82 vs 84
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From: Warren MICHIGAN
82 vs 84
Here's something I've always wondered and hope maby some of you guys can answer:
Why is it that the 82 vettes are prized, collectable, treasured gems while the 84 vettes are looked down upon due to their Cross Fire setup? The 82's have the exact same powertrain, yet nobody shuns a 82 Corvette. Why is this?
As you can tell I am biased...........
LONG LIVE THE 84's!!
Why is it that the 82 vettes are prized, collectable, treasured gems while the 84 vettes are looked down upon due to their Cross Fire setup? The 82's have the exact same powertrain, yet nobody shuns a 82 Corvette. Why is this?
As you can tell I am biased...........
LONG LIVE THE 84's!!
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Who in the world ever said 82's were prized? 84's are the first of there kind and quite possibly the best handleing C-4's of all. Only time will tell the whole story. C-4's need to age a bit before there real value will come to light. I remember very well very cheap C-2's.
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It will be a long time before I make any money on my '84
With the high production numbers of the 84, that is one thing that hurts us..but on the flip side, if you watch Ebay, the '84s for sale there are t-r-a-s-h-e-d.
They were for so long considered as not a wanted car that people let them fall apart. They were stripped of their parts and left to die like tusk-less elephants.
Now for those of us that own them and take care of the ones we have, we will own some of the few last good examples of that year.
Long live the '84!
With the high production numbers of the 84, that is one thing that hurts us..but on the flip side, if you watch Ebay, the '84s for sale there are t-r-a-s-h-e-d.
They were for so long considered as not a wanted car that people let them fall apart. They were stripped of their parts and left to die like tusk-less elephants.
Now for those of us that own them and take care of the ones we have, we will own some of the few last good examples of that year.
Long live the '84!
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I've actually had people tell me the 82 was the best third generation corvette because it was the only one that was fuel injected, and in the next breath tell me the 84 is junk becaue it had that crossfire injection!
This has happened several times.
This has happened several times.
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Because the customer is always right even when he is wrong. I am at the Mecum auction at Bloomington Gold right now and just witnessed two 82 Collectors Editions sell for around 30 each and neither was what you would call mint though both did have low miles. I guess it has to be because they were the last C3's as was mentioned just above; not much horsepower, mostly badges and a lot of special paint, graphics and trim. I think the 84 crossfire is criticized because Chevy put the better Tuned Port engine in the very next year thereby peeving off 50,000 84 buyers soon after they shelled out a lot of money for the all new Corvette that they waited a year and a half to appear.
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I consider my '95 prized, if only to me. 
I would take an '84 over almost any C3. I don't like the way C3s drive and to me they're the least appealing aesthetically of all Corvettes, especially once the chrome bumpers were gone. Overdone styling and way too much overhang in the front and rear, from '74 on. I'd almost totally lost interest in current Corvettes until the '84 came out. It was the first Corvette I had really coveted since the end of the C2 run. 
I would take an '84 over almost any C3. I don't like the way C3s drive and to me they're the least appealing aesthetically of all Corvettes, especially once the chrome bumpers were gone. Overdone styling and way too much overhang in the front and rear, from '74 on. I'd almost totally lost interest in current Corvettes until the '84 came out. It was the first Corvette I had really coveted since the end of the C2 run.
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THe only people that care about that stuff are Corvete freaks, to me they are just another Vette...I buy what I think looks good to me, or what I think would be fun to drive. When youre out cruising , "rare" "low production number" or any of that other nonsense does zilch for the driving experience.
