium Red | no suggested combination listed |
| Camel | no suggested combination listed |
| Dark Blue | no suggested combination listed |
| Silver | no suggested combination listed |
| Medium Cinnabar | no suggested combination listed |
Seats and trim in 1981
A power driver seat became available for the first time in a Corvette, RPO A42, driver side only. The headlamp and wiper switch bezels were colour-keyed to the interior in 1981 where 1980 used black regardless, which is a detail worth checking on a car claimed to be original.
The interior chart for every model year from 1968 to 1982 is on the C3 interior trim page. The exterior paint codes for this year, with how many cars wore each colour, are on the 1981 colour page, and the full option list is on the 1981 specifications page.