77vettes

My Corvette the same color what color is that

brit vet

I had the gas door scanned and they say it's a Renault colour although the paperwork says its Ford Vivid Yellow. My plan was to go back to the original Ontario orange but the yellow has come up nice and it seems to be an easy colour to touch up

brit vet

Thinking about it, a mate has a 74 and his is the original Corvette Bright Yellow which is probably the same as yours

edit, this one

Jamess411

Decided to get rid of the factory hood latch system n install these.

Richard454

NICE- are those the QL50s or the 38s?

brit vet

Wife's handy work



Needs a little touching up but a huge improvement on the current ones

GRipp 73

Always happy to see when the older Corvettes outnumber the later models out and about. So many get togethers and cruises show off the C5's and up (and now mostly C6's).

Safe Travels Everyone!

gdm78vette

Yesterday on a dinner cruise with the local Vette club I rolled the odometer over for the 5th time. Car now has over 500,000 kms on it. Original paint doesn't look too bad as long as you don't get up close and personal.

JohnRR

That blows me away! Over 300,000 miles on any car is amazing, but doing it in a Corvette in the rust belt is even more amazing!

60 SHARK

[QUOTE=Richard454;1599573559] thought I'd get my electric power steering motor covered up and protected from heat-


I love all you have done on your car,,,
But, with all due respect, something about your new heat sheald looks like it will trap more heat than it will reflect, ,, , it looks awesome, and we'll made,, i m just not sure it will produce the desired results,,,
I too am on a "quest" to reduce and reflect high heat from components in the engine compartment, ,
Slowly getting progress,,,,teddy,,

Jamess411

I believe the QL25s. They are the ones with all the tiny Allen screws to anchor the locking ring under the hood. Very well made and so far lock solid. I think there is still room for my wiper linkage as well. Pretty easy install.

F22

Waiting for the UPS guy to arrive with the new Lokar throttle cable. The old one broke after seven years and it was the universal Mr Gasket style that sold for $27 complete. At work, some guy with a slighly mod'd Audi A5, who always tells me his car is a "Corvette Killer' laughed when i told him I broke the cable. He said that it's just a bicycle cable. I responded, that's right, it is a bicycle style cable that has been used for over 100 years and will take ten minutes to fix. I asked him, how his 'fly by wire' throttle would do after it fails or after it's seven or eight years old?

wicked74

After more than a year finally getting rear end put back together.Too much of reality happening and not enough fun shop time!😀

Richard454

THANKS- I found them- looks like they have 3 sizes...

I'm running a short hood- so shouldn't be a problem.


Hey Teddy-

Thank you

Yep- I was thinking the same thing...I am going to use a bendable fiberboard on the bottom to seal up the from the heat.

The BMW manifolds are double layered- supposedly to act as a heat shield. AND I have covered the exhaust in "Basalt" socks to help with thw heat. We'll see.

Form able fiberboard heat shield-


Thermoflex -pretty impressive stuff-









Even covered the splash shields ...

74_stingray

Looking good Richard, that stuff is impressive.
Eddy

74_stingray

Received my Torq Thrust II wheels today. I gave in and bought some rubber fitting of my suspension upgrades. After much research and countless hours of looking at photos on CF, I decided to go with 17x8 with 4” BS, Nitto NT555 G2, 255/50/17. They fit great. My wife and I took a nice 100 mile ride to test it out this evening.

60 SHARK

Thanks for your reply and thoughts, Richard,,,,
The "box" idea makes sense, , and the thermal barrier products seem awesome, ,, , I still have a extremely antiquated exhaust system on mine, and it only generates heat under my floor wells,,, ( remember long tube headers, with '69 factory side pipes,, ,)
I will do it properly one winter season,, till then, I'll keep adding reflective barriers inside and out,,


I will add to this thread, ,, i just put 175 miles on my new TKO 5spd from SST last wknd,,, WOW, I really am loving it!!! ,,,,,,,,,teddy,,,,,,,,

Street Rat

Found these wires in the fan blower circuit today. No wonder the fan wouldn't come on.

JohnRR

WOW, your Vette is lucky to be alive!!!

Street Rat

Yes it really is.
That is why I carry a fire extinguisher in my car at all times.

I've always said she'd burn up due to an electrical fire. Can't be too cautious.