1973 Corvette Stingray T-tops 350 V8 on 2040-cars

1973 Corvette Stingray with T-Tops and 350 V8. 

The color is Mille Miglia Red, Black interior. Miles are approximately 75,000. Condition overall is clean and very good. Super strong driver, reliable starter, good performer, great looker. This is the last of the chrome bumper Corvettes--classic, rare and harder and harder to find, especially in such good condition.

Rims and tires are brand new, and really fit the wheel wells just right. Engine is the 350V8, 3-spd automatic, power steering, power windows, power brakes, A/C (which is currently disconnected, but could probably be reattached pretty easily), AM/FM CD with JBL Corvette speaker system, sounds great and fits the car perfectly. New headlight motors and mechanism (that was about $1200), new fiberglass front end bumper (replaces cheap OEM plastic unit that shrinks and fades over time) new gas tank, recent stainless steel exhaust with beautifully tuned exhaust note, Edelbrock intake, Weber 4-barrel carburetor, Edelbrock chrome air cleaner. The engine is very strong and starts right away, even if it's been sitting a while.

I would not call this a numbers-matching car, because I don't think the engine is the original, but it is the correct type of 350 V8. The car has great T-tops (Usually on C3's they leak, but I siliconed the weatherstipping and made sure the connections are all tight, so they really don't leak anywhere that I can tell. I checked  the other day with a hose, and no leaks) easy to take off and put on. There are a few nice chrome upgrades under the hood. Suspension is tight, no rattles, doors close without the typical C3 rattles, very solid and fast and fun to drive. If you're looking for a muscle car experience, a fast and fun C3 that gets a ton of heads turning, your search has paid off--you have found it.

Seats are in great shape, door panels great--check the pix. Overall the interior is very nice--just like you see. Not concourse perfect, but very nice and not disappointing in any way.  Paint is gorgeous, perfect color. All the gauges work, even the clock. The beautiful chrome bumpers are in very nice condition overall. Steering is precise and feels wonderful. The visors are not present, but they would get in the way of the view anyway, so most folks remove them. Very fun to drive! It's tight and accurate and really makes other cars feel wallowy and disconnected. Carves those corners, and pounds those straightaways.

Many say this is the best year for the Corvette C3--this is the only year that they had the color matched front bumper, without the ugly black rubber blocks on it, and the cool abbreviated rear end with the split chrome bumper. The following year they went to a totally different back end that stuck out funny and in many ways ruined the lines of a true classic, and they got rid of all the chrome. Then they went on to ruin the front end with those distracting and ugly blocks I mentioned previously. Larry Shinoda, the designer for the Corvette during the 70s, says that the 1973 Stingray Coupe is the designers' favorite year, as it's the one that's the closest to their original vision and concept. I believe it, it's as good as anything Pininfarina ever put out of Italy, and it's Made in the USA.

This is the year they added the side-impact bar in the doors--previous versions did not have it and neither rider will take a side hit very well at all without it. This the year they made the hood have that very cool center rise (for the rear air induction), which gives it so much sex appeal and muscle. Plus, this is the first year they got rid of the troublesome wiper doors mechanism that plagued owners with problems for so long. 1973 is the first year they flared out the wheel wells--earlier models suffered terrible chipping from rocks thrown up by the tires. There is also a little more ''trunk'' space in the '73 than in 68-72 models. This is the first year without the ''egg crates'' they had on previous years in the side scoops--the smooth '73 scoops seem to fit the car much better and don't break up the flowing lines like the others did. The color is spectacular. The photos really do not do it justice. I hope you think like I do that it's the absolute perfect color for this car.