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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 3,036
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From: myrtle beach sc
Army
You would not believe how many MAJOR parts we made for the C-4's in our plant. I worked there, MTD AUTOMOTIVE-CLEVELAND PLANT, for 34 years in maintenance, till they closed in 2007. I started in 1974 and it was always a thrill to walk past workers making Vette parts, and knowing that they were going into each and every one made. Lou.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 6,842
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From: Palmdale CA
The 1984's Crossfire cars can be had for cheap, but consider this, if you can find one, the Z51 option got you a track ready car, with razor sharp handling. The joke on the C4 forum about the Z51 option on the 84's was that you could run over a dime and be able to tell if it was heads or tails!
Get a stick shift '84 with the Z51, put something in the engine compartment with some huevo's and you could have a lot of fun on the race track for cheap!
Get a stick shift '84 with the Z51, put something in the engine compartment with some huevo's and you could have a lot of fun on the race track for cheap!
Last edited by F22; Sep 8, 2014 at 06:02 PM.
Pro
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 616
Likes: 2
From: Sedalia MO
I have owned two C4s. I had an 86 Vette, which was a perfect first Vette. Yes it had its issues, but it was a good learning opportunity. My second was a 1990 ZR-1. You talk about one bada$$ car. I miss it so much (divorce). Having said that, I get way more thumbs up in my C3 than I did my C4. Most people I came across didn't know it was a ZR-1 until they saw my back bumper (usually as I was driving away, lol). With today's technology, you can get quite a bit of power out of a cheap 84 Vette. It is still the same Gen 1 SBC, so new heads, cam and a Renegade intake can really wake it up. $5K for 77k miles isn't a bad price either.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Emerald Isle NC
It'd be a cool buy if you had a '57 body to drop on it.
My girlfriend's old neighbor told me a while back about a '57 he'd been trying to buy for many years. I think I pissed him off somehow, which is no surprise...
Wish I knew where that '57 was. I bet I could get it outta them...
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My girlfriend's old neighbor told me a while back about a '57 he'd been trying to buy for many years. I think I pissed him off somehow, which is no surprise...
Wish I knew where that '57 was. I bet I could get it outta them...
Carter