I like mine:yesnod:

I think 80 to 82 wins so far !!! It seams by 80 the designers where looking to the future :)

My car still makes me smile when i see it. Sooooo, it is my fav!! Down side is, i see every flaw and scuff. Still wish it was a convertable....

I have the same car same color .. All this body style needs is the original crager louvers on the back window

Of course I'm biased, but I'm partial to the '70-'72's. Slightly more ornate than the original '68-'69 car but the same basic idea. When our beloved government started getting involved in how cars should look one of the key elements of the design-the chrome bumpers- disappeared, which IMHO took something away from the car's basic character.

GM improved on the measures used to make the car attractive over time after 1973, and to me the last years of the C3 were the most attractive rubber-bumpered cars of the 'federalized' era.

Brock Yates in a Car and Driver editorial once asked in response to the Federal government's onerous bumper regulations (ostensibly put in place to make cars less expensive to repair and therefore lowering insurance rates-yeah, right.) "What is worse? A car that's ugly BEFORE it gets hit or AFTER it gets hit?" Not that later C3's were at all ugly cars-they weren't. They just lost a little of their personality...

Truth be told, our government has been waging a "war on chrome" for years now, and the bumper regulations of 1973-1975 were just the beginning of it. 1950's and 1960's American cars were the personification of the swaggering, John Wayne, in-your-face generation when Americans had cars that made a brash statement and the individual was something to be reckoned with in this country. That's pretty much gone now, and new(er) cars all look like faceless insects with no soul, 8 years and 200,000 miles and they're headed for the crusher...:flaghalfmast:

I like the look of the 1968's

Love the nice clean look without the Stingray insignia on the sides - with gills - and all four taillights are illuminated at night

Here is what my 1968 Chevy dealer order form would look like if I could go back in time:

1968, Black, 427 - 400HP Tricarb, Convertible, AC, 4-speed, Rallys, Redlines, Red interior

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Although I have owned two 82's, the 69 convertible is my all time favourite C3. One day.

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Yep, they're all purty! Any of the C3's sitting in today's traffic is going to be a total standout from the 'blah' beige hordes and countless minivans and SUV's. That's because there's a promise in the lines of the Corvette. Adventure beckons, fun times await and just rolling in one is an experience that will put a smile on our mugs!

73. No other. All you have to do is listen to the experts...

"Larry Shinoda, the famous Corvette designer, once commented in an interview that the 1973 was his favorite of the post-1967 era because the front and rear styling were closest to what the stylists originally had in mind when this series was first designed."

(Illustrated Corvette Buyer's Guide by Michael Antonick).

80-82, I think that's when the rear spoiler went on as one piece with rear

I feel the same way. I love my '81.....22 years with me so far. But I miss the top off experience of my old '70 conv.
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You do have a point, after all, they were so slow that people would be looking at them for a long time - so they did lots of work to make them purdy :D

I am partial to the 82 myself.

'68 or '69 Convertible with the hard top.

You like venetian blinds on your car, huh? In my opinion, those things were butt ugly, and screwed up the looks of every car they were put on.

Since I have a '69 convertible, I'm kind of partial to that style, but the '80 - '82 do look good. Heavy in profile, but good.:thumbs:

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Pete

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I will go with the one that started the C3 generation - 1968. :yesnod: BK3

Love my '71, but the dash ignition and side vents on a 68/69 are as cool as it gets.......

No question 68-72 coupes thats why I got one. But prefer the 68-69 gills

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