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A few years ago our Canadian Goverment declared they were getting tough on crime. Apparently the biggest criminals out there are classic car owners who remove PCV valves and EGRs or Cats from their cars. We are such big criminals that they even have their "Enviro-Cops" parked outside of cruise...

A few years ago I posted about gas boiling out of the carb but I know that isn't the problem. Since then after fixing alot of bugs in the motor she is now the monster she should be. Here is what I encounter now. When the motor is cold it fires right up no problems. After the motor is hot and I...

After alot of work the last two years I am finally able to drive the Vette again only to put it away for the winter. Some of the stuff I did was replacing front springs and shocks as well as a new power stering cylinder and lines. I got a few drives in and I know I need an alignment. I'm not...

I was going through my old pics and found this one my Mom sent to me years ago. It happened right outside of where she works. The sign in the background is kind of ironic. The story was the guy was weaving in and out of traffic and just lost control, or so I was told. It looks to me like that...

I was going through my old pics and found this one my Mom sent to me years ago. It happened right outside of where she works. The sign in the background is kind of ironic. The story was the guy was weaving in and out of traffic and just lost control, or so I was told. It looks to me like that...

Hello, I noticed that my PS cylinder is leaking. Too much even for some Lucas Power Steering Stop Leak. I was going to buy a new one but at $300+ I decided to give it some thought. I can buy it cheaper out of the USA on ebay or Eckler's but after the exchange rate, shipping, duties, etc etc...

Hello everyone! I finished another thing on my to do list this past weekend. I noticed that a couple of brake lines were looking a little scabby and I had a couple of leaky/sweaty calipers as well so it was a brake job bonanza on Sunday. I work for an auto parts wholesaler and we got a new...

I badly need new tire for my Vette. The fronts are 245 60 R15 and the rears are 295 50 R15. The current tires are BF Goodrich Radial T/As. So it sounds simple enough as I order the same BFGs. Not so. I was told by a few tire dealers in this area that BFG are basically not making 295's anymore...

I have basically finished an entire interior restoration on my 1973 Vette. I bought 95% the parts from one place, (A Corvette Speciality Store), because they are friendly, polite, have stock and the parts arrived in a timely manner. I have dealt with one other speciality company and was very...

Hello, I'm doing an interior restoration of my 1973 Vette. Of course the car has fought me the entire way. Nothing has been easy (or so it seems). Surprisingly I changed the passenger sideball vent with very little trouble. Now how do I do the drivers side without tearing the whole car apart. I...

There was nothing to keep my battery from moving around when I bought my Vette so I bought the complete battery hold down kit from Ecklers. I showed the rivets to some local garages to see if I could borrow the rivetor from them. Nobody here has seen these type of rivets. How do I install them...

Hello again, I finally got around to replacing the front coils in the car. Here's a pic of what I took out and the new Eckler's Coils. The weird thing is that there was absolutely no difference in ride height after installing the new coils!!!!! I have been reassured that it takes awhile for the...

Here is my other problem with my Vette..... It looks like a 4X4!!!! Is it just me? Or is it an optical illusion? The rear tires are 295 50 R15. The fronts are 245 60 R15. When I bought the car the rear leaf spring had been replaced with a fiberglass mono spring. It also had "knuckles" or chalks...

Hello, I just joined this site and it already has been very helpful in answering a few questions I have had. I bought my 1973 Vette basically the way it looks but over the years it has been owned by racer wannabes and the cobble fairies. One problem I encounter is that the car starts up fine...