Regular Car Reviews: 1977 Chevrolet Corvette C3 Restomod
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- Owned by my good friend Neal. Yes, The Real Neal. This is a longer video because Neal has lots of good explanations for why the C3 are the way they are. You'll like this one!
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"I took the factory A/C out..." says no one in Florida ever.
Atlanta Ga either lol!
No one in the southern half of the country lol. I couldn't live in Florida, not because of the residents or culture, it's the humidity. I die when we go over 50% humidity and it's hot in southern California.
@@jr2904 THANK GOD FOR THAT AIR CONDITIONER! lol
That's because they're too busy saying "these bath salts are delicious"
Brett Phillips then after the bath salts they’ll munch on your face.
"My car is a middle finger" - Hellcat owners
@Dalle Smalhals I'd be a Grumman Hellcat owners friend.
"Coughs"
*dadge magnum*
Eminence I’d rather be a Mustang owner’s friend ( a North American P51 Mustang, that is ). 😁
@@klaxcorenightcore5050 duh, chevy SS. doesnt look like much, but goes like a bat out of hell.
Headlights go up (eventually)! Headlights go down (eventually)!
His car has a vacuum leak that's why they come up slow.
Made me feel like I need to blink an eye.
..Tag Team Back Again..
I took ballistics in school! Fascinating subject! Things go up! Things come down!
Yeah that really sucked..but it can be changed by a motor instead of vacum..
RAD-iator... lol
+XLPCX Pennsylvania!
Fallout 4 called, they want their RAD-iator back
+XLPCX Yeah, when he said that it was like taking broken glass to my ears.
+XLPCX Almost gave me autism.
+Donald Binkley or listening to @justin beiber
This Corvette is best Corvette.
+grimcity Beat me to it, fucker. :D
+Mean Sumbitch Shut up, nerd.
And this is cranking out 300-340 at the wheels given the work done.
***** Tell me where to be, I can travel.
Whatever makes you feel good about yourself.
You're surrounded by people that love cars and hate idiots. You're very much in the wrong place.
+Mean Sumbitch
This Corvette is best Corvette.
Oh my god, that ending rap was perfect, Roman.
"I put the *semen* in *endorsements*, put the *bias* in *phobias*"
I've always loved the C3 body style. I'm old enough to have remembered when they were on the road normally. The C4 seemed like they took the curves of the C3 and flattened them out. I was not happy. It was like dating a girl with big boobs only to come home one day and find that she had a breast reduction, not because she needed it, but because she thought big boobs were ugly.
It took me 20 years before I started to see the charm of the first C4’s.
I love Massive TITs too.
The C3 was garish, but a Corvette should be a little garish. The C4 was too tasteful.
Yeah i prefer the style of the c3, but i've heard the handling of the c4 was better. Im going to buy one in the next 6 months or so in australia, bit more expensive here because they have had have been imported, but i dont know if ill get a c3 or c4 yet.
@@matthewpiper4328 Might be a dumb question but what's that dealio with having to saw the car in half to get it through customs? Is that just if it's being imported with a non-factory engine? Can't remember haha
Your pronunciation of the Word Radiator makes me uncomfortable
it's the 70's so its a RADiator
+SnappyMotoVlogs wouldnt that be the 80's, when everything was radical and gnarly?
It's RAIDiator
Watch out you don't die now.
I PUT THE BONG IN BOGOS THE EAT IN UNEATEN OH GOD I CANT STAAAHP ... MICHAEL KEATON
"...it frees you up to relaxe"
cuts to burnout
The C3 is the most beautiful generation of Corvette
yeah
+Ed Perez but only 68-71
+Ed Perez I'd agree so long as its a chrome bumper car.
+Ed Perez C3's are nice looking, but I think C2's are even cooler.
+Ed Perez C6 for me. The only Corvette that ever looked taut.
There was a good time spent on the technical details, and the various upgrades made to the car to satisfy the 'gearheads', but what I enjoyed the most is, how well the youngish presenter described the essence of the seventies at the end. From someone who didn't live then, that was awesomely well done, and I say it as an old geezer, who was a young adult at the time. Keep up this fantastically good work, and keep up this one-of-a-kind eclectic approach!
Considering what this car was when he started and the amount of work it took to get it to where it is now, I have massive respect for The Real Neal.
I'll have you know, I WASH the birdpoop off my G35.
+YakoffShmirnoff Ditto.
+YakoffShmirnoff Yeah I don't know why the G35 is the designated "appliance vehicle". To me, there's no bigger appliance than a Camry or a Corolla
+maximus9401 Front engine, rear wheel drive, double wishbone suspension front and rear, precisely the things I look for in an appliance. Maybe the base, with no options, driven by some urban professional upwardly mobile type who knows absolutely nothing about the car. He probably had a Jetta TDI before that because he liked the fuel economy and thought it was good for the environment.
+thedog556 I have the manual, of course.
Also a lot of bang for the buck. Prices on them are very reasonable.
Made the interior BLAAAAAAACCKKK
+KimNaasty Rake Loves This
First, jack up the car
BLACK AND PLASTIC
"C3 prodivded by: Neal" NEAL?
THE NEAL IS REAL.
NEAL BEFORE HIM!
9:05
common issue, the interior door mechanisms get really tough with age, if you go through and lubricate the various joints/springs again, it'll pop open pretty easily, without needing to use your thumb at all
Not the same thing but I could hardly open the vent windows on my '69 C/10 till I oiled the bottom hinges along with the door latches and hinges. Granted it's never been restored,though.
Neal is great.
+Sedan57Chevy Neal is real
+Sedan57Chevy Neal is real.
+Sedan57Chevy I didn't crap my pants today mommy, can I have a cookie ?
Yes the Neal is Real
Now this is the kind of video I think all fans of RCR like.
c3 is my favorite corvette, hips dont lie
I always liked these with the flat glass rear window, it just goes to show with a little work in better brakes, better suspension, and a free breathing engine that's not strangled by 70's smog and oil crisis. It makes a good machine!
My dad owns 2 C3's an original 74 454 TH400 car numbers matching fun car and a 75 L82 350 stick car, engine is now 355 has cam, heads, long tubes, no cats and is around 400-425hp and an absolute blast. I just purchased my first Vette an 81 L48 auto minus the L48 and trans, I will be putting a 5.7L and trans from a wrecked IROC Camaro into it over the winter hopefully it will be a decent toy to drive around.
I honestly didnt know they made factory bbc c3's. I have a 1980 with a sbc, but a bbc would be so fucking cool. I honestly doubted you for a minute untill i went to look it up.
i dont really like muscle cars but this car is truly made up beautiful.
+miles w B..b..but corvettes aren't muscle cars...
+Drew Buckley yes they are,
+joe allwood until the C5 they were
+joe allwood I would consider the Corvette a "Sports Car" It has IRS, its a two seater and its not full frame like a muscle car would be.
+Michael Ray Yea, the Vette's success in ALMS took it away from it's more muscle-y persona.
I just love wwtching this over and and over. Thank you.
You can open that door by leaving the window open and reaching for the handle on the inside.
+Radi0he4d1 I do it in the video and usually get in the car that way!
+Neal Roberts
The real Neal!
Now that I re-watched this, I see it. Apologies for watching this with my ass.
+Neal Roberts NEAL!
+Radi0he4d1
is it pronounced RAD-i0he4d1?
Push down with four fingers and pull, no thumb. This Motown girl opens her 76 'vette door easily.
What are we talking about, hp-wise?
+Armoured Skeptic assuming it had the origional l48 350 in it, it had 198bhp... not very impressive... and 250 with the 454, his one however i would not know.
+Armoured Skeptic all of it.
5000 points of hp, its doesnt have as much health points as the skeleton queen but its still a tough boss
+Armoured Skeptic I would have never expected to see you here...... used to be subscribed on my old channel a few years back.
+AKIman522 with unported heads and anywhere around 10:1 I'd say you're on point
i hate to admit i skip the song at the beginning of every review...
+Levvy At least you can admit your shame.
+Levvy Its always short, I don't know why you would bother.
+Levvy Not to mention good.
+Levvy yeah usually they're kinda cringey. occasionally they're good but eh
+Levvy It isn't that bad. In this video, I found the end song much worse.
I have 76 stingray covette and I love it it’s in good condition. Going to get her ready for spring time
Love the lazy eye Headlights
TheMightySwordfish are they independently operated by cable?
ivanoffw Fuck it's been awhile since I've been in a c3 but the one I drive was just like miata headlights. You turn on the lights and they go up at the same time. There's no separate button to do it without turning on the lights though. I'm guessing this one just has a bad electrical connection or maybe the headlight hydraulic pumps (if it has those) are just a little slower on one side than the other.
No
Corvettes use a vacuum system for the head lights. |Problem must likely being a vacuum leak.
I find them weirdly charming.
C3 is easily the best looking attainable vette, IMO
Not a Corvette review, its not raining.
This aged VERY well if you watch Doug’s C8 review.
As usual another great commentary. So true. We drove across America in the summer of 1977 in a black trans am. Before the smokey and bandit movie came out. No joke. I remember how the fleet wood mac rumors album was played on every station coast to coast. God I loved that album. And couldn't wait to hear the same songs over and over. I remember the older kids around 17 and I thought they were so adult and cool with their long hair and bell bottoms. They also seemed reckless and fearless. I was seven.
I blame technology for the utter crap music we have today. Even the lyrics are meaningless.
I'm glad he acknowledged the whole saying "RADiator" thing. I thought I was having a stroke or something.
whenever I see these corvettes they always remind me of Dirk Diggler.
+Cry Whit Hahaha ikr!
+Cry Whit Start down low with a 350 cube, three and a quarter horsepower, 4-speed, 4 : 10 gears, ten coats of competition orange, hand-rubbed lacquer with a huplane manifold, Full fuckin' race cams. Whoo!
@@JeremyMcBane Whoa there Jeremy, pump the fuckin brakes! Whilst Boogie Nights is no doubt a good movie, it absolutely does NOT warrant line by line quoting as say, a Pulp Fiction would! You have done it a disservice and have actually taken away from the film by over quoting. Amateur league! I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Quote away btother! Tood Parker was a helluva lot cooler than Vincent Vega!
Lol I bet your favorite part of the movie was the last scene 😂😂🤫
Good to see young men appreciate the C-3.
I come for the cars but always stay for the deep and meaningful essays on the meanings behind automobiles, @regularcarreviews I love your channel so much
Love the reviews, love the music; the most REAL and entertaining car channel on TH-cam.
The Corvette c3 is nothing less than a masterpiece of art on four wheels!!
Your ending commentary was dead nuts on. Well said. A small link to the past connected by a B&M shifter. Nice episode
My favorite version of the C3 was the 1980-82 version with the updated front end and spoiler. It gave the car a wider, lower profile more modern look that still looks great to this day.
Your videos brighten up my day. Not that today was a bad day, just a boring one.
I wish I could restomod my wife...
We all do, last time I saw her, she had a full grown beard and she was bald.
The Original T-Paine relax, Dahmer.
@@pigsrock93 Does she still wear makeup?
@@theoriginalt-paine3776 Why not have her galvanized as well?!
@@Robert-goose1 Indeed.
I've always thought of the C3 as the most striking looking Corvette, but the majority of them didn't live up to the looks. This car gets it right - very nicely done.
My neighbors growing up had a silver C3. I still think it’s the prettiest sports car ever! I wish inside matched the outside!
Beautiful car! I would love to own something similar!
The commentary at the end of this video was by far the greatest portion of the video and the greatest thing I've heard today. Thanks for that. I can feel my chest hair thickening
The C3 and C2 have been two of my favorite cars for as long as I've liked cars. I always thought it was silly how the post-77 models weren't hatchbacks, though.
Great statement towards the end I've always loved dat body style of vette even if it was made well before I was born but then again allot of my favorite cars r much much older than me.
Any video of yours brings my mood back up. Thanks man
Cool review Mr regular. Cool car Neal. I especially like the rachet shifter. Hope to one day try one.
Great video! I have a spot for these cars for some reason, especially the pre 78 small window cars, so it's nice to see someone else who appreciates them. I really like this particular car, but I'm not sure if it really fits the "resto mod" theme. Yes, it's being restored to non-original specs, but I don't think that in itself qualifies as resto mod. The fact that he's using a motor older than the car itself is pretty counter to the resto mod recipe. While the SBC is a great motor, it's low tech and what was available in the original car. And those "high flow Z/28 heads" were probably great in the day, but they are far behind a good set of aftermarket aluminum heads (as well as being designed for a 302cid engine, so I wonder how well they flow on a 350inch. I know for a fact 305 heads are a power killer on a 350 - smaller valves and combustion chambers). He's also running old style wheels, and there's no mention of big brakes. I think a correct "restomod" would be if he was running a LS motor (or at least an EFI setup on his SBC), big brakes with at least 17" wheels, and some suspension mods. Just my .02. I'm certainly not shitting on his car, I like it very much. I would consider it more of a nice driver though.
That paintjob is amazing!
I am glad I subscribed to you and not a single video has ever been anything but amazingly entertaining since.
Just discovered your channel. It's AWESOME! Love the narration!
The Roman raps are getting serious.
I approve.
Beautiful car with hundreds of hours of work and love put into it, then a Walmart battery.
why not? Put the money where it counts (engine, suspension, mechanical) and go cheap on something that will have to get replaced sooner rather than later. As long as you're getting your 14.5 volts ans 500 cold ranking amps you're fine. I used a Farm and Fleet battery on my old car.
No one will ever be able to be able to describe a C3 corvette in a more accurate and heartfelt way. I own a 1976 corvette and I am a die hard chevy fan. I have to admit I teared up when you concluded your video because you essentially were able to put in words my incredibly irrational attraction to the C3 generation. SUBSCRIBED!
Roman was actually unstoppable.
Great review as always. THE NEAL IS REAL.
this is my favorite youtube channel
that radiator is hella rad
Hey Neal, this car is glorious. I just bought my '77 Lady and she's rough, but I am stoked to rebuild the L48 from the block up, stuff it with modern parts and completely remove my (Also red, unfortunately) interior. We're hoping to get about 385~390HP out of her, with a Fitech EFI system and sidepipes(because America). I'm more of a Hurst kind of guy, but all that work you did to that car brings a tear to the eye. It's the definition of what a "regular guy" can do to a classic piece of automotive art like the 77 with time, determination, passion, and money. This channel is awesome.
god C3's are so gorgeous. This color and pre-glassback style are just something else - and I'm not a corvette guy at all
Those headlights!
Now I want to go buy a C3
Streeters Garage i did. Everyone u see will say something about it. Cool to own. Don't expect a cadillac ride at all tho. Problaby will hold there value good at this point.
It beats a lot of alternative of course but still a lot desired especially for longer trips.
I got a 79 a few months ago, favorite car ive ever owned. I would recommend getting a 78-79 since they have the trunk space, and try to find one with a rebuilt engine so you can actually go fast. Got mine for 7k with a 400hp Small block.
I concur with the door handles. In Australia on a sunny day, those things get red hot and you will burn your fingers.
Being born in 1980, my parents brought me home from the hospital in my Dad's 79 Corvette. Can you imagine a new mother today just putting her newborn in her lap of a two seater for the ride home? Dad always had Vettes when I was a kid. I used to ride in the back of there. How safe. I made it! I totally forgot about that lock cylinder for the alarm on the fender! God, I remember how scorching hot those mf door handles would be in the sun! I love how the Miata RF has that buttress like this C3, and MR2.
Awesome love C3s my family had two
2:27 Wow I am looking for a red interior. My black interior is too HOT 🔥. Would have swapped.
I remember when i was younger and we had a 1972 C3 and while mom and dad sat in the front seats, i was hiding in the back. That place is cramped!
Love how C3's are all asymmetrical and lumpy - no two are the same - which is of course a pain when you need to replace the hood or a door or a headlight, but C3's have more character than just about any other car.
Hey Mr. Regular, if you are ever in Ohio I have an almost perfect condition(only 40k miles) '89 5.0 LX Mustang convertible with the 5-speed manual you can review and hot-rod around. You can even drive it hard, responsibly of course. It likes to play rough. :D
+ftffighter Also have a black on black 2005 Toyota 4-Runner Sport Edition with the V8 you can do the same with. Idk if you get paid enough making videos but i'd help pay for the trip.
YES! REVIEW THE FOX!
I have tried to get his attention but he never messages me :( He would be able to have a blast and won't have to worry about breaking anything.
I hope he does. Have you tried emailing him?
No i haven't lol how do you find his email address?? Thank you for the idea!
BURNOUT BUTTON!!!¡¡¡
Thanks for making me feel once and for all that my inexplicable love of the shape of a C3, which evokes in my lost mind that of a reclining and beautiful goddess, is, while not quite normal, not misguided enough to wish we all had a better mental health care system. Brilliant video.
Head on frontal view of that car looks Insane! Really nice lines
You should do a Mustang II review
It was white with red factory interior and he converted it over to black? Sir... why.
Btw, those door handles don't bother me. Your fingers naturally fall with the smooth chrome and it doesn't pull my fingers back.
shitty Yellow Carpet.
You don’t understand how hard that spring is 😂
My dad has a '79 in green. Automatic, functional side pipes, T-tops, 350 (I think) under the hood. Wonderful for cruising around Louisville on a summer evening.
Hnnnng, that engine sound! Reminds me of when I started up a relative's 1968 Ford Mustang...beautiful sounds, just...beautiful.
Jared Fogle and Adam Corolla do a car review...
The Rat- Eater?
The RAD-iator helps keep the engine COOL.
This is what I drive in GTA 5. Color and bumpers and rims and everything. Been driving that thing for a year. Not even kidding. Perfect.
gotta love your reviews. truely viewing pleasure!
I'll bet Neal never gasses up in Jersey.
9:28
couldn't you just use a slightly different spring on the door mechanism to reduce the latch effort?
+Ryukachoo I wonder if the opening mechanism itself isn't pretty heavy too.
Seriously like why not have one that pulls outward with a slight lip? Anything would be better than the push in style.
push in is more special, more visually interesting, and it'd be fine if the opening effort was less
+Ryukachoo it's less the spring and the mechanism itself.
Love your non-sequitirs and random cut-aways!
You guys make me want to resto-mod my 1993 Taurus...
And more raps please! Awesome stuff.
stopped playing fallout 4 to watch this
Good God I love metal flake paint.
The C3 Corvette is a beautiful car, probably the quintessential Corvette. I love the C1 also. Would love to see a modern car that looks like a late C1.
There is a certain kind of charm to this car. With the body style, that engine sound, It is definitely a sexy car.
dammit now i need a c3
800-588-2300 EMPIRE! or 800-588-2300 EMPIRE, today...
yitboy11 I heard this as I read it......
I can see the commercial playing in my mind
The Roman sure knows how to rhyme. keep the song parodies coming they're just so awesome
Good stuff. Thanks for the upload!
Thumb on door lock, Then fingers in door. squeeze
The door handles on my dad's 77 vette didn't seem as bad as you're portraying. Seems like a giant over exaggeration.
+Straight Six Real men aren't worried about fingering the door to get it open.
Its not that bad on my C3... Admittedly they're a bit annoying but its unique.
I'm sure he had after market springs put in. Most older corvettes that haven't had them replaced will sag.
Loved that sound. My first car was a 1978 Pontiac Firebird. It had a white interior that I painted black.
You can tell Neal is important because Mr. Regular lets him finish talking and actually listens :P
the neal is real
+ChronicConnoisseur Most overused and unoriginal comment ^
lol i only posted because no one else said it yet
+olskoolnewpaint Is it Matt Farah's Million-Mile Lexus?
JDGrafton1
Lol, never heard that one before either ;)
Headlight go up and 2 seconds later headlight go up.
Kobbetop Is that a Caprice tail light?
I have a 78 and feel about it exactly like you verbalized. Good job.
I want to do whatever Real Neal does. Nice house, restomod, nice truck? I'm impressed.