tycheekitty

Question for any Corvette expert. I am very new to this site & hopefully in the right area to direct this question. Any help would be appreciated. I am thinking about purchasing a 1977 Corvette. Car has been licensed yearly in NC & inspected. The title & vin. numbers match. The title states 1977 vette with T-tops & you would think small vertical rear window glass. NOT THE CASE. The rear glass is the 78 style bubble type. I am entirely puzzled. Has anyone ever seen or heard of anything like this? I am not aware of any kits ever produced to convert this. Other then replacing the entire back half I cannot figure this one out. Could they have built this vehicle in early 78 production & titled it a 1977? I checked the cars VIN. number online & it reads out as a 1977. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I again apologize if I am in the wrong question area.
Thank you;
Angelo tycheekitty48@yahoo.com

daanbc

77 was the last year for sugar scoop vetts. 78 was the beginning of bubble backs. If that car really is titled a 77, it's possibly a frankinstien. (accident, and back replaced with a 78)

The13Bats

I would not believe the bubble butt glass came on a 77 factory, my guess is someone replaced the rear clip,

On the other hand seems I do recall a kit to do this, even one for the weird rare opening hatch vette only found on the 82 ce cars......

CaseyJones

It sounds like a re-bodied car to me. As far as i know, all 77's (I have two) had the vertical rear window. Someone may have switched a bunch of parts around from two cars to make one good one. If you happen to want a big back window, get a real 78-82. I like both window configurations which i why I have one of each (I also have an 80). Be wary...

kdf1986

The 78 rear glass could have been grafted onto a 77 body. One of the other changes between a 77 and a 78 is the interior. The 78 has a glove box, the 77 dd not. Also i think the 78 speedometer and tach are in a rectangular pod, where the 77 still has the 2 round openings.

If your car has this in the interior then a lot of things were switched out from a 77 body/ interior.

kdf

oldschoolvette

This is a creation of some sort...not GM

It could be a neat car that was put together correctly and OK to buy

it could be a two crashed cars that were melded together by some Tarheel Automotive Engineer named Bubba

My family is from NC so I am familiar with things up there LOL

Just be careful and figure out what you are buying

take a knowledgeable person with you

Easy Mike

My advice would be to pass on this car unless you can determine the source of the inconsistencies. No 77s had the big back window. Ask the seller who made the changes to the car.

See 3

Sugar Scoop? I like it, but where'd you get that?

revitup

Hear that here, and notch back.

hunt4cleanair

Just to "pile-on" in agreement with previous posters...yeah that one never happened. Consider that the factory was building at capacity and would not have stopped to build a special unit. If so, it would have paperwork, like buildsheet window sticker that would document the build, like an engineering order or an RPO. And we know that there never was an RPO assigned for the fastback window rolled out in 1978.

As stated, it was a rear-clip graft of a 78 onto a 77.

Tooch1

See3,
Here are just a few antique scoops from my collection. I imagine by looking at these you see why the comparison is made.
You asked!
Tooch

See 3

Thanx, I like it. I have always thought that is the sexiest part of our early C3's, as I've said before- running my finger down that spine reminds me of the back bone of a beautiful Woman.

scrappy76

Never heard that saying before. Always have called it the sunk in window.
I do like it though.