chrisviktorjakematt

here are the pics of my new corvette. The birdcage has only light surface rust. I have included some pics of the undercarriage as well. If anyone notices anything that jumps out at them or can shed some light on anything please feel free to do so. This is my first corvette and I am learning as I go. Also if anyone can identify the interior color that would be great as I would like to replace the carpet asap. I think it may by saffron?
thanks
Chris

M A Fry

Welcome and nice 78.

There should be a little plate rivited to the 'A' pillar on the drivers side with the interior code and paint code.

Easy Mike

Nice car. You could order any of the stock interior colors with the B2Z paint package. You may have mahogany. Go here http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...x.php?cmd=area and see if you can obtain a copy of the original dealer invoice for your car.

donnie1956

How many miles and how much did you pay?

80Baby

A nice '78 and it looks like its been very well maintained. Funny thing though, those appear to be rubber bushings in the rear, but poly in the front. No big deal. By the way, did you remove the chrome "T" molding piece under the roof panels?

dan1495

That sure look like saffron to me, although some people refer to it is mahogany. I used to have a 78 SA with that color interior.

briankeery

Welcome, car looks great congratulations. Nothing major, but your window trim is black on the front and polished stainless on the rear. Your trim tag should say either 722 for red or 762 for saffron. Ernie at Wilcox should have your carpet in stock, good luck. The poly/rubber combo is interesting......might want to decide one way or the other.

chrisviktorjakematt

The guy was asking 13500 and we settled on 8500. hopefully that was not too much.

chrisviktorjakematt

thanks for the trim tag info. it is indeed saffron.

chrisviktorjakematt

I did remove the t piece to get a good look at the birdcage at the top.

chrisviktorjakematt

40k show on the odometer and the title was from 5 yr ago with 38k actual. I am not sure if the mileage is accurate myself.

Brandons72vette

Looks good for $8,500. Best $8,500 you will probably ever spend. Glad to see the rubber on the bottom is new. Looks nice for not too much money. How does your family like it?

avalonjohn

I think you did very well. VERY nice looking 78.

LS4 PILOT

78s look great in Silver. They were civilized cars of the C3 series by then.


I had a bright red 78 in college , 1980 it was. Car was nearly new . Was not my first corvette .....the blue engine took some getting used to.

Mine was an l48 auto grocery getter , but it got me plenty of girls back then anyway . Actually was probably the best overall corvette out of the many c3 and c2 series I ve owned. Very reliable.

Alas, I traded it 6 months latter for a 79 L82 Black 4 spd car.

Enjoy your new ride.

MIKE80

Looks like you have done well. Clean up the rust and paint it with POR15, add a topcoat of regular paint if the sun hits the area.

Scottys78

Looks like you did pretty good. I probably would've tried to talk him down a little more myself. But it looks like the car was well taken care of. Only thing I see of concern underneath the car is the body mounts look old and dried out. The rest of the rubber looks decent. A little TLC in the car will be perfect. Enjoy it and welcome to the club

tokim

Looks like the engine was removed/rebuilt/replaced recently with it showing fresh paint even from the underside.
Obviously it has aftermarket valve covers, air cleaner, headers, carb?, and apparently intake manifold. Did you get the specs on the engine?
Nice car, good price, especially if the engine is a fresh rebuild.
Congratulations.

hunt4cleanair

You guys are good!
Yes, saffron it is, or mahogany.

Good catch by 80baby. Just saw a nice one at the NCRS Orlando meet from a wrecked Pace Car. It didn't take long for it to be picked up.

While the original trim changed during the model year, early was polished stainless front and back.

The color combo looks familiar! The previous owner would have better invested in the 1978 if he used some of his $ on cosemtics stuff for the brakes and master cylinder. Master Cylinder looks rough...I would do a thorough check on the brake system and ensure calipers are sleeved and brake fluid fresh.

I have done quite a bit of work maintaining my 78 including the saffron interior so if you need help/tips, feel free to drop me a note. I found the Mid-American interior dye a near perfect match and have used it on the hard plastic materials...like kick panels as well touchup on the seats.

Have fun! You picked it up at a great price...just ensure its mechanically sound (brakes) before any major road trips.

7T1vette

No saffron in '78. (I thought saffron was a bright yellow-orange?)

Must be mahogany (dark reddish-brown color).

Nice looking car. With a little work to clean-up and detail the engine compartment [the engine, itself, looks fine as it is!], you'll be ready for the car show circuit.

Congrats.

P.S. The only thing I noticed was that you already have 'long' bolts connecting the trailing arms to the rear spring. And, since the rear of the car appears to be riding a little high, you can solve that by running the nuts on those long bolts DOWN about one inch. Make sure those nuts are nylon-patch type or that they have Loc-tite to keep them from backing off the bolts....or you can double-nut them. Not good for them to fall off.

John 65

Welcome to the forum.

Nice looking car for the money. Have fun tinkering with it and enjoy it. Noticed a hose not connected, going through a clip at the alternator, perhaps from the charcoal canister?

Also, is it the original engine in the car?

Best of luck with the car.