Into the deep end :-)
Thread Starter
Advanced
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 66
Likes: 0
From: Raymond Washington
Into the deep end :-)
So I went to look at some corvettes with my wife and my son.
Found out that I am too tall for a 1979 vette which highly dissapointed me.
However, I did find that a 1973 fits me ever so well with its lowered seat bracket and simple roof panel. I'm more rough and ready than classy and I found a highly modified 1973 with a blower that seems to suitme just fine.
So, on the150 plus mile ride home I started out the first five miles with my parking brake on and was trying to figure out where that strange noise was coming from... I was surprised at justhow hot my rims were till I figured out my stupidity with the parking brake.
I also found that the left rear air shock was totally flat and kept bottoming out my fender on my tire. After anfew gas station stops for air and a stop at Auto Zone 15 minutes before they closed I got new air valves, a tool for it and a bicycle pump. That was better. I only had to stop every few miles to pump the shock back up.
At around 2AM On a pitch black country road still about 25 miles from home, my lights went out and my turn signals started flashing like lightning from some sort of shorted wire. Ended up sleeping in the car till daylight when I wouldn't need the headlights and coild just use hand signals to indicate my turns.
Of course, there is fog and a light misting rain. Btw, there is one windshield wiper remaining on the drivers side but there is no motor installed so I spent the remaining ride home reaching out the side window and using my hand to manually move the wiper back and forth at intervals of about half a mile.
Oddly, I had pretty much every one of these experiences in my youth over the few years that I owned a 1979 Supra. Just not all in one day!
I was stressed from spending so much money onthe corvette to begin with, and the trip home frazzled me even more.
Actually, the experience bonded me with the car which is rough and ready and a pain in the but just likeI am.
Found out that I am too tall for a 1979 vette which highly dissapointed me.
However, I did find that a 1973 fits me ever so well with its lowered seat bracket and simple roof panel. I'm more rough and ready than classy and I found a highly modified 1973 with a blower that seems to suitme just fine.
So, on the150 plus mile ride home I started out the first five miles with my parking brake on and was trying to figure out where that strange noise was coming from... I was surprised at justhow hot my rims were till I figured out my stupidity with the parking brake.
I also found that the left rear air shock was totally flat and kept bottoming out my fender on my tire. After anfew gas station stops for air and a stop at Auto Zone 15 minutes before they closed I got new air valves, a tool for it and a bicycle pump. That was better. I only had to stop every few miles to pump the shock back up.
At around 2AM On a pitch black country road still about 25 miles from home, my lights went out and my turn signals started flashing like lightning from some sort of shorted wire. Ended up sleeping in the car till daylight when I wouldn't need the headlights and coild just use hand signals to indicate my turns.
Of course, there is fog and a light misting rain. Btw, there is one windshield wiper remaining on the drivers side but there is no motor installed so I spent the remaining ride home reaching out the side window and using my hand to manually move the wiper back and forth at intervals of about half a mile.
Oddly, I had pretty much every one of these experiences in my youth over the few years that I owned a 1979 Supra. Just not all in one day!
I was stressed from spending so much money onthe corvette to begin with, and the trip home frazzled me even more.
Actually, the experience bonded me with the car which is rough and ready and a pain in the but just likeI am.
Last edited by hologenicman; Jul 31, 2014 at 10:42 PM.
Thread Starter
Advanced
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 66
Likes: 0
From: Raymond Washington
Thank you all for the welcome to the forum!
As for the bugs, I believe that you don't own it until you've invested some "sweat equity" into it. I love the process of working on a challenge through to success. My other vehicle is an '83 CJ7 which has given me plenty of rewarding challenges as well...
As for the bugs, I believe that you don't own it until you've invested some "sweat equity" into it. I love the process of working on a challenge through to success. My other vehicle is an '83 CJ7 which has given me plenty of rewarding challenges as well...
Thread Starter
Advanced
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 66
Likes: 0
From: Raymond Washington
The galery on my profile has more images. I haven't figured out how to list them other than that.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/g/album/1609534
John L>
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/g/album/1609534
John L>
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Thread Starter
Advanced
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 66
Likes: 0
From: Raymond Washington
