1982 Chevrolet Corvette in O'Fallon, Illinois

Vehicle Description

The year is 1982, The world's largest oil rig (The Ocean Ranger) sinks in the north Atlantic, while this Bright Blue Metallic Corvette rolls into showrooms for sale. Now this two owner numbers matching Corvette only has 98917 actual miles on her. The interior was recently replaced with Light Camel leather, and the Crossfire 350 V8 was recently tuned passing Emissions. The Chevrolet Corvette (C3) was a sports car that was produced by Chevrolet for the 1968 through 1982 model years. Engines and chassis components were mostly carried over from the previous generation, but the body and interior were new. It set new sales records with 53,807 produced for the 1979 model year. 1982 saw the debut of the "Cross-Fire Injection" fuel delivery system. This TBI (Throttle Body Fuel Injection) was not the type of fuel injection installed previously in some C1 and C2 Corvettes. It utilized two throttle bodies combined with Chevrolet's computer control system. The engine produced 200 HP and was mated to a new four-speed automatic transmission with torque converters bypass in the top three gears. Compared to the previous Turbo-Hydramatic 3-speed, the new 700-R4 transmission had a lower first and second gear for improved low-end acceleration, and a fourth gear overdrive that would reduce engine RPM by 30 percent at highway cruising speeds, resulting in better fuel economy. To view the car in greater detail, including 100+ HD pictures and a HD video, please visit www.gatewayclassiccars.com or our Denver showroom. Call 303-872-4722 for more information.