What ever happened to all those Chevettes???

[Analog]

I hardly ever see any on the road anymore. My friend in college even had a DIESEL one!

 

[Liviathan]

Eventually they just disintigrated (sp??).

 

[Pliablemoose]

<--has driven a diesel Chevette & even wanted one for a while, but didn't get one...

I'm pretty sure they've all been crushed, and that's not necessarily a bad thing

 

[rudeguy]

i would buy one of those in a heartbeat...but of course I would have to tinker with it a little bit....hydros on a chevette??? nos on a chevette???? oh, if only I had the chance.....

 

[squirrel dog]

They are with the pintos at the junk yard.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
<--has driven a diesel Chevette & even wanted one for a while, but didn't get one...

I'm pretty sure they've all been crushed, and that's not necessarily a bad thing

LOL! Nice.

Believe it or not, I even did the wild thing in the backseat of a Chevette. I'm 6'1". Hey, where there's a will, there's ALWAYS a way. :beer:

 

[aircooled]

It was the low cost way to say "I own a 'vette"

 

[ScoobMaster]

Originally posted by: aircooled
It was the low cost way to say "I own a 'vette"

Ha - I was going to post that and you beat me to it! I actually did this in college (my 1st car was a two-tone blue chevette)

<----- former blue "'vette" owner

 

[Amused]

I've been told by people up here in the midwest that you could actually HEAR them rusting away.

That's the same reason you don't see any Vegas up here, either.

 

[Modeps]

friend of mine's family owned like 3 at the same time... one was used for "fun" (running into stopsigns, hitting shopping carts)... one was going to be used in a demolition derby, and the other one disappeared one day...

 

[Ronstang]

Chevettes have got to be the biggest pieces of sh!t ever, they had ZERO quality just like the Vega. I am not surprised you don't see any on the road anymore, after a certain amount of miles they just began to disintegrate and were not worth fixing so most people didn't fix them. I never even see them in junkyards anymore which means they are truly extinct.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Chevettes have got to be the biggest pieces of sh!t ever, they had ZERO quality just like the Vega. I am not surprised you don't see any on the road anymore, after a certain amount of miles they just began to disintegrate and were not worth fixing so most people didn't fix them. I never even see them in junkyards anymore which means they are truly extinct.

they must have built -millions- of them.

 

[jemcam]

Their front end components live on in your Fiero, at least I know the steering rack & pinion for Fiero's were taken directly from the Chevette.

 

[440sixpack]

I wrecked mine back in '89.

 

[JC]

Ecch, there was a time when my parents had TWO '76 Chevettes....1.4L and automatic, to boot One was lemon yellow (took my driver's test in that one) and one butterscotch one (ewww....).


JC

 

[bunker]

ROFL!!!

I just went to traderonline.com and did a search for them. The first result:

A 2000 Chevrolet Chevette...only $37,000

The moron that listed that doesn't deserve to work at a dealership.

 

[eakers]

my dad had a brown one, all i remember is loving that car because he let me put stickers all over the inside (i was 5) hahahahaha

 

[DurocShark]

Chevette stuff: www.tigersport.freeserve.co.uk/ chevette.htm

<Best barker's voice>We got your rice! We got your drag (racing that is)! We got your rust!</voice>

 

[Bootprint]

I had an '82 Chevette in the late 80's. It was the low-end model, one thing it didn't come with was a glove compartment door.

 

[DietDrThunder]

I rank the Chevette right along with the Chevy Citation. Talk about disposable cars.

 

[RU482]

I remember when I was young, some older guys put a V8 in a Chevette. No exhaust, basically just a 1 weekend beater car

 

[Zedtom]

My brother-in-law runs an auto repair shop. His mechanics would refer to these cars as "shove-its". The transmission design utilized plastic bushings and there were many parts of the engine that used the lowest quality parts then available.

Think of these as the emachines of the 1970's auto world.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

i saw one a few months ago... it had Collectors plates on it! it was in very nice condition.

wasn't the chevette Chevy's first disposable car?

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: yamahaXS
Wasn't the chevette Chevy's first disposable car?

Some would argue that honor went to the Vega

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: yamahaXS
i saw one a few months ago... it had Collectors plates on it! it was in very nice condition.

wasn't the chevette Chevy's first disposable car?

yep, next to the VW bug.