1988 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe
Myron E. Scott went to work for Chevrolet in 1937, as an assistant director for the Public Relations department, where he was responsible for photography of new cars, designing press kits, graphics, and special events. He was also known for being the creator of the All-American Soap Box Derby. After winning a contest with 300 submissions, Myron thought the name Corvette rolled off the tongue well and thought a tie to the fast strike ships called "Corvettes" from World War II would appeal to the American men, many who had served. This would go on to form the foundation for the nautical names that would be applied to Corvettes and concepts such as the Mako Shark and Sting Ray (later to be used as Stingray).
For consignment a nice example of a 1988 Corvette which was a year in which Corvette was celebrating its 35th Anniversary. Bathed in Dark Red Metallic, this hardtop coupe and 350 cubes await your command to fire up. Now is your chance to get into the classic car game and you are starting near the top with this classic Corvette from the late 80's.
Exterior
The "It" color for Corvettes, a Dark Red Metallic bathes the fiberglass sculpted exterior. Badging is all correct, as well as working hidden headlights. Black plastic trimming wraps entirely around this car at the midline and creates a nice contrast to the red. Black wheels add to the menacing look of the dark red and other black accenting. On the back deck is a large greenhouse rear glass. This rolls gently down to a small back deck and takes a vertical dive downward for the tail and the round tail lights deeply inset within the neoprene rear bumper and rear roll pan. Quad exhaust tips are showing off at the bottom of this bumper. Overall the paint and fiberglass remain in good condition.
Interior
Slightly used black carpet floods the floors and the back trunk area, it is a bit faded but clean. Black bolstered and checkered inset broadcloth buckets, showing as original, have minimal wear cozy up to the center console and dash. A black center console holds a black topped storage unit. This also houses the controls for power windows, and exterior mirrors, shift lever for the automatic transmission, climate control, AM/FM/Cassette radio, and a data center with a screen to display information regarding gas mileage, service warnings and other key components of the car. An all digital cluster of gauges in colorful form all working like new are fronted by a black rimmed rally style steering wheel. All surfaces are slightly showing some wear and dirt. The headliner is black and sags a bit.
Drivetrain
The stout 350ci V8 small block is topped by electronic tuned port fuel injection and is backed by a 4 year old 700R4 4-speed automatic transmission that shifts smoothly. The engine is very clean and has little corrosion and nice shiny hoses and belts along with some gold cast aluminum valve coverings. Our consignor stated the top end of the engine was rebuilt 4 years ago. Save for a little bit of road dirt on the underside of the wheel wells, it's all clean under this hood.
Undercarriage
C4 suspension is clean, showing a slight patina on the aluminum cast suspension. The unibody and floor pans are all very sound. Power disc brakes are on all 4's.
Drive-Ability
A quick starter and good runner, this car presented with a nice test ride, glued to the curves on the test track. The seats were comfy, and the only things I noticed was the heater control light did not light up, and the consignor states when starting up the smog pump rattles but it did not do this for me.
We are in the game here with a nice looking and well cared for 35th celebratory year "Vette". A real celebration in the total style of the sporty car Harley Earl thought up 35 years earlier. And the legend continues...Happy Anniversary!!
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1-USA
G-General Motors
1-Chevrolet
YY-Corvette
2-Coupe
1-Manual Belts
8-350ci V8 240hp
7-Check Digit
J-1988
5-Bowling Green, KY Assy Plant
119267-Sequential Unit Number
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the vehicle in person.
