Which year c-3 looks best
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Safety Car
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Which year c-3 looks best
Just a fun topic for us C-3 owners .. I prefer the 1980-1982 because it really looks to me as if it all finally came together and matured. The molded front end just makes the car look like it could go 200mph
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Le Mans Master
'68-'72 and '80-'82
all the others look like ant eaters to me. LOL
all the others look like ant eaters to me. LOL
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The '68-'72 cars are awesome looking, but they really look like a car from the '60s.....because they are. The '73-'79 cars look like an attempt to spruce up a car that was starting to get old, they still look great, but with the '80-'82 cars, I think they finally got it right. My vote goes for the '80-'82 'vette. It's more modern styling looks very integrated to the overall design of the car. Ever notice that when a car model is nearing the end of it's life, the car maker will often tack a bunch of crap onto the car to make it a little different from last year's model, just to squeeze a couple more years out of it? It can be done well, or it can be done poorly. On the '80-'82 'vettes, it was done well.
Scott
Scott
#8
I'll go against the grain and say the rubber bumper notchbacks ('74-'77). I always thought the chrome bumpers kinda messed up the lines of the C3 body. And when they went with the bubble backs in '78, it looks like an odd mix of old and new to my eyes.
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Melting Slicks
Chrome bumpers on a Corvette are like training wheels for designers.... we can't trust that newfangled stuff (fiberglass and rubber) so we'll stick with steel
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Instructor
Almost, 70-72 with 68-69 front grills , 73 hood, and 73 side vents also with 69 door panels and dash with 79-up seats just like mine ! LS 1 powered ofcourse. 73 looks good too the rest are just parts doners