Just curious what the experts in this forum think my car would be worth (not that i'm gonna ever sell it... Ever...) I am just curious! Thank you! If I had to guess my guess would be 8,000-9,000 but i'm the owner so what do I know haha

Details:
1978 Silver Anniversary Edition L-48 Chevrolet Corvette, 101k Miles, Targa Blue Exterior - Dark Blue Vinyl Interior, 4-Spd Manual, Runs great and strong and transmission shifts great! No A/C, no power windows, no power locks. It was originally a Silver Anniversary Edition painted corvette it now has a brand new Targa Blue paint job along with new brake rotors and pad, new front passenger caliper, completely undercoated, new fiberglass bumpers, new gas lines, new oil pan plugs, new tires, polished rims and new center caps/lug nuts, new weatherstripping, new spark plugs, new windshield wipers, new bulbs all around. All lights work and headlights come up flawlessly and don't touch the paint, no rust at all on the car, all the surface rust was brushed off and then the car was undercoated and protected, only things that do not work is the interior light and the key buzzer on the interior, the interior is not perfect but is not too bad either, just needs new carpet.

 

Maybe held back a little by no a/c, but a lot of them don't work right anyway. I'd think 8.5-9.5k. Maybe a little more if the paint is really nice.

Its a sharp looking car.

 

Thanks! Hopefully I can keep it haha, hopefully it's not TOO expensive paying for a Corvette at 17 it sure is worth it though

 

I am no expert, so almost didn't toss in my 2 cents.

Nice looking car,

I recall a fellow at a buddies house was pressing me hard to tell him what his 81 was worth, it wasn't in great shape and needed all kinds of stuff, he kept pushing I said you would not like my answer, he wouldn't stop pushing, I said okay,
about 5-6K only because you have the new rebuilt 383 and 4 speed in it.

and he freaked out, got in my face yelling in a tantrum how I don't know vettes that just that day a "drug dealer" begged him to take 20 k cash for it....

I said either that "drug dealer" was actually a "drug user" or you were on too many drugs to turn down 20 k for a 5K car....

Your car looks pretty darn nice but no interior or engine shots so I could see it only nabbing 5 k or fetching over 9K as I have such limited into on it,

HOWEVER,

your question of what is your car worth followed by you are not going to sell it does add a piece to the puzzle,

Your car is "Priceless" to you....enjoy it....

 

I was 17 when I got my first corvette. A lot of cars since then, but the thrill was never matched.

Have fun!

 

Well i'm not gonna sell it if it's in my ability not to haha, got an insurance quote of $244 a month but i'm pretty confident that I can. I wanted it so bad that I worked my *** off to get it and then I got it and worked my *** off to get it nice so now I think I can work my *** off to keep it haha.

 

I paid $9800 for my black '78 , A/C P/S P/B AM/FM Stereo , but that was in 1979 . Sold it in 1984.

 

IMHO your $8-9K estimate is very realistic. If you were to throw a new carpet in it, you could probably ask $10K. Looks like a nice car.

 

Ok thanks!