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The N. Carolina DMV responded to my request for information. I can now safely say that this car found its first owner in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was titled on 2/12/75. According to these records it had six owners in North Carolina. It had 94811 miles on 11/15/88 – it currently has 99,900 and c...

Besides the obvious tragedy of all the people who died or lost all their stuff - what about the classic cars that didn't make it out? http://www.thegroovybean.com/HURRICANEKATRINA/c3beach10.jpg The pic is from a member of a Corvette forum I am on. It is not his car - rather one he spotted on his way...

Adjusted the steering gear box – what an improvement! I had more than an inch of free play in the steering wheel, now there is practically none. It only took 2 minutes to do. Fixed the leaky header on the passenger side. The bolts holding the y-pipe to the cast iron header were slightly loose, and w...

Anyone have an old clutch fan? My Vette needs a 17.5" diameter fan. It has an 18" flex fan right now and it sounds like a giant hair dryer, not to mention it is hitting the shroud when I floor it from a dead stop. The fan I bought at Randolph is too big, and cutting one down just does not ...

Basement Paul wrote:which I'm intending to sell quickly once I do a couple little things...

We're not worthy, we're not worthy! You are the Chuppa of buy low and sell high!

Update 8/22: As expected the rims arrived on the 17th. The paint on the rims is acceptable and they were basically rust free. Put the tires on them and installed them on the car that night. Each had a small ding in the outside edge of the rim. I corrected one with a hammer and a drift – the other di...

I think the Lumina / Dodge Ram / Beretta should all go heads up in a Cheeseburger triangle... -BP I think the Dodge already knows he can't beat the Lumina - unless he has made some performance mods. You are just stirring up trouble. Oh yeah, as it stands now that Lumina could eat your Ford alive. T...

A brave man indeed.

For I believe Detroit is too far for the Millenium Flatbed.

Beretta and Lumina have the same engine and the Beretta has to be one or two hundred pounds lighter.

Of course we already know what the Lumina can do.

Well not much action since last week. After completing the polish job I washed it for the first time and took some pics. Need to post them. Also drove it to work last Friday for the first time. Had no problems getting to work and back. I did notice a squeak in the back when first starting to move th...

There is a one day meet at Randolph on Sunday 9/4. I am thinking seriously about it, even though the last one was not too great.

I am also thinking about Corvettes at Carlisle 8/26-28. I would like to go but it is just a little too close to get set up.

I am waiting for some mods - who will show up with 24" diameter tires? who will get the K&N? Mark don't you have a cap - how much does that weigh? Not to mention the spare? How about a hacker, or nitrous - well that might be a little much for a cheeseburger bet. Plus, it's not Sunday yet - ...

Update: I fixed the switch on the driver door that turns on the courtesy light. It just needed cleaned – too bad I bought a new one. I chose not to install it since the end was plastic and did not look like the original. I also installed the support springs for the headlights – replacing three broke...

Some repairs from last week: - The carb would not open all the way when flooring the accelerator. This was probably because it has the wrong carb. I overcame this by securing the throttle linkage to the carb in a hole closer to the pivot point (where the cruise hooked to the carb). It was not the co...

My Corvette is an L48, and one of 33+ thousand coupes produced in 1975. Based on the VIN, I am guessing it was built on the first or second work day of January, 1975. I was almost 8 years old. This Corvette is nowhere near original. I have spent a lot of time looking at it and learning. Here is what...