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I'm gonna bite the bullet.
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St. Jude Donor '09
I'm gonna bite the bullet.
And take my Vette into a shop. I just can't get the Hurst shifter from locking up in reverse, and I don't have another person to sit inside the car working the shifter while I try to figure out what's jamming up underneath.
I stopped at a new local shop, been open since March, but the owner has been in the specialty auto restoration business since '93 in a smaller building not far from here. Now he's got a huge garage with about 10 cars in various state of restoration/repair. He had a Packard, a TR3, '69 Mustang, a couple Jag's and a Bug-eye Sprite. One in particular that caught my eye was this sharp C2.
He's been looking for mechanics but said no one wil even answer any ads he has in the paper.
He's got a 502 ramjet with Vintage air.
Anyway, this will be the first time I've had anyone touch my Vette in 5 years. I'm going to drop it off right before I go on vacation and told him he can have it for a week. He can get to it when he has time.
I stopped at a new local shop, been open since March, but the owner has been in the specialty auto restoration business since '93 in a smaller building not far from here. Now he's got a huge garage with about 10 cars in various state of restoration/repair. He had a Packard, a TR3, '69 Mustang, a couple Jag's and a Bug-eye Sprite. One in particular that caught my eye was this sharp C2.
He's been looking for mechanics but said no one wil even answer any ads he has in the paper.
He's got a 502 ramjet with Vintage air.
Anyway, this will be the first time I've had anyone touch my Vette in 5 years. I'm going to drop it off right before I go on vacation and told him he can have it for a week. He can get to it when he has time.
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Looks like he has some wrenching experience 
Good luck Len, I know how it sucks when we have to leave our car someplace other than it's nest in the garage, I hated when I had to do it for an inspection. 
Good luck Len, I know how it sucks when we have to leave our car someplace other than it's nest in the garage, I hated when I had to do it for an inspection.
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Originally Posted by SmokedTires
Looks like he has some wrenching experience Good luck Len, I know how it sucks when we have to leave our car someplace other than it's nest in the garage, I hated when I had to do it for an inspection.
Good luck Len, I know how it sucks when we have to leave our car someplace other than it's nest in the garage, I hated when I had to do it for an inspection. 
It does suck.That sure is a nice looking c2.
Have fun on your vacation, Im sure your vette will be ok!
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i have two shops that i have confidence in ....good luck hope they work some magic for you...where are you going on vacation?
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by bobs77vet
i have two shops that i have confidence in ....good luck hope they work some magic for you...where are you going on vacation?
Not going for a couple weeks, but wanted to get things lined up.
We're going to where we always go, Ocean City Maryland.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by Bangkok Dean
Len have a great trip and well deserved vacation.
BTW what kind of blower is this shop installing on your Vette.
BTW what kind of blower is this shop installing on your Vette.
And a Pro-street hood. 
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by AGVI
That's cool, you should see it in a month.
Nope, if it's not ready when I come back, I'm takin' her home anyway.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Change in plans, I'm gonna drop the Vette off this afternoon. I didn't want her out of my garage while I'm away. I'll feel better anyway. I told him he can keep it all week if needed.
Hopefully it won't take to long.
Hopefully it won't take to long.
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Originally Posted by Jughead
He's got a 502 ramjet with Vintage air.
Looks like he did a very good job on that stinger hood. 
Adjusting the linkage should be pretty easy. Were you aware of the home made tool the GM shop manual describes? It is used to align the linkage for proper rod position.
Have fun on your vacation.....We are also on vac heading for the Black Hills
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by Bullshark
Oh, doesn't the Hurst have an alignment plastic dowel pin that does the same thing?
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Yeah and you don't know how many times I've aligned it. I just can't get it to work.
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I know that I'm from right down the road from you... Where'd you take the car? The only place that I could think that you were talking about is the one across from Citizens bank on Route 8 (next to Naughty and Nice!)
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by bryan27
I know that I'm from right down the road from you... Where'd you take the car? The only place that I could think that you were talking about is the one across from Citizens bank on Route 8 (next to Naughty and Nice!)
Boyd's You're thinking of Ed at ASAP.
I don't know, I'm getting an uneasy feeling now. I explained how the BB's starter is sometimes a victim of "heat-soak," he said he never heard of such a thing. Now I've been modding cars since the 60's and had a few cars that got heat soak. He said the guy with the 502 C2 never mentioned anything about it.