The content on the channel is always killer but I'm excited to see Stay Tuned move into the dramatic reenactment game. Kudos to the actors for the moving portrayals of Brenden and the C4 both. The haters said a minivan could never play a vette and you've proved them all wrong!
Fun Fact: The C4 Corvette was so dominant at the Sports Car Club of America's series known as the Showroom Class, that BMW and Porsche, who were running the E30 and the 944, had six to seven full time German engineers at the races to see why the Corvettes were so dominant, consistently finishing First thu Fourth!! The series was set up as a showroom class because all you had to do was add a roll cage for safety and then shave the tires for track grip and go race! The Goodyear Eagle GT tires(Gatorbacks) that came on the Corvette, BMW and Porsche were the one of the first really super sticky, almost R compound tires of the day, taken straight from Formula 1s "rain tires" . The bone stock Corvettes were so unbeatable that the SCCA actually had to start a series called the "Corvette Challenge" because the Germans just couldn't keep up !
@@StayTunedTA Fun Fact 2: Us old heads would remember the 80's movie "Revenge of the Nerds" "Lewis" or actor Robert Carradine was the most dominant of the showroom stock, Corvette drivers, who was inspired by Paul Newman's successful amateur racing career!!
@@StayTunedTA They are on a different level. Everyone hates on them, but I just don't understand why, outside of raddles and plastic that can break. You can't beat that off the line TPI power, insane handling. The Z51 cars were even more next level, with the bilsteins, bigger sway bars, pusher/puller fans and a massive radiator, oil cooler, 12.7:1 steering ratio. and a better rear gear ratio. I think the wheels were 9" wide vs the regular 8, 8.5 wheels. Ok I miss mine now. You have a killer car!
@@lll9416 Robert lived right off Mulholland in the 70s and owned several big block vettes that were modded by Guldstrand and was well known in the canyon scene as a very good driver!
A C4 Corvette has been a staple of my automotive bucket list for years, ever since I got to get up close with my neighbor's. I instantly fell in love with the LCD dash, and I'm a sucker for the pop ups and turbofan wheels. I want to build one as a Vette kart, but I want to try and retain some of the iconic C4 elements like those wheels, pop ups, and the dash, as well as trying to form the exoskeleton to mimic some of the shape and body lines. Such an awesome machine!
the reenactment was hilarious 😂to bad you lost the footage, but other than that it was great show as usual, great stuff that i always look forward to on a Friday 👍
LOL... I worked in a Corvette specialty shop when these came out. The C4 made the C3 seem like a Conestoga wagon. By todays standards, these may as well be a C1, still cool to see one that nice though. Damn I'm getting old...
I love how the sponsored item is integrated into the show and not just a 30 sec time block that everyone eventually skips. It makes people actually want to buy and give it a try. Keep killing it Stay Tuned! We all love the content!
It was a Mach 1, Ford GT and Mustang Bullitt. The mustangs were both new edge. As a new edge mustang Mach 1 owner myself, I was quite stoked to see those pictures up on barbs wall!
Barb’s “not a ford guy” garage full of Mustang posters and a Steeda banner 😂 love it! Great episode. I just got an 85 C4 for my wife and it’s quickly becoming my favorite! Keep it up guys!!
Amazing part about this video is I'm literally working on my just bought c4 in my garage with $68,000 original miles it's a 91 and I'm right now doing valve cover gaskets and draining the antifreeze while I'm watching this video. Amazing Timing
Great find! I have an 86 C4 convertible with just under 29,000 miles. 4-speed, dark red with black top and grey leather interior. Love it. They have their warts but the smiles per dollar can’t be beat. Eventually the low mileage, well preserved and unmolested examples will be more valuable, hang on to it. Finding tires for the original 16 inch wheels is basically impossible now however.
@@Ecosse57 You’re right, but at $526 each it’s painful. Guess you have to pay to play, but irritating I can buy a nice set of C4 Vette 17’s and put new tires on them for far less.
$14k would be steep pre-covid but I think prices have come up on the C4 a bit now that all the other go-to cars of the era have shot up in price. As was said earlier in the video. A $6k C4 would need way more than 8 grand to make it as nice as the low mile csr for $14k. I paid $4k for mine in 2020, I put over 20 into it. Most of that was in upgrades, but stuff like carpet, weatherstripping, digital dash repair all adds up pretty quick. Stay Tuned needs their own C4! Pick a driver quality one up, throw in a ZF6 or TKX and hop up that small block chevy.
I did the same thing, I scoured the earth for a mint 1986 Z-28. Took over a year, found one 8 hours away, outside of Minneapolis. The car was perfect all the way around and has a 5 sp. manual and the owner blew up the 305 and swapped it with a the GM 350HO/330HP crate motor. Trailered it back in a snow storm.
Thanks Tony. My parents bought the 84 “new” corvette and we were the hit of the block at the time. Cross fire injection first yr. Sooo slow. But cool. I will always miss that car. And now in my 50’s I rather get another C4 and upgrade it rather than these new midengines. Thank you so much and will follow you here from now on
I knew that barb was a detail guy at heart. That explains why his garage is so clean. Awesome ride boys. Keep rocking always look forward to stay tuned 🤘🤘
Honestly the C4 corvette is my favourite of the bunch. That retro futuristic styling, wedge body shape, gorgeous turbine wheels, and clean lines are just wonderful. I know they break down, they're neglected, the instrument cluster is unreliable, they're slower than the LS cars, but they're just special feeling and looking.
Having driven a lot of them, the C4 ends up being the last... I don't know what the right word really is... I guess analog or traditional feeling one of the bunch... You drive it and go "okay... muscle car go kart." Not that the newer ones aren't better in every single way. It's just there is a level of rawness about it that makes it fun but it can still be tame and they drive really well. I'd personally want one of each but the C4 is an outlier for sure.
Break down? Seriously? I've had my 87 since 89 and it's been the most reliable car I've ever owned. To this day I wouldn't hesitate to drive it anywhere.
I had an '84 in Black/Black base coupe with chromed factory wheels, it was a slick looking car and reasonably fast for a crossfire, it rode really rough but cornered like a monster flat and balanced well. Pretty rough on the ride though. My wife has an '87 we picked up with 51k mi on it rides better, tuned port better power. And no dreaded Opti-spark...
Rewatching this episode, it's one of my favorites. So much going on here. That 69 Satellite!!! All time dream car there. The Cummins swapped Ford. I'm a Ford truck guy so that thing is great. And of course, the C4. I was a little kid when that car came out, and I was not really a fan. At that time, it was hard not to compare it to a big block C2 with side pipes and think the Corvette had regressed in a big way. But lots of time has passed, and I gained some perspective. Now I love the C4, and that one is an exceptional example. I love that it was owned by one lady who clearly loved it for its whole life. Great stuff!
Excellent buy, I’ve always liked the C4 Corvette, I think it has the best tail lights and headlights. If you get some GM silicone weatherstrip lubricant and put it on all of the door gaskets and seals in that car it will make it nice and quiet again. The majority of all the little squeaks and rattles will go away. Plus if you go through with a Phillips screwdriver and a torque bit and tighten up all the little trim pieces etc. you will have a nice tight car Corvette again.
Nice buy my best friend bought one new in 86 Black and Black Interior in 1989 I bought new a Black IROC later I put K&N air Filter, Matching Recaro bucket seats,Embroidered IROC floor mats and Gold Interior and Flow Master Exhaust,both cars were great fun to own.😊😊
Way back when I was 13 my friends and I used to ride our bikes to a local cars and coffee on Sundays. We did it for a few years, but I was 13 in 1984 and I remember being drawn to the new Vette that was there. It was a bronze color with a black leather interior. I absolutely remember thinking that the interior and dash looked like a spaceship
Loved this video. I bought mine for $375. I went through and cleaned it up though. I probably should have found a $14,000 one though 😂😂. I wish I could send you a picture. You were one of the dudes that inspired me and gave me confidence I could do it.
I have an '85 Z51 4+3 with about 92xxx miles but with a faded paint and needs a clutch. I'm not looking forward to doing that but this video motivates me. I need to get that jack that you guys are using.
I was a GM tech back in the 80's I hated working on those but I loved the test drive. People didn't know or forgot the C4 was the first production car that could hold 1 G in the corners. It could not hold it very long because of the tires technologies at that time. I always felt the 350 TPI in the Corvette was under rated. On paper the 350 TPI where only a little more powerful then the 305 TPI in the Iroc. The cars were night a day. THe only bad thing about that car in the manual transmission and the dash.
@@cdbennett2332 What I meant about the manual transmission and the Dash was they failed even under warranty. 86 was a very bad year for dashes. Some of the Vets had their 3rd dash in under the 3 year/ 36,000 mile warranty. It was also one of the few stock cars that could break its gearbox at the track.
That Doug Nash 4 +3 was kind of cool . For those that don’t know it’s a 4 speed shift with a button on top of the shifter that would let u have 2nd 3rd and 4th gear in to an overdrive. Essentially a 7 speed. When in overdrive you could mash it to the floor and it would kick down
The hp wasn't very different between the L98 and LB9 (when using the same cam) but the L98 had a good bit more torque. They got within 15hp of eachother but the torque split between the best examples of those engins was 45lb/ft.
As a guy who is refurbishing a 1988 manual C4 coupe, I would say that this car was worth _every bit_ of $14.5k. People today just don't understand what a serious, well-engineered, world class sports car the C4 Corvette was. It was the C8 of its day, but that was 40 years ago and we had no internet back then. However, you can still look up period road tests in the Car&Driver archives, for example, and you just might be amazed at how good the C4 really is. They are incredible bargains hiding in plain sight today. A word of caution on a car like this one, though. Every original piece of rubber in it is now roughly 40 years old and needs to be replaced. That includes fuel lines, for example! Fire sucks... It also includes coolant lines, brake lines, suspension bushings, weather seals, etc.
I bought one of these cars out of a Quaker steak & lube a few years ago when they closed.. it was up on a lift in the restaurant and you could eat at the table under it! Always had a soft spot for them!
As I get older... Certain old cars like these start looking nicer and nicer. To see this amazing Corvette looking so pristine is amazing! That is one gorgeous machine. That stereo looks perfect in there.
I like the c4 body style. And I think that was the first modern Corvette that was lighter and redesigned, and I was told the 95 and 96 are the most desirable, and have the most power and a 6-speed manual. I also like the tilt front end.
Indeed. The C4 was a serious sports car where the earlier generation cars were more along with the muscle car tradition despite a few nods to thoroughbred ideas. In the early years the C4 comprehensively beat on track everything Europe and Japan could muster. It was the first production car to break 1G on the skid pad too, with street tires.
Congrats! What a clean ride!! I was a painter at a Chevy dealer in the early/mid 90s. Loved working on the C4s!! A set of fresh tires, and a C4 will get it done on a auto cross course!!
man thats a nice vette. definitely the way to buy. seems like a decent price too. i ran across the same dilemma when i bought my 08 mustang. i looked at a bunch of junk. ended up spending a little more and bought an original owner, 7500 mile 08 mustang gt. thought i over paid for it but man the prices have gone nuts since i purchased it in 2019.
Most people lump the C4 into the 'pig, stay away' category, but if you buy the right year models (ie from when the LT1 started, up to the LT4) they are a gem of a car to operate and service maybe bar a couple of things like Optisparks and leaky tops - but they are one time fixes, do it once and then it's done probably for the life of you owning the car. I reckon they look real tough looking at the front end with the pumped arches and sleek uncluttered bonnetline, especially with the Callaway models with the wider arches and fat 335 tank treads
The acting in the reenactment was Oscar-caliber. Amazing. That body style is looking better over time, I think. It does have a simplicity and clean-ness. And yeah, when that car came out it was a step change in performance.
Hey guys, I'm 62 years old. And I remember those cars very well when I was younger. IT'S worth every penny he paid for it. He stole that car. You'll not find a cleaner one.
@LEOhopeful There might be plenty of cars with twenty thousand miles or less, but how many 37 YR old corvette Have less than twenty thousand miles? Not many
Stole no, a good deal yes. Have to remember that generation corvette was not a performance car so to speak. So you’re paying 14k for a mint 27k mile car from the late 80s. That happens to be a corvette
That 4+3 trans was awesome. You could cruise in top gear button down then stomp it and it would drop to 2nd and shift all the way back up by itself automatically. Amazing for the 80's.
$14.5k is *strong* money for that car, but that age + that mileage + that condition is impossible to find outside of a collector car lot, and in that context it's pretty damn cheap.
Agreed, your paying for the cars condition. Plus with the prices of today's car where are you going to get something that cool for that price. Win win I say.
true, but pretty soon these are gonna go up in value after all the cheap ones are used up, and people realize what a impact this car actually has had on everything performance from cheverolet. It would have been the end if not for the c4. Love mine. wouldnt take 20 for it as it sits, and it sits pretty much as this one does with my own mods done to my taste which is all i care about.
@@funify11xAside from the historical significance of the C4, it's literally just an awesome car. People sleep on it because it "only" makes 245hp in this hp obsessed era. Except it does 0-60 in 5.5sec, has 340lb torque, weighs light, and has a 51/49 weight distribution. I've owned 400hp+ modern muscle cars but my C4 is easily the coolest car of the bunch. Exudes retro while being a good driving car, especially with the 6 speed manual You're right they'll go up in value as less and less will be available on the market while demand stays the same.
Those bolts came off pretty easy for a 37 year old Pennsylvania exhaust, that was last inspected in August of 92. Congrats on the purchase. 3 pedals, 4+3, red leather, best of friends; that's the awesome part.
This is cool. I've been looking for a later c4 or a c5. It's too bad the 96 C4 Grand Sport or any other with the lt4 get a premium because that's what I want. I'll keep looking
@@StayTunedTATony and crew... My heart is set on a C4 LT4 or a C5 Z06 or a C5 HTC. But I do like the C4 ZR1 and will add to the search. Keep on rocking fellas!
ZR1s are really fast and collectible. They are a bit more complex but there are lots of resources for them. I’ve driven two of them and they are very impressive. If you get the chance to drive one looking for a C4, do it!
My coworker has a c4 that has a very low amount of miles on it. He also purchased it from a widow a few years back for half of what your buddy paid! It handles great! My cousin had a C4 ZR1 back in the day and I remember it being very very fast when i was 13!
I really loved how clean it was with those wide tires and sick engine, but when I saw the dash with the cool looking gauges, I was like OMG I have to have one of those. The way that tachometer looks when you step on the gas would have looked space age and high tech back in 86. It looks that way to me now, I love it. That thing is sick. It's like a time capsule.
Hands down the best down to earth, best personalities, best project selections, and straight up fun having dudes in the automotive RUclips world. Thanks, dudes!
I have never been so happy that video content was lost. Gave me a good chuckle. Now get the editor to lower the volume of the music during the montages and the whole thing was golden!
I’ve had my 1986 C4 for almost 30 years. The 383 it has now makes it. You should talk him into doing that. It sort of negates the 1986 smog detuning and makes it more competitive with today’s cars, and you can use the numbers matching block to do it. Late year alum heads mean roller block, one piece seal. With 27,000 miles, it’s clearance the block, change rotating assy, pick your cam AFR heads and hold on
As an 80's child I love it. What a time capsule. I'd almost feel bad modifying it past an exhaust and wheels and lowering bolts.... almost. Gotta blast some Motley Crue and Van Halen and Def Leppard in there!
My neighbor had a red on growing up always garage keep and absolutely beautiful. Red with black interior I wanted it so bad as a teenager!! I even tried to buy it from him when I bought his house.
Just sold my 1994 with 28K on it (consignment sale) for about the same price. Red with black interior and a 6spd. Owned the car for 25 years but got tired of driving it. I'm tall and the cabin was uncomfortable for any sort of long trip. Loved the way it looked though. Bought an Alfa Romeo Giulia QV and I'm loving driving again. Love the channel.
That’s a pristine example of a great car. I’m taken back to being 12 years old, and my distant cousin visiting from out of town…took me out in his gold 88 C4. What a thrill!
I’m a man of a certain age (40-45) and my dream car remains a C4 ZR1. I had an abundance of Hot Wheels and Matchbox C4s that I still have. Excellent buy.
My 15 year old son. Was given an 85 c4. Needed a bunch of work but it's coming around. Did a 0411 pcm swap and just rebuilt a 96 4l60e for it 👍. He loves it
I have 1989 corvette convenable with 6200 miles on it. The wife wanted a spit and shine car so when I got this it had 2650 miles so she got basically a new car . We had it now for 5 years. It still smells brand new.
This is the C4 of my dreams. But i think that will always be a dream because a manual corvette with these cool colors and this interior with the electric seats and all that stuff and the low mileage is so rare 😭
Tony, Y'all are great friends, you take care of each other! Nice group of Guys! Working on interior plastic is nerve racking,especially if someone else has been in there. Working on an older car interior plastic is a whole other ball game! I know it will be handled with outstanding care. Great job Guys!🏁🏁🏁🏁
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The content on the channel is always killer but I'm excited to see Stay Tuned move into the dramatic reenactment game. Kudos to the actors for the moving portrayals of Brenden and the C4 both. The haters said a minivan could never play a vette and you've proved them all wrong!
HAHA, I will be calling the Academy and letting them know, it is award season after all.
There was a minivan?
Major Poochie vibes with that left turn and the text. Production isn't low quality but i dig the shoot from the hip nature of it. Killing it.
You just made c4 corvettes cool and relevant again.
@@StayTunedTA I was waiting for you to kiss "him". LOL
Fun Fact: The C4 Corvette was so dominant at the Sports Car Club of America's series known as the Showroom Class, that BMW and Porsche, who were running the E30 and the 944, had six to seven full time German engineers at the races to see why the Corvettes were so dominant, consistently finishing First thu Fourth!!
The series was set up as a showroom class because all you had to do was add a roll cage for safety and then shave the tires for track grip and go race! The Goodyear Eagle GT tires(Gatorbacks) that came on the Corvette, BMW and Porsche were the one of the first really super sticky, almost R compound tires of the day, taken straight from Formula 1s "rain tires" .
The bone stock Corvettes were so unbeatable that the SCCA actually had to start a series called the "Corvette Challenge" because the Germans just couldn't keep up !
That's wild, it drove a ton better than I imagined and the steering is razor sharp! I could see it being pretty great on a track.
@@StayTunedTA Fun Fact 2: Us old heads would remember the 80's movie "Revenge of the Nerds"
"Lewis" or actor Robert Carradine was the most dominant of the showroom stock, Corvette drivers, who was inspired by Paul Newman's successful amateur racing career!!
@@StayTunedTA They are on a different level. Everyone hates on them, but I just don't understand why, outside of raddles and plastic that can break. You can't beat that off the line TPI power, insane handling. The Z51 cars were even more next level, with the bilsteins, bigger sway bars, pusher/puller fans and a massive radiator, oil cooler, 12.7:1 steering ratio. and a better rear gear ratio. I think the wheels were 9" wide vs the regular 8, 8.5 wheels. Ok I miss mine now. You have a killer car!
Kinda seems a little unfair that the germans only went up with daily traffic while chevrolet would enter a fully fletched sports car.
@@lll9416 Robert lived right off Mulholland in the 70s and owned several big block vettes that were modded by Guldstrand and was well known in the canyon scene as a very good driver!
Tony is the best. Everyone needs a friend like Tony. Great dude.
Barb is so under rated though.
A C4 Corvette has been a staple of my automotive bucket list for years, ever since I got to get up close with my neighbor's. I instantly fell in love with the LCD dash, and I'm a sucker for the pop ups and turbofan wheels. I want to build one as a Vette kart, but I want to try and retain some of the iconic C4 elements like those wheels, pop ups, and the dash, as well as trying to form the exoskeleton to mimic some of the shape and body lines. Such an awesome machine!
finally a C4 with the sawblades facing the right way, owner knows his stuff
Those aren't sawblades...
the reenactment was hilarious 😂to bad you lost the footage, but other than that it was great show as usual, great stuff that i always look forward to on a Friday 👍
Aw man, this is pure 80's nostalgia in a sleek, sexy package. I never was a fan of corvettes until now.
LOL... I worked in a Corvette specialty shop when these came out. The C4 made the C3 seem like a Conestoga wagon. By todays standards, these may as well be a C1, still cool to see one that nice though. Damn I'm getting old...
I love how the sponsored item is integrated into the show and not just a 30 sec time block that everyone eventually skips. It makes people actually want to buy and give it a try. Keep killing it Stay Tuned! We all love the content!
Barb's garage looks exactly how I would imagine in. Floor clean enough to eat off, and did I spot a Mustang Cobra picture on the wall?
Wonder what car was in the other room?
It was a Mach 1, Ford GT and Mustang Bullitt. The mustangs were both new edge. As a new edge mustang Mach 1 owner myself, I was quite stoked to see those pictures up on barbs wall!
@@Kbhatti604 thanks! I have a 99 Cobra myself but I usually can't tell the NEs apart without seeing the hood.
@@Kbhatti604 oh I was referring to the car in the other room. Are you referring to the pics only?
That retro stereo is a great addition. Looks right at home
Barb’s “not a ford guy” garage full of Mustang posters and a Steeda banner 😂 love it!
Great episode. I just got an 85 C4 for my wife and it’s quickly becoming my favorite!
Keep it up guys!!
good to the last owner that kept it so clean and cared for it.
Amazing part about this video is I'm literally working on my just bought c4 in my garage with $68,000 original miles it's a 91 and I'm right now doing valve cover gaskets and draining the antifreeze while I'm watching this video. Amazing Timing
Great find! I have an 86 C4 convertible with just under 29,000 miles. 4-speed, dark red with black top and grey leather interior. Love it. They have their warts but the smiles per dollar can’t be beat. Eventually the low mileage, well preserved and unmolested examples will be more valuable, hang on to it. Finding tires for the original 16 inch wheels is basically impossible now however.
i feel this pain with an 86 t/a........i just want a nice set of 255/50/r16s but they are unobtainium
coker tire may have the right tires for your vette.
@@Ecosse57 You’re right, but at $526 each it’s painful. Guess you have to pay to play, but irritating I can buy a nice set of C4 Vette 17’s and put new tires on them for far less.
What is the replacement option?
@@theglitch99 Michelin Pilot Sports.
$14k would be steep pre-covid but I think prices have come up on the C4 a bit now that all the other go-to cars of the era have shot up in price. As was said earlier in the video. A $6k C4 would need way more than 8 grand to make it as nice as the low mile csr for $14k.
I paid $4k for mine in 2020, I put over 20 into it. Most of that was in upgrades, but stuff like carpet, weatherstripping, digital dash repair all adds up pretty quick.
Stay Tuned needs their own C4! Pick a driver quality one up, throw in a ZF6 or TKX and hop up that small block chevy.
I paid $17k for mine 89 with 35k miles in very good condition.
@@pawsnpistons Manual I hope
I did the same thing, I scoured the earth for a mint 1986 Z-28. Took over a year, found one 8 hours away, outside of Minneapolis. The car was perfect all the way around and has a 5 sp. manual and the owner blew up the 305 and swapped it with a the GM 350HO/330HP crate motor. Trailered it back in a snow storm.
That's awesome. Do you still have it?
Yes, sir.@@StayTunedTA
Thanks Tony. My parents bought the 84 “new” corvette and we were the hit of the block at the time. Cross fire injection first yr. Sooo slow. But cool. I will always miss that car. And now in my 50’s I rather get another C4 and upgrade it rather than these new midengines. Thank you so much and will follow you here from now on
Agreed, you can swap a ZZ4 or better in them and have a blast, it's also nice to sit on the wheel and work on them, easy to hot rod.
I knew that barb was a detail guy at heart. That explains why his garage is so clean. Awesome ride boys. Keep rocking always look forward to stay tuned 🤘🤘
Honestly the C4 corvette is my favourite of the bunch. That retro futuristic styling, wedge body shape, gorgeous turbine wheels, and clean lines are just wonderful.
I know they break down, they're neglected, the instrument cluster is unreliable, they're slower than the LS cars, but they're just special feeling and looking.
Having driven a lot of them, the C4 ends up being the last... I don't know what the right word really is... I guess analog or traditional feeling one of the bunch... You drive it and go "okay... muscle car go kart." Not that the newer ones aren't better in every single way. It's just there is a level of rawness about it that makes it fun but it can still be tame and they drive really well. I'd personally want one of each but the C4 is an outlier for sure.
@@ratherbeboating10 thank you for your reply! I'll bear it in mind so if I ever get to drive one I'll know what to enjoy about them
Every TPI car that I've known, mine, the ones my friends own/ed, and the one a former boss owned, are/were all extremely reliable.
Break down? Seriously? I've had my 87 since 89 and it's been the most reliable car I've ever owned. To this day I wouldn't hesitate to drive it anywhere.
96 with lt4 is actually faster than the LS
Well done Barb! That paint looks amazing!
Oh my gosh the dramatic reenactment is better than any original reaction ever!!!!
Followed you since your FD judge/clubloose days, absolutely love the show. Never I have wanted a C4 that much, this thing looks incredible in black
I had an '84 in Black/Black base coupe with chromed factory wheels, it was a slick looking car and reasonably fast for a crossfire, it rode really rough but cornered like a monster flat and balanced well. Pretty rough on the ride though. My wife has an '87 we picked up with 51k mi on it rides better, tuned port better power. And no dreaded Opti-spark...
Rewatching this episode, it's one of my favorites. So much going on here. That 69 Satellite!!! All time dream car there. The Cummins swapped Ford. I'm a Ford truck guy so that thing is great. And of course, the C4. I was a little kid when that car came out, and I was not really a fan. At that time, it was hard not to compare it to a big block C2 with side pipes and think the Corvette had regressed in a big way. But lots of time has passed, and I gained some perspective. Now I love the C4, and that one is an exceptional example. I love that it was owned by one lady who clearly loved it for its whole life. Great stuff!
Excellent buy, I’ve always liked the C4 Corvette, I think it has the best tail lights and headlights. If you get some GM silicone weatherstrip lubricant and put it on all of the door gaskets and seals in that car it will make it nice and quiet again. The majority of all the little squeaks and rattles will go away. Plus if you go through with a Phillips screwdriver and a torque bit and tighten up all the little trim pieces etc. you will have a nice tight car Corvette again.
Nice buy my best friend bought one new in 86 Black and Black Interior in 1989 I bought new a Black IROC later I put K&N air Filter, Matching Recaro bucket seats,Embroidered IROC floor mats and Gold Interior and Flow Master Exhaust,both cars were great fun to own.😊😊
Phenomenal car and great little improvements. Cheers 🇨🇦
Way back when I was 13 my friends and I used to ride our bikes to a local cars and coffee on Sundays. We did it for a few years, but I was 13 in 1984 and I remember being drawn to the new Vette that was there. It was a bronze color with a black leather interior. I absolutely remember thinking that the interior and dash looked like a spaceship
Loved this video. I bought mine for $375. I went through and cleaned it up though. I probably should have found a $14,000 one though 😂😂. I wish I could send you a picture. You were one of the dudes that inspired me and gave me confidence I could do it.
the reenactment was really the cherry on top of this sundae of an episode, so funny hahaha
That was a great video. This channel has exceeded my expectations. I hope y'all never stop doing this....
Dude stole that car! So sick. That lady rowing gears like a badass. Good for her!
I drove one of those new in 86, I was in the navy and my buddy's dad bought him the Vette. What a great car.
They have definitely aged well!
The early C4s with the rear round tail lamps are attractive. Thanks for sharing. Congratulations on this purchase
Car looks amazing. I love the diverse content you guys have. A fun surprise every Friday. This one makes me want a Corvette.
That ending was perfect. "Brenden" loved it.
Sweet ride 👍 love that old ford pick up
It's killer for sure!
I have an '85 Z51 4+3 with about 92xxx miles but with a faded paint and needs a clutch. I'm not looking forward to doing that but this video motivates me. I need to get that jack that you guys are using.
I was a GM tech back in the 80's I hated working on those but I loved the test drive. People didn't know or forgot the C4 was the first production car that could hold 1 G in the corners. It could not hold it very long because of the tires technologies at that time. I always felt the 350 TPI in the Corvette was under rated. On paper the 350 TPI where only a little more powerful then the 305 TPI in the Iroc. The cars were night a day. THe only bad thing about that car in the manual transmission and the dash.
DASH IS HEIDIOUS, LOL.
The dash is cool. The 90+ are better.
@@cdbennett2332 What I meant about the manual transmission and the Dash was they failed even under warranty. 86 was a very bad year for dashes. Some of the Vets had their 3rd dash in under the 3 year/ 36,000 mile warranty. It was also one of the few stock cars that could break its gearbox at the track.
That Doug Nash 4 +3 was kind of cool . For those that don’t know it’s a 4 speed shift with a button on top of the shifter that would let u have 2nd 3rd and 4th gear in to an overdrive. Essentially a 7 speed. When in overdrive you could mash it to the floor and it would kick down
The hp wasn't very different between the L98 and LB9 (when using the same cam) but the L98 had a good bit more torque. They got within 15hp of eachother but the torque split between the best examples of those engins was 45lb/ft.
As a guy who is refurbishing a 1988 manual C4 coupe, I would say that this car was worth _every bit_ of $14.5k. People today just don't understand what a serious, well-engineered, world class sports car the C4 Corvette was. It was the C8 of its day, but that was 40 years ago and we had no internet back then. However, you can still look up period road tests in the Car&Driver archives, for example, and you just might be amazed at how good the C4 really is. They are incredible bargains hiding in plain sight today.
A word of caution on a car like this one, though. Every original piece of rubber in it is now roughly 40 years old and needs to be replaced. That includes fuel lines, for example! Fire sucks... It also includes coolant lines, brake lines, suspension bushings, weather seals, etc.
I bought one of these cars out of a Quaker steak & lube a few years ago when they closed.. it was up on a lift in the restaurant and you could eat at the table under it! Always had a soft spot for them!
I have one of their lifts that used to be a salad bar. Haha.
Wow, that's crazy!
As I get older... Certain old cars like these start looking nicer and nicer. To see this amazing Corvette looking so pristine is amazing! That is one gorgeous machine. That stereo looks perfect in there.
I like the c4 body style. And I think that was the first modern Corvette that was lighter and redesigned, and I was told the 95 and 96 are the most desirable, and have the most power and a 6-speed manual. I also like the tilt front end.
Indeed. The C4 was a serious sports car where the earlier generation cars were more along with the muscle car tradition despite a few nods to thoroughbred ideas. In the early years the C4 comprehensively beat on track everything Europe and Japan could muster. It was the first production car to break 1G on the skid pad too, with street tires.
Thank you for not putting Carona and I's 30 year old almost antique C4 down. It is a Corvette! Good show!
so excited to see c4s getting some love ! c4's are fkn awesome. I've had 3. currently own a 96 and a 01 z06. love me some vettes.
Congrats! What a clean ride!! I was a painter at a Chevy dealer in the early/mid 90s. Loved working on the C4s!! A set of fresh tires, and a C4 will get it done on a auto cross course!!
man thats a nice vette. definitely the way to buy. seems like a decent price too. i ran across the same dilemma when i bought my 08 mustang. i looked at a bunch of junk. ended up spending a little more and bought an original owner, 7500 mile 08 mustang gt. thought i over paid for it but man the prices have gone nuts since i purchased it in 2019.
It makes sense to even overpay a little, as it's always more expensive than you think to put everything right on an average car.
Great reenactment! She deserves an Emmy 😂
Best car show on the internet ATM. keep up the good honest work. :)
Thanks so much!
I loved this!! I never would have noticed the reenactment if you hadn't actually told us there was one! 👍👍👍
Most people lump the C4 into the 'pig, stay away' category, but if you buy the right year models (ie from when the LT1 started, up to the LT4) they are a gem of a car to operate and service maybe bar a couple of things like Optisparks and leaky tops - but they are one time fixes, do it once and then it's done probably for the life of you owning the car. I reckon they look real tough looking at the front end with the pumped arches and sleek uncluttered bonnetline, especially with the Callaway models with the wider arches and fat 335 tank treads
The acting in the reenactment was Oscar-caliber. Amazing. That body style is looking better over time, I think. It does have a simplicity and clean-ness. And yeah, when that car came out it was a step change in performance.
Hey guys, I'm 62 years old. And I remember those cars very well when I was younger. IT'S worth every penny he paid for it. He stole that car. You'll not find a cleaner one.
Lol
Facts!
You'd be surprised, there are plenty of sub 20k mile cars out there. You don't see them, because they don't get driven
@LEOhopeful There might be plenty of cars with twenty thousand miles or less, but how many 37 YR old corvette Have less than twenty thousand miles? Not many
Stole no, a good deal yes. Have to remember that generation corvette was not a performance car so to speak. So you’re paying 14k for a mint 27k mile car from the late 80s. That happens to be a corvette
Wow, the difference with the detail work is amazing
That 4+3 trans was awesome. You could cruise in top gear button down then stomp it and it would drop to 2nd and shift all the way back up by itself automatically. Amazing for the 80's.
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Be prepared for the 4+3 explosion
Clearly you don't understand what the 4+3 was, you could not cruise in fourth gear and have it downshift to
This channel is always an instant thumbs up from me. I don't even read the titles, juts open the video immediately and smash that like button.
$14.5k is *strong* money for that car, but that age + that mileage + that condition is impossible to find outside of a collector car lot, and in that context it's pretty damn cheap.
Agreed, your paying for the cars condition. Plus with the prices of today's car where are you going to get something that cool for that price. Win win I say.
true, but pretty soon these are gonna go up in value after all the cheap ones are used up, and people realize what a impact this car actually has had on everything performance from cheverolet. It would have been the end if not for the c4. Love mine. wouldnt take 20 for it as it sits, and it sits pretty much as this one does with my own mods done to my taste which is all i care about.
@@funify11xAside from the historical significance of the C4, it's literally just an awesome car. People sleep on it because it "only" makes 245hp in this hp obsessed era. Except it does 0-60 in 5.5sec, has 340lb torque, weighs light, and has a 51/49 weight distribution.
I've owned 400hp+ modern muscle cars but my C4 is easily the coolest car of the bunch. Exudes retro while being a good driving car, especially with the 6 speed manual
You're right they'll go up in value as less and less will be available on the market while demand stays the same.
Those bolts came off pretty easy for a 37 year old Pennsylvania exhaust, that was last inspected in August of 92. Congrats on the purchase. 3 pedals, 4+3, red leather, best of friends; that's the awesome part.
This is cool. I've been looking for a later c4 or a c5. It's too bad the 96 C4 Grand Sport or any other with the lt4 get a premium because that's what I want. I'll keep looking
Think about the ZR1! They are super rad.
@@StayTunedTATony and crew... My heart is set on a C4 LT4 or a C5 Z06 or a C5 HTC. But I do like the C4 ZR1 and will add to the search. Keep on rocking fellas!
LS swap the late gen c4. That’s really the way to go.
ZR1s are really fast and collectible. They are a bit more complex but there are lots of resources for them. I’ve driven two of them and they are very impressive. If you get the chance to drive one looking for a C4, do it!
@@kylekloewer951 a bit more complex lol just a bit
My coworker has a c4 that has a very low amount of miles on it. He also purchased it from a widow a few years back for half of what your buddy paid! It handles great! My cousin had a C4 ZR1 back in the day and I remember it being very very fast when i was 13!
I really loved how clean it was with those wide tires and sick engine, but when I saw the dash with the cool looking gauges, I was like OMG I have to have one of those. The way that tachometer looks when you step on the gas would have looked space age and high tech back in 86. It looks that way to me now, I love it. That thing is sick. It's like a time capsule.
Hands down the best down to earth, best personalities, best project selections, and straight up fun having dudes in the automotive RUclips world. Thanks, dudes!
I am so glad I watched this to the end!! That dramatic reinactmenet was the best!!!
I remember that truck from one of your old episodes. Wonderful project!!
Congrats on the c4, such a cool car
AWESOME I literally just bought a c4 with exactly 27,000 miles on it. And it's black I absolutely love it.
Aye Tony, when I was 21 I had a 1988 corvette. White with red interior, auto. The gauges had just been redone, and the car was MINT. Underrated car.
I have never been so happy that video content was lost. Gave me a good chuckle. Now get the editor to lower the volume of the music during the montages and the whole thing was golden!
As soon as I saw how nice the headlights went up and down…I was like dang 😊
That thing is awesome, I had a 87 C4 I drove as my daily driver for years, it was lot's of fun
Tasteful upgrades...wha what!! Beautiful C-4 and great to have friends like Tony and crew making some cool changes. Keep up the good work.
I originally thought is was too much money but after hearing the owners story and seeing the once over I think it’s worth every penny.
She must have been the coolest grandma ever
The reenactment was spot on... I feel like I didn't miss anything. Go Tony!
I’ve had my 1986 C4 for almost 30 years. The 383 it has now makes it.
You should talk him into doing that. It sort of negates the 1986 smog detuning and makes it more competitive with today’s cars, and you can use the numbers matching block to do it.
Late year alum heads mean roller block, one piece seal. With 27,000 miles, it’s clearance the block, change rotating assy, pick your cam AFR heads and hold on
As an 80's child I love it. What a time capsule. I'd almost feel bad modifying it past an exhaust and wheels and lowering bolts.... almost. Gotta blast some Motley Crue and Van Halen and Def Leppard in there!
My neighbor had a red on growing up always garage keep and absolutely beautiful. Red with black interior I wanted it so bad as a teenager!! I even tried to buy it from him when I bought his house.
Just sold my 1994 with 28K on it (consignment sale) for about the same price. Red with black interior and a 6spd. Owned the car for 25 years but got tired of driving it. I'm tall and the cabin was uncomfortable for any sort of long trip. Loved the way it looked though. Bought an Alfa Romeo Giulia QV and I'm loving driving again. Love the channel.
so rad, great work guys, thats really what "friends" means
How about a bit of love for the lady who owned it? Wicked ride that's been beautifully maintained. She rules!
That’s a pristine example of a great car. I’m taken back to being 12 years old, and my distant cousin visiting from out of town…took me out in his gold 88 C4. What a thrill!
That interior makes it. Those cars were way ahead of their time.
Beautiful car! I have an 86 c4 as well, copper metallic with tan interior, just a hair over 46,000 miles on it. Lots of fun to drive!
Why was I kind of attracted to Brenden in the Reenactment scene ?
YOU ARE A GREAT FRIEND, TONY.
Henry, from N.E.PA.
I’m a man of a certain age (40-45) and my dream car remains a C4 ZR1. I had an abundance of Hot Wheels and Matchbox C4s that I still have. Excellent buy.
the truck pulling the trailer is very cool
I have an 89 C4 with the 6 speed. It's a really great roadtrip car. I can drive it 16-18 hours at a crack and not sore or particularly tired at all.
I just bought a 1989 C4 from original owner. Only 34,000 miles. Can't wait until spring time to drive it!!
The Silk Jacket hahah yeeesssss!!!! Official Corvette guy now... for life, lol.
Absolutely love this video, just everything is spot on. The passion and enthusiasm is just infectious 😅
My 15 year old son. Was given an 85 c4. Needed a bunch of work but it's coming around. Did a 0411 pcm swap and just rebuilt a 96 4l60e for it 👍. He loves it
I JUST two weeks ago picked up a ‘91 6sp Vette…this was really cool to watch. Congrats on the great buy and thanks for video.
Tony put his cleanest overall on. Nice
I have 1989 corvette convenable with 6200 miles on it. The wife wanted a spit and shine car so when I got this it had 2650 miles so she got basically a new car . We had it now for 5 years. It still smells brand new.
That ending was hilarious.
Barb paint correction was very enjoyable to watch.
This is the C4 of my dreams. But i think that will always be a dream because a manual corvette with these cool colors and this interior with the electric seats and all that stuff and the low mileage is so rare 😭
Thanks a lot Tony now i want a corvette 😃 that paint came out beautiful !
That reenactment was premium!! Well done
Wait, that lady got a manual trans C4 Vette for her 40th birthday?...now that's a badass legend of a woman right there!...
Tony, Y'all are great friends, you take care of each other! Nice group of Guys! Working on interior plastic is nerve racking,especially if someone else has been in there. Working on an older car interior plastic is a whole other ball game! I know it will be handled with outstanding care. Great job Guys!🏁🏁🏁🏁