How many like mine?
Le Mans Master
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You appear to have the valve covers from an '81. The air cleaner lid may have been chrome in '81 also so it may be from the same donor. The brake reservior is aftermarket of course (I'm sure you knew that). Other than that, the engine compartment looks brand new.
Quite a find!
Quite a find!
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From: Moroso Performance, Guilford, CT, 203-453-6571
Originally Posted by TedH
You appear to have the valve covers from an '81. The air cleaner lid may have been chrome in '81 also so it may be from the same donor. The brake reservior is aftermarket of course (I'm sure you knew that). Other than that, the engine compartment looks brand new.
Quite a find!
Quite a find!
Rick
Le Mans Master
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Originally Posted by Rick Moroso
He told me he has never had the valve covers off it. I have no reason what-so-ever to doubt him, but I will ask again. He likes to get little pieces chromed like that. As far as I understood from him, those are all OEM parts that he had chromed. He had the PCV tube and the door strikers chromed also. Regardless of what are on it now, he has all the original ones that came off it. I am going to collect it all this weekend.
Rick
Rick
Just wanted you to know I wasn't intending to knock the C3 on whether it was all-orig or not. You have one very nice looking '78 there. Enjoy it!
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From: Moroso Performance, Guilford, CT, 203-453-6571
Originally Posted by TedH
Sorry Rick. I didn't even consider the two items would have been chromed; just assumed that the lid may have come with the '81 valve covers. Now that I checked with Zip's website the black finned valve covers appear to have been an option from 78-82, the plain aluminum finned valve covers appear to have ended with 77; I didn't know that either. I had the impression the black finned aluminum covers were 81-only. I learned something new.
Just wanted you to know I wasn't intending to knock the C3 on whether it was all-orig or not. You have one very nice looking '78 there. Enjoy it!
Just wanted you to know I wasn't intending to knock the C3 on whether it was all-orig or not. You have one very nice looking '78 there. Enjoy it!
Thanks a lot for the compliments and the help of how to figure it out!
Rick
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From: Moroso Performance, Guilford, CT, 203-453-6571
Originally Posted by jayr
3.55 gear must be a 4 speed car. If it never got wet how did wipe the
dust off of it, dry.
dust off of it, dry.
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From: White House Tennessee
That’s a really clean car. Looks great. It seems to have the air pump taken of so be sure to get that. The loops that hold the hood cable across the top of the distributor shield are missing (as is mine too) and the pads on top of the hood springs are gone. I met a guy at a show here that shows his 79 at NCRS who pointed out the pads on top of the springs to me. I only have one and I never noticed it. Also I don’t see any bumpers along the top of the fenders where the hood sits. I have 2 on each side. I don’t know if they all have them or not. I hope this information helps you. You have a really special car there. Enjoy it.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Gods Country WI
Hi Rick,
I also have a red on red 78. Red leather when I bought the car 3+ years ago from the original owner it had 21K miles on it. It now has 28K. My car when I bought it had the original Goodyears on so I took them off and stored them. Still has original lacquer, original dated exhaust. Also painted t-tops but the prvious owner bought the blue glass tops which is what I normally keep on it. I still have the GM boxes those came in. Mine is a L48 auto with 3:08 rear, air cond, power windows, locks, AM-FM-CB, sport mirrors, rear defrost, aluminum wheels,front and rear Indy spoilers. Could you PM me with what you paid for yours? I am curious as what they are worth in this type of condition.
Thanks
I also have a red on red 78. Red leather when I bought the car 3+ years ago from the original owner it had 21K miles on it. It now has 28K. My car when I bought it had the original Goodyears on so I took them off and stored them. Still has original lacquer, original dated exhaust. Also painted t-tops but the prvious owner bought the blue glass tops which is what I normally keep on it. I still have the GM boxes those came in. Mine is a L48 auto with 3:08 rear, air cond, power windows, locks, AM-FM-CB, sport mirrors, rear defrost, aluminum wheels,front and rear Indy spoilers. Could you PM me with what you paid for yours? I am curious as what they are worth in this type of condition.
Thanks
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From: Moroso Performance, Guilford, CT, 203-453-6571
Originally Posted by GlassToys
That’s a really clean car. Looks great. It seems to have the air pump taken of so be sure to get that. The loops that hold the hood cable across the top of the distributor shield are missing (as is mine too) and the pads on top of the hood springs are gone. I met a guy at a show here that shows his 79 at NCRS who pointed out the pads on top of the springs to me. I only have one and I never noticed it. Also I don’t see any bumpers along the top of the fenders where the hood sits. I have 2 on each side. I don’t know if they all have them or not. I hope this information helps you. You have a really special car there. Enjoy it.
I did not know about the cable loops, or the pads on the hood springs. I found one loop for the hood cable down the cable. I reinstalled that one and ordered another. I also ordered the spring pads.
The hood bumpers I did know about. He has the originals and a set of aftermarket ones with 2-sided tape in the box of stuff that came with it.
Thanks again!
Rick
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From: Moroso Performance, Guilford, CT, 203-453-6571
Originally Posted by Jeff78
Hi Rick,
I also have a red on red 78. Red leather when I bought the car 3+ years ago from the original owner it had 21K miles on it. It now has 28K. My car when I bought it had the original Goodyears on so I took them off and stored them. Still has original lacquer, original dated exhaust. Also painted t-tops but the prvious owner bought the blue glass tops which is what I normally keep on it. I still have the GM boxes those came in. Mine is a L48 auto with 3:08 rear, air cond, power windows, locks, AM-FM-CB, sport mirrors, rear defrost, aluminum wheels,front and rear Indy spoilers. Could you PM me with what you paid for yours? I am curious as what they are worth in this type of condition.
Thanks
I also have a red on red 78. Red leather when I bought the car 3+ years ago from the original owner it had 21K miles on it. It now has 28K. My car when I bought it had the original Goodyears on so I took them off and stored them. Still has original lacquer, original dated exhaust. Also painted t-tops but the prvious owner bought the blue glass tops which is what I normally keep on it. I still have the GM boxes those came in. Mine is a L48 auto with 3:08 rear, air cond, power windows, locks, AM-FM-CB, sport mirrors, rear defrost, aluminum wheels,front and rear Indy spoilers. Could you PM me with what you paid for yours? I am curious as what they are worth in this type of condition.
Thanks
Rick
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St. Jude Donor '11, '17
That car is useless!! 
Nothing to work on. Let me put the wheels back on my 79 & we can do an even swap. You get a year newer car and something to do in your spare time. 
BWT Welcome to the darkside!
This should warrant a grand C3/C2 only discount coupon for great Moroso products!
Nothing to work on. Let me put the wheels back on my 79 & we can do an even swap. You get a year newer car and something to do in your spare time. BWT Welcome to the darkside!
This should warrant a grand C3/C2 only discount coupon for great Moroso products!
Burning Brakes
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From: Burlington wisconsin
Originally Posted by Rick Moroso
Hi Everyone,
I just got a 1978 yesterday. I am wondering how many are just like mine. I found production numbers and stuff, but I was wondering if there is anyway to put them together. Like I know there were 40,274 base coupes made, 2,074 were red, and 4,067 had red leather interiors. I am looking for a way to figure out how many were red, with a red leather interior. And also the other options.
Is there any way to figure that stuff out or am I out of luck? Also, where are the rpo codes in it?
It is a 1978. It has 13,514 miles on it. All original. I got it from the original owner who has worked with me for the last 25 years. I am the second person to ever drive it! It has never seen rain, and never even been wet. The guy I got it from has never washed it! It has only been floored three times! All of them when it was fairly new, and it was at the track. It went a 14.71 at 90 something mph. He has the slip, he just needs to dig it out. It is red on red with red t-tops. It has the L-82 engine. It has the radio with no options. Sport mirrors. Power windows and locks. rear window defogger. A/C. Auto trans. Tilt/telescope wheel. Power antenna. Dual rear speakers. Aluminum wheels. Convenience Group. I am not sure if it has the gear option. Howard, the guy I got it from, says he thinks they are 3.55.
Any help would be great!
Thanks!
Rick
Not the best pic, I'll post more when I get them!
I just got a 1978 yesterday. I am wondering how many are just like mine. I found production numbers and stuff, but I was wondering if there is anyway to put them together. Like I know there were 40,274 base coupes made, 2,074 were red, and 4,067 had red leather interiors. I am looking for a way to figure out how many were red, with a red leather interior. And also the other options.
Is there any way to figure that stuff out or am I out of luck? Also, where are the rpo codes in it?
It is a 1978. It has 13,514 miles on it. All original. I got it from the original owner who has worked with me for the last 25 years. I am the second person to ever drive it! It has never seen rain, and never even been wet. The guy I got it from has never washed it! It has only been floored three times! All of them when it was fairly new, and it was at the track. It went a 14.71 at 90 something mph. He has the slip, he just needs to dig it out. It is red on red with red t-tops. It has the L-82 engine. It has the radio with no options. Sport mirrors. Power windows and locks. rear window defogger. A/C. Auto trans. Tilt/telescope wheel. Power antenna. Dual rear speakers. Aluminum wheels. Convenience Group. I am not sure if it has the gear option. Howard, the guy I got it from, says he thinks they are 3.55.
Any help would be great!
Thanks!
Rick
Not the best pic, I'll post more when I get them!
Very nice ride!
I have also tried to find numbers defining the different color combinations for this year, to no avail. I dont beleive the red on red, 53K original with the options you mentioned were incredibly "rare", as I have almost the same car, but with the fully loaded options including the 8 track w/ cb radio. What does make them rare, is the care yours sounds like it recieved, congrats!!
Yes, I put in the 80 seats (power), but kept the originals in storage.
Last edited by cherrybombc3; Nov 23, 2006 at 09:35 PM.