Today’s Nice Price or No Dice C5 Corvette has a six-speed stick and a massive rear wing that certainly makes a statement. Let’s see if its price is contrastingly demure.
Custom cars and trucks never get much appreciation around here, and the SBC-powered 1985 Toyota 4Runner we looked at last Friday proved no exception. As nice a build as that appeared to be, it wasn’t what you might call a crowd-pleaser. That was seemingly obvious to the seller, who had to reduce the price of the truck a good bit even before we laid eyeballs on it. For our contest, the asking price was $22,500, and that seemingly wasn’t enough of a drop as you all voted it down in a massive 88 percent No Dice loss.
Friday’s 4Runner was the last vote and last No Dice for 2023. It’s now a bright and shiny 2024, a new year full of new opportunities and possibilities. One of those possibilities is that you might be poised to be a Corvette owner. Consider your regalia. Do you possess a pair of Jorts? Is there a pair of white New Balance walkers taking up prime real estate in your shoe rack? Have you ever worn—or are you now presently wearing—a visor?
If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, then you are well on the way to the full official Corvette owner uniform. Congratulations! Now we just need to find you a ‘Vette. Oh, look, here’s one now.
This 2007 Chevy Corvette C6 seems to have a lot going for it, as well as a few questionable attributes that we’ll get to. In the plus column, the car sports the Tremec six-speed manual behind its 6.0-liter LS2 V8. That does have the Computer Aided Gear Shifting (CAGS) nanny that forced 1-4 shifts when not calling up the engine’s full corral of 400 ponies.
Another feather in this Corvette’s cap is the Z51 performance package. That offers stiffer springs, fatter anti-sway bars, re-valved shocks, and bigger, cross-drilled brakes, making for an excellent balance of ride and handling.
In this car, all that has only done a modest 80,870 miles over the course of its road life. A clean title, new brakes, and an overall clean appearance add to the ’Vette’s allure.
On the downside, while the mileage is low, those miles do seem to be well documented in the grunginess of the driver’s seat. That should only take a good detailing to correct, but… well, yuck.
Then there’s the twin issues of that big, dumb wing on the hatch and the muffler delete that might make the car noisier than most would like. Both of those modifications will be moderately expensive to revise, especially the wing since it appears to be bolted through the hatch, requiring patching and painting (or a new hatch) to eliminate properly.
Other than the wing, the car looks pretty sweet in its LeMans Blue paint and chromed factory alloys. The interior, aside from the driver’s throne, seems problem-free and fully optioned. According to the seller, an extra set of rear tires will come along with the car as an added enticement. The asking price is $15,500, and that, just like the price on yesterday’s Toyota, is claimed to be a recent reduction.
But is it enough of a reduction for our tastes? What do you think? Is this be-winged C6 worth that $15,500 as it is presented in the ad? Or do the minor but expensive-to-undo mods mean the seller isn’t done with the price reductions?
You decide!
Gainsville, Florida, Craigslist, or go here if the ad disappears.
H/T to Don R. for the hookup!
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