Optimism is a positive quality but so is discernment. The seller of this 1974 Chevrolet Corvette has optimism. The ad for this Corvette states that it has 47,000 miles and that it is an amazing opportunity to own a 1974 Corvette Stingray barn find. A seller looking at this vehicle should have discernment because this Corvette is not in good condition and the picture of the Corvette on the trailer was taken many years ago before this Corvette was stored. The Corvette is listed here on FaceBook Marketplace for a cool $8,000. The car is located in Fredericksburg, Texas which is a little German settlement northwest of San Antonio in an area of Texas called the Hill Country.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the looks of any C3 Corvette and particularly like the 1974-1977 styling of the Corvette. However, these years are not that sought after. Now, maybe if this car was built from the factory with a 454 cubic inch V8 engine, it might demand strong money but this appears to be a base model Corvette that left the factory with a L48 350 cubic inch V8 engine. The L48 engine was factory rated at 195 horsepower at 4,400 RPM in 1974. The optional L82 engine generated 250 horsepower and the LS4 454 cubic inch V8 engine was rated at 270 horsepower.
The seller has remedied the power problem by installing a built 350 cubic inch V8 engine in the car. However, he states that the car has old gas and therefore, he won’t start up the engine. Before a buyer plunks down $8,000 for this project, I think a buyer is going to want to hear the car run and, hopefully, take it for a drive. Oh, there is one other problem, the car has no radiator or spark plug wires! The seller does state that the car comes with two boxes of parts.
The code 910 Classic White paint has seen better days and there are no pictures of the undercarriage of the Corvette. There appears to be some fiberglass damage in places but overall the car just looks dirty and uncared for as it sits in the garage. Based on the different angles, this appears to be an old tired Corvette that somebody started to restore and, at some point, the work stopped and the car got set aside. Tell me if you see something different.
AD sounds like a scam to me.
I don’t think so. Dirty car, unknown rust, bad gas, no radiator, no spark plugs, not drivable. It’s worth something but IMO not $8K in the condition it’s sitting in.
$4000.00 is all the money for this. You can buy one you can drive home today for less than $8000.
not a 74, 74 Vettes didn’t have rear bumpers like seen in the rear photo. it is a 75—77
Good point. The alarm arming switch by the driver’s side “Stingray” name plate also signifies model year, only I don’t remember what year!
That’s a later year rear bumper. 1977 I think.
But the front doesn’t have the black rubber bit. I’ll bet it’s a 74 with a later rear bumper, making one ask “Why?”
“Fredericksburg, Texas is a little German settlement”.
Say what? Ach du lieber!
Texans with a German accent! (or is it Germans with a Texan accent?)
It’s a nice place originally settled by Germans. Kind of like New Braunfels, TX. And you and I could probably not afford to live there. House prices are nuts.
Kinda like the OC in California? If we hadn’t had bought our house in 1978 for $72,000, we could never afford to live here. (Our house is now worth 10 times what we paid for it!)
Not a ’74 rear bumper.
No interior shots either!!! Would like to see the odometer!!!!!?????
With the front bumper, emblem, big side mirrors and the alarm switch on the front fender it’s a ’74 with a ’77 back bumper.
247,000 maybe. This thing is a turd. Maybe $1500 on a good day if it has a valid title.
For the non-Corvette aficionados: the rear bumper cover of the ’74 Corvette is easily spotted because there is a vertical split straight down the middle that no other model has.
When it came out I asked myself…
“Self, why did they not make the end cap one piece?”
And why is each letter that spells out CORVETTE attached separately? The UAW must have had some pretty good negotiators back in the day. “Yup we can get GM to go for a bumper cover that takes twice as long to make and give us two hours to put the nameplate on”
Frank, same thing with individual letters on the back of birds ’70-73 regarding “FIREBIRD” …
http://topclassiccarsforsale.com/uploads/photoalbum/1972-455-big-block-no-rust-from-texas-trans-am-70-71-73-pontiac-8.JPG
Maybe the bean counters figured 1 was bound to fall off & they would only sell you all the letters – not just one? lol
The 74 rear bumper was similar to this but the 74 was a 1 year only split rear bumper. A lot them got swapped to the 75 to 79 style because it is a much cheaper replacement.
47,000 on the clock, ummm, ok. Probably a 4 to 4,500 car. Imho
Well isn’t this special, needs full suspension rebuilt ,brakes cooling system a/c paint tires so spend another $15,000 and have a $9000 car.no no no