Convoy! The big, bold gauges are all fully functional, with the tachometer parking itself at 900 RPM when you shut off the engine, just as it should. This car carries almost every available option, including cold A/C, power windows, mirrors, and locks, a tilt wheel, power driver’s seat, and an ultra-cool AM/FM/cassette/CB radio with microphone. The door panels continue the tri-tone theme and the steering wheel is wrapped in matching brown leather. The carpets are almost too nice to be original, but we’re assured that they are indeed 1982-issue.
The comfortable leather sport seats are still as good as anything you’ll get today and the leather shows some comfort marks but no dryness, splits, or tears. Things like the lenses, big glass hatch, and transparent roof panels are in excellent condition as well.Ĭollectors’ Editions received a unique, bespoke tri-tone leather interior that echoes the exterior theme: metallic gold and bronze. And since it was 1982, GM went a little pinstripe happy with this special edition ‘Vette, adding them to the fenders to accentuate the lovely “Coke bottle” shape, as well as around the side mirrors, across the rear spoiler, across the nose, and surrounding the wheel arches. The original Collectors’ Edition graphics are in excellent condition with minimal cracking and checking, even on the hood which is often cooked by heat and sunlight. As Corvette fans are all too aware, the front and rear bumper covers are a slightly different color than the rest of the car, as it was when it was new. What you can’t see in photos is that it’s also beautifully preserved with minimal nicks and scratches, the natural by-product of several decades of life. Vintage paint shines up differently than modern stuff and it’s easy to see. You can see how nicely it shines in the photos, and that’s no illusion. And yes, that’s 100% original General Motors factory enamel on this car. The Collectors’ Editions are easy to spot with their unique Silver Beige paint scheme and contrasting graphics on the hood and doors. It has been properly maintained but never restored or modified. Showing just over 29,000 original miles, this is a very correct, untouched car. If you’re a collector, entry level or experienced, this is an opportunity to get an awesome low-mileage survivor and the last of the C3 sharks. So in order to keep customers coming into showrooms and buying new Corvettes, they introduced some new tech borrowed from the C4 and brought out a special edition called, of course, the Collectors’ Edition. GM was working to get the all-new C4 ready for the 1983 season, but, as in 1966 prior to the debut of the C3, they couldn’t quite get it done in time. It was the most popular Corvette of all time, a car that changed with the times yet remained America’s #1 performance machine.
The C3 Corvettes were around for a long time fifteen seasons to be exact.
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