Corvettes for Sale: Former Barn Find 1980 Corvette on Craigslist

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Corvettes for Sale: Former Barn Find 1980 Corvette on Craigslist


When this Dark Claret 1980 Corvette was found in a barn about four years ago, it was not a very enticing sight.

After all, sitting around for a quarter of a century due to a family divorce would tend to leave any car in need of a makeover.

Fortunately, that’s precisely what this one underwent after the seller says he found the car in a barn on June 26, 2018 and then proceeded to clean it up. The Corvette is now posted for sale on Craigslist with a price of $11,750

Corvettes for Sale: Former Barn Find 1980 Corvette on Craigslist


Of course, with just 17,885 miles on the odometer, the car should still have been in decent shape other than removing a thick layer of dust and giving the mechanicals an update. The interior of this Corvette appears to be in excellent condition, including the tan leather seats that have always been one of our favorite designs ever. We could be a little biased, though, since our first of a dozen Corvettes was a red-on-red 1980 coupe nearly 40 years ago.

The seller notes new parts that have been installed include tires, wheels, exhaust, engine valve covers, breather, and brakes. The result is that the car – which has the base L48 190 horsepower engine – “drives like new” now, he says. He’s taken advantage of all that work to drive the car nearly 2,000 miles since.

Corvettes for Sale: Former Barn Find 1980 Corvette on Craigslist


For the purists out there, all the original parts are said to have been saved.

While the “after” photos seem to show the exterior of the car still looking good, the seller candidly says it needs a new coat of paint, which seems likely since it probably retains its original paint that is now more than 40 years old.

The 1980-82 Corvettes are some of the sharpest Coke-bottle-era cars ever built, at least in our opinion, with Chevy redesigning the front and rear bumpers to include built-in spoilers that improved the drag coefficient to .443 from .503 in 1978 and 1979 when the spoilers were just bolted on.

Corvettes for Sale: Former Barn Find 1980 Corvette on Craigslist


With the Corvette getting a little middle-age spread through the previous years, the ’80 models went on a diet, with engineers trimming a whopping 7 percent off (238 pounds) by using lower density roof panels, a thinner hood and outer doors, thinner glass on the windshield and doors, aluminum differential housing and crossmembers, and the L82’s aluminum intake manifold on the L48, too.

We’re impressed that this Connecticut car – one of 40,614 built for 1980 – still has less than 20,000 miles on the odometer, but without seeing it in person, we tend to find the asking price of $11,750 a might high, especially since the title is described in the listing as “missing.” That could come back to haunt a new owner, don’t you think?


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