1979 Chevrolet Corvette

Typically, after a celebration, life returns to a comfortable baseline. Not for Corvette, not this year. We saw in 1977, the 500,000th Corvette roll off production, and in 1978 we celebrated the Silver Anniversary. This year, in 1979, Corvette sold over 50,000 Corvettes for the first time in history, and 1979 still holds the record for most Corvettes sold in a year! In addition to surpassing production numbers, the 1979 Corvette was the first to sell for over $10,000. The price hike didn't deter Corvette enthusiasts, as evidenced by the numbers.

For consignment, a low title verified 26,047 mile 1979 Corvette.  This example has been pampered, and well maintained.  It has a T top in smoked glass and is bathed in white with a blazing red interior.

Exterior
Gone are any evidence of chrome edges with any bumpers or grille surrounds.  Now the black painted horizontal ribbed grille is surrounded by Classic White neoprene which flares outward at the fenders and has hidden headlights just above.  These then run in front of the forward hinged hood, and sporting shark gill vents on either side of the quarters, and a blackened stainless steel rocker trimming.  Mirror T tops in smoked glass are near perfect, and certainly have no leaky seals.  Sculpted doors with handles that push down on top near their sills are truly aerodynamic and look great as well.  The rear greenhouse curved glass runs into a small rear deck at the top of the now rounded rear of the car, and still maintains the deep set round taillights.  This neoprene bumper tail light housing has morphed to a darker white over time.  Dual chrome tips peek out from underneath and it just holds the beautiful line it came from the factory with.  15 inch slotted deep dish wheels add a nice contrast to the white fiberglass which presents very good in condition overall.

Interior
Definitely one of the major highlights of this car, we see smooth shiny supple stitched red leather covering the door panels on the uppers, and utilizing deep red carpeting on the bottoms.  A red highlight of wrap around leather is on the door pull and shiny handles and toggles are within the black field.  Turning our attention to the inside, a rush of warmth wafts over my eyes with a red dash top that has black rectangular inserts for the gauges.  The central dash is black as well and houses a cluster of 5 gauges, the radio, and temp sliders on the console panel.  All else is red and in beautiful condition. Not to leave out the steering wheel which is of rally design and uses red leather rimming which is padded, and shiny central spokes. The center console is in black and houses the knob topped manual shift lever, some window toggles and the handbrake.  In step with the dash are thin lightweight padded bolstered and inserts all in red leather high back bucket form. These are holding their shape and padding very nicely.  Red carpeting is flooding the interior and even the back is not faded.  Showroom condition showing little overall wear just a boot of dust and dirt.  T tops do not appear to show any leakage inside.

Drivetrain
A flip of the hood and more applause is necessary as we gaze upon a clean mill and bay, complete with ribbed cast valve coverings, and supple hoses and red wiring throughout.  350 cubes on this L82 4 barrel version V8, and a 4 speed T10 manual on back courtesy of Borg Warner.  This is the original and numbers matching drivetrain, which just adds to the overall originality of the car. The rear axle weighs in at 3.36 posi rear axle.  A nice presentation under the flip forward hood.

Undercarriage
Nearly as nice as the topside, we note some slight surface rust but overall mostly black painted steel which is very clean.  Straight steel with the only issue seen is the radiator support on the bottom is suffering from heavier surface rust but it remains unremarkable.  Independent SLA coil spring suspension is on front and in the back is a fully independent suspension with a transverse leaf spring.  Dual to single to dual exhaust with Quiet flow dual mufflers in good condition is also seen.

Drive-Ability
A quick starter and very smooth idle, and after a warm up it was off to the test track.  Here it has nice smooth acceleration, good solid braking and excellent handling.  The interior is plenty colorful and super snazzy to be within.  I'm pleased to report all functions are working swimmingly which is a rarity with these 70's vettes.

A looker with a beautiful engine bay, and even more beautiful interior with two tone black and red interior throughout.  Very clean example  ready to turn the key and go! Then pop off the T top and breathe in some success when carving through the back roads in your 1979 Corvette.  Please remember to fasten your seatbelt and hold on to the jersey bar if you are the passenger.


1Z8749S430552

1-Chevrolet
Z-Corvette
87-Coupe
4-350ci V8 L82 4bbl 225hp
9-1979
S-St. Louis, MO Assy Plant
430552-Sequential Unit Number

TRIM TAG

I10-April 10th Build
TRIM 722-Medium Red Leather
PAINT 10L-Classic White

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