When I happened to find myself parking my red 2014 next to this great looking blue ('67?) Corvette at the hardware store yesterday, the thought occurred to me that I hope my car still looks that good nearly 50 years from now!

 

It may look good 50 years from now .. but every electronic module will probably be burnt out and no longer available so it won't run.

 

Will there be an America 50 yeasr from now.

 

Trust me there will be a catalog of aftermarket parts for everything.

 

 

Perhaps....but perhaps not or depends how you look at it. There are already electronic modules for 1997 - 2000 C5's that are no longer available.

See:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ket-parts.html

50 years from now there isn't going to be "new old stock" around on this stuff and chances are; barring a revolution in electronics manuafacturing no one will make new parts either.

When I say "it depends how you look at it" here is what I mean. In the case of the C5 one part at issue is the electronic brake control module. In 2050 someone restoring a 2000 C5 could just rip out the whole braking system and replace it with something modern (actually proabaly all electronics in the car). Who knows, in 2064 there may be someone making replacement electronics for my 2014 that involve ripping everything out and rewiring the whole car (if they are still using wires by then ) and engineered to look and operate like they did in 2014. So people with the money to spend may be able to do such surgery and keep them running.

What I think there is no way we will see is "all original" cars. And when it comes to the electronics they will definitely not be new parts to old specs. And I think there will be a lot fewer cars made today that will make it that long. The '67 in the Op's post is a lot more likely to be still on the road in 2064 than his C7 is.

Just my 2 cents worth.

 

Realistically, who cares.

I'll be dead by then and my ashes will floating in some ocean around our fabulous planet Earth.

 

Making aftermarket electronic modules is a lot harder than making aftermarket mechanical parts. You can't just take measurements and reverse engineer it. I recall Tadge saying somewhere that they have offered the specs for some of the older electronic modules to aftermarket companies and have had no takers, because the cost of building such low-volume components is too high. And the older parts are simply no longer available.

Edit: Ratman linked to it, above.

If you want to keep your C7 running 50 years from now, buy up a stock of all the computers today, and keep them in sealed packages in a cool, dry location.

 

Not on my list of things to care or think about.

 

And no one has mentioned that the older car isn't a '67? It's a '65 0r '66.

And my '67 can be a daily driver. I even replaced the wiring harness to ensure no problems. Incidentally, if you worry about the connectors through the firewall failing and stranding you, don't. Nothing needed by the engine goes through there. Now driving at night would be a problem...

Dave

 

Not an expert, but I thought the stinger hood with scoop was '67?

 

The wheels are 67 rally's to go along with the hood scoop. Rest of it looks like 66 or 67...... Where did the head rest come from???

 

Head rests were offered in 1967.

Those cars would not be here if it wasn't for people who rebuild them from the ground up, the car in the picture might have been rebuilt and improved many times.

Even back when I bought and sold those it was almost impossible to find one that had all it's original parts, the so called matching number cars are a collage of parts with the right numbers.

 

I doubt it...

 

If it is around in 50 years there won't be any gas, and you would not be allowed in California.

 

Lol

 

I will have to apologize for my answer because I won’t be here in 50 years. From past experiences, buy extra power window switches. More than likely the stock radio will quit working so plan on that. My 88 is 27 years old, have replaced both those issues. Had to replace the window wiper control because it is located on the door where rain can damage it when the door is open. I think I will be around when my 88 turns 50. So far so good on finding major parts.

 

Probably near a 100% chance I won't be around 50 years from now to find out.

 

That might be 5 years.

 

Hopefully, California won't be around in 50 years.