The C3 body ran for Sooooooooooo long , shear numbers , the fiberglass body and people were saving them, garaging them when pretty much no other cars of the era were being saved or collected . 1978 and 82 collectors additions , what other car already had a collector edition, people were paying ou the nose to own C3 s back then. While i noticed The metal cars , especially the dodges were been crushed and sold for junk by the millions . Mustangs , Chargers , Camaro lined the lots in the the late seventies. give away prices . rustbuckets ..usually 1/5 or an average corvette. Also , MORE people owned those metal muscle cars than corvettes to begin with . They were more affordable than a new Corvette. Fewer metal survived and lots more of former owners looking for their memories. I believe had GM introduced an all new model Vett in 1973 ...like they had promised ..... 68-72 would have been way more desirable today ....but building a zillion more C3 on though 1982 kinda put a hurting on that. While people on here know the obvious differences like the back of their hand between 68-82 models.....sorry but most of the population does NOT . The body style is what they associate the era. I have a Camaro , and hardly any in stock condition survived . They were raced on dirt tracks and in general were treated WAY worse than most corvette owners of the 68-82 treated their cars. Vett owners were older , garaged their cars and pampered them more than joe redneck and his Barracuda or Mustang . 70's Vettes lack of horsepower for most of the C3 period has killed intrest . Yet I recall in 1970's Chey was building all they could and orders often turned away. I suggest people BUY what you like , not what others tell you . If you like a certain model , then buy it , Im not buying to please anybody but ME . That said I m having a jones for a SD TA . Ill still keep my slow assed Camaro. cause its what I owned as a 16 year old. LOL.