White Fish: 1980 Chevrolet Chevette

Chevy's Chevette was a lightweight pipsqueak with two-digit horsepower and a big chip on its shoulder due to all the abuse it got in Jr High school. Chevette owners will say "just wait till the bad ones are gone and the good ones will be worth a fortune" but I'm not holding my breath on that one. But if you want a Chevette in your driveway...I think this next example is the way I'd go...clean...low miles...stock...and cheap. Find this 1980 Chevrolet Chevette offered for $3000 in Baltimore, MD via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!

Crush or Keep? 1980 Chevrolet Chevette

Let's say someone gives you $1000.  What do you do with it? Do you squirrel it away in your piggy back for a rainy day or the inevitable health costs of a retired octogenarian? Scratch that...anybody who drives the cars recommended on this website isn't gonna save his cash or survive through their 80s (if the leaky fumes don't kill you the prehistoric safety standards will perforate your spleen like a blunderbuss...but I digress.)  ANYWAY, if you had that $1000, you could do worse than to spend it on this 1980 Chevrolet Chevette offered for $1000 in Altanta, Joe-Jah via craigslist. Tip from Matt C.

Last Minute Stay of Execution: 1980 Chevrolet Chevette V8 Swap

The Chevette never had a chance.  It was born with a face that even a mother couldn't love and a body that was destined to be crushed like a legless roach on a sunny doorstep.  Uggg, put that thing out of its misery before it gets in the house...except this squishy mutant has a secret.  A V8 secret. Find this 1980 Chevrolet Chevette with V8 swap offered for $4200 in Billings, MT via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!

Pick Your Poison: 1983 Chevrolet Chevette Pro Street

If you wanted to buy a new 'vette in 1983, you could.  It wasn't the kind built in Bowling Green, KY, though.  It was an anemic econobox.  With a little tweaking, however, you could make one of them keep up with traffic.  Find this '83 Chevette for sale in Birmingham, AL for $3,800 via craigslist.

4k: Throwback Hatchback: 1976 Chevrolet Chevette, 350 swap

Chevy's Chevette was a lightweight pipsqueak with two-digit horsepower and a freightliner's worth of negative connotations. It was embraced by the drag strip crowd, who found that it only took a small-block V8 to redeem an otherwise disposable economy trinket. Originally listed in January, this thing keeps getting closer to fiscal sensibility. Find this 1976 Chevrolet Chevette with a Chevy 350 for sale here on eBay, located San Juan Capistrano, CA currently bidding for $3,500 reserve-not-met ($5,000 buy-it-now) with three days to go. 

4k: I Have Questions: 1972 Honda Z600, Chevette swap

Looking at this car renders your brain to a full story arc of emotions. It's simultaneously an underdog and an overstatement. It's trolling inception. Imagine seeing this pull up next to you at the drag strip, wincing as the driver begins to rev it, only to hear the piteous clatter of a 1.4-liter Chevette plant. Even at double the output of the original 600cc mill, 53 horsepower doesn't seem like much. But don't worry. It comes with a junked Subaru turbo. Someone is really banking on a buyer with an equally maladjusted view on cars, and a net worth of at least $4k. Find this race-prepped 1972 Honda Z600 with Chevette inline-four swap in Lancaster, PA for $3,950 via craigslist.

50c: End Of An Era: 1986 Pontiac 1000

The Pontiac T1000 (later renamed 1000) was introduced to an awestruck public in 1981, but it was no terminator.  The little Pontiac shared all body stampings with the ice racing king Chevrolet Chevette, but it cost a few bucks more with the Pontiac badges.  The 1000 may have been badge engineering turned up to 11, but it was one of the last compact rear-drive platforms offered by any of the big three.  Find this 1986 Pontiac 1000 offered for $250 in Emmett, ID via craigslist.  Tip from Oldsmobuick.

5k: Notta Vette: 1983 Chevrolet Chevette S

Before you start thinking that featuring a Chevette is like getting excited about the fastest snail, we at DT are trying to cast the widest possible net.  After all, there's a butt for every seat, so here's the perfect ride for a hot shot dot matrix printer technician, small but tough door man at Hooters, or that pawn shop supplies traveling sales guy who just wore out his Gremlin.  Find this 1983 Chevrolet Chevette S for $7,000 in Brecksville, OH via craigslist.  Tip from Kaibeezy.