Good luck on finding one under 38k
1BAD89 I did a country-wide search on
www.classifieds2000.com for all Corvettes 1997-2201. For the 1999 Model year there wasn't one below $38,000, and there were over 400 results.
You could go back to 1997-1998 and get a little price break, but the price break cars often had WAY more miles on them. I'm talking sometimes as many as 100,000+. Apperently, some people must use the thing as a company vehicle. Regardless, you'd be very hard pressed to come up with ANY C-5 under $30,000.
Based on the huge price drop and/or the high mileage, it's not fair to compare a 1999GT to a 1997C-5. You could always go and get a 1996GT, but quite frankly, for the money when compared to the 99's, they aren't worth anything.