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(Bring A Trailer)   A 1977 Chevy Chevette just sold for $21,000   (bringatrailer.com) divider line
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OdradekRex [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 6:17:58 PM  
It'll drive you happy.
 
Wanebo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 6:34:17 PM  
My wife (now ex) owned a Chevette. That thing was a rolling turd. 3 months after the end of the factory warranty all kinds of things started breaking down. Alternator stopped charging (rubber bushings on the mounting brackets gave out). The rear bumper started clunking when going over bumps (rubber bushings on the mounts failed). The transmission and engine mounts needed to be replaced (rubber bushings in the mounts failed). Starting to get the picture?

Chevy had figured out planned obsolescence and the Chevette was their best example of their execution of the strategy.
 
Wanebo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 6:38:01 PM  

Wanebo: My wife (now ex) owned a Chevette. That thing was a rolling turd. 3 months after the end of the factory warranty all kinds of things started breaking down. Alternator stopped charging (rubber bushings on the mounting brackets gave out). The rear bumper started clunking when going over bumps (rubber bushings on the mounts failed). The transmission and engine mounts needed to be replaced (rubber bushings in the mounts failed). Starting to get the picture?

Chevy had figured out planned obsolescence and the Chevette was their best example of their execution of the strategy.


BTW I hated car/deer accidents. Until that POs hiat a deer and was totaled after striking a glancing blow to the doe. At least it provided some venison.
 
Devolving_Spud [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 6:43:13 PM  
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AND it's an automatic!

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RaceDTruck [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 6:47:25 PM  
Vettes can be pricey
 
RolandTGunner [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 7:09:42 PM  
Sales for a lot things on BoT have been kinda stupid lately.
 
North_Central_Positronics [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 7:22:01 PM  
If you can afford to take care and store a car for forty four tens of years --even if it's the sh*ttiest car made--it'll go for WAY more than a Kelly Blue Book estimate to some collector looking to recapture their youth.
 
bingethinker [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 7:38:39 PM  
I remember driving one of these on the highway. I was going up a steep hill, and it was slowing down. To keep up my speed, I stepped on the gas a little harder. It shifted down, and make a lot more noise, but somehow went even slower.
 
elvisaintdead [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 7:54:03 PM  
I took Driver's Ed in a poop brown 4 door '79.
You couldn't act the fool in one b/c there was not enough of anything to get on trouble with.
 
revrendjim [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 8:08:06 PM  
I was a teenager working at a gas station in Ohio in the early to mid 70s. They salt the roads in the winter in Ohio, and we would see Chevettes a year old with the top of the front fenders showing a line of rust. The leading theory at the time was that they were built with pre-rusted body panels.
 
SpaceMonkey-66 [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 8:56:16 PM  

RolandTGunner: Sales for a lot things on BoT have been kinda stupid lately.


Its been stupid pricing for the classic car market at large, for quite a while.
 
poconojoe [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:01:37 PM  
when I was growing up, my dad never believed in front wheel drive cars. and being - well quite frankly - dirt ass poor, by the later part of the 80's trying to find a cheap rear wheel drive car to drive into the ground was getting more difficult so we ended up with a string of Chevettes. the first was an automatic red '81 four door that had been sideswiped and was missing the passenger side rear port window. it ran sometimes. when that finally got to the point that no garage would inspect it anymore, my dad found a '79 four speed somewhere. the one thing I remember about that car was that the floor was rotted right under the pedals and several times when I was driving it my foot hit the asphalt going down the highway. anyway - a small road sign tucked under the floor mat solved that issue. we then had a gold four speed '78 with some kind of electrical issue. took a while to figure out it was actually the radio shorting out and it ran fine once that was disconnected.

finally after I graduated high school and bought my first car - yep, got a Chevette mostly because I knew how to fix them and I was a dumb 18 year old. a blue automatic 1981 that was a dealer demo model and had every option available. my parents didn't have to worry about me drag racing it or getting a bunch of speeding tickets simply because you needed a stuff wind behind you to get it above 35. they also didn't have to worry about me making them grandparents because - honestly - what kind of girl wants some dumb 18 year old driving a Chevette?

anyway - had a good time with that car. had it exactly 6 months until right after Christmas when the roads iced over. I came up on an accident and traffic was stopped. I turned around and went back the way I came when a tractor trailer came upon the stopped traffic and wasn't able to stop and came over in my lane hitting me nearly head on. the truck was only going about 35 when he whacked me but seeing it happen I was pretty sure I was going to die. fortunately outside of slamming my knee on the steering column - I didn't get hurt.  even the cop that came in the scene was amazed, asking me "so do you want to change your underwear?".but after that I had my fill of Chevettes and moved to fine luxury vehicles such as an Aries K and a Citation
 
North_Central_Positronics [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:09:50 PM  

elvisaintdead: I took Driver's Ed in a poop brown 4 door '79.
You couldn't act the fool in one b/c there was not enough of anything to get on trouble with.


It was probably our family's first car: a gigantic Olds Delta 88 in standard 70's Poop Brown. Two leather couches for seats and 5 miles per gallon.
 
elvisaintdead [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 10:03:10 PM  

North_Central_Positronics: elvisaintdead: I took Driver's Ed in a poop brown 4 door '79.
You couldn't act the fool in one b/c there was not enough of anything to get on trouble with.

It was probably our family's first car: a gigantic Olds Delta 88 in standard 70's Poop Brown. Two leather couches for seats and 5 miles per gallon.


heh.
we had the giant yellow Delta 88 family truckster wagon in yellow and wood panel stickers with the giant
clam-opening back window and door, and the Old Man made sure he got the Olds 455 Rocket under the hood.
That thing would chirp sometimes when he stomped it going 35.
 
baka-san [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:15:42 PM  
In great shape with 5k miles
 
Ghastly [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:25:46 PM  
My mom had one of those. You had to floor it and go through all four gears just to get across an intersection before the lights changed.
 
Ghastly [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:29:18 PM  

poconojoe: I remember about that car was that the floor was rotted right under the pedals


We had the entire driver and passenger side floor fall out of my mom's Chevette while driving down the highway. It was like riding in a Fred Flintstone car.
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:42:49 PM  

poconojoe: but after that I had my fill of Chevettes and moved to fine luxury vehicles such as an Aries K


Tim Drives an Aries
Youtube UdSsvC7qOhg
 
RolandTGunner [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:49:23 PM  

SpaceMonkey-66: RolandTGunner: Sales for a lot things on BoT have been kinda stupid lately.

Its been stupid pricing for the classic car market at large, for quite a while.


I mostly look at motorcycles but those prices are stupid too.
 
Wine Sipping Elitist [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 11:43:54 PM  

Devolving_Spud: [Fark user image image 620x413]

AND it's an automatic!

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A two-spoke steering wheel frames an 80-mph speedometer, a fuel level gauge, and an electric clock. The five-digit odometer shows 5k miles.

The 1.6-liter inline-four was factory rated at 60 horsepower and 82 lb-ft of torque. An oil change was performed under current ownership.


Your comment and the listed specs concur with my memory. I had a friend that put an amplifier and an alpine speaker box in the trunk and you could hear him coming a mile away but the music only a few blocks away.
 
Brawndo [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 11:58:51 PM  
Is owning the finest Chevette in existence worth bragging about?
 
centrifugal bumblepuppy
2023-02-05 11:59:52 PM  

RaceDTruck: Vettes can be pricey


$21K for a Vette is a bargain
 
mjbok
2023-02-06 12:20:51 AM  
The thing I remember about the car was how awful the breaks were.  Could have been that particular car, but you had to stand on the brakes to stop in a couple hundred feet it seemed.  They were slow, but they handled poorly to make up for it.
 
Autoerotic Defenestration [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 12:21:48 AM  
"A two-spoke steering wheel frames an 80-mph speedometer, a fuel level gauge, and an electric clock. The five-digit odometer shows 5k miles."
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My Sober Alt
2023-02-06 1:16:59 AM  
A good friend of mine in high school had a Chevette.  We used to joke about his 'vette (as if it started with "Cor" instead of "Chev".  Not that that the rest of us had much better cars.
 
2fardownthread
2023-02-06 1:22:13 AM  
A car only its mother could love.

And someone with 21k burning a hole in his pocket.

For me, I guess the takeaway is that it is, after all 1977, which is 46 freaking years ago. That would be like someone in 1977 paying for a 1931 Packard? And paying only 4000 dollars or something for it, in 1977 dollars. Sure. It could have happened. And it represents something. It makes you think of something. It is art. ?
 
Concrete Donkey
2023-02-06 4:35:24 AM  
Ah yes. The proud tradition of brain damaged idiots the world over, pissing away your money on some old worthless trash
 
bingethinker [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 4:42:50 AM  

mjbok: The thing I remember about the car was how awful the breaks were.  Could have been that particular car, but you had to stand on the brakes to stop in a couple hundred feet it seemed.  They were slow, but they handled poorly to make up for it.


Power brakes were not standard, so yeah, you had to use your leg muscles. Power steering was also optional.
 
Bslim
2023-02-06 5:14:24 AM  
Oooof, horrid little machines, remember one of my aunts had one, absolutely awful.

::shudders::
 
Mr. Coffee Nerves [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 5:39:56 AM  
The motto of the 70s American automobile industry "Sure, it's shiat, but, whaddya gonna do, buy a *Japanese* car, you traitor?"
 
freakdiablo [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 6:59:58 AM  
After reading through this thread, I'm starting to get the sense that the Chevrette isn't exactly the peak of American engineering...
 
Someone Else's Alt [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 7:42:16 AM  
My ex girlfriend had one of these when we lived in Charlotte NC in the early 90s. It was yellow and couldn't get out of its own way on the highway but she used it as a commuter to get to her vet tech job 5 miles away and run errands. The little car got good gas mileage, especially compared to my 1985 full size Bronco. I bought it for $300 and the only money I put into it in the two years she had it was a brake job that I did myself, so about $50.
 
McGrits [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 7:47:04 AM  
A couple friends has chevettes. They were all over the map in good times bad times. Once we were stuck in rush hour traffic and the engine started to overheat, so the driver turns in the heater full blast. Of course it was the middle of summer, so that was fun times.

The cars were surprisingly balanced for jumping. There were some local train tracks that had a sweet hill/bump to them that was great for launching your car in the air when at speed. The chevettes and their rear wheel drive had a much better flight profile than my LeBaron GTS and its front wheel drive.

/also, chevettes kept the bondo industry alive
 
McGrits [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 7:49:29 AM  

Someone Else's Alt: My ex girlfriend had one of these when we lived in Charlotte NC in the early 90s. It was yellow and couldn't get out of its own way on the highway but she used it as a commuter to get to her vet tech job 5 miles away and run errands. The little car got good gas mileage, especially compared to my 1985 full size Bronco. I bought it for $300 and the only money I put into it in the two years she had it was a brake job that I did myself, so about $50.


Seems appropriate :
Reverend Horton Heat "400 Bucks"
Youtube SQ3s3Cdz3cg
 
Great_Milenko
2023-02-06 7:53:37 AM  
A dealer copy of the order sheet lists factory options and a price of $5,061.45. Manufacturer's literature, a factory build sheet, and a 1977 sale contract will accompany the car.

Even in this condition, this car isn't worth $,5061.45 in today's dollars.

If this guy thinks he's going to sit on this for ten years and flip it for a big profit, well, good luck with that.
 
Fear the Clam
2023-02-06 8:16:08 AM  
I owned a '78 Chevette, but it wasn't as fancy--manual with no rear defrost. Big hole under the pedals to make driving in show and rain a treat.

I paid $50 for it, and eight months later sold it to a junkyard for $10. I got my $40 worth.
 
Jim_Tressel's_O-Face
2023-02-06 8:33:11 AM  

freakdiablo: After reading through this thread, I'm starting to get the sense that the Chevrette isn't exactly the peak of American engineering...


The '70s saw Detroit bend the knee to the Arabs and Ralph Nader, and boy howdy it wasn't pretty.
 
JolobinSmokin
2023-02-06 9:52:47 AM  
I prefer this one on Bring a Trailer
 
Muso
2023-02-06 10:00:06 AM  
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sinko swimo
2023-02-06 10:14:09 AM  
I inherited a 70's Chevette in my yut. What a miserable POS it was. 0 to 50 in 5 minutes, and God forbid you needed to brake. The steering wheel was at an odd uncomfortable angle. I remember when my dad brought it home brand new. I felt so sorry for him. He was a 6'-0" Marine and could barely fit in that car. I'm larger than him and it was a job to get in and out of that crapmobile. The management of Chevrolet should be ashamed for making such a horrible working man's car. It was bad enough those guys had to put up with a fat wife, 4 obnoxious kids and a mortgage.
 
EasilyDistracted [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-06 10:25:14 AM  

revrendjim: I was a teenager working at a gas station in Ohio in the early to mid 70s. They salt the roads in the winter in Ohio, and we would see Chevettes a year old with the top of the front fenders showing a line of rust. The leading theory at the time was that they were built with pre-rusted body panels.


Yeah..we called that "the factory rust option."  It was amazing how many buyers opted for that feature.
 
SpaceMonkey-66 [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 10:52:07 AM  
OBX Rod and Custom Festival 1981 Chevy Chevette Blown Pro Street Dreamgoatinc Hot Rod Customs
Youtube XvBmR6ry7A4


This is what I'm talking about.......
 
Aezetyr
2023-02-06 10:54:45 AM  
I think they misplaced the decimal point on that one. I think they meant $21.00.
 
Myk-House of El [BareFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 11:00:39 AM  
It's quite possible that as unloved as the Shove-it was, this may be the best preserved one in the world today.  Even if we knew this to be true...they still paid way too much.
 
deadsanta
2023-02-06 11:11:50 AM  

Aezetyr: I think they misplaced the decimal point on that one. I think they meant $21.00.


It was sold by a car dealership to one of its employees, as "new", with a copy of a 1977 bill of sale.  So it's a stunt for publication promotion.  The $21.00 was what they paid Fark to greenlight it.
 
Plaster Lion
2023-02-06 11:33:35 AM  
That's entertainment for ya.
 
jso2897 [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 12:19:20 PM  
It's just one Chevette.
How much could it be?
$21,000?
 
freakdiablo [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 12:29:53 PM  

Aezetyr: I think they misplaced the decimal point on that one. I think they meant $21.00.


And only that much because it comes with half a tank of gas.
 
FarkingChas
2023-02-06 1:04:52 PM  
The prices are insane. I was actively looking for my bucket list car. A 1868/69 Firebird Convertible. So angry with myself. I could of had one 3 years ago for 1/3 the price. Or 20 years ago when I had extra money to waste. I was hoping they would start to go back down in price this year. But they keep going up.
:(
 
FarkingChas
2023-02-06 1:05:29 PM  
1968/69 Dammit.
 
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