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it seems that the previous owner had already tried to weld the frame as there are weld marks at the cracked area but it didn't hold so we are assuming without having seen the car or frame yet that it may be beyond repair and replacement is the best option

Hi all hoping someone might be able to help out here...... At our Corvette Club monthly meeting last night a member told us about a friend of his whose 17yo son has been saving his money for a long time to get his dream car, a Corvette, and he bought a 1980 recently. It's a nice driver car and...

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yep, that is John in the blue shirt. :) A true gentleman in the hobby and besides freely sharing his knowledge I guess he is now giving garage tours! ;LOL Both cars are GREAT!. BTW, I understand that John's Z/28 is actually a show quality condition ORIGINAL, UNMOLESTED, UNRESTORED car!

Herb, I know that project is really your first ( and what a project to start with!) same as the comparatively minor projects I did last winter on my '65 and than the '78 but don't lose sleep over the wiring and plumbing. Even if you never did it before, same I never did any of the stuff I...

yeah, well, most things usually are my fault :ugh

Herb the car looks GREAT! I love the stance and how low the body sits. That is going to be a mean ride you got there. :)

Mark I don't know their reason for the difference but I can guess a possible one... A stock restored car is typically driven less and typically "babied" pretty well. In many cases as you know many cars like that are rarely driven at all unless it's to a show or the infrequent pleasure drive. A...

everyone thanks for the feedback. yes, I fully realize that i really asked the question prematurely as a lot of the value will be determined after I can find out if it's the original motor/trans etc but I was just hoping to get a general range of what current LT1 prices were ranging in and I...

hi guys I normally try to avoid posting questions this vague but i can't help it this time. Local to me is a '71 LT1 for sale. I need to get some rough. general ideas of the value of the car or LT1's in general since I haven't followed LT1 market prices. So far the only info I know so far...

For anyone that may be interested in Ray's '63 SWC I can tell you that I followed the progress of his body-off restoration from beginning to end on here and as he added progess reports on his website and as Ray mentioned I had the pleasure of seeing the completed car at Carlisle last year. This...

FYI John sent me 6 more articles and they are now posted up. In addition, another forum member also sent me an article. That's 13 new tech articles added to the site in the last week! I hope you find them useful and can utilize them if/when the time comes that you are working on your car. Enjoy

Thanks Larry......... If others find the tech artcles page of my website or any other part of my site useful and helpful than I'm glad to do it. This place has always been good to me and the help I've received over the last 3 years or so I've been here is beyond my ability to even mention. I...

thanks, but "watching my back" is the least of my concerns whether it's here or anywhere else. It's other issues that there is no need to go into.

Eastwood makes a specific radiator paint or else you can request that DeWitts paint it for you and they will and i don't believe their charge on that is very much.

thanks guys, I appreciate all the kind words and I'm very glad that many of you utilize the tech articles section of my website - after all that's what i made it for, but really the thanks goes to JohnZ, Lars, and all the other many authors of the tech papers for sharing their knowledge, not to...

Hi all JohnZ has generously sent to me six more tech articles that he had written to add to my website's Tech Articles page. The articles vary in subject matter from back-up lights to swapping intakes, swapping radiators, rear leaf springs, installing rivets and more. There may be more coming...

Hi all JohnZ has generously sent to me six more tech articles that he had written to add to my website's Tech Articles page. The articles vary in subject matter from back-up lights to swapping intakes, swapping radiators, rear leaf springs, installing rivets and more. There may be more coming...

depends on what judging you would want to go for. Normal Flight judging does NOT judge on originality as is often thought of, it judges on how close the car APPEARS to be in the same condition as it would be during delivery to a customer after normal dealer prep. That means things like paint...

hi Jim long time no talk........... the answer is easy, if the frame is rusty than strip it, repair it and repaint it. Done. Rust ain't original, it developed over time and if you leave it on there you will end up with a completely original and completely destroyed frame. Unless the car is...