This 1975 Corvette hits that sweet spot of fair value for both buyer and seller—no lowball offers, please.
That’s the word from the Tioga, Pennsylvania owner, who says you can fire up this vintage Stingray when it’s cold with a quick floor-kick on the pedal, turn the key, and speed away. The original 350 engine and four-speed manual transmission roar to life effortlessly, ready to conquer any road.
Since he’s retiring soon and downsizing to a smaller home with no place to store the car safely inside, he’s decided to sell his “nice unmolested C3” on Craigslist “at a no BS price” – or $20,000, by his estimation.
With its three-stage black cherry metallic paint job (that hides the original white and was applied by a previous owner), this Corvette may not be the most powerful ever but it can still turn heads.
“No need to enter in car shows because it makes a show everywhere it goes,” he boasts. “Be prepared to have to stop and receive compliments and answer questions about the car.”
The new paint may not be in perfect condition, but the owner still rates it as driver quality with a few minor imperfections, including spider webbing on the hood.
Proving my theory that it’s not necessarily a bad thing to have multiple prior owners of a Corvette because each will make their own improvements, that owner who repainted it also put in a new clutch, installed KYB shocks and did a complete brake job including the tricky drum parking brake rebuild and fresh Mastercraft rubber. The owner before him is believed to have put in a mild cam, removed the catalytic converter, and installed a real dual exhaust.
The current owner has also done his share of work to the car over the past two years, installing six new Moog U-joints, adding fresh synthetic tranny and diff fluids, fixing speedo, tach, clock, installing a retro Bluetooth stereo, radiator core support, radiator, heater core, water pump, alternator, cap rotor, wires, fuel pump, NGK plugs, door latches, and doing an oil change with Slick 50. He’s also spent hours on the Quadrajet carb and claims it’s about as close to perfect as it gets – adding that the automatic choke even works now.
These days, he says this 50-year-old runs “like its ass is on fire.”
“So, if you’re looking for something that has not been through the pimp-flip community and that you can actually start and drive it regularly without having to put a dime into it, here’s your girl…” he concludes.
But he admits there is still room for improvement, including the carpet that is “not great but original,” and while the Saddle leather interior rates 7/10 by his estimation, he believes it could be enhanced with a deep cleaning. He also notes that the trip odometer button is missing and the blower fan works for the defroster but the original compressor is gone. He’s also passing forward a set ofnew T-top seals that he’s not gotten around to installing.
He calls this C3 “a solid, tight driving car that could be used as a daily driver if need be” but nevertheless still highly suggests a potential buyer should have the car completely inspected by a third party before signing on the dotted line – a move he’s lived to regret a couple of times in his life.
Source:
Craigslist via BarnFinds.com
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First of the “Dead Years”, solid birdcage? Why was the core support was replaced? Rust? or collision damage? Lots of stuff replaced at 72K or 172K. Might be worth half what the owner is asking.
This car in PERFECT showroom condition is worth $20k. But even by his own admissions it’s just basically a driver.
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