How Late a Corvette could you own as a Classic?

[Vetman]

I bought my C3 as a current model and as time has passed it is now owned as a Classic. The C3 has plenty of faults in terms of awkward jobs, eg changing a fuse, removing the fan shroud, or the rear wheel bearings, but in general only requires spanners. I cannot imagine owning a C8 as an old car. It would be a money pit I imagine.

How late a Corvette could be kept as a Classic by the home mechanic?

 

[Roscobbc]

My 'take' is a C3 - however if you have a code reader why not a C4, C5 or C6.....yes OK so a fair bit more complicated - and you wouldn't really want to do a clutch or auto transmission job on one......but they ain't rocket science.!

 

[CaptainK]

For my basic mechanic knowledge, C3 is hard enough. All the fancy electrics in C4 onwards might do me in. Saying that, a C4 is the same years as my FTO, and I do work on that. The difference being the FTO is worth bugger all, so I care not if I break it for a while.