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The early corvettes will be around forever. There is no way a C7 will be serviceable 50 years from now unless owned by a very rich person.
There is no way a C7 will be serviceable 50 years from now.
I think they'll go as so long as you maintain them. Certainly more reliable and robust than cars built 50 years ago. Now if your point is that only collectible cars with internal combustion engines will be on the road and all others will be replaced by electrics or fuel cell vehicles, you might make a case that few C7s will be on the road. But even plastic bumper '70s 'vettes are still running around and those prices bottomed out about 10 years ago.
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I think a few wars have started over that issue.
I was referring to the cost of keeping the car running. All those sensors and computers and electronic data busses, etc. I love the idea of a corvette so I went and drove several with 60,000 to 120,000 miles on them and came to the conclusion that once a corvette gets some miles on it, it is just a chevy. I am not in a position to trade every 3 years so if I ever have to put motorcycling aside I will probably end up with a miata for the driving experience that most closely resembles being on a motorcycle.Don't get me wrong. I am a GM guy. I have had the GM CC since they were introduced. I drive GMC trucks and Buick cars for my wife.
I do think about that with a lot of today's "electronic gizmo" cars. But, leave it to the cottage industries to come to the rescue. Electronic dashboards are now fixed cheaply by guys at their kitchen tables. Other previously throw away parts are now rebuilt and put back in service. I got a car magazine in the mail yesterday showing how to adjust my 35 yr old, one yr only, electronic carb on my '81 Vette by jumping some carb connections with a dwell meter (remember those?) I've had factory and aftermarket manuals on that carb for 25 years that never told about that stuff. If there's a will there's a way.
Having spent an evening with Triple Jim yesterday at Willville, chatting about exactly such things, I agree with this 100%. Jim makes his living producing and selling out-of-production electronics for old Kawasakis, and selling them for pretty reasonable prices.When Norge dashboards or Corvette ECUs or John Deere EMS units are out of production, some smart guy will start laying out a replacement, contracting with a micro-electronics outfit for making 200 of them (or soldering them up on his kitchen table), and keeping that world going.Lannis
Yes, and no disrespect for what Jim builds....but a Vette, if it's like a Chevy truck, has a very complicated multi unit ECU that's a a million times more complex than a bike ignition...I believe even the heating and AC.is computer controlled. On the other hand, the dash gauges failed in my 03 Silverado ,so I sent the dash panel to a guy working in house who replaced all the stepper motors and made it like new for 100 bucks ... A clever home mechanic with a 300 buck scanner can work on modern vehicles but if the ECU is wiped out, well I don't know who in 50 years will have access to all info needed even for minimal function... Compare me building my record holder vintage Triumph land speed racer in a home shop to a Moto GP bike.....
I'm sure what you say is true .... well, not sure about the "million times more" ... if it were that complicated no one could have even invented it.I just know that "Necessity is the Mother of Invention" and that if it was designed and built by a guy, it can be redesigned and rebuilt by another guy ....Lannis
Designed and built by hundreds of engineers in concert with other engineers from different parts vendors......
Like I said, for a Corvette you can get any part for any year. It's the most supported car on the road.If there is only one internal combustion powered car on the road 50-100 years from now, it will be a Corvette.
Or the Renault 2 CV . Dusty
If there is only one internal combustion powered car on the road 50-100 years from now, it will be a Corvette.
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Nope - it will be a Tri-Five Chevy. There is hardly a part that is not available for our '57 - from the most obscure trim piece to floor pans, glass with date correct markings, to bodies, to frames.jdg
......and even more so for Corvettes.
Corvette total production as of 6/23/2013: 1.56 millionVW (original) Beetle total production: 21.5 millionBeetle has huge parts support still, is very simple, easy to repair and very durable (other than rust issues). Not to mention, the vast number still on the road - more than Corvette total production will ever reach most likely - plus the number of VW enthusiasts that take good of care them. Here's the proof they'll last 200 years! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctin21yrfcA
I've always like Beetles, but I've gotten the impression (from what I see and don't see on the roads today) that they are getting rare, expensive, and not many are on the highways.Out riding this week, I saw 5 Corvettes and 1 VW Beetle. I really sit up and take notice when I see either one of them ....And they're getting hard to buy, from what I can tell. BUTTTTT ... .that's just my impressions, I have no numbers to back it up, and it's all East Coast ...Lannis
There is an industry (not a cottage industry) dedicated to the certification, preservation and modifications of Corvettes beyond and any car on the road.
Not to mention the peripheral industries... The Gold Chains and Mustache Grooming industries would not be the same, were it not for the Corvette and its owners...