So many times, it seems that the ubiquitous barn finds are nowhere close to being ready for the road when they’re unearthed.
But finally, here’s a warehouse find that sounds like a new owner could just climb behind the wheel and let the wind blow through their hair!
Back in the day, the ’75 convertible had quite a following since it was believed to represent the end of an era with General Motors ceasing production of slow-selling ragtops across all its makes. Surprisingly, though, a quick check in the Corvette Black Book shows that fewer convertibles were actually sold in ’75 than in ’74, 5,474 to 4,629, perhaps proving that GM was right in its market assessment.
This ‘75 was discovered in a warehouse collection that was being sold off, and now it’s being offered out of the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area on craigslist for a reasonable-enough $19,750.
This numbers-matching car includes its original 350 V8 engine that produced 165 horsepower, mated to an automatic transmission, and is said to still run “perfect with no known mechanical issues,” the seller points out.
The shiny exterior is described as “stress crack free” and has only “a couple of imperfections on the hood” as pointed out in the photo gallery. The black manual convertible top still looks new and offers a nice contrast to the white paint.
Meanwhile, the “soft” black leather interior is described as being in “exceptional” condition, and the photos seem to bear out that sunny assessment.
Depending on where you live, you may be excited to hear that this is an A/C car and the compressor still works, as do the wipers, horn, radio, and headlights. It also is rolling on a “good set” of Goodyear Eagle GTII tires mounted on Rally wheels and includes power steering and brakes.
Are you ready to enjoy the sun in your classic C3 Corvette right now?
Source:
Craigslist.org
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I looked at all the pics of it on Craigslist. It appears to be in extremely nice condition to be almost fifty years old.
The relatively low production number of convertibles despite it being the last year of convertibles doesn’t surprise me. The coupes all have T-tops, and it only took one year of C3 production for the customers to figure out that T-tops are just about as good as a convertible in terms of removing the roof and are significantly better in every other regard. The convertible outsold the coupe on all years of C2. However, 1968 was the only year of C3 where the convertible outsold the coupe. That year, it was 65% of the total, but for 1969, it dropped to 43%, and it kept dropping. For 1975, it was only 12% of the total. Even when the convertible returned on the C4, it only made up 1/4 to 1/3 of production on any given year.
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