i purchased a 1978 pace car 6k miles, stored inside onjack stands. my question is were to start. brakes not working, car will not start, carb dry acc pump not working, trans has some bright red fluid but has not been driven for years. paint interior look new. help please thanks bj

 

get it on jack stands and maybe sell it in 30 yrs.

 

maybe i should have left it. i found the car in my neighbor hood by accident. owner had lost interest years ago. paper work still in dealers name. good price. guess i wll start with carb. tks bj

 

A couple of years ago I picked up a neglected Pace Car with 56k miles...it would chug, belch but not stay running. I first used a emission hose schematic and got the hoses correctly routed. One hose I recall had the distributor vaccum routed to the early fuel evaporation fitting...something goofy like that. I than had the carb rebuilt and it now runs smooth. Try those things and replace those calipers...you don't want to drive with leaky brakes!

 

Did you try and drip a little gas in the carb? Might also drain all the fluids if you plan on driving.

 

I'd probably start with a fuel pump and depending upon how much fuel is in the tank, either drain it or dilute it with new . . carb's probably ok- new battery, shoot some WD40 in each cylinder and change the oil . . .

Please post a few photos when you can . . .sounds like an interesting project . .

Good luck !

 

"maybe i should have left it. i found the car in my neighbor hood by accident. owner had lost interest years ago. paper work still in dealers name. good price. guess i wll start with carb. tks bj "

No, maybe you shouldn't have left it! Something attracted you to this car! They are really great looking C3's with the two tone black and silver, the red pinstripes and the nice hood markings! Hell yeah, you got this car, be stoked about it. It only has 6K miles, which is great, because there's a whole lot of 78' Pace Cars that have no mileage, little mileage, etc and aren't collecting any extra value any time soon!

So go ahead and get it running and imagine cruising around in it. Let your thoughts wander to being deep in silver leather seats, surrounded by a beautiful Corvette. Does it get any better than that? Well maybe if you got mauled by a pack of hot super models, but this scenario is more likely!


One of the wise members here said (I don't know who, but chime in whoever you are!)

1. Make it Stop
2. Make it Go
3. Make it look Good!

Maybe I didn't get the wording exact, but that's what you're going to do with this.

If the trans fluid is still bright red, then at least the trans is not that big of an issue, but I'd still drop the pan and make sure you don't have the infamous 'cottage cheese' that forms from condensation.

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Welcome to the madness and enjoy your new 'Vette!

 

Any car that has sat on jack stands for years is worth no more than $2500. If the owner wants to take it off the stands, change all the fluids, put decent tires on it, and get it running....THEN it's worth $6K.