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I think this is doable, you need an in-car temp sensor, an a/c programmer, the c68 operating unit, some wiring harnesses, and some vacuum tubing. Might be kind of involved but you can probably pick up all this stuff on ebay or a corvette salvage yard. You'll need the service manual too, has...

Jon's advice is good but I took a different tack. I molded a piece of metal and covered it with aluminum foil so the resin wouldn't stick to it, then held it in place with blue painter's tape. Then I did four layers of fiberglass/resin (I used black resin tint so I wouldn't have to paint it)...

That door panel trim piece is very expensive. $60 for a little piece of plastic. You can't repair the cheap plastic molded-in studs, they just snap right off if you look at them. One of mine broke and I just glued it into place for now, it looks okay for a quick fix. Eventually I have to...

I agree with everyone else, with the implication that you need to look around A LOT before you purchase. Get to know the car, look through autotrader.com, Ebay, check your newspaper, go and look at some other cars in person, drive a couple of them. There are lots of helpful people in this...

I don't see masks on cars anymore, maybe it was an 80s thing. I had one on my triple black c4 convertible and it looked great. The problem is you have to remove the thing every time you wash the car, otherwise the dirt and dust build up underneath the mask and create abrasions in the paint, it...

It's some kind of foam. The back side of the bread box isn't pretty to look at, it's all blobby and stuff, and yes it's mostly hollow behind there. The dashboard is fairly easy to remove, and will facilitate the removal of the breadbox, I don't know how else you could do it. When the...

There are a lot of myths surrounding the conversion, "it doesn't get as cold", "it's not compatible", etc. For one thing, the corvette used the same a/c compressor from 1989-1996, the nippondenso 10pa20c, which was well into the time when R134a became commonly used. Also the same evaporator...

220° isn't inordinately high, but it's all relative I guess. I would start to worry if it goes over 240°, then you know something's wrong. As others have said, it's important to pull and clean your radiator every once in a while, maybe every couple of years or so, all kinds of stuff gets...

All cars need maintenance, and a corvette is no exception. Over the years I have spent thousands on car repairs, and I do most of the work myself. It just goes with the territory. I guess the only way around the maintenance requirements is to buy a new car every year, but not many people can...

Mine hasn't, it's been working flawlessly for years. I'm probably the only one here who loves the digital dash, it's one of the neat things about the early c4.

I agree with the general consensus, I think you should get a used accord or camry for right now until school is done. A used c4 is a lot of work, tires, brakes, u-joints, batteries, radiator, leaking gaskets, water pump, headlights, lots of things can go wrong and you will pour money into the...

It's not fun being sniped. We've all been there and experienced the anger, it's like being cut off by a BMW. But you know what, you shrug and move on. Life is too short, there are plenty of other manuals out there.

I replaced my water pump this year, first time I ever did it, it took me several hours. Everything has to come off the front of the engine. Just take your time and go slowly. Here are some bugaboos I remember: have some spare hose clamps ready for the coolant connections to the throttle...

Not all french people are the same. My mother is french. It's a little unfair to make generalizations about entire groups of people.

Yesterday I waved at a C6 but when it got closer it was an Eclipse. The driver waved back anyway. Yeah, the front end takes some getting used to.

The general rule of thumb is buy the newest one you can afford. None of them will increase in value by the time you're ready to sell, and if by some miracle you sell it for more than what you bought it for, any money you make will have been eaten up by what you spent on maintenance, repairs, and...

I admire the people who say they can tell a 5 psi tire pressure difference, they must certainly have extremely delicate senses. I can't tell the difference.

Any old antifreeze will work, same as any other car, but avoid Dexcool if that's what you're getting at.

Everyone should own a Corvette convertible at least once in their lives.

When you live by the beach the salt gets everywhere, on everything, 24 hours a day, rain or shine. It's amazing to see how eaten up some of the cars are out toward the ocean in san francisco, some of them are held together by bumper stickers.