Vehicle Description
1987 Chevrolet Corvette - 5.7L V8 - 4 Speed Manual Transmission -
3k Original Miles - Silver Over Silver Interior - All Original
(Please note: If you happen to be viewing this 1987 Chevrolet
Corvette on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors site, it's
possible that you've only seen some of our many photographs of the
car due to third-party website limitations. To be sure you access
all the more than 145 photographs, as well as a short start-up and
walk-around video, and a link to its very low-mileage, accident and
damage-free Carfax history, please go to our main website: Garage
Kept Motors.) ... the C4 was a world-class sports car, capable of
150 MPH and .95g on the skid pad, at a fraction of the cost of a
Ferrari. �€" Hemmings Motor News The C4 Corvette represented a
major development for Chevrolet and, over its long production run,
featured many firsts for the legendary marque. Not least of these
was the replacement of earlier Corvette body-on-frame construction
with a steel birdcage uni-body, and a center spine connecting the
engine to the differential and supporting the drive shaft. Body
stiffness was improved dramatically. The new exterior body design
incorporated a track-inspired clam-shell-style hood, hinged at the
front, which exposed the entire engine for easy-access servicing. A
horizontal rub strip bisected and surrounded the body and, in
addition to giving the car a design signature for its wedge look,
also concealed the seam where the two fiberglass body panels were
joined. The C4 cars were lower, but also shorter than the final
3-series Corvettes, and delighted owners with more interior room,
and a more comfortable seating position. Digital instrumentation
and a completely re-designed interior with new seating technology
were significant changes. Other innovations included power rack and
pinion steering, forged aluminum suspension components, fiberglass
transverse-mounted front and rear springs, and four-wheel disc
brakes. The C4 was truly an all-new Corvette. Offered here is a
1987 (C4) Corvette Coupe in silver-and-pewter over silver. Built
during August of 1986, the car remains in time capsule condition.
Showing just 3,194 miles in all, this Corvette is an essentially
brand-new, 34-year-old sports car. The exterior metallic silver
paint (over pewter metallic on the lower-body surfaces with a
gloss-black roof) shows like-new gloss across the sculpted body
lines. The two colors perfectly complement one another. The paint
could not have looked much better the day the car was first
delivered. Even lower-body surfaces are free of imperfections. (To
best assess the quality of the paint and trim finishes, be sure to
view the close-up photographs of the car in the accompanying
gallery.) Cabin glass and lighting lenses are pristine. All factory
badging remains properly in place. Corvette-only, 16-inch,
cast-alloy wheels with Corvette-flags center caps are in pristine
condition. GoodYear® Eagle 225/50 V-rated black-sidewall tires are
mounted. Inside, the bespoke bucket seats created specifically for
the C4 by Lear-Siegler and beautifully upholstered in silver
leather showing only very light surface creasing, but absolutely
free of rips, tears, or discoloration. Their ample bolstering
speaks to the car's nearly 1g skidpad performance. Switchgear is
vintage 1980s including the fully functioning, colorful digital
displays. The leather-booted shifter with shift-pattern-knob is
mounted in the black center console. The factory-installed
Delco-Bose system-in its day, a new level entertainment system in a
sportscar-operates as it should with ample volume for satisfying
driving music. Cassette-tape storage in the center console is a
fun, vintage-Eighties touch. Carpeting, door panels, dashboard,
steering wheel all display like-new surfaces, a result of the care
rendered by a long-term owner. Under the front-hinged clam-shell
hood, everything is in order with no sign of add-ons or afterm
