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Sep 23, 2011 | 02:35 PM

corvetteronw

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C4 frame

Stumbled on this. Thought it might be interesting to some here:

Sep 23, 2011 | 02:41 PM

jimmymack

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, thanks for sharing. Seems like they did a good job exceeding the 20 year service life. So far

Sep 23, 2011 | 03:01 PM

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From: EOF ★ Kaliforniastan ★

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, thanks for sharing. Seems like they did a good job exceeding the 20 year service life. So far

Thanks for sharing Ron

Sep 23, 2011 | 10:06 PM

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Pretty cool! Thank you, Ron!

Sep 23, 2011 | 10:20 PM

JackDidley

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, thanks for sharing. Seems like they did a good job exceeding the 20 year service life. So far

My 87 is 25 YO acording to the build date. I guess it could decompose any day now.

Sep 23, 2011 | 10:57 PM

Vette Daddy

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I had three brand new ones last year. Never had a panel glued to them. Sold em all. Not a drop of rust on any of them.

Sep 23, 2011 | 10:59 PM

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Great info! Thanks for sharing.

Sep 23, 2011 | 11:39 PM

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they forget to explain that body flex help in keeping the rust away!

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Sep 23, 2011 | 11:57 PM

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From: Supreme Soviet Peace-Loving Pipple's Kollektive of Seattle Wa

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they forget to explain that body flex help in keeping the rust away!

Don't forget, so many "experts" have been telling us that the oldest C4's (84), routinely catch fire! Guess that heat keeps 'em dry-no rust! Apparently, we don't need heaters with all those fires!

Sep 24, 2011 | 04:02 AM

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forum member "h.d.fire" had one for sale about a month ago. was asking $500, which seems like a really decent price - if you actually need one...

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-p...-c4-frame.html

Sep 24, 2011 | 10:50 AM

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This is one that I sold to HDFire. Great guy to deal with, too.

Sep 24, 2011 | 02:12 PM

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This is one that I sold to HDFire. Great guy to deal with, too.

I guess the garage got too full? Looks like a nice piece though. 500 bucks can't hurt too bad.

Thanks for the article! Then again, seeing an actual picture of it make me even more scared of getting into an accident in this car...

Rollcage, here I come!!!..... eventually....

Sep 24, 2011 | 04:29 PM

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I guess the garage got too full? Looks like a nice piece though. 500 bucks can't hurt too bad.

Thanks for the article! Then again, seeing an actual picture of it make me even more scared of getting into an accident in this car...

Rollcage, here I come!!!..... eventually....

I'm thinking just the opposite. It's no wonder the C4 is heavier than the later Corvettes, it looks built like a tank. Those beams are huge.

Compare with the following C2 "birdcage":

Sep 24, 2011 | 09:43 PM

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I'm thinking just the opposite. It's no wonder the C4 is heavier than the later Corvettes, it looks built like a tank. Those beams are huge.

Compare with the following C2 "birdcage":

Glad they built them so strong. You would think that you wouldn't flex with the targa top off.

Sep 25, 2011 | 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Vette Daddy

This is one that I sold to HDFire. Great guy to deal with, too.

Thanks VetteDaddy, It was an honor meeting you too.
I re-listed the frame as I realized I'll likely not have the time to do aything with it. It really is a nice frame and rust FREE!

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