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My Dad is vaccinated and my nephew is vaccinated. But they are telling me they are worried about the other people going. So no sharing wine glasses I guess.

Question. My Dad and my nephew are weighing their options. My nephew is concerned. Is it too much to ask that everyone who is going let me know their "covid" status ? vaccinated or not vaccinated, had it or not had it. Thank you. Matt Sutter - not vaccinated - had is September 2021 Alex Su...

So the front end came off Bruce. I removed the quadrajet from Bruce and installed it onto Alex's vette. You push the gas pedal 2 - 3 times and it fires right up. It has a bad exhaust leak. But it runs. Next to get the brakes working and to see if it moves under it's own power. For Bruce, the next st...

Bruce moves under his own power. I drove it off the trailer. Tomorrow, next to the garage, up in blocks and off cones the QJet. Then to see if Alex’s car runs.

I thought the same thing on the snorkels but 81 only came with L81. I'll check the block stamping when I get it apart.

So I fell into a donor car. 1981 corvette, blue, $1k. I got it home and got it running on the trailer. Next to put tires on it and see if it moves under it's own power. It looks to have a new master cylinder, pads and a passenger front caliper. Then I'm going to pull the quadrajet off it and out it ...

Sweetness

Perry........welcome....

wxo wrote:Alex, enjoy this project with your Dad. It has great potential. Keep the updates coming. I'm looking forward to helping you find parts at Carlisle in September.

Absolutely

Maverick wrote:Have you done a compression or leak down test? The video sounds like it's missing on a cyl or two.

I believe it's an exhaust leak. I'll see what I can do though.

well maybe "running" is a stretch. it starts, idles for a minute or three. then dies. touch the throttle, it dies. leaks a tiny bit of gas from the filter bowl even though everything is tight. BUT the up side is no knocks and 38 -40 psi (on the oem gauge) of oil pressure. https://youtu.be/...

the car runs (sort of) kind of idles on it's own. Probably going the Holley Sniper EFI route as he says he wants to keep this car. The important thing is it has oil pressure and I didn't hear any knocks. I then gutted the interior to see what we were working with. There is some surface rust but that...

Front end updates

In order
Factory.
Plugged front plate holes.
Coated tow hooks red.
Black vinyl over the front grill emblem.

I also did red vinyl inside the tailgate emblems.

Maverick,

We wish you all our best on your health and happiness. You guys did a great job on the video. If we can help in anyway please let us know.

Matt & Alex

Sweet.