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If you want a Vette that you can drive, take to the car shows, and appreciate in value then this is the car for you.  68 thru 72 Corvette's have chrome bumpers and are the most desirable of the C3 vette's.  Also, horsepower was at it's highest and started dropping after 1970.  The 327 engine was only available for the 1968 corvette, as it became the 350 engine in 1969.  With the Mid-Year Vette's (1963 thru 1967) bringing in the most money and out of most peoples price range, the 68-82 C3 Vettes are in more peoples price range, are becoming more collectible and the price is rising on them also.

I have owned this Bright Yellow Corvette for almost 2 years now, it has a clear Florida Title and is currently insured by Hagerty.  Restoration was done in 2000 and roughly 5,000 miles were put on since then.  The car had been garaged by the previous owner and I have also kept it in my garage too, thus keeping the interior and paint in excellent condition.  It has a 4 speed, 327 engine with a mild cam, chrome valve covers and air cleaner, new intake and carb, headers and exhaust, and separate on/off controllable electric engine cooling fan.  I was told the engine is period correct, but it is not numbers matching.  Previous owner told me he thinks it putting out somewhere close to 400hp, all I can say is that it is very fast.  The car does not leak and does not smoke, clutch is strong and shifts very easy.  It is meant to be driven.  As you can see in the pics, everything underneath the car looks like new, nice and clean with new parts including suspension, exhaust.  The top, which is never up, looks like brand new.  And the interior is in like new condition.  The side windows even still have that great 60's style "astro ventilation" script on them.

Now as most of you know, all Vettes came with hydraulic pop-up headlights and windshield wiper door in front of the windshield.  These were known to break a lot and some people permanently fixed them.  Well, on my Corvette, the Wiper Door has been deactivated and the Pop-up Headlights have been converted to fixed recessed headlights.  The wipers still function, and the headlights work great, its a different look to distinguish this Vette from the thousands of others made.

Since I bought it, I have replaced all 4 brakes which included 4 new pads and 4 new calipers, fuel pump, gas tank and float, rebuilt carb, new front and rear chrome bumpers, new door handles (very expensive).  If you want a Vette that you can drive, take to the car shows, and appreciate in value then this is the car for you.  I am a car collector and enthusiast, and when I bought this Vette 2 years ago, I probably had the same dilema that you have in looking for a C3 Vette.  Regarding Corvettes more than any other car, most people think they need to find a low mileage, numbers matching, original unrestored car.  Besides spending TOP Dollar, would you want to drive that car more than a few miles from home fearing you might break down, park it anywhere being nervous as to who might touch it or steal it.  Or even being caught in the rain?  I personally want to enjoy driving these cars as they are meant to be driven.  Let's face it, only you will know that it is not numbers matching.  And with many cars being restored today that you see on 'OverHaulin' or on Barrett-Jackson, most are using brand new Crate Motors.

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