1986 Chevrolet Corvette

Near mint with a mere 2938 miles in its lifetime, this 1986 Chevrolet Corvette has that factory-fresh feel to it even 25 years later! Approach this car from any angle and you can’t help but smile. The code 74U Dark Red Metallic paint glows like new and the black top is perfect. Kick the tires, but watch the wheels there isn’t an inch of curb rash to be found! Those tires happen to be the ORIGINAL units the car left Bowling Green with! Every light works, the headlight motors run smoothly and all lenses and glass are clear without cracks or hazing. The convertible was announced just in time to be chosen as pace car for that year’s Indy 500, with test pilot General Chuck Yeager slated to drive. It doesn’t get much more American than that! In total, Chevrolet crafted 7315 convertibles, and labeled them all Pace Car replicas, regardless of options chosen or color selected. This was the first street legal car since the ’78 Corvette to pace Indy the interim gas crunch cars couldn’t keep up without prototype engines and suspensions! Chevrolet stated that the C4 had been designed with a topless model in mind, so the transformation from coupe to convertible was straightforward. With an eye to preserving torsional stiffness in the absence of a fixed roof, reinforcement was applied to the frame cross-member ahead of the engine; larger K-shape braces were used to connect the under-engine member to the frame rails; and X-braces were added to tie door-hinge pillars to the rear chassis …