Including a modified and rebuilt '79 Corvette!

 

I think it applies to almost all c3's that are for sale... Cars that the owners have spent huge time and/or money rebuilding properly top to bottom are rarely offered for sale shortly afterwards. It's too great an investment to look to sell shortly after completion. I've been offered money or swaps for my '79 that are at or above the money I have in it, but I spent months of my time on it, and have it almost where I want it. It's not for sale, at least not for any rational price!

 

I get it now any low end, budget, basket case, project c3s we round up all of them and push them into a land fill, damn the guys who turn those sows ears into their dream car,
In the sticky rules for buying it should be added that if you cant buy a perfect in every way c3 you are not welcome in this cult.

 

When we bought our car, I knew nothing about them, I didn't know this site existed, I never read the sticky post. I called a so called friend who I know had one and asked a few questions. We bought it BECAUSE it was 3K. We never would have made the 10-12K purchase off the bat. Do we have almost that into it? Close, but at least it was spent when we wanted to spend it, over time, and I also enjoy the journey of bringing to life a neglected car. If I had bought a car already finished I would've found that boring and lost interest. What we have now it a very decent C3 that we LOVE to drive, it was never our intention to have a museum piece, a one of a kind ultra rare corvette. Nope! I wanted a car I could work on ( and boy did I get what I wanted ) and a fun car to drive. ( got that too ) How many cars today have T-tops?

So I encourage the low number buyers to keep buying, just know what you're in for. And have fun.! Keep the hobby alive, these young kids today have no idea what they are missing. I'm lucky my 18 year old son LOVES the old cars. Unfortunately he is of the new generation of getting a participation trophy for showing up and hasn't learned what it is going to take to keep one. He's starting with a 97 Rally Sport Camaro.

We bought it needing transmission work so he can learn what it takes to get it going and keep it going. The skills he will learn through this process will be invaluable in life. I love our 79 and I appreciate it probably more because I rebuilt it, will keep maintaining it and rebuild it as long as I'm physically able to.

 

Thanks for hitting this thread guys - I really will miss the Corvette. The C3 is probably the most recognizable and iconic car to ever leave an American Manufacturing line. I am so happy my 79 went to good hands, it only would have worsened in my ownership. I sort of made friends with the guy (He Is Three Hours From Me) and he will be sending me pictures of the car throughout it's changes and improvements

 

If you had stuck to the rules for buying a C3, maybe you wouldn't have been so disappointed. At least your just going over to the dark side with a mustang, not over the cliff with a tuner car!

 

Ehhh - I knew what I was in for (and the C3 rules) But Hulk Hogan could have put me in a headlock and said don't buy the car....And I was gonna buy the car. It happens

 

Ironically, the PO of my 78 SA was Hulk Hogan's promoter and said Hogan barely fit when driving it. Dude sold it because he was retiring to an island and couldn't bring it. Had some good stories and we talked on the phone for a while. Kept asking me if I was sure I wanted to do this...I was like yeah I really want the car and it would be fun to fix it up. It was fun for a while... then not fun, and back to fun.

 

I don't think you have to spend too much to get a nice driving car. I spent $7500 for my 79 in '05, and I don't think in the condition it was in then, the value today would be much different. It ran great, but had plenty of little things that needed fixing, (speedo, clock not working, tach not working correctly, engine compartment needed cosmetic restoration, and the worst was the paint was shot and had to be stripped to fiberglass for repainting. But, I got a car I could hop in and drive at any time, anywhere, and I still do. I've put about 35000 miles on it since I bought it.