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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 03:06 PM
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THIS is why you shouldn't buy a north-eastern Corvette (or maybe it's just why I shouldn't have bought the one I bought....)

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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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THIS is why you shouldn't buy a north-eastern Corvette (or maybe it's just why I shouldn't have bought the one I bought....)



I laugh only because mine in the 77 is almost to that point.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 03:21 PM
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 04:25 PM
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WOW, whats the rest of the frame look like? thats the worst i've ever seen.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 04:29 PM
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WOW, whats the rest of the frame look like? thats the worst i've ever seen.
It's not that bad actually, it had been repaired at the kickups at some point in its life. Rocker channels are pretty bad though, that'll be a project for down the road.
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Rad supports are notorious for that. Mine was equal to that one but my frame just had some surface rust.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 05:12 PM
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Been there, done that. My 79 had a lot of rust in the radiator support, not as bad as yours but that salt in the winter and untreated steel are not friends. salt and steel is like a pac man game, chomp, chomp chomp.
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