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Hi there. I'm Jim from Connecticut, obviously in the USA. I bought a '93 C4 convertible, 6 speed manual a couple of months ago. I had been looking for a nice C3 convertible for about 3 years. Something that when I retired, I could tinker with to keep busy, active, and mentally engaged/challenged. I never found the right chrome bumper C3 convertible that checked all the boxes for my $30K price point. I found them, but every time, the sellers tried to jack the price up, saying, "multiple offers", even though I met their asking price. I got tired of the game.
I started looking for C4 and C5 convertibles, and almost immediately I found a really nice C4 convertible in my state in the color, GM Competition yellow, and with the options I wanted. I almost didn't have enough time to really research the differences between the C3, C4, and C5 convertibles. But it worked out very well. Especially because the prices are a fraction of C3 chrome bumper convertibles or C5 convertibles.
Though this is my 1st Corvette, I've been a car guy my whole life. I'm looking for some odds and end part which have been discontinued (I get it, the car is 30 years old). I may even do a major engine change in the future. No, not a LS swap, something in line with keeping the car period correct, but a good increase in HP, and rpm.
The day I bought the C4. 1st thing, to the tire shop to get new tires and an alignment, then drove it 60 miles home.
The LT1 has been performing well up to this point, but there's always that idea in the back of my head ringing away... We'll see.
For now, I'm trying to do a little maintenance, replace some dried up molding, give the car a little love, and do some local car shows in the late summer/fall timeframe. So if anybody in the CT area know some great car shows where the Vettel show up in force, I'd like to be part of that! Please invite me! Thanks!
Thanks, I'm in Southington, CT! Hi neighbor! Your profile says a '67! Wow, Congrats. Maybe we can meet up at a 'Vette car show or something.
Regards, Jim
Northeast Regional Section on the forum, how do I do that?
Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack
Congrats on your C4 and welcome to the forum.
Try posting in the Northeast Regional section of the forum about car events in your area.
Vetteman Jack... Hi! Thanks for the reply, and the suggestion to post in the Northeast Regional section of the forum. I have to say I'm a little puzzled about how to do that. Any suggestion? I'm still learning how to play in this this forum, so please bear with me.
Also, how do you establish digital friends in this forum. I think it would be great to create a list of contacts that really give great advice, live near me, etc. And of course vice versa, I could help those that I think I can help as well, either on-line in the forum or in my physical garage.
New C4 member from CT
