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Old Oct 17, 2016 | 02:37 PM
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Nice..

Wondering if I passed that car traveling east on 275 last week.
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Old Oct 22, 2016 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by confab
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Wondering if I passed that car traveling east on 275 last week.
You most likely did, its had a lot of highway driving lately. 18 MPG on mostly highway tanks of gas as well!
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Originally Posted by VikingTrad3r
nice glad shes performing now.

lets see some pics of the exterior and engine bay and any other areas that you are going to work on.
Heres some freshly taken pictures. I would like to replace carpet soon and clean up the wheels a bit more as well. I'm sure more stuff will come up but those are the areas that seem important now. Seats can happen one day in the future, but because they're cloth it makes things more difficult.










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And some better ones with a DSLR, that I'm not all that great at using.











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Old Oct 22, 2016 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by junkyard_dog72
You most likely did, its had a lot of highway driving lately. 18 MPG on mostly highway tanks of gas as well!

Cool.. Glad to hear it.

If you noticed the beat up, old, red 85. (Had the fender off over the battery the other day.) That is me.

(Paint is next. I hope to get mine looking as nice as yours come spring.)
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Old Oct 23, 2016 | 02:10 PM
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Your ride is looking good! Don't see many gray c4s.
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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by C4gold
Your ride is looking good! Don't see many gray c4s.
Thanks! The shark gray that we painted it really changes in the light and really looks neat while not being overly flashy for what the car is. We were between the Chevy SS red metallic, and the C7 Shark a gray and Night Race Blue. The hard part was picking a color that wouldn't over do it because of the wheels and the black beltline. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out
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Originally Posted by confab
Cool.. Glad to hear it.

If you noticed the beat up, old, red 85. (Had the fender off over the battery the other day.) That is me.

(Paint is next. I hope to get mine looking as nice as yours come spring.)
Awesome to hear, hopefully I seen it while out cruising. Paint is fun to watch in progress and totally changes the car. Although that sure didn't stop me from driving it before the old faded two tone was painted over
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 09:26 PM
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Beautiful. Good in gray.

I love the early C4's.
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Old Feb 11, 2017 | 03:36 PM
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I didn't realize it on the day, but on February 2, 2015 this Corvette arrived on a flatbed truck at our house. After 2 years, its amazing to look back and see how far the car has come. Because we all love pictures, here's one from that day and a current February picture:


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Where did you buy this car as it looks like my father's 85' that he bought new in Medina, Ohio at Gallucci Chevy?
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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 04:37 PM
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So this exciting post comes from a gas station. Where the car won't start. Again.

Looking to be a bad starter for the second time in a year(key turns, but no crank)
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Originally Posted by Ohiomark
Where did you buy this car as it looks like my father's 85' that he bought new in Medina, Ohio at Gallucci Chevy?
Lol i used to work at Pat O'Brien. Small world.
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Cool post. How is the Cincinnati cars and coffee? Sometimes i make the road trip down there. I have a buddy that lives outside of Mason and we go to either Edgewater or Tri State.
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Old Mar 24, 2017 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by junkyard_dog72

So this exciting post comes from a gas station. Where the car won't start. Again.

Looking to be a bad starter for the second time in a year(key turns, but no crank)
Make sure your battery contacts are super clean and tight. I had a loose neg cable and could not start. Also some have fashioned a heat shield out of aluminum sheet to protect the starter I will do that next time I replace it. Nice 85
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Originally Posted by Cjunkie
Cool post. How is the Cincinnati cars and coffee? Sometimes i make the road trip down there. I have a buddy that lives outside of Mason and we go to either Edgewater or Tri State.
My bad for taking so long to respond here! The Cars and Coffee on Riverside Drive usually has a pretty good turnout. There are always different cars ranging from tuner to exotic which makes for a good time. And the coffee is good
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Originally Posted by Cjunkie
Lol i used to work at Pat O'Brien. Small world.
I've got family up in Cleveland who has bought Avalanches from Pat O'Brien, and one Aunt with an 86 convertible
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Originally Posted by junkyard_dog72

So this exciting post comes from a gas station. Where the car won't start. Again.

Looking to be a bad starter for the second time in a year(key turns, but no crank)

what was your issue here?
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Old Apr 27, 2017 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by VikingTrad3r
what was your issue here?
This was the starter beginning to go bad, which has now been replaced with a better quality one.

For those who have folllowed along, thank you and here is a link to the current issues with the car. https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1594623011
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