The Corvette hit a production peak in 1979 that stands to this day, despite a valiant challenge two years ago.
Perhaps riding a wave of popularity created by the 25th anniversary hype and the wildly popular 1978 Indy Pace Car the year before, enthusiasts flocked to the ’79 in record numbers with 53,807 built at the St. Louis factory – still 22 more than the 53,785 in 2023.
With so many ’79s built, it’s sometimes hard to stand out in the crowd, but this one up for sale on Craigslist at $15,900 out of Rockford, Illinois certainly does the trick, at least for this writer.
Its Dark Blue Metallic paint is not overwhelmingly rare but was nevertheless chosen by only 5,670 customers, and its Light Beige leather interior really pops against that dark exterior.
Amazingly, this Corvette was owned by the same person until late last year and remains in excellent condition inside and out.
The paint is described by the second owner as “excellent with no scratches or anything like that,” and likewise the interior earns praise for being “in great shape with no rips, stains, or tears.”
With only 48,212 miles on the odometer, the car is said to run and drive “flawlessly” with what we assume is a base L48 350 V8 engine mated with an automatic transmission.
This “turn key” Corvette is further described as being “ready” for car shows by the seller. Would you like to drive up at the next Cars & Coffee behind the wheel of this classic C3?
Source:
Craigslist.org
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This is a nice looking great color combo car but it looks like the interior could actually use a good careful cleaning to take it to a higher level.
I like that blue, my ’79 was black, lots of work keeping that one looking clean.
Nice cars back then except for the malaise power trains. We truly are blessed with modern day engines.
GORGEOUS COLOR COMBO!
Makes me WISH I still had my ’73…
I would actually LOVE to have that sitting in my garage (or at least in my climate-controlled basement.)
But I am afraid I would upgrade the powertrain and add wheels and tires… making it “BETTER than New” but no longer a “collectible Classic”… My ’73 was also ‘modified’ as was my first car — a ’64 GTO !! But DANG it was FAST by the standards of the day..!!
(Why am I getting a posting rejection Saying I already posted this message?
I just wrote it!!! how can it be “previously posted?”
**GORGEOUS COLOR COMBO!**
Makes me WISH I still had my ’73…
I would actually LOVE to have that sitting in my garage (or at least in my climate-controlled basement.)
But I am afraid I would upgrade the powertrain and add wheels and tires… making it “BETTER than New” but no longer a “collectible Classic”… My ’73 was also ‘modified’ as was my first car — a ’64 GTO !! But DANG it was FAST by the standards of the day..!!
There was nothing wrong with the power of these cars. The L-48, while not having a lot of horsepower, did have plenty of torque. We had a lot of fun at the track on the slalom with these vettes back in the day.
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