1980 Chevrolet Chevette Scooter — photo 1

Birmingham, AL

1980 Chevrolet Chevette Scooter

1980 Chevette Scooter, 118k, 51 horsepower, absolutely no pretensions

The details

Mileage
118,000 mi
Transmission
manual
Drivetrain
rwd
Fuel
gas
Body
Hatchback
Title
clean
VIN
1AB08000001

An independent read

The writing is honest and charming, and it says the receipts are comprehensive, but the photos are twelve copies of the same line drawing - you are being asked to believe all of it on trust, with no interior, no underside, no engine bay and no odometer shot. The listing also doesn't say when it was last driven, what has actually been replaced recently, or whether the brakes and fuel lines have been touched. For a 45-year-old Chevette, the thing these are known for is rust, especially floors, rear shock towers and rocker panels, and parts are a scavenger hunt now. Honestly, I'd steer a family away from this as a sixteen-year-old's daily: no airbags, no crumple structure worth the name, 51 horsepower means merging onto a highway is genuinely dicey, and any breakdown becomes your problem on the side of the road. If someone in the family loves old cars and wants a weekend project, different conversation - but as reliable transport for a new driver, this isn't the one.

Ask the seller about

  1. 01 Ask to see the actual receipts and when the brakes, fuel lines and steering components were last done
  2. 02 Get real photos of the floors, rear wheel arches and the underside, plus the odometer and the interior
  3. 03 Have a mechanic put it on a lift for rust on the frame rails and brake lines before any money changes hands

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From the seller

The Scooter was the stripped one: no rear seat from the factory, no radio, rubber floor. This one has had a rear seat fitted. Fifty one horsepower means it cannot get anybody into trouble, which for a first car is not nothing. Four speed manual, rear wheel drive, and it has been kept going by a man who clearly enjoyed the challenge - the receipts are comprehensive and slightly heroic. Heater works. That is the feature list.

Tags

2 doorHatchbackManualGasRWDDomesticFirst carCommuterClean titleService records