Hello & a couple of questions

[jmh7175]

Hi,

I'm brand new to this Corvette business. Just bought our '79 a couple of weeks ago. It's dark green exterior and interior. The black book says that there were 2400 and some made with that exterior that year. I found a link from this site that says that only 907 were made with that interior. When I added up all the exterior numbers they came out to the 53,000 that were sold that year, but the interior numbers don't come anywhere close. Anybody have any idea about the discrepancy?

The other question: What kind of gas do you recommend? The guy I bought it from said, super premium. My insurance guy says mid grade. The owners' manual just says unleaded.

One comment. This car is basically a mutual midlife crisis car for my wife and me. The bad thing about a midlife crisis car: It blew a fuse. Getting into a position to get to the fuse box is bad enough, but then I get down there and I find that with my bifocals I can't see well enough to know what to do. I'm no mechanic, but it will be d***** embarassing to have to get help to change a fuse.

Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on my questions.

Mike

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

The reason for the 'shortfall' in interior numbers is quite simple- the table does not show the most popular interior for that year, '192' which is black leather.

Regarding gasoline, all C3 Corvettes after 1970 or so were built to run on regular octane gas- no need to run anything higher.

 

[mkapp7879]

Welcome and congrats on the 79 purchase. If you look closer in the Black Book (mines a 2001 copy) you will see where it says option and interior color quantities were understated by about 7%. They stopped counting August 31 but production actually continued for a few weeks into September. Mike

 

[bill81vette]

Hi,



This car is basically a mutual midlife crisis car for my wife and me. The bad thing about a midlife crisis car: It blew a fuse. Getting into a position to get to the fuse box is bad enough, but then I get down there and I find that with my bifocals I can't see well enough to know what to do.

Mike

I hear ya!!!!
its a beech trying to see under there!!!!!!!!!:crazy

bill....

 

[ruby76]

The 79 would have had somewhere in the neighborhood of 8:1 compression, low grade - 87 octane would be perfect for both the car AND for your wallet.

 

[Scott Winebarger]

Welcome to the CAC and Congrats on your purchase .
On the fuse issue , theres this guy that lives down the road from me that has a Corvette also, I would get him to check the fuse since he is quiet a bit younger and not as evolved around the midsection.

 

[stang-etr96]

"The black book says that there were 2400 and some made with that exterior that year. I found a link from this site that says that only 907 were made with that interior. When I added up all the exterior numbers they came out to the 53,000 that were sold that year, but the interior numbers don't come anywhere close. Anybody have any idea about the discrepancy?"


I'm at work and have a 2001 edition of the Black book, the 2003 edition is home on the coffe table. As stated above ,they quit counting on the last day of Aug. but production continued into Sept. If ya add up the interior #'s it come out to 49899 including the 9420 black leather. Total production for the year was 53807, did Gm build 3908 cars in one month or less with the holiday at the first of the month and a change over? Guess-to-mate of 21 working days that would be 186 cars a day. Wow... some one was cracking a whip or working alot of O.T.

 

[ruby76]

Welcome to the CAC and Congrats on your purchase .
On the fuse issue , theres this guy that lives down the road from me that has a Corvette also, I would get him to check the fuse since he is quiet a bit younger and not as evolved around the midsection.

Hey, I resemble that remark............ Last time I replaced a fuse my back hurt for a couple of days.....

 

[pasvorto]

Put in some 87. If you don't get any pinging, you're golden. I had to run Clark 104 back in my GTO days, but it has 11.5:1 compression. My '78 ain't anywhere near that...

 

[Ripp 73]

Hey, I resemble that remark............ Last time I replaced a fuse my back hurt for a couple of days.....

You think that is bad? Wait until you have to change out that power brake booster. Thats a real back bender. Better if you can remove the seats, but mine were so rusted I was affraid to take the drivers seat out as I would never get it back on.