A number of forum members here have mentioned owning multiple C3's. I am wondering what your motivation was?

 

The first motivating factor in getting my 3 C3s was - each one was my wifes idea! Yep, she made me do it!!!

The motivating factor in getting a C3 - man - just look at them!! They have the best styling IMHO of all generations. Yes - my personal opinion but that is why I got my 76, 78 and 69.

A third motivating factor - They are easier to work on and I do most of my own work. The don't think the later generations are as easy to work on.

 

Well when I was in college I really wanted a C2 coupe but back then in the mid 90s they were over $15k even for cars needing work. I always like the chrome bumper C3s too and they were going for much less month so sought one out. I got a 1970 and have had it for 22 years. Easy car to keep on the road and good looking.

 

I think I have "sick puppy syndrome".
I like finding a tired, lost or neglected car. Bringing it all the way back to what it was originally and then driving it for a while. Some won't understand, but when all that is left to do is drive it, I lose interest and start searching for another project. It's really about doing the work, along with the search for hard to find parts that appeals to me. People always ask me "How can you sell this car after doing all that work?" I don't think I can make them understand. Upside is, I've put a lot of nice Corvettes back in circulation.
When I see that dusty Corvette in somebody's garage with the flat tires and boxes piled on top of it, I get the cold sweats like a heroin junkie. Oh man, I gotta have that one!

 

I bought the 68 as a project. She was drivable, but I spent more time working on it than driving it.

When I needed a daily driver, I found the 74 in the For Sale Ads and decided she would make a pleasant DD. When it came time for a new daily driver for the wife, I took her hand me down Cougar and we used the 74 in the trade for her Mustang.

My neighbor owned the L-82. When he traded it, I bought from the dealer the same day. It became my daily driver for a couple of years.

 

I totally get it. When mine are near completion and all you can do is drive them, same thing... My wife knows it, too, and knows I need a new project. My '70 is nearing completion, so just picked up a 2000 BMW 540i that is cherry but needs some mechanicals. Now we have two projects in the garage + our son's...

 

I spent the vast majority of my Corvette buying history trying to figure out what I really wanted. Often, it was the latest and best car I could get, up to a certain era.

I bought a '65 in 1976 and wanted the "the late model" as they called them, and bought a '68.
Then I bought a couple '73s because I liked the new nose.
Then I bought a '77 because I liked the new tail.
Then I bought an '80 because I loved the redesign.
I thought I wanted an '85, then an '86 and later an '03... but I guess I didn't. Didn't keep any of them long.
Then bought an '81 convertible conversion because I thought that was really cool.
Started over. Bought a '63 roadster, then a coupe. Then a 1958 because I never had a solid axle car.
Meanwhile, I missed having a chrome bumper car, which I decided I liked the best. Bought 2 '69 roadsters, kept one. Still have it.
Bought another split window. Kept that too.

I think I'm good now.

 

i wasn't looking for a vette specifically , i just wanted an air conditioned big block chevy in a convertible and stumbled on a 72 that had all the requirements and as a bonus i got a 4 speed. pretty soon i got the modification bug and decided it would be best not to "butcher" this particular car. got a 79 and "butchered " it instead , as it turns out the 350 i put in it isn't doing it for me so i am now in the process of "butchering" a 78 , only this time it will have a big block. as it stands i have 3 now , the 79 wil get sold when the 78 is closer to being done and that will be the end of corvettes for me.

 

How do you know if blondes are really more fun, unless you date a redhead and a couple of brunettes to compare?

 

I don't need 2 Corvettes, mine has multiple personality disorder

 

Multiple c3s at one time or over the years?
Im guilty of both,

Im not a "corvette" guy but rather a gear head who likes vettes,
I have owned many over close to 40 years it had a lot to do with my own OCD ADD and eccentricities
Early on i listened too much to the types i now see as noisy negativist, walking piles of fertilizer,
No, your way isnt the only "right" way.
My way is the right way for me....

I am a very outside the box thinker stock will always by nature bore me gm came close but never really made a perfect for me c3,
A black 69 convertible 4 speed 427 car with ac would be close, im betting that combo was rare even in 69.

I have been guilty of owning more than one c3 at a time but for me its silly and very wasteful, not a chest pounding right my ego needs.

If i have my 69 bb ragtop sitting there next to some later c3 no way would the later car get driven, later sb coupes have zero appeal to me, i dont care how built a sb is a bb is a must for me, my OCD would see less as unexceptible settling. Opinions vary.

My first c3 was a 72 bb ac 4 speed convertible and i got stupid and swapped it, how i wish i had just kept it, done the repairs it needed, modified..ahem butchered it along the way to suit my changing tastes and still had it to this day and never messed with any of the others except my modded 66 which was very different to a c3,
So sure i can see why some would desire different gens, a c2 a c3 a c5 for example, not my thing but i get it.
To me at the risk of sounding elistist c3s lost my interest after 73.
With the exception of some conversion mods like dons or priyas.

So your question "why so many c3s" for me it was a learning curve took me a few decades to get or rather build just what "i" wanted,
Is my flared 69 bb rag top my last c3, likely, but as sean learned, never say never,

 

You've definitely picked the right forum name. Thanks for the replies and I think I understand, as when my C3 was apart for a couple of years, I needed a "driver". That turned out to be a Velocity Yellow C6 Z06. Guess I'm almost as guilty.

 

As a senior in high school I had a chance at a 62 327 4-speed for $1300, I had $500 and Pa said NO SON YOU'LL KILL YOURSELF. First wife said NO WAY. Second wife found my 6t8 and forced me to buy it. 20 years later a good deal came along on a 69 coupe, so I purchased it thinking I'd just fix it up and sell it . Well that never happened and it is so nice now it's my daily driver since the 6t8 has since become a track car. T

 

First wife said no way. Second wife forced you to buy a 68. What an abusive beeotch! Bet you didn't trade her in though...

 

The first reply nailed it. The first one was for my wife (she drove it to work this week). The second one was so I could have a manual transmission. The next step is a bigger, or second, garage, but I could see having a third C3, so two are on the road while a third is restored.

 

Hello Ignatz...(I know the reference! jeez I must be old!) say hi to Krazy Kat!

I have 'bookends', the beginning of the C-3 (close enuf!) and the last one.
69 350/350 (L-46) two tops, side exhaust, m-21, .370
and the 82 CE

Essentially they 'look' the same but are two completely different cars... which is amazing that the car was so versatile!
One is pretty brutal, crude, noisy, scary fast, stripped, lightened (<3000 lbs now) and windy!
The other is a smooth low RPM cruiser with all the bells and whistles.

If I had a five car garage I'd own five.
69
73
78
81 manual
and the 82CE

Had all the rest Jags and Porsches BMW's etc....nothing like a C-3!

 

Like peanuts, can not eat just one!! Get em until you run outta money or space or both, Ha!

 

My dad had C3's since the very early 70's when he was an early 20's year old man. By the time he passed in 2013 we had 3 complete C3's and probably enough parts for 5 more. I don't even have a clue how many came and went through his 40 years of owning them. I do know he sold one to put down the down payment on my parents house. I have his first c3, but I wish his C1 was still around too. It only makes sense that I got hooked on them as well, I had 3 for a very short period and have had 2 for the last 4 years. One to drive and one to fix.

 

OMG, you're the first one, my grandfather used to call me that!

 

So do I get a 'brick' to throw? Violence is so Non 2000's! (didn't Ignatz always bean KK with a brick?)

Unkahal