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Hi Guys, Some of you my know me, But I am here because i have a corvette addiction! I already have a 1980 black C3 and a 1994 Polo Green C4. Well thursday when I was on my way to fun fest I found a 1985 Red C4 for sale, and long story short it followed me home....LOL for a 29 yr old corvette...

Hey great weather here in the St.Louis area, 85 degrees, took tops off and went cruising. Heres a few pics of the ol girl.

Anybody ever have this issue? about a month after buying my 1980 I had to put a new Alt belt on the car because the one it had, was way too loose. Now a month later it seems that belt has stretched out and has become too loose, to where it is effecting the alt charging the Battery. And yes I...

Are There any St.Louis Events That Commemorate the Closing of the Corvette plant and the last Corvette rolling off the St.Louis line??? Although I am orig from Southern California, I spent the summers in St.Louis with my Grandparents. I can remember the Day August 1, 1981. (easy for me, My...

Hi guys, My tail light conversion kit arrived the other day. So yesterday I installed them on the car before taking it to the shop today.The Before Pic. The after Pic. What do you all think? I want to take the lights back off and paint the white part of light housing that shows Black. Other...

Well my 80 is in the shop today and tomorrow. What was going to be just Trailing arms, has turned into a whole new rear end going under her. The U-Joint on the left yoke was broke for the most part and it tore up the Yoke, on left side of Diff. right yoke seal on Diff was leaking and blowing oil...

Hi guys, I just found this little gem of an issue the other night, everything works correctly except the High Beams. When I pull back on high beams switch the high beams do not come on, and the low beams go out also. switch back to low beams and low beams work perfectly. SO am I looking at the...

Last week on Sat, while getting on the highway, something flew off front of vette and hit windshield. When I got to work I had found it was the checked flag half of my front emblem. Now today I go to Dr. appt and when I get home I noticed that the checked flag part of my gas door emblem is now...

I made a short video of my Corvette and how she sounds. Corvette :: SDC10087.flv video by TrapShooter8 - Photobucket Let me know what you think, this was first time messing with the video part of my digital camera. Mike.

Hi Guys, I am looking for a good polish for the orig wheels on my 1980, and I will be hand polishing them, so need something that will give a great shine to the Alum wheels without having my arm drop off my body. :chuckle Mike.

Hi Guys, I have a question for you all, I got my new Owners Manual and 1980 assembly manual, and found that by all the info I can find the 1980 Corvette has a 23 gallon fuel tank. My question is this when my fuel gauge gets down just below 1/4 tank I can only put around 13 gallons in the tank...

Hi Guys, I found this on youtube, our local PBS station did a story a few years ago on the corvette being built in St.Louis. Hope you like this. YouTube - KETC | Living St. Louis | Corvettes

Well I have the first project on my Vette done. over the last week I developed a header gasket leak on the right side of engine. So I went and got set of header gaskets, collector gaskets, and new header bolts, (due to the fact one of the old bolts had backed itself out and was lost, and the...

I washed my 80 this evening, yes the temp was below 32 f. But after driving home my headlights are staying up. before washing it headlights worked fine, I guess they are just froze? Mike.

Hey guys, I was wondering about something and wondered if anyone here has had a similar issue. Anyway I have something in my 1980 that puts a slow drain on the Batt when car is parked, and I can not lock the doors. Now could one of the power lock switches be broke in the unlock position? you...

Hi Guys, Does anyone here have one of these alarms on their corvette? I am thinking of getting one installed and was wondering if anyone already had one and could let me know if they work well. Thanks, Mike.

Hello all. I have been in love with the C3 corvette since I was around 10 years old, Now I am 43 years old, and Have finally went and jumped in with both feet. I just got a 1980 Black with the oyster interior. She needs a little work to make everything right, but this will be a labor of love...