The C3 Corvette does not blend in. It was never designed to, and five decades of depreciation haven’t changed that. Park one next to modern crossover traffic and it reads like a transmission from another civilization — lower, longer, more certain of itself than anything built to a contemporary emissions target and a five-star crash rating.

This example wears a two-tone finish, gloss black over silver-cream, that suits the body’s long fastback lines better than a single color would. The C3 generation ran from 1968 through 1982, one of the longest production runs in Corvette history, and the body styling changed so gradually across those fourteen years that pinning an exact model year from the rear quarter requires more than a casual glance. The wheel design and trim details here suggest a mid-to-late 1970s car — which means it was born into the worst period for American performance vehicles and survived anyway.