The Birthday Billboard Poster - 1978 Chevrolet Corvette & Ride on My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

What a great car story, and what a great Corvette. I remember it took me awhile back in the 70’s, to gain a liking for a two-toned Corvette of this nature. My original thinking was that two-toned paint schemes always belonged on luxury cars, not sports cars. Of course, I have since changed the mind. This a beautiful Corvette and it just eggs me on to still wanting one. Thanks Lou & Dave for great Tuesday treat!

the silver anniversary scheme was really good looking and effectively showed the lines of the car. I test drove an anniversary corvette, back in the day, with a red interior, but with this color interior, you can never wear jeans or drive with dirty hands! I now have an earlier C3...wish my headlights opened and closed as well as this one. beautiful

Always loved these Anniversary Editions ! Always loved this year Vette ! I wound up with a'74 instead... Beautiful example ! Thanks Lou !

Lou this 'Vette is impeccable throughout especially as all original. I always liked the styling of this model with the T-top/targa roofline and the fastback rear glass - good symmetry and flow from all angles. Additionally, the factory slotted deep dish wheels are really handsome. The '70's era of engine pollution hardware puts the chassis ahead of the motor performance. Nonetheless - really nice example!

I love the backstory as much as I love this Vette!! I never owned any Vettes but I touched a few with my own wittle hands. And - well - it still wasn't as satisfying as I'm sure actually owning and driving one would be. A super addition to, My car Story., Lou!!! Massive Thumbs Up!!!

Este señor lo tiene todo!!! Un Corvette y una de las mejores camionetas del planeta! Al fondo se ve una Blazer 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎

This '78 is fantastic! The Pace Cars get alot of attention, but the stripe kits on these ones are classy. I can see why Dave wanted one for his birthday. Heck, what young guy wouldn't? I'm so glad he eventually got the car & kept the poster. Thanks, Lou!

Great looking Corvette. The birthday poster came to life and He is living out his boyhood dream with that car. That was a great story with all the trunk in treats also. Thanks Lou!

What a great survivor Corvette! Thanks for bringing this to us Lou.

Hats off to Dave for breaking it away from it's posterchild. Well Lou you did it! You found my childhood to teenage family car. My father bought one new in 78'. I was 7. I can still remember the day I came home and saw it in the backyard. I couldn't believe it. We lived in a rural town so my little brother (5) and I hopped in, he sat in the back under the bubble window and we went out on the highway up to 100+ mph. We were quite excited little boys lol. (Two kids in Kindergarten-Grade 3 age can ride back there no problem) . My dads Silver anni had the L-82 motor with the 4boltmains and 225hp. It had the black valvecovers with the brushed fins and corvette logos with a chrome dual snorkel aircleaner. Had an "L-82" badge on the hood buldge also. The interior waa black. Around 1980 dad got tired of the L-82 and ordered a crate L-T1 longblock 70'version from GM which was still doable then and swapped that into the Vette. It had an Edelbrock intake and Blackjack headera, no cats etc. It was crazy. (for 80"-86'era anyways) He won money with it. Our little town had an early 80's not so rich version of Street outlaws goin' on. Couldn't keep Cv joints in it. It sounded like a 70' Vette but louder. I remember he would get home from work (60mile hwy drive) and turn the lights off in the garage and show my brother & I the headers glowing red. lol The original L-82 block & heads sat under the basement steps by my bedroom door till' I grew up and moved away. I always loved riding in it. The view looking forward from your camera really brought me back to my youth. This was a good one!!!! Thanks Lou.

Hi, Lou! Anyone who has a Corvette of any vintage has to feel fortunate, but Dave must feel doubly so having the original billboard ad to go with it! And that, folks, is why this show is titled "My Car Story". Well, Lou, you know what they say, good things come to those who wait! Many thanks to you and Dave for the ride and for showing off the billboard and all those cool promo items!

As usual Lou , another great video. Great car and great owner, You are the best out there today with this type of video. You don’t come off as some stodgy old car baron who thinks he knows more than the rest of us, You , my friend come off as a friendly neighbor who enjoys cars of all sorts and today it just happened to be a good ol Vette. Thanks for making it enjoyable to watch ❗️🇺🇸

Hermoso auto! Para mí, la tercera generación del Corvette, o sea la C3, es la más bella de este clásico. Simplemente, sus lineas en forma de botella de Coca Cola resultan muy atractivas. Además, la combinación de colores en plata con negro, de este modelo en particular, lo hacen resaltar aún más. Por último, un excelente trabajo de cámara, que nos hace apreciar al vehículo en los mejores ángulos posibles... Ah, y un Hermoso recorrido, al final, por el desierto. ¡Saludos cordiales!

GREETINGS. From Venezuela, . . ................ .............. .

Oohhh! Whats not to like in this one! Story, car, scenery! Five stars!

Sharp! Sharp! Sharp! Thanks Lou!

You are quite right at 16:30 - the ride made my day a little bit better.

awesome survivor, it's nice to see these classics were well taken care of, and still on the road! thanx lou!

Classic!

Wow, what a complete collection centered around this fantastic car, that billboard is amazing!!! I remember when the 78 Vette hit the streets and my friends and I were so excited each time we saw a Pace Car edition!!! This 25th Anniversary edition looks so sleek in the two-tone silver with oyster interior!!! The youth pastor at the church I went to, (1st United Methodist, Niceville, Florida), had one of these cars and it was a bronze/brown color, I remember those badges for sure. Good one Lou!!!

I have the MONOGRAM 1/8th scale model of this car. It's unassembled and comes molded in Orange. I will build it as the S/A in memory of my friend who had one.

Lou, you are on a roll with one great car after the other… People… If this is your first time looking at this website… Hit the subscribe button. Lou knows how to show a car and just go back and take a look at his other cars… You won’t be disappointed. Serious important cars shown Very nicely. Right now… I can talk cars with anyone after watching and subscribing to Lou.

That car is definitely the ultimate poster car😍🙌👌. I remember I saw a '69 Stingray a few years ago - the one and only time I saw one in person they quite rare to spot in South Africa - and ever since then, the Stingray a favourite muscle car of mine 😁

My dream car!

I'm sorry. I just passed my morning coffee through my nose when he told us he got a poster for his birthday. Edit: Wow. Just finished vid. For whatever reason, i had so much fun watching this one, more than usual. I think it has to do with the owner, the story, the chemistry between the two of you. I felt like i was there! Fine job. And i've been watching those subs. Very close, Lou. Very close.

Enjoy Dave's collections. Thanks Lou.

Beautiful Corvette Lou. There's one like it that sits down the road from my house under some pine trees. Story is the woman who owns it drove it here to Southeastern Oklahoma from San Francisco California while moving here and then parked it. It was her first car and it has sat there my whole life and I'm 30 years old now. She won't sell it. It just sits there.

Lou, in the fall of 77. I ordered a new 25th Anniversary for myself. So, I loved the car, the story that went with, the car. I also, enjoyed you comments. I only wish, the photographer would not have gone too fast through the showing.

Another great film! And beautiful Corvette!

Silver Anniversary Corvette!! AWESOME! Vettes RULE! American Muscle! 🥳👍🏾😆🤟🏾🇺🇸🤣

Thanks for showing us nice cars all the time!!!! King Patrick

Very nice, my Uncle Robert had a 1978 25 Anninersary edition like this with a burgandy leather interior 😀

Right on! Dave seems like a super cool funny dude! Never knew much about the Silver edition and it's amazing seeing all those promo pieces and ads! I asked for a Viper once and got a Matchbox or Hotwheels special version with real rubber tires and working hood!! I see Dave likes the FireBirds too, I had 5 of those but only ever almost got a Corvette around 96 till my insurance agent basically laughed me out of the office cuz of my record at the time, hehe... my uncle had a 69 Big block Stingray with side pipes and my landlady in the 90's had a yellow 82 with a crazy James Bond style car phone! She had a Judge too... Thank for the rare finds and glimpse back always, Lou!

I always wanted a corvette been a fan of the vetted since I saw corvette summer movie 🎥 from Mark Hammel this vette is a real jem awesome as always Lou

I love these!

My 76 non a/c 4 speed loves potholes around the Chicago area.Nice vid Lou and nice car.Thanks again!

What a beautiful survivor....How the heck did he keep it so nicely, even though it has been driven very little, must have a climate/humidity controlled garage/man cave for sure....I understand how the wife feels, I would be afraid of damaging it even on the safest of trips, like to church.... I too remember that Farah poster, we had it hanging up in our dorm room...

What a beauty. Thanks for giving me something to think about besides the crap. Off for surgery and I don't know if I'll be back but I sure hope so

Hi Lou, how are you doing? congratulations on a 100K SUBS! What a fantastic achievement! Thank you, for this great video! Wow, I love this beautiful "Birthday" car! :)

Beautiful 💕

Gorgeous car!!

Very beautiful T-Top - Great Memorabilia - I was never a 'Vette Fan, after my Boss would let me borrow his 454 / Auto sometimes, and it would about burn your feet off in Florida summer ... but this car is lovely .

Cool 78 Vette Memorabilia too!!

Hey Lou. Beautiful looking Corvette. 🙂

Nice. Looks like the water pump pulley is wobbling like crazy @ 14:38.

the 78 Corvette in silver (for whatever reason), 78 Z28 in yellow and the 78 Cadillac Coupe DeVille were my favorites in the late 70s along with the 77 Trams Am as featured in Smokey and the Bandit

Great Car! Great History! Thank you, Lou!! 🏳️‍🌈

Nice Vette. My fave style that was a high point for Corvette. These look better than C4 to C8s. Too bad the power wasn't great to match the style. Thanks Dave & Lou! (The story over birthday request was cool too)

Awesome Vette!!.. I have a buddy that has one of these with 20k original miles ...

you are very CHINGON mr lou

Very pretty and people are always oh it's smog motor well at least it has engine and it's an easy fix, new heads different cam etc.

Another great video. Doesn’t sound like the owner uses it much. Did I see a 1979-81 Trans Am and a Herbie Beatle in his garage??

i like c3 corvette

Beautiful, the definitely DON'T build them like they used to

Unless I missed it you never talked about the engine and performance. In high school back in the mid 80s I had a '78 Corvette with the terrible L48 , which I replaced with a more legit 350 engine. Unless I'm mistaken, the Anniversary model came with the L82 with a "whopping" 220 HP. Such a shame. That Vette probably couldn't beat the average modern passenger car or pickup in a drag race.

I was looking to buy one of these (25th) that was about 5 years old at the time. It had a red interior in it and a bit more miles than Dave's. The dealer undervalued my trade-in in a huge way and my insurance company doubled my quote, and needless to say I did not get the car. Nor did I get any of the Vette-loving chicks in L.A. Especially not Farah. Or either Heather. Oh gawd I'm such a loser.

Where did you get the window sticker ? Thanks

Bet you couldn't get that billboard poster for $ 11.50 today!!

How can I get a poster like that?

Just thought I'd let you know that I did watch the entire ad for the Mazda CX-something even though I would never buy such an ugly thing. I think I'm one of the few who likes the glass-back Vettes. I think that's what they were called.