I am pretty sure that I have written this before, but I am going to say it again: the C4 Corvette is the single best deal on 1980-90 V8 sports cars on the planet. These cars represented a complete chassis-up redesign for the Corvette and, when new were, some of the highest-performing cars you could buy anywhere. The Pick of the Day is one of these cars, a 1986 Chevrolet Corvette listed for sale on ClassicCars.com by at a dealer in Canton, Ohio.
The C4 was also a popular car for an odd group of enthusiasts: car thieves. So popular that 7 percent of first- and second-year C4s would end up stolen. It was such an issue that Chevrolet would introduce a new Vehicle Anti-Theft System as standard on all 1986 Corvettes.
C4 Corvettes were definitely high-performance cars in their era, routinely showing skidpad numbers of over 1.0g, the highest number of any street-legal car built at the time. In addition, the 1986 the Corvette both lost some weight and saw a horsepower increase to 240. This gave the 1986 Corvette 0-60 numbers of six seconds and a top speed of about 150 MPH.
This specific 1986 looks to be an absolute time capsule, having covered a total of only 13,000 from new. This Corvette also includes its original window sticker, build sheet, showroom brochure, glovebox books and manuals, postcard, and the original selling dealer keychain.
Looking at the photos of this car, I saw no flaws with this cars paint or bodywork. The car wears its original Bright Red paint and, like all Corvettes, it looks great in this classic color. This is a one family-owned car from new, appearing like the very definition of a preservation car and looking like an example that will win awards at any Corvette show in which it enters.
The interior of this car looks to be just as nice as the exterior, with the red leather seats, door panels, carpets, and dash all as nice as they were when this car was new. The seller calls it a museum-quality example, and I agree with that assessment based on the photos provided. I also love the video game-style dash on earlier C4 Corvettes, and also think the two-spoke leather covered steering wheel is classic 1980s awesomeness. Having driven many of these cars, I will say that they may ride a bit rough due to the high-performance suspension, but those seats are incredibly comfortable.
The engine bay is more of the same, with a very clean engine under the super-cool clamshell hood. This is one of the few cars that almost looks cooler with the hood up than down. The owner looks to have used correct factory parts for anything the car might need, so it almost comes off as a brand-new car.
So, if after reading this, it sounds like I have a thing for the C4 Corvette, you are correct. I will again say what I said at the beginning of this Pick of the Day: these cars represent one of the best values in the market. This all-original and amazingly well preserved 1986 Corvette has an asking price of only $17,995, which is a tremendous value for the amount of car you get for the money.
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