1986 Corvette Convertible - 5.7L V8 Low Miles Great Color Combination!

Sinister black, top down; that's when a Corvette is best for cruising. Sure, the hardcore guys take their Z51-suspended coupes to the track, but for attacking your favorite road there's nothing finer for doing it than a convertible. Wind in your hair, V8 rumble under the hood and traction all over the place, this car has it in all. Super clean with a mere 59,857 miles in its lifetime, this Corvette has that factory-fresh feel to it, 37 years later!

Purchased new at Potamkin Motors Corp in North Plainfield, NJ, the bill of sale and window sticker list the following options:

- AG9 Six way power seat
- A51 Red leather bucket seats
- AU3 Power door lock system
- K34 Electric cruise control
- V01 Heavy duty radiator
- UU8 Delco/Bose cassette stereo

The window sticker shows engine oil cooler and radiator boost fan, bringing the out-the-door price to $35,100 - a not-insignificant amount for the time! We also have the original owner's manual and all of the original warranty pamphlets cool stuff!

The convertible was announced just in time to be chosen as pace car for that year's Indy 500, with test pilot General Chuck Yeager slated to drive. It doesn't get much more American than that! In total, Chevrolet crafted 7,315 convertibles, and labeled them all Pace Car replicas, regardless of options chosen or color selected. This was the first street legal car since the '78 Corvette to pace Indy the interim gas crunch cars couldn't keep up without prototype engines and suspensions! You'll notice no decals are applied to this car, though.

Chevrolet stated that the C4 had been designed with a topless model in mind, so the transformation from coupe to convertible was straightforward. With an eye to preserving torsional stiffness in the absence of a fixed roof, reinforcement was applied to the frame cross-member ahead of the engine; larger K-shape braces were used to connect the under-engine member to the frame rails; and X-braces were added to tie door-hinge pillars to the rear chassis torque boxes. Cowl structure, including the steering column, its mounts, and the dashboard-mounting beam, were all strengthened, as was the front torque box. Engineered with help from American Sunroof Company, they were built alongside the coupes in Bowling Green instead of being farmed out for conversion like virtually every other open top car on the market. The result was a new drop-top Corvette that weighed only around 50 pounds more than the coupe and actually proved stiffer.

VEHICLE HIGHLIGHTS:

* 5.7 Liter TPI V8 engine
* Automatic transmission
* Factory air conditioning
* Rack & pinion steering
* Heavy duty radiator
* Limited slip rear axle
* Bose AM/FM stereo
* Power windows & locks
* Digital diver information
* Tilt telescopic steering wheel
* Six way power driver seat
* Power door lock system
* Factory black exterior
* Red leather bucket seat
* Black convertible top
* 16 inch aluminum wheels
* Leather wrapped steering wheel
* Courtesy, luggage & map lamps
* Dual exhaust system
* 59,857 actual mile car
* Sold new @ Potamkin Motors
* Window sticker and dealer warranty's
* Original Pace Car decals in box
* Runs and drives great

It seems odd now to talk about a period of time when you couldn't get a convertible. In its day, though, this was a groundbreaking car; an open top cruiser with more rigidity than the closed version! Forget about loose and springy suspensions and annoying creaks and rattles. Drop the top, find an open road, and forget your worries! Better yet, factory original, well documented and with only 59,857 miles on the clock, this Corvette's value curve will be on the uptick for the next few generations. This is a Corvette to buy and enjoy for the long haul!

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