Recent content by ButchN

Hi all. Took delivery of my 1st new Corvette (it is my 2nd Corvette) yesterday. Please see this thread & more pics in this thread for detailed info.

I picked up my 1st ever 2nd award at the show I attended! I took the Vette out one last time, temps were great, mid 80's, warm, but not a scorcher & no humidity. One couldn't ask for better weather in near mid October up here in MA. The show I went to lumped 68-present Vette's in one class...

It's actually an open since the fuse isn't blown & there's no power. You have a bad connection it seems.

Thanks. 255/50/17, 4.5" offset, 0 backspace, NO mods to make it fit.

My 82, pics taken today, 09/11/11 only 2 months out of the body shop & with a new interior:

Yeah, I looked at some pics I took when I 1st got the car & remembered how that sat. All seems well now. Whomever is going to Carlisle will see it. My Mass plate is my username here, BUTCHN, hard to miss. Please stop by & say hi & critique for me so I can make it better! I'f I'm not there, (good...

I looked, you were right, on my door it shows under mfg date, 07/82. Dunno why I thought 81. Probably since most new cars are built the preceding year. Remember, this is my 1st Vette & I've only had it since Nov 2010. I'm still in mega learn mode! I did, thanks & it showed this: Approximate...

They are taller because the old tires were bald. The new tires have 11/32" tread (almost 3/8") so in essense, they are just under 3/4" taller, but only because new. The I put them next to the GTII's I had, they would have been the same height, give or take an 1/8". And as you kow, all tire...

How does one find their cars 'birthday'? I know my 82 was built in July 1981, but do not know the day. Thanks And happy b-day to your car! My cars upcoming b-day got a makeover.

They are the correct height & width. I used this calculator to determine what size tire I needed to keep the width & height when I went from 15" to 17".

It's done! Sorta. I still need to put on the emblems, drill out the rivets on all 4 of my original 30 yr. old discs & put the new ones on. I also need to get the replacement carpet, door panels & seats & lastly, figure out how I'm gonna get my T-roofs on since the new weather strip is keeping...

Thanks & no spacers. They fit perfect.

My 1st post was a cut-n-paste & I forgot to change it. I know it was originally enamel, but no, my car had a repaint of the nose & a poor clear application on the rest of the body. The enamel paint of the day back then was single stage, not 2 stage like today. Here's a few pics to show how it...

See this thread.

It's red!! It was painted last Saturday night & these picsa re with no wet sanding yet. My pal used an extra quart of clear, & it paid off. Very little orange peel & very little wet sanding is being needed. I'll post more pics this weekend as it's being wetsanded now & I still have...