We just wrapped up the third week of our Corvettes of the Decades countdown by crowning the 1971 model the greatest of the ’70s with its predecessor, the 1970 Corvette, coming in second place and the 1978 earning a nod for third.
Now it is your turn, which vintage of 70’s ‘Vette is your huckleberry? Is it the ’70 with its new LT-1 powerplant or the ’71 and its hulking LS6? Do you have special memories of ’72 through ’77 Corvettes? Are you smitten by the ’78 special editions or do you believe that they saved the best for last with the ’79?
Last week, voters overwhelmingly agreed with us that 1967 was the high point of the swinging sixties with the last midyear Corvette receiving an overwhelming 43% of the vote followed by the ’63 at 21%. No other ’60s Corvettes were even in the double digits but the race for third was close between 1969 at 9% of the vote and 1966 which received 8% of the vote.
Stay tuned next week as we continue on into the ’80s, a decade nearly as hard to rank as the ’60s were but for very different reasons.
Check out all of our Best Corvettes of Each Decade features:
The 1950s
- The Best Corvettes of the 1950s: No.3 – The 1953 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1950s: No.2 – The 1959 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1950s: No.1 – The 1957 Corvette
The 1960s
- The Best Corvettes of the 1960s: No.3 – The 1965 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1960s: No.2 – The 1963 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1960s: No.1 – The 1967 Corvette
The 1970s
- The Best Corvettes of the 1970s: No.3 – The 1978 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1970s: No.2 – The 1970 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1970s: No.1 – The 1971 Corvette
The 1980s
- The Best Corvettes of the 1980s: No.3 – The 1982 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1980s: No.2 – The 1986 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1980s: No.1 – The 1984 Corvette
The 1990s
- The Best Corvettes of the 1990s: No.3 – The 1996 LT4 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1990s: No.2 – The 1999 Corvette FRC
- The Best Corvettes of the 1990s: No.1 – The C4 Corvette ZR-1
The 2000s
- The Best Corvettes of the 2000s: No.3 – The C5 Corvette Z06
- The Best Corvettes of the 2000s: No.2 – The C6 Corvette Z06
- The Best Corvettes of the 2000s: No.1 – 2009 Corvette ZR1
The 2010s
- The Best Corvettes of the 2010s: No.3 – The C7’s Z07 Ultimate Performance Package
- The Best Corvettes of the 2010s: No.2 – The C6’s Z07 Ultimate Performance Package
- The Best Corvettes of the 2010s: No.1 – The 2019 Corvette ZR1
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Joe, everything after 1967 was awesome! And maybe you are too big to fit into a C8!
Joe is a Troll. He write the same thing a few articles ago. Go visit the Rust-stang sites Joe.
I’ve had one from each decade, the 70’s were my least favorite. Still liked them, just not as well as the others.
I’m 6′ 280lbs and I wasn’t cramped. How freakin big are you?!
If everything after ’67 is junk, do you think that will include your new C8 Joe?
Joe , You Obviously have some sort of issues , Come to grip with Your underlying Mustang desire and leave the Corvette people alone , You Negative Nelly
My vote is still for the 70 over all others. Why? Because it was the last free breathing V8 engine that was put into the Vette. Style? I love that too. BTW, full disclosure….I own a 70! I own what I love.
Look Joe, I get it.
I’ve owned the same C3 now for almost 44 years. And I think the first time I heard the “all after ’67” rant was around 1970! Just old news for us old-timers.
Underlying Mustang desire……Funny!
New to club but the one thing I see in common of all is “We Love and frequently live Corvettes”. The early years planted the seed in all of us, the family tree afterwards had to evolve to maintain enthusiasm and meet the demand for engineering improvements. I currently have the 1974 Twin Turbo, Greenwood Widebody as presented on American Pickers (Michigan Madman) episode. Not for the purist but perfect for me. I have always wanted a unique ride. Hence the license “uathúil“ Irish for UNIQUE). Regardless of the year of the Vette I see on the road, it is always an eye catching and head turning moment.
The “Dead Years” are ’73 through ’82, shouldn’t be in the same gen as the ’68 through ’72. Corvettes died when the chrome bumpers went away. Sorta came back to life with the C5. With the C6,7,8, Corvette is back on top.
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