i realized a troubling/sobering thought yesterday:
The supply has dried up. Maybe not totally gone, but vastly "evaporated."
While millions were sold, the chevette was never a loved car. It was a "throwaway" transportation car.
In contrast to, iconic, beloved, cars such as 1st gen camaros, chevelles, tri-5 chevys, trucks, and to a certain extent, blazers.
Even if you're not a car person, you know what a trans-maro or 57 chevy is.
When was the last time you even SAW a chevette on the street? It's probably been years. THAT should tell you something......
Same with first gen J-body (cavalier etc.) Also Corsica, luminas etc. "Throwaway" cars.
A few outliers are into Opel GTs, vegas, chevettes etc. because you can, sort of, put a sbc in there and be extremely light. But these are not and never were loved cars. This is strictly a niche/novelty category of cars. i think the only small car that was ever loved was/is the vw bug? But that's not even a true sub-compact?
The few outliers, like myself, are probably the type of people that live alone in a shack on top of a garage where all they do is mess with cars. Note: i do not live alone or in a shack, although "mentally" i do.
i think they are still out there, but it won't be easy. i'll need cash and a trailer at the ready and be ready to take a road trip. All this needs to be lined up and ready to go at moment's notice.
2) i am willing to pay a fee for someone to reserve the right car IF it's geographically too far away to make an immediate(weekend-ish) road trip. i'm not sure how to do this right now, but i would forward the actual cash to pay for car as well as the "assistance fee." i can be very generous with this fee as well.
All this over a chevette. How sick am i........
