same body style=same chassis so i think it would be a safe asummption Answer: Yes, the frame will match up. The frames from 1963-1982 are almost identical.
Yes, the same frame and basic underpinnings were used for that whole generation. The C3 (1968-1982).
69had chrome bumpers, 74 had rubber, end of frames are a little different.
C4 Corvettes are a unibody construction. The body will not lift off in one piece, leaving a full frame rolling chassis. 1982 was the last year of the old fashioned, body on frame, Corvette. Mike V. ASE Master Certified
Yes.
frame is solid
yes, most companies have these. check on the www for corvette parts.
Take it to a professional body shop. They know where to look for previous body and frame repairs.
Technically yes, you can make anything fit anything with enough fabrication skills. But practically speaking, no. the body mount locations won't match up and the suspension parts will interfere with the 58 body.
Not without modifications.
The body and frame are different. Can it be done! Sure, with enough money and alteration you can do most anything. Is it worth it? No!
Yes -- there is/was a 1982 Corvette. It is mostly the same stingray body style of the preceeding years with a front air dam and rear spoiler molded on. This was the year of the Cross Fire Injection engine (if I recall correctly) and it wasn't worth much. There was no 1983 car.
1982 I believe was the first year to use any sort of computer in a corvette. The last of the C3, the 1982 was the first to use any kind of fuel injection since 1965. It used throttle body injection, which was a kind of carbeuration/fuel injection hybrid. The system used a crude (by today's standards) computer to monitor fuel/air ratios. It could make about 11 adjustments per second. For 1984, the throttle body injection on the corvette returned, this time able to make more calculations per second-around 80, I think. This was the last of year of throttle body injection in the corvette and the foret year of the C4. In 1985, the corvette received TPI (tunnnel port) injection.