Recently I have had a 1977 Corvette come into my hands, but it has been sitting in a dusty old garage for probably 3-5 years was running before put up. I have never had to mess with a car that has been sitting for that long , so my question is what would i need to do to get this baby running again. All help will be appreciated so Thanks in advance

 

there have been a few threads on that before. Use the Search tool and words like "long term storage" and "barn car" and such.

You have several things that won't work, like battery, brakes, and maybe carb.

If gas was in the Q-Jet, it may have dried and powdered up to clog the jets. The float, if the old composite type, has no doubt dried up and cracked. I would not mess with the chance and just pull the Q-Jet and rebuilt it. Grab a kit and do it yourself, it isn't that hard. I forgot to add, the float won't come in the kit, you have to buy it separately. Get a brass one if you can find one.

Check the dip stick. If the level is high about the full mark, your fuel pump ruptured and filled the engine with gas. Not real common, but something to check for. If it did, drain the oil and remember there is gas in there. You will have more than 5 quarts coming out, so have either extra drain pans or very large ones.

Brkaes are probably gone. You can fill the master cylinder and bleed the four calipers, but if the area was damp, you might have to just grab a set of SS sleeved calipers. If yours already are, then put a set of new seals in these.

Fresh battery is needed. Prime the clean/rebuilt carb with fuel, and crank it over. Bring it up to temperature and let it run a short time, checking for leaks. If none, then shut it off and change the oil, unless you did already due to gas leaking.


Check inside for mice and other pests. If they got in and peed everywhere, then figure you need to replace the carpet. The smell doesn't come out.

Get new tires before driving anywhere. You can bet they weren't new when stored, so they are probably 7 years old or more. They may look like new, but they aren't.

Change the belts and hoses. Same reason as tires, rubber gets bad.

Clean it up and enjoy it.

 

It all depends on the garage environment. If it was dry and out of the weather, you might be able to do minimal work to get it going. If it was in a damp/wet environment, you might have everything rusted and locked-up tighter than a $2 drum.

Pull one of the front wheels and examine the rotor and brakes. If the tire/wheel will spin when you get it off the ground, that's a good sign. Even in the best of environments, you will need to pull the spark plugs and shoot some penetrating oil or lube into them, change the fuel filter, charge and/or replace the battery, test the hoses and belts to see if they will hold together, change the oil and filter, a turn the engine over a couple of turns (with breaker bar and socket on the damper bolt while the plugs are out of it). It would be best to drain the fuel tank...or at least make sure there isn't any condensation water at the bottom of the tank. Reinstall the plugs/wires and give it a try.