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This was for about 5 hours today covering 350 miles home, so 700 miles this past weekend. Get out and enjoy them! Yes, I wish I had an O/D trans, but for now I'll keep running my 3.70, 4spd car up and down the interstates as it is.
I'm was running 3.55 gears and a 4 speed in my 73.... After a couple 3000 mile week long trips on the Hotrod Power Tours, I had a connecting rod bearing start making a bunch of noise -so with a new engine I did go to a 5 speed....
Dodgeville Wi over 900 miles from home...
Longest day trip- 660 miles to Champaign IL
Lost a center cap leaving Atlanta- new tires the day before - The tire place did such a bad job balancing the tire -had to stop and get it fixed
Somewhere on the way to Charleston WV-
On the way to Norwalk OH
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I was messing around on where to put my cell phone and just out of curiosity I placed it on the dash on it's side and it sat perfectly in landscape between the dash and windshield. I had to take a picture.
I'm not sure if it would stay there under "spirited driving" mode.
This thread got me thinking, the aftermarket that supports our generation of Corvettes would have a hard time staying alive if everyone who has an operable C3 stopped driving them in fear of breaking/wearing out something. So, yes, driving your shark should definitely be seen as good for the long term health of our corner of the hobby. (I'd go for a spin right now if only it were in service.)
A friend's dad has a 62 340HP perfectly restored Corvette. He MIGHT have 100 miles on it since he finished it several years ago. Back in the 60's he owned an identical car and was telling us the other day how he used so shift it at 7000rpm! He commented that the last time he had his out, he stretched it out a little and hit 4000 rpm. This is what I can't understand, why people just let them sit.
A friend's dad has a 62 340HP perfectly restored Corvette. He MIGHT have 100 miles on it since he finished it several years ago. Back in the 60's he owned an identical car and was telling us the other day how he used so shift it at 7000rpm! He commented that the last time he had his out, he stretched it out a little and hit 4000 rpm. This is what I can't understand, why people just let them sit.
We aren't 20 years old anymore. So when we blow that clutch out, we don't just dive underneath, pull that Muncie and let it sit on our chest, while we change a clutch.
A few years ago, I helped a friend change the throwout in his '62 Chevy. I got the Muncie out while he was on top doing some other things, but it took both of us to get it back up in place.
Forty years ago, they were cars and hot rods. If they broke, you put something else in. Parts were parts.
Today, for many unfortunately, they are investment portfolios, or at least hedges against inflation depending on when they got them. To break it is to hurt your investment. And if you break it, you don't go to the LAPS and grab a part for $20 and put it in that afternoon while you can still remember how it came out. You order it from some restoration place for $75 to $100 and wait three weeks for it to arrive. Then you have no clue as to how it is supposed to go on, and you show up here for a 5 minute question on how to do it that turns into 3 hours of reading.
Yes, they were meant to be driven. But even then, you have to make a decision how far you go. Many of the collector insurance policies are for a collector car, and restrict the number of miles and where you can drive. You can eat 2500 miles up in a hurry.
In January, I drove down to Lakeland for the NCRS Winter Regional. After, I drove home in Orlando to spend the weekend with the family, then back up here so I could go to work the next day since I garage it here. I did roughly 275 miles. I used up over one month's worth of driving in a weekend.
We aren't 20 years old anymore. So when we blow that clutch out, we don't just dive underneath, pull that Muncie and let it sit on our chest, while we change a clutch.
A few years ago, I helped a friend change the throwout in his '62 Chevy. I got the Muncie out while he was on top doing some other things, but it took both of us to get it back up in place.
Forty years ago, they were cars and hot rods. If they broke, you put something else in. Parts were parts.
Today, for many unfortunately, they are investment portfolios, or at least hedges against inflation depending on when they got them. To break it is to hurt your investment. And if you break it, you don't go to the LAPS and grab a part for $20 and put it in that afternoon while you can still remember how it came out. You order it from some restoration place for $75 to $100 and wait three weeks for it to arrive. Then you have no clue as to how it is supposed to go on, and you show up here for a 5 minute question on how to do it that turns into 3 hours of reading.
Yes, they were meant to be driven. But even then, you have to make a decision how far you go. Many of the collector insurance policies are for a collector car, and restrict the number of miles and where you can drive. You can eat 2500 miles up in a hurry.
In January, I drove down to Lakeland for the NCRS Winter Regional. After, I drove home in Orlando to spend the weekend with the family, then back up here so I could go to work the next day since I garage it here. I did roughly 275 miles. I used up over one month's worth of driving in a weekend.
Sounds like to me, you need to up your insurance coverage...
For $700 a year from Hagerty, I have a declared value of $50k, free towing up to 150 miles on any car I own, and 5,000 mile a year limit, however they have never once asked for an odometer reading in 7 years of service with them. I drive it any where, any time, no worries.
I'm not gonna pay someone to tell me how and when I can drive my car....
Yeah, I can't compete with your long road trips, and then thrashing on the drag strip!
I'm prepping it right now for the Hot Rod Power Tour in June. Thats gonna be about 4k miles, and HOURS worth of idling at each of the venues.... I hope she makes it....
Barefoot! Ya Baby! Sounds great.
My poor 11k Mcllean 82 sits WAY too much. Her sister Ms, Modified C5 gets the errands(could care less if a minivan backed into it compared to C3) and now DumbAzzMidLifeCrisisOwner goin motocross racing again (after 25 yr layoff) so my 82 says Thank God you have a dehumidifier and AC for me, ByeJerk. She is So pretty for what she is though
Barefoot! Ya Baby! Sounds great.
My poor 11k Mcllean 82 sits WAY too much. Her sister Ms, Modified C5 gets the errands(could care less if a minivan backed into it compared to C3) and now DumbAzzMidLifeCrisisOwner goin motocross racing again (after 25 yr layoff) so my 82 says Thank God you have a dehumidifier and AC for me, ByeJerk. She is So pretty for what she is though
gotta love the 82 shape , if I ever got another C3 it would be a Collector model . Theres a few C5,s getting around here , they all have to be converted though to right hand drive
motorcross ,that's hard work !
Gotta love that band in your avatar , such a shame J.B passed away. I have their music on all the time .
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