Vehicle Description
1975 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
A few items of trivia to start the presentation: quiet please!! In
1951 a group of Harley Earl's "Special Projects" crew began work on
a GM sports car. Bob McLean designed a general layout for the car
which was originally code named, "Opel." William Durant, the
founder of GM, said a wallpaper pattern he saw in a Paris hotel in
1908 inspired the bow tie logo. Supposedly, he ripped off a small
piece of it and brought it back to Detroit. Myron Scott, at the
time Chevrolet's Chief photographer, is credited with coming up
with the Corvette name, drawing from the small, fast warships of
the "Corvette" class. The Jaguar XK120 is believed to have been the
inspiration for the first Corvette.
And now we present, from way back in 1975, a morsel of Corvette
history in the flesh, a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray! Drum roll
please!!! A 45,834 mile car and a mechanically sound example
gracing our halls here at Classic Auto Mall. Along with its new
convertible top, and 4-speed transmission, very well preserved
black painted fiberglass and a very nice interior.
Exterior
Your writer has the hots for this C3 design with its rounded rear,
low hidden headlight front, front quarter cove and a beautiful
rocker trim, the lines on this car just undulate in a hypnotic way.
The black canvas top is showing like new and behold, it is!
Fiberglass all bathed in menacing black which remains good and
shiny. with just a few spots here and there, and the neoprene is
pristine and the same color black (sometimes it fades). A chromed
luggage rack affords a bit more storage space and also offsets the
black. Chrome shows very nicely as do the stainless-steel rocker
trimmings. 15-inch slotted Corvette wheels are on all 4
corners.
Interior
Silver leather (hi ohhhhh!) abounds on the inside of this car as
many surfaces are covered with it. The buckets are styled like
things were in the mid 1970's with some tuck and roll inserts and
smooth bolsters and a nifty integrated headrest that has a bit of
space between the top of the chairs and the start of the headrest.
All thin and sleek and high backed. These seats butt up against the
rear top storage cowl, which when lifted has more gray carpeting,
and dual boxed speakers. There is slight staining in this area of
the carpeting. A clean center console swims toward the dash and has
a matching glove box cover with tuck and roll padding on the top
lid. As we move to the dash which houses a gaggle of gauges
directly above the center, we see some highly lacquered wood
applique inlay surrounding the gearshift lever and temp wheels.
Deep set gauges are in front of a wood rimmed with some leather
trim 3 spoke rally steering wheel, which offsets nicely from the
angled in gray colored dash top and front. Very clean gray
carpeting floods the floors and don't forget the door panels also
in gray with a slight accenting of more wood.
Drivetrain
A flip forward of the long hood and we can see a numbers matching
350ci L48 V8. Atop is a single 4-barrel carburetor, and on back a
numbers matching T10 4-speed manual transmission. The rear axle
weighs in at 3.36. This engine and bay is not unlike the exterior
and interior of the car which is amazingly clean and in excellent
condition.
Undercarriage
A few smatterings of surface rust are noted but are mostly
unremarkable on this underside. Road dirt and slight corrosion are
seen on the suspension. Solid frame and floor pans as well as C3
suspension and 4 wheel power disc brakes are seen. Also noted the
engine exhales through headers and a dual exhaust which ends
abruptly with open pipes mid car.
Drive-Ability
It fired right up, and we took it through our test track paces with
no problems to report. It has decent acceleration, and cruises nice
and smoothly. I noted the wipers do not function, and the A/C blows
warm.
Black on black with some shiny trimmings kept to a minimum, snazzy
Corvette wheels, silver interior and it is mostly an original
Corvette with a numbers matching engine and transmission. Probably
one of the cleanest examples seen on the floor at Classic Auto
Mall.
VIN DECODE
1Z67J5S402517
1-Chevrolet
Z-Corvette
67-Convertible
J-350ci V8 L48 4bbl 165hp
S-St. Louis, MO Assy Plant
402517-Sequential Unit Number
TRIM TAG
A31-October 31st Build
TRIM 142-Silver Leather
PAINT 13L-Silver
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 600 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.