Vehicle Description
The year is 1982, The world's largest oil rig (The Ocean Ranger)
sinks in the north Atlantic, while this Bright Blue Metallic
Corvette rolls into showrooms for sale. Now this two owner numbers
matching Corvette only has 98917 actual miles on her. The interior
was recently replaced with Light Camel leather, and the Crossfire
350 V8 was recently tuned passing Emissions. The Chevrolet Corvette
(C3) was a sports car that was produced by Chevrolet for the 1968
through 1982 model years. Engines and chassis components were
mostly carried over from the previous generation, but the body and
interior were new. It set new sales records with 53,807 produced
for the 1979 model year. 1982 saw the debut of the "Cross-Fire
Injection" fuel delivery system. This TBI (Throttle Body Fuel
Injection) was not the type of fuel injection installed previously
in some C1 and C2 Corvettes. It utilized two throttle bodies
combined with Chevrolet's computer control system. The engine
produced 200 HP and was mated to a new four-speed automatic
transmission with torque converters bypass in the top three gears.
Compared to the previous Turbo-Hydramatic 3-speed, the new 700-R4
transmission had a lower first and second gear for improved low-end
acceleration, and a fourth gear overdrive that would reduce engine
RPM by 30 percent at highway cruising speeds, resulting in better
fuel economy. To view the car in greater detail, including 100+ HD
pictures and a HD video, please visit www.gatewayclassiccars.com or
our Denver showroom. Call 303-872-4722 for more information.
