I didn't see this sticky on the C1/2 section, it's awesome! Pehaps someone here could help to edit the post for the C4 crowd, maybe bweaver999 could customize it? This is exactly what I had in mind plus a whole lot more! Thanks eveyone for the input it sounds like the new info will be added!
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Originally Posted by War Bonnet
This started as a way to help answer the same few questions posted over and over. I can't tell you how many"what to look for"," what should I watch out for when buying a Corvette"posts I've read.You can find plenty of stat's and documentations but I'm not aware of a "written list" of specific trouble spots for each different era. Just thought that it would be nice to have some type of punch list. I stopped with the C4 only because I'm not at all familiar with the newer models. Not looking to write a book, only a helpful list!

Are you aware of the FAQ thread:
The link doesn't work! Visit the C!/2 section see the sticky at the top!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1585325

I'll add this one in some day, have saved a lot of posts to add.


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10-26-2007, 08:20 PM

 

Here is the link to the C1/C2 Sticky happy reading.

 

Thanks for your help

 

Your welcome. check your pm's.

 

I used to work at the factory that actually made these seats.
They did use some pretty cheap stuff. (I could tell some stories)


At one point my job was to install the pumps and bladders after the frame had been through the paint room.
I sometimes had to test them and actually popped quiet a few bladders.
I went as far as to collect a few bladders and pumps that were going to be tossed out because they did not pass QC in case I ever bought a Vette with one of those seats in it.(mostly for minor defects that would never be known after installed)
I went looking for that box and it seems to have gotten misplaced over the years.

 

I think it was Lear that made the seats wasnt it?I had a friend that needed the seat fixed in an 88 and pulled the name right off the pump and bought the parts from them.

 

That is correct.
It was the Lear seating Plant in Morristown, TN.
The Foam in the seats was made by a company called Foamex in the same town.
I worked there 1st then went to Lear.