r/C3Corvette

Today I backed into a poll, beyond mad / frustrated with myself.

Any ideas ballpark what this should cost to repair / paint? is this like $500 or $4000 to repair?

Friend's father-in-law is selling his 1972 C3 with 350/Turbo 350, power disc brakes, power steering, no A/C. Headlights function well, new radiator and hoses recently installed. Interior isn't terrible but needs to be updated, but he has almost everything new in boxes (carpet, door panels, seat padding, weather seals). It was originally yellow, but repainted years ago and it shows, but it's a drivers car. Recently took a look and have no real concerns. Need to double check the birdcage though.

Here's the kicker....He's asking $10k. He's in his 80's and doesn't want to go through the hassle of selling it.

I currently have a 68 Fastback, 74 Bronco, 89 Land Cruiser and 94 Land Cruiser with a dozen other cars/trucks/motorcycles I've worked on and sold over the years. I'm not concerned with wrenching, just don't know anything about the C3 market. Talk to me, y'all.

Hello i’m looking for advice on if these headers could be cleaned up with some elbow grease and time or just sent off the be ceramic coated, the rust doesn’t seem too deep beyond surface level besides the spot with the hole but I have a welder friend to help with that. I really don’t want to have to buy new headers if these can be saved, thanks for any advice

Hi together,

I inherited this additional engine of a C3 this year.
I can‘t find any number on the engine. I just know, that it should be a racing engine of a C3 nur unfortunately I don‘t have any other Information about it.

Maybe somebody can help me to figure out what kind of engine it is and give me more Details.

This was after driving today

Hello everybody, my dad and I are restoring his 76 corvette. Had a question about a fuel sending unit filter sock. Pictured below is the factory one and its replacement. Can someone confirm if this is the correct part? Its not side mounted like original sock is. Bought it off corvette central

P.s ignore the dirty table

Thanks!

1973 C3 corvette 4spd. Finally got my dream car just a couple weeks ago!

Just saw this on a Facebook ad. Owner says no issues. It looks busy to me but I’m not too savvy with it. Asking $28k

After almost a decade of saying it’ll be mine by the end of the year, I finally have my family’s 1977 Corvette. My grandpa was surprised by his dad in 77 when he was getting picked up from high school, and a white corvette coupe shows up! It was crashed in 80-81, and they decided to completely restore it, but to their specs. To my knowledge, there was no frame damage, but they cut off the coupe and threw a 75 convertible top in along with the new 81 body style. It’s got a custom rear bumper, 67 (C2????) side vents, and they removed the popup headlights. The exterior is a total frankentvette, but the interior also is right in between the original and the 78+, so nothing about this car is standard, really. A muncie m21 was installed, but the speedometer never worked since then lol.

Unfortunately, it’s been sitting for 20+ years. The L48 fires right up every time, but there’s a light thumping coming from the rear and when you let off the gas it pulls to the right. The water temp and oil pressure gauges don’t work, but luckily he kept the original headlight assembly. It’s only had hose water in the radiator in the past 5 years, so a total flush of the system is on the todo list. I live in CA away from the coast or snow, so there shouldn’t be any rust on the cage. I’ve got quite the project on my hands, but I’m excited to restore this family vehicle!

After three years of prepping in my garage, I finally got it painted to its original glory. Let it cure and hopefully can finish it by spring…

So looking at taking a stab at buying this car. Numbers non-matching is the big hang up but the paint is excellent, good chrome and interior and seems to be a good driver. According to owner everything works except it pulls slightly to the right and the ammeter doesn’t work.

I am thinking of offering $27,000 as I like the color and it seems like a lot of work has been done. There are some cheaper out there but this is chrome bumper which I love, 9/10 exterior and good interior and seems to be a well cared for car as opposed to some at the auction houses.

What do yall think