Photo: Bogdan Popa/autoevolution/Future Classics
1979 was a special year for the Corvette for two reasons. First, the demand was so strong that Chevrolet couldn't even keep up with the orders. The St. Louis Plant was already working on two nine-hour shifts daily, including two Saturdays a month, and Chevrolet still couldn't deliver enough Corvettes to meet the demand.
The company shipped 53,807 Corvettes for this model year, the biggest output since its launch.
Second, the Corvette surpassed a major milestone. The base model now carried a price tag of over $10,000, so the car sold like hotcakes despite becoming increasingly more expensive.
The 1979 Chevy Corvette in these photos is a great opportunity to inspect and eventually own one of the last all-original and unrestored examples in existence.
While I still believe that potential buyers should look into these claims, as an original Corvette in tip-top shape and unrestored condition would be a collector's dream, something else sets this coupe apart from the rest of the crowd.
The odometer indicates only 25,000 miles, and the people at Future Classics, who are now in charge of finding a new owner for the car, claim they are original. The vehicle rolled off the assembly lines with goodies borrowed from the 1978 Indy Pace Car, including the T-Top mirror-tint roof panels and the bucket seats.
The rarest goodie on this Corvette is likely the color combination, and I hope you'll help me decipher how rare it actually is. The car left the factory painted in Dark Green Metallic (paint code 58) with a Dark Green leather interior. I couldn't find trustworthy numbers, but a diehard Corvette friend told me that approximately 2,500 examples were painted in Dark Green Metallic. Fewer were probably optioned like the coupe in these photos, so we might have a very rare Corvette here.
The original L82 350ci V8 engine is still under the hood, and as anyone would expect, considering the car's condition, it starts, runs, and drives correctly. It's paired with an automatic transmission. The cabin also offers access to air conditioning (the factory-installed unit), dual rear speakers, a stereo player, and electric dual sport mirrors.
It's time to talk money.
As I said earlier, the 1979 Corvette marked a new all-time high from a pricing perspective for this popular Chevrolet model. With a base price exceeding $10,000, the 1979 Corvette is no longer as expensive as you'd expect it to be after all these years. The garage wants only $21,900 for this Vette in incredible shape, and they also accept other offers. Contact them to discuss all the details regarding a purchase, and make sure you take it home on a trailer, as adding more miles would be a shame for such a survivor.
Second, the Corvette surpassed a major milestone. The base model now carried a price tag of over $10,000, so the car sold like hotcakes despite becoming increasingly more expensive.
The 1979 Chevy Corvette in these photos is a great opportunity to inspect and eventually own one of the last all-original and unrestored examples in existence.
While I still believe that potential buyers should look into these claims, as an original Corvette in tip-top shape and unrestored condition would be a collector's dream, something else sets this coupe apart from the rest of the crowd.
The odometer indicates only 25,000 miles, and the people at Future Classics, who are now in charge of finding a new owner for the car, claim they are original. The vehicle rolled off the assembly lines with goodies borrowed from the 1978 Indy Pace Car, including the T-Top mirror-tint roof panels and the bucket seats.
The rarest goodie on this Corvette is likely the color combination, and I hope you'll help me decipher how rare it actually is. The car left the factory painted in Dark Green Metallic (paint code 58) with a Dark Green leather interior. I couldn't find trustworthy numbers, but a diehard Corvette friend told me that approximately 2,500 examples were painted in Dark Green Metallic. Fewer were probably optioned like the coupe in these photos, so we might have a very rare Corvette here.
The original L82 350ci V8 engine is still under the hood, and as anyone would expect, considering the car's condition, it starts, runs, and drives correctly. It's paired with an automatic transmission. The cabin also offers access to air conditioning (the factory-installed unit), dual rear speakers, a stereo player, and electric dual sport mirrors.
It's time to talk money.
As I said earlier, the 1979 Corvette marked a new all-time high from a pricing perspective for this popular Chevrolet model. With a base price exceeding $10,000, the 1979 Corvette is no longer as expensive as you'd expect it to be after all these years. The garage wants only $21,900 for this Vette in incredible shape, and they also accept other offers. Contact them to discuss all the details regarding a purchase, and make sure you take it home on a trailer, as adding more miles would be a shame for such a survivor.
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