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fouled spark plugs If you have a car with lower compression or another problem that makes one or more spark plugs foul, i never start that car unless it gets driven at least 5 or 10 miles minimum, and with alot of our older classics that means parking in your garage to alloy getting it...

Black corvette Hi all ,just found out corvette was painted 12 years ago in US,and he was told the painter lost the trim tag,so i do not believe his story,thankyou.

colors Thankyou Huskerman and Bud, the problem is it was at a show here last sunday and i did not check his tag,so will try and find out,but may not be able to do it for a while ,as i am going to europe France for 12 days tomorrow,all i do know is he purchased and shipped it here 2004,thankyou.

Could others with more knowledge than me ,help , how many black corvettes were built in 1972, the only thing i have found in my 2011 black book is no black is listed,but it does say is that paint quantities do not add to total production because additional units had non standard paint...

Numbers Thankyou Mike the letter S i realized after i did that i was wrong,all those figures are from 2011 black book and i realize colours are for total built,but i can not work out you said, silver leather was ltd to pace cars,but there was 5703 built with silver leather,and yet there...

Statistics and facts Hi may be able to help you,your vin looks ok to me,it has thirteen digets,the fifth diget 4 is proof it is a L82 220hp the six diget year,S silver anniversary ,then 419247, your car was the 19247 no built of the total 46776 built there was 15283 silver anniversary...

The 2008 SUPER CHEVY MAGAZINE CAR OF THE YEAR Rod Saboury's 2600 HP Twin Turbo Street Legal 1963 Split Window Coupe is currently listed on Ebay. From the description: Go here to view the listing and additional photos: Chevrolet : Corvette World's Fastest Street Legal Corvette in Chevrolet |...

Battery test Thankyou Hib, i take your advise,i have had two Hydrometers for years and they never let me down,and i have older stile batterys, years ago when i lived in CA US friends use to get ripped of by auto testing and were sold new batterys that were either low on acid or not faulty and...

Is battery actually ok Hi just thought i would let you know,that the best battery tester is still the age old and proven Hydrometer,parts store still sell them and i think still only approx $5.00 $6.00, in case you dont know what that is , its a small glass tube like with 7 to 8 inches long...

Starting on steep grades What could be the problem is,that when you try and start your corvette on a steep hill,you are also pushing down on your clutch,as its a manual box, because a lot of cars the handbrake wont hold ,so you leave it in gear to help the car from rolling down hill.Pushing...

Not on 77 I think that 1977 did not have Carter Carbs, for memory the last year for Carter was approx 1965 -or 66,and 1977 should have Rochester q-jet from nos 17057202 .

The finer point of points Over the years ,many old and classic car members do have alot of problems and break downs caused by bad or faulty points,im saying this because im not for or against using pertronix, I have pertronix in one of my classics,so far not my vette,There are good and bad...

air condition options Hi peer81,ive been away from the forum for a while,but thought i would air my experiances ive had over the years ,not just the vette but on some of my other classics.For years now ive been using two products,one is called freeze 12,the other is Enviro Safe ,freeze 12 ive...

I guess you are still useing points if so check the dwell,and your point gap,this can happen if the gap closses up, because of worn carbon vibre lobe in the distributor, and dont rely fully on the dwell as if points are burnt badly can do a similiar thing,and cause an incorrect dwell...

starting and idling once a month,a no no, Hi caninelver,you mentioned that you start and idle your vette once a month, thats actually not a good thing to do ,ill tell you why,when doing this the thermostate takes twice as long to open,thus why idling puts extra wear on your engine, and also it...