Vehicle Description
1988 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
Myron E. Scott went to work for Chevrolet in 1937, as an assistant
director for the Public Relations department, where he was
responsible for photography of new cars, designing press kits,
graphics, and special events. He was also known for being the
creator of the All-American Soap Box Derby. After winning a contest
with 300 submissions, Myron thought the name Corvette rolled off
the tongue well and thought a tie to the fast strike ships called
"Corvettes" from World War II would appeal to the American men,
many who had served. This would go on to form the foundation for
the nautical names that would be applied to Corvettes and concepts
such as the Mako Shark and Sting Ray (later to be used as
Stingray).
For consignment a very nice example of a 1988 Corvette which was a
year in which Corvette was celebrating its 35th Anniversary. Bathed
in silver with a black canvas convertible top and 350 cubes
awaiting your command to fire up. Now is your chance to get into
the classic car game and you are starting near the top with this
Classic Corvette from the late 80's.
Exterior
Silver like the Kennedy dollars that used to be in circulation,
bathes the fiberglass sculpted exterior. Badging is all correct, as
well as working hidden headlights. Black plastic trimming wraps
entirely around this car at the midline and creates a nice contrast
to the silver. A new black canvas convertible top gives you the
ability to go topless or drive in the rain with it up. A nice
fiberglass rear top covering hides the top when in the down
position. On the back are the round taillights deeply inset within
the neoprene rear bumper and rear roll pan. Quad exhaust tips are
showing off at the bottom of this bumper. Standard saw blade 17
inch shiny wheels are noted on all 4 corners and there is no
curbing marks on these.
Interior
Near perfect black carpet floods the floors, and the back trunk
area, and it is a deep, deep black, in very good condition. Black
leather buckets, showing as original, have minimal wear with the
usual fold lines that come with use. These buckets contain controls
for the power activation of them within the bolsters of the seats
and flank a black center console/black topped storage unit. This
also houses the controls for power windows, and exterior mirrors,
shift lever for the automatic transmission, climate control,
AM/FM/cassette, and a data center with a screen to display
information regarding gas mileage, service warnings and other key
components of the car. An all digital cluster of gauges in colorful
form all working like new are fronted by a black rimmed rally style
steering wheel.
Drivetrain
The stout 350ci V8 L98 small block is topped by electronic tuned
port fuel injection and is backed by a 700 R4 4-speed automatic
transmission that shifts smoothly. The engine is very clean and has
little corrosion and nice shiny hoses and belts along with some
gold cast aluminum valve coverings. Save for a little bit of road
dirt on the underside of the wheel wells, it's all clean under this
hood.
Undercarriage
C4 suspension is clean, showing a slight patina on the aluminum
cast suspension. The unibody and floor pans are all very sound.
Power disc brakes are on all 4's.
Drive-Ability
A quick starter and good runner this car presented well with new
door weather stripping and new window anti rattlers installed. Sit
back and feel the pressure as you are pushed into your seat and let
the wind blow through your hair with the top down and the scenery
rushing by. We did note that the heater blower is inoperable as the
LCD display doesn't turn on and the speedometer and tachometer LCD
displays cut in and out, but otherwise still a sporty and fun open
air ride.
We are in the game here with a nice looking and well cared for 35th
celebratory year "Vette. A real celebration in the total style of
the sporty car Harley Earl thought up 35 years earlier. And the
legend continues...Happy Anniversary!!
VIN DECODE
1G1YY3184J5105994
1-USA
G-General Motors
1-Chevrolet
YY-Corvette
3-Convertible
1-Manual Belts
8-350ci V8 240hp
4-Check Digit
J-1988
5-Bowling Green, KY Assy Plant
105994-Sequential Unit Number
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 650 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.
