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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 01:38 AM
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Hello! I am in Detroit picking up my 1969 vette, and am going to drive it back to Houston. Wish me luck.
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Awesome! Have a great trip! Let us know how the shark did!
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Goodluck with the trip! Hopefully we wont see anymore "Can you top this 1st experiance?" threads... lol
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Welcome aboard and congrats on the 69 Corvette. Have a great trip!
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You must be home by now - how was the trip ? ? ?
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Well, everything went mostly good,after I had the 69 up on a few car hoists. The mechanic who installed the 2.73 ring & pinion left the left muffler clamp loose. I had the BF Goodrichs rotated & ballanced. With both windows down I could slow cook ribs on the floorboards. Windows up and AC on was okay. I had a booming vibration from 2500 RPM on, I now believe it is just the engine comming on the cam. The longer I drove it the sweeter it got until I crossed the Louisiana line and had to slow down, no brakes! I pulled off I-20 at Sibley La. to the NAPA parts house, they said they had 5 rebuild kits for the master cylinder in the USA, all at least a thousand miles away. They did have a 77 rebuilt Master Cylinder so we frankenstiened one with some of my old parts & some of thier new ones, a good bleed job & brakes were like new! I will have to fab a heat shield for the MC as the headers cook it now. I will post some pictures of the Tuxedo Black on Black 69 as soon as i figure out how. Until then follow this link http://rides.webshots.com/album/559050099TBUebL
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Oh yeah, thanks for the welcome, and all the good wishes, I am sure they helped.

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