I'd like to see them all. How many do you have?
As promised - Pics
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As promised - Pics
Here the pics of the 1985 Corvette I picked up on Christmas day. I drove it straight to storage. I removed the Targa top, the Digital Display and headlight buckets before tucking it in for the winter. The PO just sent me these pics so I thought I would post them.
I rebuilt the Digital display myself with help from Forum members. New sockets, new bulbs, new heat shields, couple new solder joints, cleaned thoroughly - put it back together and she worked great!
The targa top I removed the old headliner and put a new one in - looks great! I then carbon fibered the exterior of it. The PO had painted the top flat black as seen in the pics.
I replaced both main drive gears in the headlight motors and put them back together.
The next project is the door panels. I think i have to take them apart down to their core and start over. I am not looking forward to this project. I have read the DIY's and it doesn't sound fun - but it needs to be completed to make it look respectable. PO cut speaker holes and then mashed everything back together - they aren't even hung properly on the door. I have purchased two newer style regulators for the windows, I think I will replace parts as I go. I would like to have them done for the July holiday. We shall see!
Here's the pics.
I rebuilt the Digital display myself with help from Forum members. New sockets, new bulbs, new heat shields, couple new solder joints, cleaned thoroughly - put it back together and she worked great!
The targa top I removed the old headliner and put a new one in - looks great! I then carbon fibered the exterior of it. The PO had painted the top flat black as seen in the pics.
I replaced both main drive gears in the headlight motors and put them back together.
The next project is the door panels. I think i have to take them apart down to their core and start over. I am not looking forward to this project. I have read the DIY's and it doesn't sound fun - but it needs to be completed to make it look respectable. PO cut speaker holes and then mashed everything back together - they aren't even hung properly on the door. I have purchased two newer style regulators for the windows, I think I will replace parts as I go. I would like to have them done for the July holiday. We shall see!
Here's the pics.
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I will see if I still have some. I sold that one last fall. It had a 383, headers into straight pipes. LOUD!. manual shift. It was a fun, fast car. The Brown one I got for parts. It was pretty ruff. Down to the red C4 and the Blue C3.
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Some ppl added third brake light kits. I think Mid America used to sell them with a module that would keep them from blinking along with the turn signals.
OP your vin will tell the model year and there are a boat load of vin decoders online. Also you can look at the brake pedal. 86 had two switches for the brake lights.
OP your vin will tell the model year and there are a boat load of vin decoders online. Also you can look at the brake pedal. 86 had two switches for the brake lights.