The Corvette c3 is nothing less than a masterpiece of art on four wheels!!

@johnd8387

4 жыл бұрын

Looking to buy one

The C3 is by far the best looking body of all vettes

@ConsciousRobot

5 жыл бұрын

No, it wasn't. And those popup headlights were the goofiest in history

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

@@ConsciousRobot WRONG!! and how many Vette's have YOU owned, loud mouth?? And those "goofy" headlights were there from '68-'82 for your info. The G4s were the ugliest in my opinion and YES I owned one of those too!!

@ConsciousRobot

5 жыл бұрын

@@USCG.Brennan that's really mature! How can someone be wrong about something that's completely subjective? I don't personally like the way it looks. To each their own dude. Lighten up.

@ConsciousRobot

5 жыл бұрын

I don't care how long or for which years they're from, doesn't change how I feel about the aesthetic.

@ConsciousRobot

5 жыл бұрын

I'd like you to show me where I made any non-opinion based claims as factual. All I have done is stated *my personal opinion* about the aesthetic of the car. You must have deleted the comment, I assume because you realize I didn't actually make "two direct objective statements as factual" as you said. Don't be so damn uptight because someone has a different opinion than you about something. I'm going to move on now because this is silly.

My 1981 c3 is the beauty of my dreams. Sleek sexy cruiser.

Got my 82 collectors edition today :D

@oddaxolotl2000

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats

@rocket4332

3 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@that_thing_I_do

2 ай бұрын

Enjoy!

Man watching these old commercials makes me wish I could go back to the 80's.....god...such good days....

I have owned an 1982 since 1984 and it is the most reliable car I have ever owned.

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

I've got one now I'm restoring.....great looker for sure! ;-)

@daytonfl6859

4 жыл бұрын

@@USCG.Brennan how much is it costing to restore?

@USCG.Brennan

4 жыл бұрын

@@daytonfl6859 Like any car.....it depends on the condition when you get it and how far you want to go with it. If it's nice.....it's cheaper than if it's been abused. A new paint job, engine & trans rebuild, interior redone can run into lots of money unless you can do some of it yourself.

@rodmunch69

3 жыл бұрын

Hummm... I've owned an 82 since 2007 and it's been pretty far from reliable, mainly because it eats batteries. Some sort of battery drain and I've taken it to a bunch of mechanics and they have yet to figure out what is happening. That and it just goes out of tune by itself. Obviously some sort of electrical problem somewhere, but I haven't been able to pin down what it is or where. But, with that said, it's an awesome car - and gets an amazing amount of attention.

@chinchy111

3 жыл бұрын

It reliably sits in a garage?

Damn. People are just that ignorant. This was one of the most if not the most powerful american car produced in 1982. I don't know why people say stupid comments about 80's cars having too low horsepower when they were fast enough for their time. This car in it's stock form could probably outrun most any other 82 anything. Trying to compare these to modern vettes is just stupid. It's like comparing this 82 to a 53 corvette.

@rapid13

20 күн бұрын

It’s because early C3s and most C2s would leave it for dead. The EPA neutered everyone, but the Vette got the worst of it. So yeah, it deserves the derision it receives, but it’s not GMs fault.

'80-'82 - best looking Vettes ever. I don't care that they're not the fastest, they're still the most beautiful. I still want one to this day.

@GoodOlRoll

7 ай бұрын

I disagree but I respect your opinion

Dad had an 82 collector edition, remember picking it up from the dealership with my mom, watching them pulling it off the showroom floor out the big glass doors us getting in it and driving it home we lived in Naperville at the time, I was 16 just got my license got a chance to drive it many time,s, never put not even a scratch on it never forget the day we picked it up on a Saturday morning fun times.😲😲😀😃🤩🤩...FWM....

love that old retro music

@talkingvegetable3538

8 жыл бұрын

and the cheesy video, too! Gotta love the 80s... Radical & Bitchin', Boss!!! It's Cash!!!

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

Kind of had a "disco" flare to it......Eeeeuuuuuwwww!!!!

@MrLC1965

3 жыл бұрын

This C3 would have been the perfect car for Magnum PI, much better looking and performing car than the Ferrari 308 GTS

@rickywheels8029

3 жыл бұрын

👌🏼👍🏼😃kzread.info/dash/bejne/naWsmMWEZcXLdJc.html

Did I see workers painting without respiratory gear??!! Impressive what you could do in the 80's

@talkingvegetable3538

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, like smoke cigarettes at your work desk...

@Buelligan88

7 жыл бұрын

I've had a few jobs like that. Seems crazy now.

@williamroark3112

7 жыл бұрын

Hell, PEOPLE painting at all is a strange sight!

@piotrmalewski8178

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, and it's nothing nice. Already in the 70ies at least the last transparent coating was applied by machines to in most factories to avoid stains et. plus a couple years of painting without respiratory gear equals toxic-induced brain damage.

@seanf5634

5 жыл бұрын

Yea I missed that when I was watching. Today that would be a big lawsuit.

I owned a 1969, always liked the body tweaks of early 80s. I own a 1990 ZR-1 now and it's still "King of the Hill", I like all gens of corvette, it's so cool to see these old commercials, I graduated in 1980, was driving a 68 firebird with a 468 BBC, 4 speed, tunnel ram with two 780 cfm Holley carbs. My son drives a C7. Z06, we are planning a cruise on the dragons tail soon. Nice work👍👍🏁🏁

I love these old Vette commercials!!! I got a 67 Coupe that I recently purchased.

as mentioned below so many times... This is one of the sexiest cars ever. it would be cool to see it produced again with tech available now.

Got me a 82 last night and it still runs great just needs TLC!

I have a 1982 corvette thats absolutely beautiful, best and most reliable car ever

That is just cool..Chevy really knew it was doing when it came to style. Those c3 vettes are still some of the best looking cars in the world. They can hold their own against any car, even the c7.

@ConsciousRobot

5 жыл бұрын

This corvette is ugly

@Diamond_Fever

4 жыл бұрын

Conscious Robot No You!

@C-64

4 жыл бұрын

Conscious Robot , Holy fuck, do you feel the need to comment every time someone compliments this car? Then you get all logical and butthurt when people tell you they disagree

@zachroell1714

4 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry but this car is nowhere near a c7s performance level. Not even a c5’s for that matter

@imnotverycreative9137

3 жыл бұрын

Conscious Robot I find it to be quite good looking most consider it good looking even claiming this is the last true corvette

GM still rocking the Disco soundtrack for their info films in 1981-82. LOL

Back then a working man could buy a Corvette, not today!

@keonjenkins1852

4 жыл бұрын

Osprexx Yeah u didn’t need to be a millionaire back then to buy one. Just responsible with ur money

Back when sports cars were sports cars. Good thing we got this exact year.

I remember setting in one these beautiful cars back in the day.

That collectors edition is one of the best looking Vettes around.

Still my favorite body Corvette.

i like how they talked about the cars and the engine functions. now adays you get a car commercial with a bunny, peanut, and rock and boom! the car shows up.

Nice......... the guys painting! Breathing the vapors "all day" im sure!

3:40 can't believe they're painting without respirators

What a time to be alive

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

I've still got my '82.....what's stopping you? When you climb in, fire it up, put down the windows and crank up the Classic Rock....YOU GO BACK IN TIME!!! Yes.....really!! ;-)

Oh wow! Still offering 8 track players or cassette tape sound systems in '82 as options on the 'vette. Love the collectors edition that was available. A old friend of mine did own a '82 vette in 2 tone paint. For a 5.7 CFI the car got down the road quickly!

3:31....painting in a spray booth without any facial protection. Gotta love the 1980s!

My dad had a ‘81 and I got to drive it the whole summer after graduating high school in ‘93. That was a fun summer, t-tops off cruising the main drag, driving to my summer job as a lifeguard. Definitely not the fastest, but t was beautiful, claret ( maroon) exterior with tan ( camel) interior.

Knight Rider should have driven a black corvette instead of a trans am.

I have an 82' blue/gray, absolutely a beautiful car. As for power and handling... well those issues I guess could wait until '84.

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

I'm restoring an '82 "blue-grey" "Steel Blue" Vette right now....I hope to be done this Spring. ;-)

New for 82! Cross-Fail Injection! It took a few years, but my old 350 in my '77 is getting an LS3. Now it will have the power this car should have had to begin with.

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

Now you're talking!! Too many dummys commenting here about these cars being slow when they FORGET about doing some engine swaps and mods to make them the SCREAMERS they were meant to be!!

This is my second favorite corvette. Beaten only by the 4th. Beautiful nonetheless

I had an 1981 Vette with a Manual 4 speed that was difficult getting in & out of but an absolute joy to drive. I loved that car. I saw some nymrod om youtube showing off his "1983"... He turned off the comments, Ha!

How hilarious! The driver has on leather driving gloves and the speedometer only goes to 85 (he's actually doing 45 mph!) But, I've had mine since 1993, so what do I know.

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

All for the camera my friend......all for the camera! ;-)

@chinchy111

3 жыл бұрын

Haha leather driving gloves and its an automatic transmission. Just hold on to the steering wheel

"A killer new paint process". Literally!

Thanks it is a very nice informative retrospective on the advent of fuel injection technology, more specifically, throttle body fuel injection, at a time when its utilization was still rare within General Motors. It is really cool to see the commercial’s graphic of a micro processor. Today I think we take for granted the use of microprocessors in cars. It certainly was something to herald back then. In its 1982 form, imagining driving of the lot in a computerized throttle body fuel injected

@chinchy111

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately they were complete crap. The computer fuel injection system failed often

lmfao, the factory painters don't even wear face masks. That's real old school.

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

I think they were doing that for the camera....not in real life. Can you imagine doing that day after day after day not wearing one??

@thud9797

4 ай бұрын

​@@USCG.Brennan It was real life. At St Louis two guys one on each side spraying their half the car as it came down the line with the downdraft paint booth and water underneath pulling the paint down. They did it for decades seemingly with no ill effects. Good old lacquer.

@USCG.Brennan

4 ай бұрын

@@thud9797 I still shoot lacquer sometimes and I know this would kill you before long. It's a chemical in the air you're breathing and it's DANGEROUS to inhale, especially 8 hours a day, 5 days a week....for YEARS. Sorry.....and no offense, but I'm in SERIOUS doubt over your reply.

@BrotherHubbs Anyone who owns a 81 Corvette didn't buy them for just the speed. It's a classic design and a beautiful car. It may be under powered, but it's still a Vette. I own a 93 C4, but would also love to own a late model C3.

Sweet driving gloves

I was also brought to life in 1982

Still the sexiest vette ever built

Awesome commercial!!! I love all vettes 🖒🖒🖒🖒

Crazy to think when the c3 first came out, the Saturn V rocket was just taking its first test flights, the vietnam war was starting to heat up, big block engines were becoming more and more popular on the street, american society was undergoing a huge upheaval, and this car lasted until 1982. Whata generation

Look at the workers in the paint booth with no respirators! Oy!

Bought one last year ! Like it !!

Good, neat comercial, thanks for posting.

Tow truck drivers loved that crossfire engine.

If I ever become rich. A Collectors Edition will be the first car I display in my garage.

@Sonnywitdamoney

9 жыл бұрын

+Jonathan Isaac Rice and those nice wheels too

@talkingvegetable3538

8 жыл бұрын

BTW, you don't become rich... you make yourself rich...

@NeilSahay

7 жыл бұрын

There's a guy near me who's selling his for $24k AUD. I'm 19, saving up to buy it.

@destinedtobedifferent9921

6 жыл бұрын

Neil Sahay My stepdad is selling his for $8000 - $12000 I'm not sure if it's a collectors edition though. It's silver, with red trim and a dark gray/blue on the bottom. The interior is red.

@destinedtobedifferent9921

6 жыл бұрын

Neil Sahay nevermind I just saw the rest of the video.

the MOST BEAUTIFUL CORVETTE CHEVY HAS EVER MADE (LATE C-3). I loved my brand new '82. but, my '78,L-82,4speed, was faster.'82, was a GT. (COLLECTOR EDITION) much more luxurious.

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

I've got an '82 I'm restoring right now and I agree with you. My first C3 was a '68 427 4spd Roadster.....It was a "goer" but I don't think it had quite the same looks of the '82s, ;-)

This was the last year of the 1970's styling in every way, including the Vette.

It's kind of remarkable how they were able to keep selling the C3 for over 15 years.

@thearchane4885

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it was 14 years, but I guess they might have resold them for 1983

@browningbelgium2326

7 ай бұрын

While losing HP just about every year.

the "69" is still my favourite..

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

I owned a '68 427 4spd Roadster and now own an '82 T-Top. I think the '82 is the coolest body design with those rear and front wheel flares, the front cowl and that built in spoiler in the back. But hey....to each his own. ;-)

Beautiful!! Beautiful!!!

2:09 - In the middle of changing the front suspension bushings right now, so it is amazing how easy they make this part look. I was disappointed they cut before that smashed that spring down to put that lower control arm on. 2:26 - Most don't know they assembled those chassis upside down. This is why they went together well and you have such a problem doing things in your garage. 3:07 - Don't you love how they are spraying that urethane paint with no masks or respirators on? 4:42 - Chevy tried to pull off another Indy Pace Car craze where prices went nuts.

Ronald Reagan has convinced me, I need the 1982 Corvette.

Fantastic

Yeah, with T-tops! When it was cool to be cool.

I've owned alot of Vettes over the years, but I think the last of the C-3s were the best looking. The fender flares and the mirrored T-Tops were great!

Nice car i like it sow mutch iT is my favorit car

This seems to be like a video of the car than a commercial.

Best looking Vette... C3

Love the high fenders and pointy nose ❤

I love the music

@Footballfathead8 I dont blame you bro for living in it before you sell it. I love all the 80's vettes. I just read in a book that there was alot more electrical problems shorts and catalic converter faliure on the 82s but as long as you have a total passion for the car i totally understand. The 80s vettes are gourgous. and you know what i live in my vette too before i see mine either!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHFadetoBlack..

Yes my 81 is red on red and i love it! I did like the two tone paint too as i know some do not like two tone. It is all a matter of what you like and dont like i guess. Gourgous automobile 80 to 82s are my favorite corvettes of all time. But i can't wait till the 2013 60th aniversary comes out. It is that one corvette in the movie Transformers 2 and is also called the 2009 concept corvette. Absoulutly a Drop Dead Gourgous Car!!

The vid is great, but the music alone on it s is awesome! It would be so cool to find out more about it...

the best Corvette body style ever.

@BrotherHubbs this year seems pretty under rated whenever people talk about cars from the early 80's they usually mention trans am or something

This is the Corvette for that part of the 1970s that was kinda the 1980s and that part of the 1980s that was kinda the 1970s. If an Eddie Money album were a car. Sensational!

@me20003 This is from Corvette C3 Buyer's Guide" By Richard Price. Page 131 "Ever-increasing mechanical and electrical complexity owing not only to the plethora of emissions ruducing equipment found on 1982s and some earlyer C3s, but also to the steady addition of more and more features, makes 82's more prone to certain problems. These include sensor,solenoid,and valve failures:vacuum leaks; electrical shorts; and catalytic converter failure".

after watching this commercial it does so many things for me, like buying a 82 vette, busting a move and putting leg warmers on .....what ????!!!!! well maybe not the leg warmers that for the hot ladies for the 80s

The 1982 model Corvette would be the last year for this third generation body style because my Uncle Ed happens to own a 1981 model.

Lovely!

Still dream of buying a rolling chassis and making a stock-looking resto mod. Claret red, mirrored t-s.

@74pbg Yep me too. It is like a piece of art! 80's Vettes, Look The Best!!! : )

Beautiful car inside and out. They still command a pretty penny today. I had no idea you could get so many cool options in 82. I want one!!

@BrotherHubbs Cool beans!!! Mine is white with red....and you'd be surprised how affordable they can be.....and the best part is you can get all kinds of replacement parts for them,some even NOS....I got very lucky with both the '95 and the L-82,but low-mileage jewels are still out there....I say keep yours and enjoy...their value will increase as time goes by....I know I'll keep mine!! All the best....

There is a popular aftermarket kit that makes all 78 thru 82 vettes a pop up hatch.

@Footballfathead8 It is worth it my friend. There like a piece of art. One of the most beautiful Corvettes i feel that have ever been produced 80 81 82's Gourgous!!!!

@VettemanLT5 I agree completly what you said about the 80 with the L-82 engine with more power. Maybe one day if i have enough money, I will get a 80 L-82! I myself own at the present time a 1981 Red with Red interior and i love it! I can stare at the car for hours it is so gourgous. They have bodies on them like a barbie doll! LOL

@BrotherHubbs yea i got a 82 for my first car, it originally had injection problems you would have to spray starter fluid in it if you havnt started it in like a few days, there was old fluids blocking some of the fuel, it had been sitting a year before i got it. She is still in the shop getting new cross drilled rotors re wired and some horsepower increase seems like for ever til she gets out though its a great car im in love with it and i will live in it before i sell it

Hand painted! Would pay a premium for that now.

WOW!!! THIS IS GREAT .... THANK YOU....

Drove a red 79 going to Dubai. So Sweet.

@USCG.Brennan

5 жыл бұрын

I drive my '82 every Summer.....OH, SO SWEET!! ;-)

By the time 1982 rolled around it was pretty tired 15 year old body on a 20 year old chassis. Still looks cool though.

@BrotherHubbs I agree but I'll go even further.Try to find an '80 model with the L-82....more power than the Cross-Fire and a lot easier to service and maintain.I just found one with 12,000 miles...couldn't pass it up.Now that one keeps my '95 ZR-1 company at my storage.....the look from behind the wheel of the C3's with those fenders swooping like they do is priceless....of those 3 years,the 1980 is the one to get....all are great though.

Beautiful turtle! Hell, even the Camaro was faster, but the Mustang was even faster. All 157 hp of that Mustang GT. I do think the C3 is beautiful, btw. I've always loved them!

Absolutely gorgeous I have a rally red 66 convertible they are all Beutifull

@me20003 Here is what Car and Driver said about the 82 corvette. "Even though the TBI V-8 and Turbo Hydra-Matic powertrain will pull you to a higher terminal speed . . . it takes so long to get there you'll need Nebraska". Cross-fire injection was designed to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions. Despite the fact that it generated decent power and was reasonably reliable, the system found little favor with enthusiasts, because it could not be readly modified for better performance".Page 138

@BrotherHubbs I agree with you since my favourite generation of the corvette was c3 ever since I was a kid, I actually grew up with the c4 but when I came across a c3 I'm not gonna lie it was like falling in love all over again. but without a doubt I bet a lot of the guys that ridiculed the 1977-82 corvette are probably the same people who probably desire a late 70's trans am

C3 Vettes were probably the best shape Vettes, the lat models, just need bigger HP engines.... Brilliant!!!

@me20003 Here is another quote about the 82's crossfire on page 134 of the Corvette C3 68-82 Buyer's Guide by Richard Price. "The 1982 Corvette engine compartment was perhaps the most crowded and COMPLICATED in Corvette History. The cross-fire injection air cleaner and induction setup where used in 1982 models ONLY, making parts rather DIFFICULT to come by."

@chickenjo23

4 жыл бұрын

Was also used on the 84 model. Parts are still readily available for the Crossfire setup.

there nice i love my 75 stingray

Love watching these guys paint a car with no mask or goggles.

Music ftw

I remember in 82 people sinding the 81 and 82 Corvette back people waiting their money back because paint with coming off the cars and the cross fire fuel injection didn't work right,

Today the air is so bad we wear MASKS incase someone sneezes around you but in the 80’s the air was so good you and a co-worker could spray all kinds of silicons, fumes, chemicals etc for hours a day and SMOKE in between with no ill effects..

Your right about the bigger engines and horspower but if GM did not do what they did, the car whould never have been made. The car is powerful enough for me! : )