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Gary gets Eds Rear End for rebuild Update on rear end and suspension rebuild.. Gary Ramadei is rebuilding the 78 rear end that Ed Johnson donated to the project. Here are some pictures of his inspection and comments. "Looks like this came out of a 79 vette. The gear date is Aug 1978, maybe...

I had fun taking out my Muncie , I should have ducked , wrench fell, I moved to fast and forgot that I had no head room.... But it is out.....took about 2 hours no real problems , just lowered engine , as I moved tranny straight back, then raised engine and tranny fell forward and out...

Parking brake needs adjustment , which way do I spin the star wheel , up or down to move shoe pad against drum? fuel / brake lines only a few years old

It has been 49 years since a pro touched my shafts Last time was at the factory 49 years ago. I have sent off my drive shaft and half shafts for a professional balance and u-joints replacement. the drive shaft will be balanced with a new slip yoke that is needed. The old one had 300,000 miles...

I hope you enjoy this photo. This is how these cars were really used 30-50 years ago.

Just picked up my rear end ! Hi to all, I made a quick ride to Easton, MA , where a good friend , Ed Johnson owns a home town service and repair shop . Ed had graciously donated a late seventies corvette differential to my car. It has a 3:70 in it, but I will have that changed out...

I have been fortunate to own the car for 45 of it's 49 years. 46,000 miles on it when I bought it from original owner. Now pushing 300,000 and 4 restorations, visits to 48 states and 15 European countries. Not bad for a old sports car Jack

My guy said "pleat & roll". I said sure jack

Softer side Tom that interior !

Does my wedding day count as a daily driver day ? These pictures are from my wedding day in 1982 , I had just restored the car for the seconded time since buying it in 1970 with 46,000 miles and original tires still on it. (bald ) . Put my first set of radials on it after driving it home.

I thought I would post my response to a forum member on one of the other popular corvette forums. He had made a statement about "How could some one have cut some holes in the bumper braces for a trailer" since he felt it was some kind of sacrilege to have used a corvette to tow a trailer. My...

Some great info on c-2 and c3 differentials Hi Gang, as you know by the posts, my rear end let go. Gary Ramadei, who is one of the best re-builders you can find posted this information on my NCRS forum post. I thought I would re-post it because it will help explain what happened. Ed...

Here is a real burn out Gary Ramadei has been working on my rear end. In my other post he is trying to remove the posi unit from the case but it will not come out because the case was spread and distorted by the explosion of the posi unit after 300,000 miles. He took a torch to the posi to...

Rear end update As you all know, this started out as a stuck plug on my tranny. Well the rear end blew and I got a chance to take the rear down to Gary Ramadei, in New Haven CT. He is one of the best re-builders in the country. He did my steering box and now the rear. Here are the...

Update # 4 mount I went out to the garage , forgot to change my clothes, I was just going to spray a little more penetrate on the bolt holding the reinforcement plate. Well I could not resist putting a ratchet to the bolt. I forgot to take the deck off and just reached in . It took a while...

# 4 mount update Hello to all, We left off with the bolts soaking and all the rubber peeled away on # 4 mount. I went out this afternoon to soak the bolts again and while there I picked a bit at the bushing sleeve and bolt. I decided to give the bolt a little bit of a turn. The...

Update What started as a stuck plug has changed into a Under body restoration. Gary Ramadei is working on my rear end and I should have it sometime in April. Mean while..... First the plug would not come out, then the rear end blew, and before you know it project creep. Well I finally got...

Two different strut rods! Guess what? Last night I went out to garage to take a look at the struts, and what do I see? The bent one is 1 1/4 & the straight one is 1 3/8 Now it all comes back to me, in 1971 I had the rear changed, the mechanic must have broken the original rod and put in the...

Since I will not be driving the car for a while (rear end died) I thought you may want to look at the system I used for my trips. Here is a very simple system Universal 100 by Vox I would never have been able to travel 20,000 miles in 90 days on my 48 State Tour without it. I would just...

Hello, Bonjour, and Good Afternoon, Day 6 I thought you would be tired of looking at my car's rear end. Picture taken in Nice, France on Corvette Vagabond 's European Tour. Well I found the problem. Failed bearing of pinion gear or Posi Unit its self. The pinion gear was able to move...