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YEAH!! another forum member that prefers to use computers that actually work! :) :beer

Tom aren't you going to lose points in NCRS judging on the flat black finish??!! :D that's one mean looking midyear!! :)

UPDATE: 6/12/07 Hi all, I am recieving the money from the young man tonight so that we can go get this frame I found. hopefully we will have it picked up and here within a week - depends on the work schedule of our club member who is volunteering to go get the frame. I ran into a member of one...

Andy I haven't met the young man yet but a couple of others from my club have. When this idea of a project first started he than came to a monthly cruise night our club hosts to check out some cars and see who we are. I was told that he is a very nice and extremely likable young man and he was...

guys those of you that know me from here and have followed my own escapades with my own '65 and '78 know that I photo-document EVERYTHING, usually to excess. :D you can be sure that we plan on documenting as much as we can on this project and yes, we are already planning that when we are...

well, good news finally, I managed to find a frame and at a VERY reasonable price! Someone referred me to another person that has three 80-82 frames and they had already spoken to this guy about our situation and the story behind it. When I called up to inquire about the frame the seller said he...

hmmm, I never realized that there was still that much coolant still in the block after draining via the rad - I knew there was some but 1/2 gallon on each side is a fair amount to leave in there. I guess next time I drain the whole system I better open up those plugs and get rid of that old...

I';; tell you how I do my small block. drain the rad via the drain valve. If you want to make sure to get all the old coolant out you can also open up the freeze plugs to drain the block but i don't bother with that myself. I than refill as much as possible via the t-stat housing, close up the...

Bernie call me - the cell number I have for you no longer seems to work. did you change numbers? you know the number, or if you lost it email me

Oceangal the young man lives in NJ. I don't know what state the seller was in..... Any legal preccedings would have to be between the kids parents ( he's only 17) and the seller and I'm NOT getting involved in that aspect of the car at all. We are willing to help hom as much as we can and...

Craig that's what we figured too..... the body shop that repaired the car previously from the accident overheatd the frame and caused it perhaps. Piet yes, it was changed in '80 so we need an '80-'82 frame. And the seller DID know what what was wrong with the car when he sold it and did not...

Hi all sorry it's been a while but wanted to update the thread. We had a club member go look at the car and from his observation the car was hit in the front side once and was repaired (very poor fiberglass body repair also). The frame didn't appear to be bent but he could see a large cranck...

if you didn't turn the motor over than than you should be able to drop the distributor in and have the rotor point where you had previously marked it...... but since you didn't mark it than you have no clue where proper orientation is. Also, you may not have deliberately turned the rotor or...

Oceangal have no idea but from we have been told the comments from a few bodyshops the kid took the car to to see about repairing it after he first found out about the cracked frame is that it looks like the attempted welding on it to try to repair it looked like someone had just gotten their...

Craig thanks, but if i'm not mistaken I think there are some differences in the frames and we need an '80-'82 frame. also, we will need to find a frame (if we do need one) somewhat more locally as any cost on a frame will be a majot expense for us as a club to begin with let alone the expense of...

Andy if you ever looked at my website you will know that I photo document EVERYTHING!!!!! :) If you haven't been to my site the addy is here: http://lbfun.com/index.html go to the Corvette Pages section and you will see everything I've documented on my own cars as I've worked on them. If we...

Hi Bernie would love to have your help. i'll keep you informed of what's happening on the project. I spoke to the guy in our club that brought all this to our attention today and he is going to look at the car early next week and depending on when he goes and my schedule I'll try to go with him...

Andy (navy2kcoupe) - that is VERY generous of you. Right now we want to inspect the car ourselves first and really get a better idea of what is going to be involved in this project, what we think expenses are going to run, what parts we are going to have to end up replacing, etc. After that and...

We are arranging to have someone go down to look at the car, hopefully in the next 2 or 3 days and after inspecting it carefully we will be in a better position to decide exactly what needs to be done to the car, whether it's a matter of "simply" welding and repairing the existing frame...

Hi Jim reinstall of the intake is very easy. First make sure that both the head surfaces and the intake manifold surfaces are very clean and free from any of the old gasket material that may have stuck on etc. Use lacquer thinner or brake cleaner on the mating surfaces of the block (heads and...