Barn Finds reader Bill W submitted what can be conservatively referred to as an interesting Craigslist find. This 1985 Corvette can be found for sale here on craigslist in New Jersey, with no price advertised and with 29,000 original miles on the clock, it could be a deal for the discerning buyer! That being said, let’s address the elephant in the room: this car is Barbie pink, the result of the seller having it done up for his wife.
The seller states that the car was his father’s, and has been in the family since the 1990s, making the seller the third owner. Pinkness aside, there is no denying that this car is clean, well taken care of, and appears to have been done right, albeit extremely pink. The ad states that this car has never seen the winter, which I can easily believe. Even if pink isn’t your color, this car is very clean and has excellent potential for a wide variety of activities.
Truthfully, the pink carpet is a nice touch. It accents the rest of the black interior nicely, and if nothing else, helps showcase how incredibly nice this car truly is. The pink seat stitching matches the paint color, and is a unique subtle touch. This car has power everything, all of which still work properly, including the hideaway headlights.
The paint on this car appears to be immaculate, which is not surprising as it sounds like the car hasn’t been driven a lot since it was customized. The seller states that there is “not a spec, scratch, ding, or dent anywhere on this car.” Pink isn’t really my color, but I would have a hard time removing what appears to be a very high quality paint job! Color choices aside, there is no denying that this is a nice car, but the question remains: would you go for a ride with Barbie?
Only if Barbie was working my…….um….the stick. ;)
Unless you’re Barbie or Mary K, that paint job will cost a lot more to redo than the car is worth (unfortunately).
Exactly. The value of the car doesn’t justify a repaint.
It’s might be the right ride for an Instagram “model”. Even then, I bet the owner will want too much, $1 initial price on CL is never a good sign.
Steve R
Only in Jersey, lol.
Sadly, it’s quite weird here.
“Paris Hilton? Paris Hilton? Your car is ready to collect.”
Maybe that guy who has had all those surgery’s to look like the Ken doll will buy it.
This is the very rare Pepto Bismol version. I don’t think many were ordered.
Looking at it makes me NEED some Pepto!
This car needs to go to a stripper. Surely there is a sugar daddy who’ll buy it.
Strippers make good money, no sugar daddy needed!
The phrase “lipstick on a pig” comes to mind. Good luck selling that color.
In The Los Angeles area there’s a well endowed lady who always drives a pink Corvette. But it’s always a new one. Her name is Angelyne and her husband is loaded, although she has some kind of tangential show biz work. Before Paris Hilton, Angelyne was famous for being famous. You’ll see an occasional billboard of hers. Age undetermined.
I was going to say the same thing. I often see Angelyne driving her pink Vette on the 101 freeway.
Uh….hell no!
Hi Andrew, welcome aboard. Kind of a wild car to start off with ( unless I missed any other ones) It should get easier from here. Corvettes, especially these, never did anything for me. This one sure makes a statement.
Thanks! I’ve had 3 published prior to this one (1978 Bonneville, KITT Trans-Am, and 1967 Beetle), but this is by far the most wild and interesting one I’ve had the pleasure of writing up!
I wonder why it has such low mileage.
Embarrassment?
wrap it in Black!
I’ll Buy It If The Price Is Cheap !!! So What’s The Price ?
84-85-86-87 Nothing but problems , I Owned A 84 I Know .
Disagree. 1984. 75,000 miles. Z-51, 4+3 Doug Nash transmission. Crossfire injection. Daily driver.
There’s no way in Hell you’d ever see my
MIL driving this car, and her name is Barbie! Yeah, we get teased about the
Barbie & Ken stuff (That’s our gimmick
for our online radio show) but I don’t think
we could take the razzing that driving this
car would bring– not to mention the traffic tickets we’d get just for owning it!
The author of this write-up asks “would you go for a ride with Barbie?” No, but why do you assume all of your readers are male? I’d DRIVE it, and being of the female persuasion, the pink doesn’t bother me a bit!
Oh, I’d totally drive it! I can’t explain, but there’s something about the pink carpet that I like!
That may be true for you, D, but I recall an instance where an acquaintance of mine was pulled over by the local poice SIMPLY
BECAUSE he was driving a pink Pinto wagon. The officer cited him
saying that the pink hue this car was painted would be distracting to
other drivers on the road with him. All ended well when his attorney
got the ticket thrown out when it was found out that the police department was using a quota system that required officers to issue
8-10 tickets in an 8 hour shift. There were also questions asked about
his manhood for owning such a car. My, how times have changed.
Remember the pink over black 1955 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria. I don’t recall anyone who drove one being called a sissy. I quite like the pink Corvette and would buy it if reasonable enough. I have found it difficult to contact out-of-state sellers who have advertised on Craig’s List.
“The pink carpet is a nice touch”……??????
Haha perfect. Drive around town and play 90’s bubblegum pop songs. Some Britney, some N’Sync, and of course Barbie Girl by Aqua!
All this talk about the color, I forgot, what kind of trannie is in this thing?
(Sorry, couldn’t help myself!) After seeing Frankie Grande (Ariana Grande’s brother…..sister she never had???) on some TV show last evening I just started thinking of who the next owner might be? !!!!
YIKES !!!!!!!!!!!!.
I would drive it. Talk about a chick magnet!