@@Jimjef Exactly. Good ones get VERY rare and prices will skyrocket soon, especially pre 90s ones with the digital dash. If he sells it he will regret it like people selling Bitcoin at 1000$. I stick to my 88 convertible...
@@salpairadice yeah that's a good looking car and the fact that it's a roadster helps in my opinion I drove one my boss owned and it handled really good I want to get a C5 someday 😎
@@Doctorj63 Okay Goober..she is a "classy gold" digger....how is that? She is a great actress too, pretending to enjoy sitting next to that Goofy dunce, and laughing at his stale jokes.......just waiting to pounce for the big prize.....LOL....
In something like 1986 or 87 I was a the SCCA race at Mid-Ohio watching the Corvette C4 totally dominated Porsche 944 turbos in the SCCA GT showroom stock racing series. Every race the entire season was won by Chevy with only a handful of podium finishes by a Porsche. A total domination so bad that Porsche went crying to get the Vette banned because they couldn't beat it! 😂🤣😂
@@Mandolin1944 In the early 90's I had a 300ZXtwin Turbo... and got really sick of Corvettes passing me 🤣 So sick of it - I got rid of the Nissan... and went back to Vettes.
That car is not crude. It's real. I'm sure it's already sold. $13k for this car with 62k miles is a great price. I want it. I might start shopping. At 65 I'm beyond mid life crisis. This is the perfect sports car for a late life crisis.
You have the shoes and shorts already so why not. They are simple cars not much to go wrong. What does is not hard to fix generally. So why not enjoy life dude, 10k-15k and you can find a nice car. I would have one over a new car anyway they are fixable at home. At 57 I hate how hard/ expensive it is to work on new cars.
$13k for 62k miles is a bit high, especially for an auto L98 car. Prices on these should be higher, but as stated, they made over 360k of them, so they're not uncommon.
It's crude in the sense that it has none of the later, more sophisticated systems. It's a bog standard V8 with a relatively simple fuel injection system.
A friend of mine had a C4, I actually loved it. If your other cars are lambos and Ferraris it might not be that impressive but for the average guy it’s cool and has some nice 80’s nostalgia.
Friend of mine had one of these 1980 era . Total wimp no guts . I pull up in a old 1968 mustang rag top . A quick Little car. Motor was not stock . A hypo 289 4v 4 speed from a 63 fair lane GT . Fun car . I raced the GM Got him off the line .
@@mitchellgildea254 It's a really good description. They feel super predictable like a stiff board with wheels. You have a good feel of what the car will do in real time. No gismos are gonna save you.
Are you that naive......??? This gold digger is setting Hoovie up for another fall like his other two ex wives did.....guy never learns. You dont sound to swift yourself Gomer.
For me, the C4 holds a special place in my heart because these came out when I was a teenager and back then they were considered futuristic and bad-ass. I had a poster of a red C4 on my bedroom wall, alongside a Mercedes C126 coupe & a Porsche 928. I have since owned the Porsche & the Mercedes from my wall in years gone past, but never the C4.
20 years ago my parents split up, fast forward a few years my soon to be stepdad picked me up school in his maroon c4 Corvette, that day I was the coolest kid at the school and because of that I will always be a fan the c4
@nevco8774 When I was in Engineering School in the early 1980s, one of the more challenging conversions they had us do was to convert nanometers per millisecond to Furlongs per Fortnight! 🤠
When I was in Grade School in the 60s there was a time when they were going to switch to the Metric System. We were getting taught it , then all of a sudden mid year they said NEVER MIND .They switched back and we went back to normal.
It happened again in the 80s, but while I was in school they never switched back. I still have to Google how many cups are in a quart or pints in a gallon.
Wish they did. Our system is a joke... do I want to figure out what 3/16ths of an inch minus 5/8ths is while I'm cutting a board? Or would I rather figure out 50 millimeters minus 30 millimeters? Still boggles my mind we don't use the metric system.
Love my C4! No other clamshell front corvettes making the look under the is one of my favorite angles. 👌🏽 And they have all aluminum double wishbone front suspension! Cool stuff, especially for the 80s.
Great Video. I have a 89 Corvette Coupe with 124,667 miles. It's been a reasonably reliable 35-year-old car. I freshened up the interior. I recently meet Steve Magnante and signed the rear deck on the interior. He loved it. Started doing his Barrett Jackson commutating about it. He was there with Wayne Carini, Mike Brewer and Mike Joy. BTW April looks good in that car.
@@C4VETTELT1 I don't think I've ever seen an original euro spec Corvette in my life here in Europe. 99% of them are later imported from US. The thing is, we can import basically anything and it doesn't have to be 25 years old, we can import even brand new cars. Also used cars in US are super cheap compared to most european countries, shipping is expensive though. Still makes sense financially. So yeah, they can be everywhere and they are everywhere.
@Krzysztof_88 they got um! They were definitely sold there! They were sold in tons of places but they didn't get bought up like hotcakes here! So again it's not like here and I know they are most everywhere!! I already said they were sold worldwide basically. Lol but thanks for the comment
I had a 1984 bought used in 1986. It was an automatic alas, but it was my daily for many years and never gave me a moment's grief. Was surprisingly good in snow as long as it wasn't deep enough to turn the air dam into a snowplow--a couple of times I very carefully backed it up to somebody who was stuck and got them unstuck. I had it over 140 a couple of times--it felt rock-stable at that speed, no drama at all. Took many 1000+ mile drives in it and it was a comfortable cruiser. Heat wasn't great--don't know if that was a design issue or if there was an issue with mine. Might get another one at some point, although a C8 is tempting. Paid about 14K for mine IIRC.
@@goodbonezz1289 I paid $2900 for '85 Z51 4-speed in 2013. I had to spend a couple thousand more on it for wheels and tires and carpet and a replacement for a Delco-Blows stereo, but it was still cheap.
Nope. Both wrong. Two C4 went in the sink hole. A 1993 Ruby that had been donated to the museum, it was not restored. And the 1,000,000th built Corvette, a white/red convertible 1992 that was recovered, repaired and restored by GM "Styling". I put styling in quotes because I don't recall the exact entity that did the work, but the restoration was completed in-house at GM facilities. There's no such thing as a 1984 Pace Car, because the Corvette did not pace Indy in 1984.
@@davep800 The Bowling Green Daily News reports that the sinkhole, said to be about 20 ft. deep and 30 to 40 ft. in diameter, triggered motion-detector alarms at 5:38 AM in the dome area of the museum. The eight cars claimed by the sinkhole include the 1993 ZR-1 Spyder, a 2009 "Blue Devil" ZR1, a black 1962 roadster, a 1984 PPG Pace Car, the 1 Millionth Corvette (a white '92 model), a 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette, a 2001 Mallett Hammer Corvette Z06, and the 1.5 Millionth Corvette (a white '09 car). The two ZR1s were on loan from General Motors, while the rest of the cars were owned by the museum.
There is a '83 Corvette. It's in the museum in Bowling Green. There were production delays, so they cancelled the '83. They had built a few of them (can't remember the number) and GM ordered them crushed. I guess someone hid one and it's now in the museum. I do remember that the last of the C3's we're done in the new Bowling Green plant. Corvette had been built in St. Louis. I like the convertible body better on the C3, C4, C5 and C6. I never liked the bubble rear glass that they started on the '78. It only looked good on the '63. I actually preferred the convertible on the C2 as well. They finally got the Coupe right on the C7 IMO.
We have white hair because we couldn't afford them when we were younger. Great episode!!!! I agree with you on the Calloway too. They are too expensive right now. BTW - I have a C3 that I've had for about 10 years.
_Simply stated, the Corvette fourth generation was the right car for the time. Having owned seven from almost new to well-used, the car is incredibly fun to drive. (And no it didn't look like a Camaro, ride like a Camaro, or even sound like one). Love it or hate all models of the C4 Chevy Corvette, the car sold well over its thirteen model year run. (And yes Hoovie is correct, 350,000 sold...actually 358,180). Another great video, and really love April's perspective hands down._
I owned the same 89 corvette with the white top and replaced it with a black top, it looked so much better after replacing the top. The C4 was so futurastic for its day and was a very well made car. Mine had the automatic and it got great gas mileage. Someday they will start appreciating and if you own one, i'd keep it.
I had an 89 Corvette. However, mine was a targa top car but had the FX3 suspension and new ZF 6 speed manual built in Germany. Same transmission for the new ZR1 released for the 1990 model year.
However, back in the day Barbie made all the cash... after all, remember she worked her a** off: Astronaut, Computer engineer, Dentist, Pilot, Surgeon, Firefighter, Bee keeper, Cat burglar, Construction worker, Cowgirl, Dolphin trainer, Ocean treasure explorer
a 94-96 with the Targa top are the best ones. Great visibility, weather sealed, quiet interior, 300HP, both mine got 25 mpg on long trips ( both were 4 sp auto ) and they had so much room for luggage and golf clubs. The convertibles had just a tiny shelf under the top area, much like the 1969 I also owned. My 94 and then 95 Vettes also had proximity keys and tire pressure monitor system.
The C4 is the first "modern" Corvette from which all future Corvettes were born from until C8. C4 still holds land speed records and dominated SCCA sports car racing to the point a separate series had to be developed for it. The C4 isn't fiberglass and it doesn't get spider web cracking. The more Corvettes don't look like Corvettes anymore the more I love the clean lines and look of my 93 Coupe. Hatchback Coupes have more room for luggage.
I made lots of money fixing all of the electrical issues on these cars, still occasionally one comes in nowadays if it's been mostly kept inside. Working under the dash and pretzeling over the rockers is the most fun ever!
On the C4 coupes, they turned into flexible flyers when you took the roof off. C5’s were better, but C6 is the sweet spot for me. Most comfortable ones made. I had a 1996 C4 LT4. Best engine except for the ZR1 on the C4 line
I have nearly the exact same car (black top, black interior) and I'm so happy I don't need to worry about resale value because I'll never sell. The car was my dad's. I was 8 when he picked it up from the dealership. It was his "American dream." Now it's mine and I get to drive my kids around in it. I understand why a lot of car people don't respect the C4, especially since so many were made, but for a lot of us they are special cars that I think have aged well, styling and handling wise.
asked my trusty Vette mechanic (Mark @ Titus-Will in Olympia, WA, he is amazing, been my mechanic through six Vettes since 2003, did a body off rotisserie rebuild of a C2 for the dealership owner) what is the most difficult series to work on and he replied without reservation the C4 because of the electrical systems which were brand new tech for chevy. Many problems and tough to trace.....
I am the proud and current owner of a 95 C4 ... its an awesome car , makes all the right noises when the gas is pushed and its a convertible to boot so who can argue with that !! Daily driven and rarely does it go out without someone honking or chatting at a red light !!
Exactly! Anyone who says these are the worst vettes never drove one, yes an 84 is pretty pathetic but that’s not chevy’s fault it was regulations that forced their hands try driving a 81 or 82 they’re literally garage. My dad has a 96 w/74k it’s such a badass ride ppl are so desensitized these days his car has 300 hp And it’s plenty of power for 3k lbs car and it handles like a rollercoaster
I remember the last episode of MASH in February, 1983...GM did a big ad buy and used some of the commercial time to introduce the all new '84 Corvette. The early 80s special effects in the commercial seemed to overshadow the car. The C4 was a huge departure from the C3 and I think was a sign the Malaise Era was starting to end, especially with the tuned port injection introduced in 1985.
I've got a 1996 Ford SVT Cobra with the 4.6 modular 4v, which feels similar. It's amazingly analog, elemental, and mechanical. Smooth is relative, but nothing has as much sound character as American V-8s.
Imagine i bought an 89 coupe from the second owner in good shape w 65k miles for $5500. These things are so cheap and yet are fun cars. Every time I drive it it's an event.
Hoovie is a lucky dude. Actress/supermodel who really likes him AND is into cool cars that don’t cost huge amounts (well, there is the GNX I guess). Life is good. I’ll wave to you folks at Barrett-Jackson next month.
He's been an actual saint in dozens of previous lives probably. Jackpot. Imagine telling your mates that you're going to buy a boring old farmstead in Kansas and there's a total car nut practicing supermodel that's going to be all over you and your cars.
Only one Callaway C4 Sledgehammer was ever made! Yes that one that made front page of every car magazine and rewrote records with it's incredible 254mph top speed yet it never was sold! Reeves Callaway displayed it in museums and finally sold at auction! Unfortunately we lost Reeves Callaway last year at the age of 76!
Elder millennial here (late 30s)! I would love to have one of these. It doesn't need to be fast, just a comfortable cruiser. Also, metric is the superior measurement.
I drove a 95 C4 for a long time and I loved it. My only gripe about the car would have been the rubber coating on the face of the dash. That stuff was crap! Fun car MPG was pretty nice loved the Targa top.
Actually. They did build a small number of 1983 corvettes as test mules. Production never began on them and the general ordered them all destroyed (like they unfortunately always do) but the employees hid 1 and then it resurfaced years later. It’s currently on display at the national corvette museum in bowling green Kentucky.
My favorite C4 is a 91. It has the nice tail and best engine next to the LT5 in the ZR1. The L98 had near 400 ft lbs of torque in 91 and you could get them with a 6spd manual. They also had a blueish grey paint color in 91 that was awsome.
I got a 1996 LT4 6 speed black on black about 6 months ago and I'm in my early 40's. It's a blast to drive and so cheap compared to anything else that can compare. I see the market going up in the future but who knows!
My son bought an '89, 6-speed with 66k miles for $7500 in 2019 for his first car. We couldn't find anything as nice for the money. He still has it.
@@hangfire6368 he likes it?
@@hebrews11vs5 I would say he does since he still has it.
Do not I repeat do not ever sell that car he will regret it the rest of his life
@@Jimjef Exactly. Good ones get VERY rare and prices will skyrocket soon, especially pre 90s ones with the digital dash. If he sells it he will regret it like people selling Bitcoin at 1000$. I stick to my 88 convertible...
April should definitely buy the Vette that's a really nice example of a surviving c4
Yeah, I agree. i don't even like C4s but I like that one.
@@salpairadice yeah that's a good looking car and the fact that it's a roadster helps in my opinion I drove one my boss owned and it handled really good I want to get a C5 someday 😎
Don't care what people think, its still my favourite Corvette generation.
People suck.
Don't tell Hoovie, but April has better taste in cars.
That's because she likes American cars and he is mainly into euro . Euro cars are ass.. so your right
[ cackles laughing ] Yerp.
There are cars in this video?
@@jonathanfreedom1st That's hilarious because not only did we invent cars but also our cars are the most sought after in the world
yeah um thats your opinion
C4s are very under appreciated.
The C4 design is so clean and free of cheesy add ons.
Yay, these April's Garage segments are so fun!
wont be fun for Hoovie when this gold digger takes whats left of his money the first two wives didn't get. This fool never learns.
@@chadhaire1711 … says the jealous, basement-dwelling incel that has never seen a real vajayjay…
@@chadhaire1711 Most of them don't.
@@chadhaire1711 April does not have to be called a Gold Digger. Have some class.
@@Doctorj63 Okay Goober..she is a "classy gold" digger....how is that? She is a great actress too, pretending to enjoy sitting next to that Goofy dunce, and laughing at his stale jokes.......just waiting to pounce for the big prize.....LOL....
Recently bought a 95 ZR-1. It is fantastic!
Love my 93Z! Best Corvette ever.
Looking at C4s right now. Got my eyes on two.
Very very cool car
My '95 LT1 is jealous. At least I have the 6 speed. '95 ZR1 quite possibly the best vette ever made tbh.
a*
My 91 ZR-1 still turns heads wherever it goes and gets thumbs up!
Same here. ZR-1 deserves to become legendary.
Sweet and very capable cars. I remember back in the day the automotive press dubbed them: King of the hill.
Hoovie really upgraded. Happy for him. She seems a better match to his energy.
his wife
I agree
He "Up Graded ".. because his X wife was CHEATING on him..
@@RexCars1 You don't know that.
100% and I’m ashamed to say I criticised him in the comments. Then the internet told us why he split. April really is perfect for Hoovie !
The car so good that Porsche had to lobby SCCA to get it banned from competition. They’re much better performance wise than most people think.
In something like 1986 or 87 I was a the SCCA race at Mid-Ohio watching the Corvette C4 totally dominated Porsche 944 turbos in the SCCA GT showroom stock racing series. Every race the entire season was won by Chevy with only a handful of podium finishes by a Porsche. A total domination so bad that Porsche went crying to get the Vette banned because they couldn't beat it! 😂🤣😂
@@Mandolin1944 In the early 90's I had a 300ZXtwin Turbo... and got really sick of Corvettes passing me 🤣 So sick of it - I got rid of the Nissan... and went back to Vettes.
@@StevenDurette-bq7zd Good move!👍
was* so good
Then when they teamed up with lotus to do the Zr1 it really changed the whole trajectory of the future of the corvette
That car is not crude. It's real. I'm sure it's already sold. $13k for this car with 62k miles is a great price. I want it. I might start shopping. At 65 I'm beyond mid life crisis. This is the perfect sports car for a late life crisis.
You have the shoes and shorts already so why not. They are simple cars not much to go wrong. What does is not hard to fix generally. So why not enjoy life dude, 10k-15k and you can find a nice car. I would have one over a new car anyway they are fixable at home. At 57 I hate how hard/ expensive it is to work on new cars.
$13k for 62k miles is a bit high, especially for an auto L98 car. Prices on these should be higher, but as stated, they made over 360k of them, so they're not uncommon.
It's crude in the sense that it has none of the later, more sophisticated systems. It's a bog standard V8 with a relatively simple fuel injection system.
My favorite TH-cam channel and couple!
What a beautiful Corvette!
April looks just so friggin hot in that Vette! Awesome!
Just like the car, plastic fantastic. Everything is fake: nails, boobs, blonde hair colour, eye lashes.
Calm down simp.
A friend of mine had a C4, I actually loved it. If your other cars are lambos and Ferraris it might not be that impressive but for the average guy it’s cool and has some nice 80’s nostalgia.
Right On
Friend of mine had one of these 1980 era . Total wimp no guts . I pull up in a old 1968 mustang rag top . A quick
Little car. Motor was not stock . A hypo 289 4v 4 speed from a 63 fair lane GT . Fun car . I raced the GM
Got him off the line .
@@patrickcoughlin-qj9uk A* friend of
an* old
This is the Generation that brought the performance image back to Corvette
The blonde is the best part of this video. Thanks for sharing.
He's so lucky to drive with this girl, she's beautiful and seems nice, just a dream and this corvette looks like a good deal
Hoovie nice upgrade on the wife lol
He decided to go American this time
Doesn’t matter. All are gold diggers 😂 and drama 🎭
I’d give her another year maxxxx
C4 Corvettes are so much fun to drive. It's like a go kart with a V8
A go-kart with leaf springs.
@@heiner71They actually handle really well
@@mitchellgildea254 It's a really good description. They feel super predictable like a stiff board with wheels. You have a good feel of what the car will do in real time. No gismos are gonna save you.
@@heiner71 What's your point? C5, C6, and C7 also have leaf springs, and the way the front spring is mounted, it acts as sway bar.
@@KevinJames-yg9eu , it's still a go-kart on leaf springs. I don't know what your point is.
Look forward to this couple every single day!
Are you that naive......??? This gold digger is setting Hoovie up for another fall like his other two ex wives did.....guy never learns. You dont sound to swift yourself Gomer.
For me, the C4 holds a special place in my heart because these came out when I was a teenager and back then they were considered futuristic and bad-ass. I had a poster of a red C4 on my bedroom wall, alongside a Mercedes C126 coupe & a Porsche 928. I have since owned the Porsche & the Mercedes from my wall in years gone past, but never the C4.
20 years ago my parents split up, fast forward a few years my soon to be stepdad picked me up school in his maroon c4 Corvette, that day I was the coolest kid at the school and because of that I will always be a fan the c4
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of* the C4 .*
April is smokin’, and she looks great in that C4!
He should buy it for her, sell one his Italian Hoopies.
she certainly increases it's curb appeal. I think that should be a driver for her.
Red Red with white top is one of the best combo's - Med metallic blue with blue interior and white top looks great too.
For metric you don't need to go overseas. You are forgetting that Canada went all metric in the mid-1970s.
Confused the heck out of me. Elementary was imperial and high school was metric. Hi from Canada.
@@schwags1969my kids hate conversions back and forth now in 2024 in a USA school...
@nevco8774 When I was in Engineering School in the early 1980s, one of the more challenging conversions they had us do was to convert nanometers per millisecond to Furlongs per Fortnight! 🤠
@@nevco8774 I guess the confusion for me led for me to be able to "speak" both fluently.
And Mexico, as well. I spent a month traveling around Baja earlier this year, and was glad that I can switch my F-150's dash with one button.
April's Garage is the best Garage😊
94 Admiral Blue ZR1 owner here… glad I bought mine cheap. It can appreciate or not, im loving it.
You can park two cars in it😅
about time you did a c4 corvette. the most under appreciated car ever
When I was in Grade School in the 60s there was a time when they were going to switch to the Metric System. We were getting taught it , then all of a sudden mid year they said NEVER MIND .They switched back and we went back to normal.
It happened again in the 80s, but while I was in school they never switched back. I still have to Google how many cups are in a quart or pints in a gallon.
Wish they did. Our system is a joke... do I want to figure out what 3/16ths of an inch minus 5/8ths is while I'm cutting a board? Or would I rather figure out 50 millimeters minus 30 millimeters? Still boggles my mind we don't use the metric system.
Love my C4! No other clamshell front corvettes making the look under the is one of my favorite angles. 👌🏽 And they have all aluminum double wishbone front suspension! Cool stuff, especially for the 80s.
I'm from Europe, 33 year old and I really don't get the hate for the C4.
The 80's look is great.
I loved the ZR-1 in Gran Turismo.
I think it was a great look and one I remember from my young child-hood days. April, you got the taste in cars.
Great Video. I have a 89 Corvette Coupe with 124,667 miles. It's been a reasonably reliable 35-year-old car. I freshened up the interior. I recently meet Steve Magnante and signed the rear deck on the interior. He loved it. Started doing his Barrett Jackson commutating about it. He was there with Wayne Carini, Mike Brewer and Mike Joy. BTW April looks good in that car.
I'm an 80s kid, so C4 is THE Corvette for me, looks wise. Makes me think of Face in The A-Team as well... never had a chance to drive one tho
You need to drive one! You'll love it even more. Try to find one with the sport seats, with the motorized side bolsters.
@@Highlander8282 if I ever get a chance to. Not that popular in Poland
@@kalasanty433 I hope you'll get a chance some day. I know you won't be disappointed. 🙂
The gentleman that drive them look like Bob.Thank you April!😹🇺🇲👍👀😮😁🌹🌹🌹
I bought a ‘84 C4 project car for $2k back in college a few years ago. It was such a fun experience to fix up and drive
if i was living in America i would buy that bad boy straight away i wouldn't even haggle
You can buy one anywhere
@DR...... it's not like here! They did make the C4s to be sold worldwide basically but that doesn't mean they are everywhere!
@@C4VETTELT1 mostly everywhere. I'm from Europe an I know people from every country here drive Corvettes
@@C4VETTELT1 I don't think I've ever seen an original euro spec Corvette in my life here in Europe. 99% of them are later imported from US. The thing is, we can import basically anything and it doesn't have to be 25 years old, we can import even brand new cars. Also used cars in US are super cheap compared to most european countries, shipping is expensive though. Still makes sense financially. So yeah, they can be everywhere and they are everywhere.
@Krzysztof_88 they got um! They were definitely sold there! They were sold in tons of places but they didn't get bought up like hotcakes here! So again it's not like here and I know they are most everywhere!! I already said they were sold worldwide basically. Lol but thanks for the comment
I had a 1984 bought used in 1986. It was an automatic alas, but it was my daily for many years and never gave me a moment's grief. Was surprisingly good in snow as long as it wasn't deep enough to turn the air dam into a snowplow--a couple of times I very carefully backed it up to somebody who was stuck and got them unstuck. I had it over 140 a couple of times--it felt rock-stable at that speed, no drama at all. Took many 1000+ mile drives in it and it was a comfortable cruiser. Heat wasn't great--don't know if that was a design issue or if there was an issue with mine. Might get another one at some point, although a C8 is tempting. Paid about 14K for mine IIRC.
Have had my C4 since 2021, best 2200 bucks I've ever spent, beyond underappreciated
$2200…??? 😩 nice.
@@goodbonezz1289 I paid $2900 for '85 Z51 4-speed in 2013. I had to spend a couple thousand more on it for wheels and tires and carpet and a replacement for a Delco-Blows stereo, but it was still cheap.
fact: there is 1 1983 Corvette in existence, it was one of the cars swallowed by the sinkhole in the Corvette museum
nope, it was not one of the Corvettes swallowed in the sinkhole. There was an ‘84 Pace Car that was involved but not the ‘83.
Nope. Both wrong. Two C4 went in the sink hole. A 1993 Ruby that had been donated to the museum, it was not restored. And the 1,000,000th built Corvette, a white/red convertible 1992 that was recovered, repaired and restored by GM "Styling". I put styling in quotes because I don't recall the exact entity that did the work, but the restoration was completed in-house at GM facilities.
There's no such thing as a 1984 Pace Car, because the Corvette did not pace Indy in 1984.
@@davep800 The Bowling Green Daily News reports that the sinkhole, said to be about 20 ft. deep and 30 to 40 ft. in diameter, triggered motion-detector alarms at 5:38 AM in the dome area of the museum. The eight cars claimed by the sinkhole include the 1993 ZR-1 Spyder, a 2009 "Blue Devil" ZR1, a black 1962 roadster, a 1984 PPG Pace Car, the 1 Millionth Corvette (a white '92 model), a 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette, a 2001 Mallett Hammer Corvette Z06, and the 1.5 Millionth Corvette (a white '09 car). The two ZR1s were on loan from General Motors, while the rest of the cars were owned by the museum.
April in a C4 Vette is every 60 year old man's dream 😂😂
C4 is in my opinion of the best Vette
I’ve had mine since 1996 and still like it more than a C8s
There is a '83 Corvette. It's in the museum in Bowling Green. There were production delays, so they cancelled the '83. They had built a few of them (can't remember the number) and GM ordered them crushed. I guess someone hid one and it's now in the museum. I do remember that the last of the C3's we're done in the new Bowling Green plant. Corvette had been built in St. Louis.
I like the convertible body better on the C3, C4, C5 and C6. I never liked the bubble rear glass that they started on the '78. It only looked good on the '63. I actually preferred the convertible on the C2 as well. They finally got the Coupe right on the C7 IMO.
We have white hair because we couldn't afford them when we were younger. Great episode!!!! I agree with you on the Calloway too. They are too expensive right now. BTW - I have a C3 that I've had for about 10 years.
Those cars are amazing value for the power and looks.
90s c4s had some good model's. ZR1 and grand sports .
The C 4 is a great value for the money, just bought a '92 red on red convertible last year,puts a smile on my face every time i drive it.
This was the car in 1984-Mary Lou Retton commercial is iconic
_Simply stated, the Corvette fourth generation was the right car for the time. Having owned seven from almost new to well-used, the car is incredibly fun to drive. (And no it didn't look like a Camaro, ride like a Camaro, or even sound like one). Love it or hate all models of the C4 Chevy Corvette, the car sold well over its thirteen model year run. (And yes Hoovie is correct, 350,000 sold...actually 358,180). Another great video, and really love April's perspective hands down._
I love C4 Corvettes. They’re Reagan-era USA on wheels.
I owned the same 89 corvette with the white top and replaced it with a black top, it looked so much better after replacing the top. The C4 was so futurastic for its day and was a very well made car. Mine had the automatic and it got great gas mileage. Someday they will start appreciating and if you own one, i'd keep it.
I had an 89 Corvette. However, mine was a targa top car but had the FX3 suspension and new ZF 6 speed manual built in Germany. Same transmission for the new ZR1 released for the 1990 model year.
Is anyone else thinking Ken and Barbie? Tyler, Ken, and Barbie April you guys look good in that vet.
He's no Ken haha but the money makes up for it.
However, back in the day Barbie made all the cash... after all, remember she worked her a** off: Astronaut, Computer engineer, Dentist, Pilot, Surgeon, Firefighter, Bee keeper, Cat burglar, Construction worker, Cowgirl, Dolphin trainer, Ocean treasure explorer
Hoovie is the Ken doll that got left a little too close to the oven 😂
a 94-96 with the Targa top are the best ones. Great visibility, weather sealed, quiet interior, 300HP, both mine got 25 mpg on long trips ( both were 4 sp auto )
and they had so much room for luggage and golf clubs. The convertibles had just a tiny shelf under the top area, much like the 1969 I also owned. My 94 and then 95 Vettes also had proximity keys and tire pressure monitor system.
When it came out the C4 was a fairly unique design compared to the other cars being sold that year.
April looks fantastic in that corvette. She needs it
Yay for April. We love her because of how much she loves you.
BUT, he needs to be less.of an Ass to her.
The C4 is the first "modern" Corvette from which all future Corvettes were born from until C8.
C4 still holds land speed records and dominated SCCA sports car racing to the point a separate series had to be developed for it.
The C4 isn't fiberglass and it doesn't get spider web cracking.
The more Corvettes don't look like Corvettes anymore the more I love the clean lines and look of my 93 Coupe.
Hatchback Coupes have more room for luggage.
Of course it is fiberglass. They all are from day 1
I made lots of money fixing all of the electrical issues on these cars, still occasionally one comes in nowadays if it's been mostly kept inside. Working under the dash and pretzeling over the rockers is the most fun ever!
There is one 1983 Corvette, and it resides in the Corvette Museum.
I have a fully optioned 89 with the road race package (Z51) and even with only 245 hp it is still quick !
Ive never wanted be a covette bumper more in my life 3:58 😂😂😂
I remember in the mid 70's that the US govt. was close to considering ending the sale of convertibles in the US.........
My dad has a zr1! C4. The vette is a weapon.
On the C4 coupes, they turned into flexible flyers when you took the roof off. C5’s were better, but C6 is the sweet spot for me. Most comfortable ones made. I had a 1996 C4 LT4. Best engine except for the ZR1 on the C4 line
i had a 93 for 22 years and swapped it for a C6. i am in heaven when i drive it
I bought my first C4 Corvette in 2001 at 21 and own 3 C4's and 1 C3. Sold only the one 87 C4.
I have nearly the exact same car (black top, black interior) and I'm so happy I don't need to worry about resale value because I'll never sell. The car was my dad's. I was 8 when he picked it up from the dealership. It was his "American dream." Now it's mine and I get to drive my kids around in it. I understand why a lot of car people don't respect the C4, especially since so many were made, but for a lot of us they are special cars that I think have aged well, styling and handling wise.
asked my trusty Vette mechanic (Mark @ Titus-Will in Olympia, WA, he is amazing, been my mechanic through six Vettes since 2003, did a body off rotisserie rebuild of a C2 for the dealership owner) what is the most difficult series to work on and he replied without reservation the C4 because of the electrical systems which were brand new tech for chevy. Many problems and tough to trace.....
I am the proud and current owner of a 95 C4 ... its an awesome car , makes all the right noises when the gas is pushed and its a convertible to boot so who can argue with that !! Daily driven and rarely does it go out without someone honking or chatting at a red light !!
Exactly! Anyone who says these are the worst vettes never drove one, yes an 84 is pretty pathetic but that’s not chevy’s fault it was regulations that forced their hands try driving a 81 or 82 they’re literally garage. My dad has a 96 w/74k it’s such a badass ride ppl are so desensitized these days his car has 300 hp And it’s plenty of power for 3k lbs car and it handles like a rollercoaster
I remember the last episode of MASH in February, 1983...GM did a big ad buy and used some of the commercial time to introduce the all new '84 Corvette. The early 80s special effects in the commercial seemed to overshadow the car. The C4 was a huge departure from the C3 and I think was a sign the Malaise Era was starting to end, especially with the tuned port injection introduced in 1985.
I've got a 1996 Ford SVT Cobra with the 4.6 modular 4v, which feels similar. It's amazingly analog, elemental, and mechanical. Smooth is relative, but nothing has as much sound character as American V-8s.
Cannot comment on the performance but this is my favorite looking Corvette. Convertible for cruising 👍
Imagine i bought an 89 coupe from the second owner in good shape w 65k miles for $5500. These things are so cheap and yet are fun cars. Every time I drive it it's an event.
I’ll never forget the 1st time seeing that digital dash…it was at night and I was just floored at how cool it looked
Hoovie is a lucky dude. Actress/supermodel who really likes him AND is into cool cars that don’t cost huge amounts (well, there is the GNX I guess). Life is good. I’ll wave to you folks at Barrett-Jackson next month.
Everyone said the same thing about her many previous boyfriends too. 😅
He's been an actual saint in dozens of previous lives probably. Jackpot.
Imagine telling your mates that you're going to buy a boring old farmstead in Kansas and there's a total car nut practicing supermodel that's going to be all over you and your cars.
@@wstlndiesel Jealous much, fake Cody?
The April's Garage segments are the best. She's an absolute natural at it!
Only one Callaway C4 Sledgehammer was ever made! Yes that one that made front page of every car magazine and rewrote records with it's incredible 254mph top speed yet it never was sold! Reeves Callaway displayed it in museums and finally sold at auction! Unfortunately we lost Reeves Callaway last year at the age of 76!
Elder millennial here (late 30s)! I would love to have one of these. It doesn't need to be fast, just a comfortable cruiser. Also, metric is the superior measurement.
as a 30 year old I love the C4 vette when you corvette the c4 pops in my head
I drove a 95 C4 for a long time and I loved it. My only gripe about the car would have been the rubber coating on the face of the dash. That stuff was crap! Fun car MPG was pretty nice loved the Targa top.
These two are perfect for each other
C4s are unloved, underrated gems. They are good cars you can get for not a lot of money.
My dad has an ‘88 that I could got to drive when I was 16. It’s was beautiful.
Y'alls chemistry makes these videos even better. April is so cute and funny ❤ she also knows about cars which is awesome!
Back in 2008 my father and I bought the 85 C4 Corvette for $4,000 and I still have it garage kelps 83k original miles and now has 105,000 miles with
There is a severe lack of T-shirt tucked into shorts, new balance and tall socks.
Greenwood had a super cool kit for the C4 Corvette.
Hoovie really has mastered the youtube broadcasters voice
Actually. They did build a small number of 1983 corvettes as test mules. Production never began on them and the general ordered them all destroyed (like they unfortunately always do) but the employees hid 1 and then it resurfaced years later. It’s currently on display at the national corvette museum in bowling green Kentucky.
For April, I'd be a Yugo Guy, a Cadillac Cimmeron Guy, a Pontiac Aztek Guy.
My favorite C4 is a 91. It has the nice tail and best engine next to the LT5 in the ZR1. The L98 had near 400 ft lbs of torque in 91 and you could get them with a 6spd manual. They also had a blueish grey paint color in 91 that was awsome.
250hp and 350lb-ft, both 20 more than the first one in 1985.
I got a 1996 LT4 6 speed black on black about 6 months ago and I'm in my early 40's. It's a blast to drive and so cheap compared to anything else that can compare. I see the market going up in the future but who knows!
I like her better than the ex, this one takes part in your joy!!!
I have always wanted to drive one of these. I love April’s garage she is awesome.
C4 is my favourite Corvette. I love the chemistry between Tyler and April.
I got to say she looks great in that vette. It's definitely her style ❤
a C4 convertible with a manual transmission is a very fun car especially for the money.
The C4 is the best vintage sports car value going.
Those are some of the SEXIEST WHEELS GM ever put on the Corvette.