---
title: "Don’t Knock This Four-Door Chevy Corvette C3 Until You Buy It"
description: "Paint it black and it could almost pass for a Batmobile."
date: "2021-03-02"
modified: "2021-03-02"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/39557/dont-knock-this-four-door-chevy-corvette-c3-until-you-buy-it"
categories:
  - "Chevrolet News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Corvette"
  - "Coupe"
  - "sports car"
---

# Don’t Knock This Four-Door Chevy Corvette C3 Until You Buy It

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2021/03/154657066_10219392609267908_5296543941582451216_o.jpg>)
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If there has always been one drawback of buying a Chevrolet Corvette over a [Porsche 911](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/39273/2022-porsche-911-gt3-a-9000-rpm-love-letter-to-natural-aspiration>), it's been the Chevy's lack of a back seat. Because of that, it's simply not a sports car you can share with more than one family member at a time. It's not a problem one has to take sitting down, though, because someone in Nevada is selling their custom-built, family-friendly Corvette, which has proportions not unlike the [Batmobile](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/30698/680000-will-get-you-the-worlds-only-turbine-powered-street-legal-batmobile>), and most importantly of all, a back seat.

Listed for sale on [Facebook Marketplace](<https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/363180774674660/?ref=share_attachment>), this Corvette sedan was apparently constructed in 1990 from a pair of late-production C3s, likely Canada-market models going by the metric speedometer. Its builder appears to have mated the two cars at their cabins, switching out the rear's buckets for a split-bench seat, which looks to have space for three (though likely belts for only two). Being a custom job that seems to have seen its share of car shows, it features only the finest in-car entertainment imaginable at the time: an RCA CRT television that blocks the rear-view mirror.

![message-editor%2F1614710796661-155034844\_10219392608307884\_4581152592465003700\_o.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1614710796661-155034844_10219392608307884_4581152592465003700_o.jpg>)
*Custom Chevrolet Corvette C3 sedan conversion, *Facebook Marketplace | Chris Leo**

Grubby upholstery, bubbling window tint, and a rear wing that at some point went missing disguise what's said to be a car otherwise in strong shape. Its seller claims its 350-cubic-inch V8 and unspecified automatic transmission (a three- or four-speed) have a mere 1,600 miles on them, and that the car runs and drives just fine. Rolling around on new tires, it's hypothetically ready to drive straight home.

![message-editor%2F1614710871060-154645752\_10219392608507889\_8636098410575151154\_o.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1614710871060-154645752_10219392608507889_8636098410575151154_o.jpg>)
*Custom Chevrolet Corvette C3 sedan conversion, *Facebook Marketplace | Chris Leo**

![message-editor%2F1614710881217-154736716\_10219392607947875\_3402828772194891952\_o.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1614710881217-154736716_10219392607947875_3402828772194891952_o.jpg>)
*Custom Chevrolet Corvette C3 sedan conversion, *Facebook Marketplace | Chris Leo**

![message-editor%2F1614710887841-154981695\_10219392608547890\_400714660791327006\_o.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1614710887841-154981695_10219392608547890_400714660791327006_o.jpg>)
*Custom Chevrolet Corvette C3 sedan conversion, *Facebook Marketplace | Chris Leo**

![message-editor%2F1614710895270-154651147\_10219392609107904\_8177925457427684005\_o.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1614710895270-154651147_10219392609107904_8177925457427684005_o.jpg>)
*Custom Chevrolet Corvette C3 sedan conversion, *Facebook Marketplace | Chris Leo**

And if you happen to have $12,900 sitting around, you can do just that. Its price doesn't appear to be out of line with those of low-mile C3s, never mind those of [ready-made limousines](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/38567/yes-someone-really-made-a-dodge-challenger-limousine-with-quad-gullwing-doors>), which often sell for considerably more, even after tens of thousands of miles. It'd make an ideal retro limo with that TV hooked to a loop of a '90s broadcast—I've got a VHS of the 1993 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade if there are any takers.

*Got a quainter Corvette to share? Send me a note: james@thedrive.com*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)