Make: | Chevrolet |
Model: | Corvette |
Trim: | LEATHER |
Year: | 1978 |
Mileage: | 39,259 |
VIN: | 1Z87L8S401567 |
Color: | WHITE |
Engine: | 350 V8 |
Transmission: | Automatic |
Drive type: | RWD |
Interior color: | Black |
Vehicle Title: | Salvage |
Item location: | Lakeland, Florida, United States |
WELL WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST 1978 CORVETTES IVE SEEN I FOLLOWED THIS CAR FOR A COUPLE YEARS TRYING TO BUY IT TO MAKE A DRIVER OUT OF IT AND AT SOME POINT A COUPLE YEARS AGO I JUST GAVE UP AND THEN I GOT THE PHONE CALL FROM A FRIEND OF THE GUY WHO OWNED IT THAT I HAD BETTER GIVE HIM A CALL HE WAS READY SO THE CALL WAS MADE AND I TRAVELED TO SEE THE CAR AND THEN THE DEAL WAS OFF IT WAS JUST TO TOUGH FOR HIM TO LET IT GO AS IT WAS HIS FATHERS CAR HIS DAD BOUGHT IT NEW AND WAS THE ONLY DRIVER OTHER THAN HIS SON WHICH HAS HAD IT THE LAST 10 YEARS.FAST FORWARD A COUPLE MONTHS AND I GET THE CALL AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE DEAL IS DONE AND WHEN WE OPEN THE GARAGE I CANT BELIEVE IT PARKED ON A RUGIA ANAIR CONDITIONED GARAGE IS JUST A SWEETHEART OF A CAR.LETS START WITH MECHANICALS NEW CALIPERS ON ALL FOUR CORNERS,FLUSHED FUEL SYSTEM,REPLACED FUEL PUMP,CONVERTED TO 134A AIRCONDITIONING,FLUSHED TRANS FLUID,FLUSHED RADIATOR,CLEANED UP CARB REAL GOOD ALL OF THE FILTERS AND COMPRESSOR WHERE REPLACEDAND SHE RUNS LIKE A CHAMP.EXTERIOR IS AS SHIMY AS THE DAY IT LEFT ST LOUIS IT HAS HAD ONE HIGH QUALITY PAINT JOB DONE BY ONE OF OUR LOCAL CORVETTE SHOP WHICH WAS DONE ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO WHAT REALLY SAVED THIS CAR WAS BEING KEPT INSIDE THAT CLIMATE CONTROLLED GARAGE,NEXT INTERIOR ALL ORIGINAL WITH THE EXCEPTION I REPLACED THE POWER WINDOW SWITCHES EVERYTHING ELSE INCLUDING THE DASH IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE IT NEEDS NOTHING IN THAT DEPARTMENTAND THE AC IS ICE COLD AND ACTUALLY KEEPS THE CAR COOL.SO AT THE END OF THE JOURNEY I JUST DECIDED THIS CAR WAS JUST TO DARN NICE TO JUST RALLY IT AND TURN IT INTO A DRIVER IT HAS ONLY COVERED 39000 MILES SINCE NEW AND YOU JUST DONT FIND UNMOLESTED CARS ANYMORE THEY ARE EITHER PEP BOYS SPECIALS OR JUST TRASHED LETS FACE IT I REMEBER WHEN MY BIG BLOCK 69 WAS PRETTY COMMON BUT THEY ARE GETTING HARDER TO COME BY I KNOW I MISSED SOMETHING AND IF YOU WANT TO CHAT ABOUT THE CAR GIVE ME A CALL ILL GIVE YOU A PERSONEL WALK AROUND ON THE PHONE YOU HONESTLY COULD FLY IN AND DRIVE IT HOME ITS THAT NICE AND IF YOU GET HERE AND ITS NOT EXACTLY HOW I DESCRIBED IT ILL PAY TO FLY YOU HOME THANKS RUSSELL 863-797-7188
On Apr-27-17 at 15:55:33 PDT, seller added the following information:
SORRY NOT LEATHER ITS A CLOTH CAR WITH LEATHER BOLSTERS