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Survivor - Collector Edition T-top Rear Glass Opens on 2040-cars

US $12,444.00
Year:1982 Mileage:60800
Location:

United States

United States

Very clean survivor down to the original cloth floor mats.  In this condition - this would be an excellent candidate to add to a collection of Corvettes. Original window sticker included.  1982 Corvette brochure included, signed by the GM Plant Manager dated 3/9/82.

Always garaged - California plates - Part of a car guy's estate collection from bone dry southern California. The 4-wheel disc brakes just professionally rebuilt with internal O-ring upgrade.  Also just installed new fuel pump, new fuel filter, new coolant temperature sender, and had the radiator rebuilt.  Clear California title.

Priced to sell, average retail value $15,529 per Hagerty Price Guide.

Chevrolet knew this would be the last year of an entire generation of Corvettes and so commemorated the occasion by offering a Collector Edition with exclusive features, paint and interior.  Special, exclusive aluminum wheels were designed to look like the optional bolt-on wheels of the 1967 model.  First to feature an exclusive hatch rear window (all other '82 Vettes had a fixed rear window).  Cross-fire fuel-injected L83. Mated to a new four-speed automatic overdrive transmission, with lower first and second gears for improved low-end acceleration.  Fastest American production car made in 1982.

Very interesting 1982 Corvette Collector Edition article here:

oldcarmemories.com/content/view/102/1

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