Corvette Museum 20 Year Pin

[Joe L.]

Re: Corvette Museum 20 Year Pin

Ken's right. I remember the bad old days like '79 when GM could only sell 53,000 Corvettes.

Mike-----


I think the only year they made more was 1984 when the C4 came out. Actually, the 78-79 Corvettes were pretty damn good looking cars. The new fastback design worked much better with the plastic bumper. The 68-77 "flying buttress" coupe design which worked beautifully with the 68-73 "Kammback" ("concave") rear design just didn't work as well with the "convex" urethane rear bumpers. The fastback design finally cured that problem.

Plus, the 78-79 still had the 73-77 style front bumper and fascia which I think was the best looking of the urethane front bumpers.

The 78-79 were heavy and underpowered, but the L-82 was still available. Besides, who ever goes 150 MPH in a Corvette, anyway?

[Oliver B.]

Re: Corvette Museum 20 Year Pin

Yeah, the key fob (was it to celebrate the 20th or 25th - or maybe my entry into the "club" in 1992?) indeed was cool......

A great idea to "ask" for sth. like that again. Maybe someone listens.

[Michael D.]

Re: Corvette Museum 20 Year Pin

...I think the only year they made more was 1984 when the C4 came out....

Close but no cigar. 53,807 79s assembled. 51,547 84s with a much longer production run.