I Couldn’t Stay Away Throwback Thursday

Those of you who picked two days off in the pool can collect your money. Yes, I had originally written that I would take three (maybe four) days off, but I simply had to write today.

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From Jake Novak, formerly of CNBC:

 

“If you call Israel an “occupier,” you are either a liar or an ignoramus…although these days, most people saying this are both.”

 

Novak is not one who often uses pejoratives. It is frightening to me that so many people side with a terrorist/criminal organization like Hamas and spurn the only democracy in the Middle East. I think that simply reveals anti-Semitism has always been prevalent, but sometimes less visible. Like the people who voted for Tonald Drump in 2016 or were pro-Brexit, but didn’t admit that to pollsters before those elections, people who are really anti-Semites sometimes hide their views. They’re still wrong, whether their views are overt or covert.

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I have been receiving an increasing number of links in my email to articles about the C4 Corvette. It seems as though interest in the newest generation Corvette, the C8, has increased interest in all Corvettes. First, some C4 photos and then proof that I have spent too much time with The Genuine Corvette Black Book and have way too much time on my hands.

 

 

Courtesy of Corvette Blogger a picture of a 1984 Corvette, the first year of the C4. The ’84 Vette used the same “Cross-Fire” fuel injection used in the last year of the C3, 1982. No, there was no 1983 model year Corvette. Get over it…

 

 

Sorry for the different picture size…from an unsecured site a picture of a 1990 Corvette convertible with the auxiliary hardtop. Thirty-one percent of ’90 Vette convertibles were sold with the auxiliary hardtop. In the same way, I guess, that I love the look of the C2 convertible with the hardtop in place, I feel the same way about the C4.

 

 

From FastLaneCars.com a picture of a 1996 Corvette, the last year of the C4. Here is that proof I mentioned earlier:

 

YEAR	NUMBER PRODUCED	CONV	COUPE BASE	CONV BASE	BASE HP	TOP HP	PCT AUTO
1984	51,547	0	$21,800	N/A	205	205	87.5%
1985	39,729	0	$24,403	N/A	230	230	75.9%
1986	35,109	7,315	$27,027	$32,032	230	235	80.5%
1987	30,632	10,625	$27,999	$33,172	240	240	86.0%
1988	22,789	7,407	$29,489	$34,820	240	245	81.2%
1989	26,412	9,749	$31,545	$36,785	245	245	84.4%
1990	23,646	7,630	$31,979	$37,264	250	375	65.7%
1991	20,639	5,672	$32,455	$38,770	245	375	71.5%
1992	20,479	5,875	$33,635	$40,145	300	375	73.2%
1993	21,590	5,692	$34,595	$41,195	300	405	75.3%
1994	23,330	5,346	$36,185	$42,960	300	405	74.2%
1995	21,590	5,692	$36,785	$43,665	300	405	75.3%
1996	21,536	4,369	$37,225	$45,060	300	330	70.5%
TOTAL	359,028	75,372

 

For the Top HP I did not show the Callaway Twin-Turbo cars that were available from 1987 to 1991, inclusive, because that was not a factory-installed option. It was a potent engine, though; for example, the 1988 Callaway Twin-Turbo was rated at 382 HP and 562 LB-FT of torque. The top factory engine was 245 HP/340 LB-FT.

For the nth plus nth time I will write that I was not a fan of C4 Corvettes for a long time, until I was. I think if you can buy one, especially one from 1992 or later, or even better, from 1995 or 1996, then you probably should.

All of this data comes from a spreadsheet I made years ago using information from The Genuine Corvette Black Book. Like I wrote, too much time…

I used to frequent the message boards of a certain car “publication,” in large part as a way to drive traffic to my blog. When it was announced that the C8 would not be offered with a traditional manual transmission, many readers commented that was the death knell of the Corvette, that Vette drivers preferred a manual. When I commented that more Corvettes have been sold with automatics every model year since 1972, the silence was deafening. Yes, never let the facts get in the way of your opinions…sounds like anti-Semites. You can see that automatics accounted for more than 70 percent of C4 production every year except 1990.

Hemmings currently has 84 1992-96 Corvettes listed for non-auction sale. Twenty-three of these cars have an asking price of less than $15,000. I suspect prices for C4 Corvettes have increased along with the price of virtually all used cars, in the wake of the damn virus and chip shortage that have choked production of new cars, and the renewed interest in all Corvettes.

As always, I welcome thoughtful comments.

 

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