Wanna have some fun? (I know it's the "other" forum, but this is where that particular member posts.)
Umm..'splain this, Lucy! 53 #29 (x2!) - Corvette Forum
F/S: 4 New Coker 215-75R 15 Redline Radials & Repro Rallys
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I have a set of 4 new 215-75R 15 Coker Redline radials mounted on repro 8" rally rims. These are from the garage of a good friend of mine who passed away earlier this year (after selling his 69 Corvette). They've never been...
It's been around as long as I can remember AND I've used it in various vehicles for various purposes (as recommended) for nealry as long as I've been playing with cars (~35 years). I like the stuff. I'll bet you can get the opposite reaction form someone else but that's my $0.02.
That was in CO in 2002 on the way to NCRS Monterey/SACC Salinas/Monterey Historics. I buried the speedo x3 in NV but couldn't bring myself to take a hand off the steering wheel to snap another picture. The Atlanta Motor Speedway pic was in 1999 on the 5th Anniversary NCM Caravan - at that...
The 57 is much more "driver interactive;" ya gotta anticipate - especially since I like to drive the stink outta it! No "point & squirt" with that one. The 97 does have a/c, so there are tradeoffs...
Always great to see another (older than my) solid axle tooling around.
For all those who may "pooh pooh" your "switcheroo," here's what I told my friend who did just that in [1978] comparing his 72 to my (at that time) 58 Corvette:
"If they didn't make mine, they never would've made yours!"...
Tom, I built that from scratch using scrap wood & a pallet in the garage (with the exception of the corner braces courtesy of Lowes). If/when I build another one I'll mount the whole shebang on a full-size pallet; that'll make moving it with a pallet jack MUCH easier! (Found that out the hard...
Mac, As I recall, take a piece of plastic (visqueen, perhaps?) and tape it completely to the floor. Check it the next day; if there's moisture under the plastic then you may have problems with an epoxy floor coating (chime in John at anytime if I'm off base here...).
Mac,
All I gotta do is remove the cardboard "depends" from under the 57! I'm trying to keep it somewhat clean at least until I can epoxy the floor; then it won't matter.
While I'm on the subject of Tommy (Custom Engines Inc, Sarasota FL 941-921-1369 gotta get a plug in...) here's a nice vintage (but not entirely stock) 396 that he built for a 69 Camaro in Sweden. I was just finishing building the crate and it was shipped out a couple of weeks ago not long after...
Finally, here is a short photostory of the first "Garage Mahal" engine swap (on a 62 Corvette):
First, getting started with disassembly (the chain hoist is patiently waiting to the left)
Then out comes the old
And in goes the new
Almost done! I'm behind the camera - these...
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