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Car Enthusiasts... My neighbor has a 1978 Corvette Indy Pace Car (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=217392)

the gerwey and black
with the cross fire fuel injection?

would just be a show car
gutless wonder
and I think the first year with the bubble hatch back
the year corvette died for me

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Originally Posted by joemama (Post 6228396)

Your local Kia dealer has something faster than that vette. I would not give you a dollar for any Corvette produced from 1971 till 1989. The horsepower ratings were pathetic.

I didn't know the exact years but I know some of those old vettes aren't worth much. My brother has a '60 'vette. I wonder what it is worth?

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne (Post 6228499)

I didn't know the exact years but I know some of those old vettes aren't worth much. My brother has a '60 'vette. I wonder what it is worth?

Probably a lot, the worthless ones are 73-83. Pretty much anything '72 or older is sought after.

If you can find an 83 vette, I suggest you buy it. Those things are pretty rare.

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 6228507)

Probably a lot, the worthless ones are 73-83. Pretty much anything '72 or older is sought after.

He's also got a '57 Nomad, a '57 Bel Air, a '66 Chevelle and a '64 Corvair Convertible. I'd like to know what his collection is worth.

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Originally Posted by Brock (Post 6228519)

If you can find an 83 vette, I suggest you buy it. Those things are pretty rare.

:doh!:Goddamn it, should've been '82.

I have an 80, in its stock configuration it made 185 hp.

I think there is one year they didn't make any Corvettes.

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne (Post 6228536)

I think there is one year they didn't make any Corvettes.

It was '83, the C4 wasn't ready until halfway through the model year so they just sold them as '84s.

http://www.corvetteblog.com/archives...-corvette.html

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The sign on the exhibit explains: "The planned 1983 Corvette brought forward some of the most far reaching design changes in Corvette's history. Many changes included high-technology that had not been proven for automobile application....Although the technology was available, it had to be developed into the manufacturing process with the quality, reliability, and durability proven before production of saleable vehicles could begin. The initial plan called for introduction of the newly designed 1983 in October 1982. There were 43 pre-production models built (but) a decision was made to withhold production (for sale) until January 1983 and to serialize them as 1984 models.

So, why were they held off until January? Before production lines began, California voted to make emission controls more stringent than ever, and the 1983 model wasn't prepared to deal with it.

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Originally Posted by HemiEd (Post 6228248)

There were many of these cars put away, in a very similar manner. I have watched them at auction, and they barely bring more than their original selling price of around $25k. There has been a lot of discussion on this car, at the auctions, it just wasn't that special.

This

might be worth the money just to have something you don't see very often