Hey Rain, absolutely stunning car! The gold on the rotors sets off the chrome wheels and adds just the right contrast to the black
! I was thinking, probably shouldn't do that, that the C4's will have to wait their turn on the value scale. I mean when I got my 72 Lt-1 A/C t-top in 1977 the value of the car in the NY area was back to almost it's selling price new. I think the fact of what the emissions laws did to the performance of the vettes after about 73 had alot to do with price protection on the older C3's. Also the fact performance cars looked dead to most everyone. By the time the C4's had been sorted by GM you just had to convince people the power was back,esp. after the debacle of the late 70's & early 80's. I also think that the debacle was the motivating factor behind the LT-5, new LT-1, LT-4, and so on. Technology & it's serious application to yield clean hot rods was probably received with a bit of dis-belief by the 'die hards'. I think mostly due to the electronic nature of the cars old hot roders were sticking with what they knew. Also, what you don't understand you are less likely to want to play with. Referring to the electronics necessary to meet smog laws. I know when I decided it was financially okay for me to consider a vette, my 1st thought was a 68 - 73 cause I knew the car's systems ( or lack there of ). It took me awhile to get confortable with the thought of buying an 'electronic' car. Since I'm a baby boomer and didn't grow up with computers I felt more comfortable without having them in my corvette. I belive that this is some of what drives the prices of the steel bumper sharks and keeps the C4's value down. I also think that most non-mechanics ( like me ) think that early versions of electronic systems are not refined enough to be reliable, mechanically. You can't deny that the boomers are a vast block of buyers. If some of them want a vette they might tend toward something they feel comfortable fixing from a back yard point of view. I feel that the only way I will not be at the mercy of my new car's electronics is to learn those systems somehow. Sounds stupid but If your holley on the LT-1 ain't right just rebuild it. If your TPS ain't working first ya gotta learn how to know it's the TPS before you can fix it. It's re-learning how to diagnose a new system that is somewhat intimidating to most back yard people. As the video game generation gets to the position of affording the vette I think C4's & later generation vettes will be their nostalgic & comfort level choices. JMHO Tom
! I was thinking, probably shouldn't do that, that the C4's will have to wait their turn on the value scale. I mean when I got my 72 Lt-1 A/C t-top in 1977 the value of the car in the NY area was back to almost it's selling price new. I think the fact of what the emissions laws did to the performance of the vettes after about 73 had alot to do with price protection on the older C3's. Also the fact performance cars looked dead to most everyone. By the time the C4's had been sorted by GM you just had to convince people the power was back,esp. after the debacle of the late 70's & early 80's. I also think that the debacle was the motivating factor behind the LT-5, new LT-1, LT-4, and so on. Technology & it's serious application to yield clean hot rods was probably received with a bit of dis-belief by the 'die hards'. I think mostly due to the electronic nature of the cars old hot roders were sticking with what they knew. Also, what you don't understand you are less likely to want to play with. Referring to the electronics necessary to meet smog laws. I know when I decided it was financially okay for me to consider a vette, my 1st thought was a 68 - 73 cause I knew the car's systems ( or lack there of ). It took me awhile to get confortable with the thought of buying an 'electronic' car. Since I'm a baby boomer and didn't grow up with computers I felt more comfortable without having them in my corvette. I belive that this is some of what drives the prices of the steel bumper sharks and keeps the C4's value down. I also think that most non-mechanics ( like me ) think that early versions of electronic systems are not refined enough to be reliable, mechanically. You can't deny that the boomers are a vast block of buyers. If some of them want a vette they might tend toward something they feel comfortable fixing from a back yard point of view. I feel that the only way I will not be at the mercy of my new car's electronics is to learn those systems somehow. Sounds stupid but If your holley on the LT-1 ain't right just rebuild it. If your TPS ain't working first ya gotta learn how to know it's the TPS before you can fix it. It's re-learning how to diagnose a new system that is somewhat intimidating to most back yard people. As the video game generation gets to the position of affording the vette I think C4's & later generation vettes will be their nostalgic & comfort level choices. JMHO Tom
