Top 10 Worst Corvettes
Race Director
Joined: Jul 2005
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And I'm kind of surprised the '68 didn't make the list. Quality control was hideous for the first half of the production year and got better but still bad through the end. Especially the coupes, with their rattly, leaky T-tops.
My master plan would have been to put flared fenders, 7 inch Rally wheels and wide ovals on the '67 C2 body, maybe even six tail lights, and sell THAT as the 1968 model, with L89s, L88s, all the hi-po options available.
Take an extra year and bring out a flawless new C3 for 1969 with 8 inch rims!
My master plan would have been to put flared fenders, 7 inch Rally wheels and wide ovals on the '67 C2 body, maybe even six tail lights, and sell THAT as the 1968 model, with L89s, L88s, all the hi-po options available.
Take an extra year and bring out a flawless new C3 for 1969 with 8 inch rims!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 3,372
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From: Peoria Arizona
HEY ...................Easy there fella.
I work for the local Toyota dealership. Owning a Prius helps me justify owning 190 HP car that gets 12 to 14 miles in the city and burns high octane gas.
But........................I do love that Vette. I just didn't buy it to brag about the mileage.
I work for the local Toyota dealership. Owning a Prius helps me justify owning 190 HP car that gets 12 to 14 miles in the city and burns high octane gas.
But........................I do love that Vette. I just didn't buy it to brag about the mileage.
Advanced
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 54
Likes: 4
From: BURNSVILLE MINNESOTA
Ouch !
You guys play kind of rough.
You know what boys ?
I guess don't know it yet , but Prius type cars are in your future.
And there isn't much you can do about it.
Its going to be just like when you went from drum brakes to disc or
carburetors to fuel injection or chrome to rubber or crank windows to power windows.
Want speed ? its the Tesla.
Distance ? its the Prius
Luxury ? Lexus Hybrid
And all the major manufactures are jumping on the bandwagon
You may not like it ,but its happening right now .
BIG TIME !
With the cost of gas and Ethanol percentages rising .
They are going to try and eliminate or severely reduce the engines of the past except for the hardcore.
Being in the service end of the car business for the last 32 years .
I have made a lot of changes ( and most not in the interest of the car owner). Believe me when I say
The writing is on the wall .
Close your eyes ............Your not going to feel a thing friend.
You guys play kind of rough.
You know what boys ?
I guess don't know it yet , but Prius type cars are in your future.
And there isn't much you can do about it.
Its going to be just like when you went from drum brakes to disc or
carburetors to fuel injection or chrome to rubber or crank windows to power windows.
Want speed ? its the Tesla.
Distance ? its the Prius
Luxury ? Lexus Hybrid
And all the major manufactures are jumping on the bandwagon
You may not like it ,but its happening right now .
BIG TIME !
With the cost of gas and Ethanol percentages rising .
They are going to try and eliminate or severely reduce the engines of the past except for the hardcore.
Being in the service end of the car business for the last 32 years .
I have made a lot of changes ( and most not in the interest of the car owner). Believe me when I say
The writing is on the wall .
Close your eyes ............Your not going to feel a thing friend.
Racer
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 315
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From: Washington
1958
Not surprised to see the '58 on the list. It was, after all, just like most of the other make/models of that year.....they all went crazy with chrome. Having said that, the'58 Corvette has now come into its own due to the very fact it was different. Just like the '58 Chevrolet that was seldom seen restored, in shows or at cruise ins. Now, they are there.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,139
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From: B'ham Alabama
As a 1975 owner,...all I can say is,..that is a pretty flattering article. I thnk this is the ONLY time my 75 has been grouped with the 1953, 1958 and Collector's Ediion Corvettes.
Tht's pretty dang good company.
If anyone has ever priced a 1953, 1958 or a nice CE,...you know what I mean. He only mised the nasty old '63 Split Window! Ha-Ha-Ha!!!!!!
Tht's pretty dang good company.
If anyone has ever priced a 1953, 1958 or a nice CE,...you know what I mean. He only mised the nasty old '63 Split Window! Ha-Ha-Ha!!!!!!
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 11,608
Likes: 780
From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
",,,,that made it easy to overlook how otherwise decrepit the C3 Corvette had become..."
I read this awhile back. Two things struck me:
1. The author was not only full of himself, trying to out-do each paragraph with more florid vitriol than the previous, but............
2. ..........the author was also full of s**t.
Any more words than these lends more attention to that hit piece than it deserves.
Dan G>
I read this awhile back. Two things struck me:
1. The author was not only full of himself, trying to out-do each paragraph with more florid vitriol than the previous, but............
2. ..........the author was also full of s**t.
Any more words than these lends more attention to that hit piece than it deserves.
Dan G>
More times than not Writers like that are ego driven pompous blow hards who laugh at their own lame jokes when not bashing and trashing something or someone coming up for air only to spew what a genius they are.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,456
Likes: 102
From: Piedmont Va
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13,'19-'20
Ouch !
You guys play kind of rough.
You know what boys ?
I guess don't know it yet , but Prius type cars are in your future.
And there isn't much you can do about it.
Its going to be just like when you went from drum brakes to disc or
carburetors to fuel injection or chrome to rubber or crank windows to power windows.
Want speed ? its the Tesla.
Distance ? its the Prius
Luxury ? Lexus Hybrid
And all the major manufactures are jumping on the bandwagon
You may not like it ,but its happening right now .
BIG TIME !
With the cost of gas and Ethanol percentages rising .
They are going to try and eliminate or severely reduce the engines of the past except for the hardcore.
Being in the service end of the car business for the last 32 years .
I have made a lot of changes ( and most not in the interest of the car owner). Believe me when I say
The writing is on the wall .
Close your eyes ............Your not going to feel a thing friend.
You guys play kind of rough.
You know what boys ?
I guess don't know it yet , but Prius type cars are in your future.
And there isn't much you can do about it.
Its going to be just like when you went from drum brakes to disc or
carburetors to fuel injection or chrome to rubber or crank windows to power windows.
Want speed ? its the Tesla.
Distance ? its the Prius
Luxury ? Lexus Hybrid
And all the major manufactures are jumping on the bandwagon
You may not like it ,but its happening right now .
BIG TIME !
With the cost of gas and Ethanol percentages rising .
They are going to try and eliminate or severely reduce the engines of the past except for the hardcore.
Being in the service end of the car business for the last 32 years .
I have made a lot of changes ( and most not in the interest of the car owner). Believe me when I say
The writing is on the wall .
Close your eyes ............Your not going to feel a thing friend.
I will keep my V8's running longer than 55 Chevy's in Havana! 
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,456
Likes: 102
From: Piedmont Va
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13,'19-'20
OK, had this one coming i guess....
I have an old beat-up rusting '80, in desperate need of a ground-up body-off restoration.
Yes i know. In any "worst Corvette contest" my car would get first prize for "worst performance", "worst road handling", "most Tupperware" "loudest squeeks" "most misaligned body panels" and so on, easy.
But i love it, it is the car i always wanted. Because of styling, i think the '80, '81 and '82 completes the late rubber bumper C3 body style.
But i love any C2, and almost any C3. I adore the '68-'72 chrome bumper C3's, only too expensive for me. And i love the rubber bumper styles of the '74-'82, all of them, even the '74 with the split in her behind.
And there was something in between...
Somehow GM designers decided in '73 that changing only the front to a whole new body style was enough work for one year, and kept the beautiful chrome bumper short rear end of the '72 model. Both styles are completely different and beautiful on their own, but cutting two different cars in half and joining the different styles together just seems not a very good idea.
I dont like 73's from a styling point of view. That is my personal opinion. But reading on this forum how popular and demanded the '73 are by a huge amount of members i am probably one of the few.....
It was not my intention to turn this topic into a "what year is the best" contest because the best Vette is the one each of us has parked in his/hers own garage.
Enjoy yours!
I have an old beat-up rusting '80, in desperate need of a ground-up body-off restoration.
Yes i know. In any "worst Corvette contest" my car would get first prize for "worst performance", "worst road handling", "most Tupperware" "loudest squeeks" "most misaligned body panels" and so on, easy.
But i love it, it is the car i always wanted. Because of styling, i think the '80, '81 and '82 completes the late rubber bumper C3 body style.
But i love any C2, and almost any C3. I adore the '68-'72 chrome bumper C3's, only too expensive for me. And i love the rubber bumper styles of the '74-'82, all of them, even the '74 with the split in her behind.
And there was something in between...
Somehow GM designers decided in '73 that changing only the front to a whole new body style was enough work for one year, and kept the beautiful chrome bumper short rear end of the '72 model. Both styles are completely different and beautiful on their own, but cutting two different cars in half and joining the different styles together just seems not a very good idea.
I dont like 73's from a styling point of view. That is my personal opinion. But reading on this forum how popular and demanded the '73 are by a huge amount of members i am probably one of the few.....
It was not my intention to turn this topic into a "what year is the best" contest because the best Vette is the one each of us has parked in his/hers own garage.
Enjoy yours!
Pro
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 557
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From: El Sobrante CA