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Old 07-14-2020, 07:04 PM
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This is my wife's 1984 she has owned for 20 years. It now has 59,000 on the clock. We scuffed. Repainted 19 years ago, added rims tires and. Pioneer stereo. Took the heads off, valve job, updated seals and added roller rockers, other wise totally stock.
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That it is a beautiful 84! I really really like it! Please don't take offense but the white letters on the tires aren't for me, but hey it's not my car. I haven't seen an 84 that nice in loooooong time!
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Now about those raised white letters. I like the look. They put them on the tire for a reason. Not so someone under the car could see them.
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That it is a beautiful 84! I really really like it! Please don't take offense but the white letters on the tires aren't for me, but hey it's not my car. I haven't seen an 84 that nice in loooooong time!
Thanks, just trying to stand out in the crowd. Did you notice what is written on the tires?
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Thanks, just trying to stand out in the crowd. Did you notice what is written on the tires?
I thought they said Chevrolet Corvette.
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Great looking 84! Appears to have been well taken care of. I have had two 84s. One new one back in 1984 and one I purchased in 2011 and completely restored. Most of the haters have never owned one and go by what is said about them.
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That's the first time I've seen two braces on the back of an '84 alternator. My '84 only has one brace, the lower one. Any other '84 guys here with two braces?

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I bought an 84 years ago and had the car for 20 years. Back then pretty much the only crowd that were criticizing the C4 were other C4 owners. So now everybody looks down on all C4s,payback.
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Them white letters!!!... Teach me, I want some!.....how, and where do you get them!?
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Originally Posted by Hot Rod Roy
That's the first time I've seen two braces on the back of an '84 alternator. My '84 only has one brace, the lower one. Any other '84 guys here with two braces?

Didn’t @Bills84 say he had two braces on his alternator the other day?
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Well I like them I have two now. Every time I drive the road car it makes me smile. They are a drivers car in my opinion.
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Them white letters!!!... Teach me, I want some!.....how, and where do you get them!?
Tire stickers.com https://www.tirestickers.com/shop/?g...SAAEgKPRPD_BwE
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Nice car.

I am not a fan of the Greenwood type rear spoiler, but the rest of the package is nice looking. I find the turn downs on the side of the spoiler visually ugly. Works but ugly.

An 84 can be the basis of a real nice hot rod.
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Cool!...thanks , I'll check them out.....
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Originally Posted by walleyfisher
Thanks, just trying to stand out in the crowd. Did you notice what is written on the tires?
Yep I noticed, still not for me though. As I said earlier though it's not my car, otherwise it's AWESOME!
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Awesome car.
Originally Posted by Hot Rod Roy
That's the first time I've seen two braces on the back of an '84 alternator. My '84 only has one brace, the lower one. Any other '84 guys here with two braces?

Mine does not but I met an original owner of an 84 a few years back and his also had two. It appears to have disappeared early in production.

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Sweet 84. Id own it !!

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Time will tell if the 2020 replaces the 84 as the one not to buy.
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Can confirm. My dad and I walked into Coast Corvette here in California and wandered around for a bit. One of the guys working there greeted us and asked what year we had. When we said "94" his attitude totally changed. "...Oh, a C4. Well...at least it's not an '84, I guess." What a joke.

Beautiful car, very well done!
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Folks tend to forget the 84s were damn near as revolutionary as the 2020s. Very nice 84!
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