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Just picked up this '77 the other day! This isn't my first fun car, but it is my first Corvette. The C3 has always been my favorite generation of Corvette (been eyeballing them since I was a kid), so it's super cool to finally have one.
This site seems to be the place to go for info about these cars - about half of my searches on how to inspect them led here. I figured I'd better sign up, since I know I'm gonna have questions..
I've been into cars and building / making stuff all my life. I finally got a '71 Malibu in July of 2018 which has given me a fun project every year - installed a 383 in 2020, an S60 last year and I'm wrapping up a TH400 swap right now.
On Tuesday, I picked up the C3 to go with it. As I was on my way home, my wife texted me "No f*in way!!", followed by a screenshot of one of those Facebook memories things - sure enough, it was 4 years to the day since the Chevelle was delivered!
In comparison, the Corvette is far more complete. The Chevelle came to me as a straight, restored body with enough assorted junk bolted to it to be sorta drivable.
With the Corvette, not only are all the parts present, everything works! The car is a great example of a survivor (short of its original motor, which is on a stand in my shed).. birdcage looks brand new, interior looks 5 years old, no evidence of any past body work, etc. Even the motor swap (a 400 SBC) looks original, and pulls pretty hard for what it is.
Not that I'm not gonna work on it... I don't necessarily plan to turn it into a brute like the Chevelle, but I think some nice heads / intake / side pipes will wake it right up.
Hello from Cleveland!
