1978 Chevrolet Chevette 4dr Hatchback | For Sale $10,900
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Chevy sold a ton of these, not a thing refined about them but still very reliable. I bought one in 84, it's my one and only Vette.
A ton? More like 300,000 of them in '78; each one of those Chevettes WAS a ton!
Great car
Used to see these things everywhere 😊
I saw two Chevettes at car shows this summer and you'd be amazed how many eyes they were drawing and neither was as nice as this one. If you'd told me back in '78 that these things would be turning up at car shows and at classic car dealers 40 odd years later, I'd have thought you were nuts! But it's nostalgia and the realization that though we considered them throw-away cars back then, they'd be great little cars today. Cheap to buy and cheap to drive.
My cousin bought one back in 1982, it was her first car, and she loved it!
My family had one a 1978 Chevy Chevette just like this but yellow . Had it for years ago . If you take care of a care it does last . ❤
Absolutely have always loved these. We took a trip, and rented a 1980 Chevette. We had so much fun with it. Don't see many. Today I am driving a 2013 Chevy Spark. Just as much fun. I would buy this, and just drive it.
This and the ford escort was everywhere in the 80’s
I worked for City Blueprint in Tampa, Fl. We had 3 of these as delivery vehicles. We drove the hell out of them and we were so thankful that they had air conditioning. They were extremely reliable economy cars.
Neat to see one of those once in a while on your show.
Bought a 78 Chevette used right after graduating college in May 1982. It was this color and had this very same interior. The only differences are that mine had no AC and was a manual transmission. Still remember that I paid $2080 for it out the door at a local Ford dealer. Was a fun car.
What's cool about original cars like this is you don't have to restore them. Leave the dings and imperfections alone because it's only original once and you can never get that back. I'm 63 and I lived through the Chevette era, and I must say that this is the first time in my live I have ever said a Chevette was cool. I give this 👍👍
They drive horrible junk cars
My great aunt had one of these back in the 80's.
I had a 2-door 1978 Chevette, and when I told it in 1992, it had 170,000+ miles on it. Great commuter car back in the day. I did all the maintenance on it. Color, blue metallic.
Had a '81, '84 and '85
We called ours the “Shove-it”!!🤣😂
A friend of mine had one of these in HS in butter yellow. It was a guttless wonder!
I bought a 1984 Chevette for $4995 new off the dealer lot and drove it for 14 years and it had 229,000 miles on it when I had to junk it
I bought a brand new 1986 Chevette at the end of 1985. It was in the family for 14 years, and had 225,000 miles on it. It was still going when I sold it. After 14 years there was no rust at all. I had some of the papers on the car with the VIN number. A few months ago I checked the VIN number, and found out it was still registered in a city about 25 miles from where I live. During the time it was in our family it was very reliable, and there were no problems at all. It was also engineered for do it yourself servicing, and was easy to maintain. I loved that car.
@@ericknoblauch9195If I were you, I would buy it back!👍🇧🇷
@@ericknoblauch9195Aww Cool story👍
The Chevette really was a disposable car, but so many young people bought these Chevettes as their first car, so they have great memories of them.
Nice original w/low miles. These little cars were tanks on wheels!
I'd love to test drive one of these. They don't make small cars like they used to. The emphasis nowadays is on SUVs. But little cars like the Chevette are very practical and fuel efficient!
You guys are 2 for 2 so far today as far as videos of cars I would definitely be buying IF I was ready. I never had a Chevette but I worked with an older woman back in the mid 70s who bought several of these. She swore by them.
Dad bought an 85 used in mint condition. It ended up on fire somehow and burned to a crisp 😂 We swore at them 🤣
I used to have a 1978 Chevy Chevette scooter in 1986 love that car had a rubber timing belt. The car is rated at 98 hp.
I owned one in the early days . Tough little car!👍
We had one, used, in about '85. Like a metallic flake grey paint with maroon vinyl interior. We loved it as little kids for some reason.
Im surprised to see one of these survived.
My mom had 2 back in the 9s first a 4 door and the 2nd was a 2 door with a stick
My first new car 1983 2dr in the trendy color of beige/silver... I swapped out the rear lamps with T1000 horizontal striped. Loved it! Most kids had one because our parents worked for GM
We had 3 in our family
My first car my first taste of freedom ❤❤❤
my aunt had a white chevette in the 80s. it had no front passenger floor. the joys of living in canada.
I learned how to drive on my mother’s ‘85 Chevette
Lol, this is what we drove for drivers education in high school !! Haven't seen one in a long time.
We bought a 1977 white Chevy Chevette. It was this or a Nova. Ours had a blue interior. It was my dad’s car but my sister used it! And I got to wash it. Fun car indeed!😅
I bought a new 1978 4 door hatchback in ultramarine blue. 4 speed manual, no a/c, black vinyl seats. Talk about summer heat, and with all that glass. Fun little car to drive otherwise.
Chevette : the official car of telephone companies and - get this - the Joie Chitwood Thrill Drivers!
Classic❗️ The Jokers Wild gameshow contestants used to win those all the time. Some even won more than one❗️💯
Few years ago I was getting gas at ARCO in Las Vegas and someone had a cherry Chevy Citation❗️
To find one of these in any good condition is extremely rare, this would be the star today at a car show unless someone shows up in a Chevy Citation
0-60 in ten minutes. 60-70 in never
Was the same for every Japanese car in its class.
Really cool to see. Almost nobody saved these cars. Friend's father had one of the later ones, powder blue 2 dr stick.
Mom had a 1981, very similar to this car.
A elderly family member with bad hearing started spreading the rumor that my mom bought a Corvette haha 😂 I will never forget that ordeal.
My neighbor had a diesel powered chevette, I think they are rare.
A coworker of mine back in 1980, his mom had a 4-door Chevette in a Burgundy. I think the color was called Carmine Red. She gave him her 1976 Buick Century 4 door colonade.
Reminds of the corvair, love the corvair saw it in 1960 8 years old a carshow my uncle took me to, wow beautiful cars 😊😊
“Roll in’s, cruise in’s, local shows” lol, every video.
Gotta make sure you hear it enough to remember 🧠
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Wow, we had one just like that probably the same year except it was beige with beige vinyl interior.
Bought one of these right before my wife and I got married in 1979. Paid $4700 for it. No air, crank windows, a.m. radio, etc. I think my payment for 48 months was like $127.a month and about all we could afford.😊
Awesome I have a 1979 4dr hatchback white blue interior
My sister had an ‘81 four speed manual. That thing was a DOG. She gave it to our father and the stick shifter pulled right out of the center console when he was downshifting coming off the highway ramp one day. 🤣😂. Great GM quality.
You have to really love and want a chevette to pay that for one even though its so nice.
It's one of those "If you didn't own one, you knew someone who did" cars.
Perfect price 😊😊
I had one back in those days.a great on gas!
I worked at Up Johns in Kalamazoo Mi in the early 2000s and one of these wretched creatures lurked in the underground drive in bld 41 main. It had 750 miles on it from new hadnt probably ever left the complex. I assume thats the highest mileage one ever achieved!
Ron (the best President we never had) Paul owned one of these.
My father bought one like this in 1976. Safron red metalic with red interior. In 1976 and 1977 the Chevette only came in a 2 door hatchback in The United States of America. The 4 door hatchback was added in 1978. I remember it did not have power steering or brakes. I also had a 1986 Chevette. The gas mileage on the 1986 was far better for some reason.
Just about everyone knew someone with a Chevette or a Yugo.
We owned one of these and turned it into a mini pickup
I really don't think someone will pay even $8,000 for that. $5,995 is maximum value.
Best wishes 🤞🏼
I have no words
Imagine LS swapping this car, and how fun it would be. The ultimate sleeper!
Wow, that’s a rare bird these days, they were everywhere back then…everywhere.
Well kept.
No 8-track? No sale!
Pretty sure I remember a few large campers of this era that utilized the same Chevette tail light assemblies on the rear of them. Giant Winnebago......little Chevette tail lights. 😅
The radio probably just needs a new speaker and here it is the original speakers are to deteriorated to play
My parents had an early 80s 2 door without AC and vinyl seats. It may have been reliable but it was slow as dirt, the gas mileage was mediocre and it didn't offer much in the way of creature comforts. I was not sorry to see it go in the least when my mom swapped it for Mercury Cougar around 86 or so. Lots of people have tons of nostalgia for them but it's never been a car I looked back on with fondness.
I love them cars had one in 1984 great vehicles from Joseph Roger Bowen commerce Georgia
That Chevette looks very attractive, despite the economy cars line it was targeted, to those folks with a minimal or lack of founds to afford something import or more expensive. My hat`s off to the family who did preserve in mint condition this car with lot of respect and loving care. This 1.6 liter inline would perfomr Much better with a 4 or 5 speed gear box, if GM would offered them at first attempt to sell it, and no less than 75 to 80 HP. But GM is always that way, from early 70`s, what a shame. A salute from Bogota Colombia, dear friends. We here had this brand name, but coming from Brazil GM roots, a derived from German Opel Kadette, 2 door and 4 door sedan, 1.4 to 1.6, this last one developing 77 HP, 4 and 5 manual speed. 3 Speed Auto trans, its a real garbage , its a real joke. Thanks to Colombian subsidiary GM plant we did not had that transmission any production year at all, from 1981 to 1995.
My father bought a 1976 new. It had a 1.6 liter engine rated at 60 horsepower. I bought a 1986 high output 1.6 liter, and it was rated at 74 horsepower. There was a lot of torque in those small motors. My 1986 would top out at around 75 miles per hour, and would not go any faster. I had a 2003 Impala LS that loved to do 90 effortlessly on the highway. The Impala at 90 wasn't even floored with more gas pedal to spare. The Chevette at 75 was mostly floored. I tried to keep the Chevette at 65 or 70 because it would not go much faster.
I had one from vermont
A relative I know has a 1980 or a 1983 something like that you goYugo GL,,,,Which is a Yugoslavian car and I understand that she said she bought it because they were known to be able to climb heels and the GL stands for grand luxurious I believe
watch the motor week road test on this car,its good for some laughs.
Engineered in Germany by Opel..
Opel Kadett C.
There is a YT video with a black 2 door sleeper with a 427 BBC..
Slow but they were built like a tank . I put a Weber Carb in mine it made a difference. German design, odd the steering wheel was off center to the driver.
dose it come with a gold brick because that would be the only way it would be worth it.
The original M.S.R.P on a Chevy Chevette was, roughly, $3600. And you're asking triple that. The car may not have balls but you sure as hell do.
@@charlesyoung9980
But it's a classic. 😉
Lol
Someone really preserved this, but why??! 😂😂
These cars were junk in 78'..... still are today! 🤣
My Dad had two, one 1976 rust colored 2 door Chevette and an 81 White 4 door DIESEL ...yes I said Diesel
I worked for a Chevy dealer in the 90s (parts dept) and we had a customer with a Chevette diesel. 1.8 liter, kind of sounded like rocks in a blender when it was running. The only one I have ever seen.
@@johnpartipilo1513 He lived in Illinois and I remember one Winter he forgot to add the stuff to the fuel that keeps it from freezing, it got extremely cold and the diesel fuel looked like thousands of maggots piled on top of each other...he left the car running for a couple days until the weather warmed up
$1500 at the most
Beautiful unit, it's a shame that if it were imported to Brazil it would cost at least 80 thousand dollars! 😔🇧🇷
People laughed at these cars back in the early 80's just like with the Civic😅
No, my Grandmother born in 1899 had a Rolls Royce driven by the butler to get her around town after she stopped driving.
I dated a girl in high school a couple times who had one of these things. She would pack that thing with her girl friends like the sardine can it was. And no, we didn't take her car on the dates, we took one of its big brothers, my Monte Carlo.
Pasadena Tx
1st car was a 76 chevette 2 door 4 speed with NO options. Could fix anything on it with a Cresent wrench and a flat screwdriver. Upgraded to an 82 4 door auto when I went to school. Great little cars. Ran well but the bodies didn't last long in Michigan winters.
Ours blew up 2 days before Christmas in 1983. Horribly underpowered
$4,000.00 new in 1978
5K tops
It looks new 😳 and just as ugly as I remember them 😂 better get the extended warranty with this one. Who saves a car like this? 😂 " Hey baby wanna go for a ride in my Vette" 🤣
$6,900 new
Id almost buy it just to have the fun of showing just how shitty cars were new when i grew up.
0-60 … maybe? lol
LMFAO 😂😆
This is ridiculous. The chevette didn't cost that much new. Besides it's a car, not a classic.
A 1978 Corvette is not worth this much
back in the day this was the worst subcompact money could buy. anything was better
10 grand don't buy what it used to
LMAO
I had the two-door model. Worst car I ever had.
This dog looks like it bites and has rabies. Better keep it chained up.
I owned a blue 1980 Chevy Chevette no air or power steering
Nice Thrifty little cars Owned a 1977 2dr HB, did everythink ok but would not take hills or Grades very well...