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Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Titusville Florida
Sorry, just realized I stole OP's thread
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Syracuse IN
I also have an 81 with a manual. We love it. Actually, we like taking road trips quite often. Upgrading the seats was a great improvement. I really have not had much at all to go wrong with the car. You have a nice looking 81. Keep it up and it will last a long time. Al
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Woodinville WA
don't do it - the stuff is crap (the paint stuff).
Race Director
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From: Compound in the Grove, Ga.
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2025 C4 of the Year Winner - Unmodified
2024 C4 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2020 C3 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2019 C4 of Year Finalist (performance mods)
2018 C4 of Year Finalist
2015 C4 of the Year Finalist
St. Jude Donor '16
Congrats & Welcome.
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Instructor
Joined: Jun 2011
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Heh, no worries. I literally asked for it (as in advice on how to polish the rims). Guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend.
Terrorizing Orange Cones
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Northern CO
Congrats and welcome to the club. It's always fun to be noticed in a car that is unmistakable in traffic from every other car around you.
Keep us posted with more pictures too, please. We love pictures.
Keep us posted with more pictures too, please. We love pictures.
Last edited by Dustup7T2; Feb 21, 2013 at 12:51 PM. Reason: corrected text
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Melting Slicks
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From: Titusville Florida
I hope your back is in better shape than mine, I had to break it up and do one wheel a weekend (not that it actually took that long), and the last one put me on the couch for a few days - old paratroopers don't die, they just do a good PLF on the couch 
Advanced
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From: newaygo michigan
If the wheels are just oxidized and not scratched, you can use brillo pads to take the oxidation out first. Don't be stingy with the pads. Make sure you don't run them out of soap or they can scratch the aluminum. Then I use Blue Magic polish. I have done aluminum wheels on my semis for years that way and it seems to be the best results with the least work. I did the wheels on my 81 that way after I bought it and they look new.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Saskatoon Saskatchewan
I've always been a Ford girl so I feel a little uneasy driving a Chevy and I don't even actually own a Ford anymore. I'm putting a Ford transmission in it so that makes me feel a little better. I'm trying to get over the whole Ford vs Chevy thing, its really pretty childish when you get right down to it. If you're sticking with one brand you're really missing out on some nice cars. Having said that out of the 50 or 60 cars I've had I miss my 77-79 Lincoln Mk V's the most, sometimes I think I'd rather have one of those back rather than the Corvette. Of course ideal would be to have both but I don't have the space for three cars anymore.
Racer
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I'm with ya!!!!!!!
Instructor
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From: GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA
Congrats, be safe, don't forget to wave.