Birmingham, AL
1973 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
One owner, driven to church on Sundays and nowhere else
The details
- Mileage
- 78,400 mi
- Transmission
- manual
- Drivetrain
- rwd
- Fuel
- gas
- Body
- Coupe
- Title
- clean
- VIN
- 1Z37T3S400001
An independent read
Two things jump out before anything else: the listing mileage says 78,400 and the description says 62,000, and the photos are a generic line drawing of a car, not this car - so you're being asked to take a 50-year-old Corvette entirely on faith. The story is appealing and the receipts, if they exist, would be genuinely valuable, but nothing here is verified and "everything works" on a car that sat three years is the kind of claim that only means something after a mechanic looks at it. On these C3s the thing to check is the steel birdcage and frame rails under the fiberglass, and a car that's slept in a garage still needs brakes, fuel lines and tires after sitting. Honestly though, the bigger issue is fit: a 350 with no traction control, no airbags, no ABS, drum-era brakes and a manual box is close to the worst possible combination for a new sixteen-year-old driver, and it's an expensive collectible they'll be terrified to scratch. If someone in the family wants a weekend classic, fine - but this isn't a first car.
Ask the seller about
- 01 Ask which mileage is correct - the listing says 78,400 but the description says 62,000 - and get a photo of the odometer and the VIN
- 02 Ask for real photos: interior, engine bay, the frame rails behind the rear wheels and the birdcage area around the windshield, since rust there is the big one on these
- 03 Ask what was actually done mechanically after it sat for three years - brakes, fuel system, all fluids, tires (dates on the sidewalls), not just 'started monthly'
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From the seller
My grandmother bought this new in 1973 and put maybe two thousand miles a year on it for the next forty. It went to church on Sundays and to the grocery store, and that was about it. She stopped driving three years ago and it has sat in her garage since, started every month or so to keep it happy. Matching numbers 350, four speed, and it drives exactly like a car with 62,000 careful miles on it. The paint is original and shows its age in the sun - photographed honestly. Everything works. I have every service receipt she ever kept, going back to the dealer that sold it to her.