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Old May 6, 2026 | 01:00 PM
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Had the gang over today to polish up one of the feller's Z. Knocked it out and up the road before the rains came.
Obligatory assortment of donuts abound.












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Chief, You have the best Corvette parties!
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Good job! Mine is next!
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Originally Posted by CorvetteMike2024
Chief, You have the best Corvette parties!
Thanks Mike.

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Good job! Mine is next!
Both of you just a tad too far, however both would be welcome.
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Looks awesome, hopefully my Shark Gray will look like that soon enough!
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When you said donuts abound thats not what I envisioned.

Nice job!
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When you said donuts abound thats not what I envisioned.

Nice job!
We had more, but they were consumed before i took the pix.
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Another in a long line of awesome job results. And donuts too. Wish I was in your crew.
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Originally Posted by ChiefBoats
Had the gang over today to polish up one of the feller's Z. Knocked it out and up the road before the rains came.
Obligatory assortment of donuts abound.


Wow! 🫡 Good on you, slightly jealous. Nice to have a gang like that.
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I would have enjoyed that training day!
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Looks like a good time was had by all!
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Your parties having buddies over is great idea to make good friends and enjoy Corvette world, and sorry to say NO JELLY DONUTS?
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Originally Posted by 1bdvet
Your parties having buddies over is great idea to make good friends and enjoy Corvette world, and sorry to say NO JELLY DONUTS?
Already gone.............
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Great job getting the car nice and shiny.
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Originally Posted by ChiefBoats
Already gone.............
Dam there my favorite all time Donut just ask my group of Corvette friends, cause when go to car shows we take turns who brings the donuts, when me they have to learn Jelly donuts rule.

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Nice work! Glad to see a post from you, been awhile.. I bought a new full size pick up and I have to clay bar it.. not looking forward to doing a vehicle that big...C'mon over and lend a hand I can cover food and beverages
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Nice work! Glad to see a post from you, been awhile.. I bought a new full size pick up and I have to clay bar it.. not looking forward to doing a vehicle that big...C'mon over and lend a hand I can cover food and beverages
Let's see here, how 'bout you slide over and I'll have the gang jump on it, and I'll have your special kind of pastry/donut available, it's only roughly about 950 miles, piece of cake..............
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Fantastic way to get that done.

what is that shop lift used to raist the car to working height?
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Looks like a fun party. Very nice line up of cars in that first image. The green C4 is particularly interesting.

Would be pleased to drive over for a session, but there is the small matter of some 1100 or so miles. Guess we'll have to pass...

We trudge on.
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Fantastic way to get that done.

what is that shop lift used to raist the car to working height?
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I've had that for 20+ years now, I believe the max height is 54". Model is Atlas TD6MR. It's great for detailing, brake work, oil changes, installing ground effect mods, etc., but not good for under carriage work like exhaust pipe, torque tube stuff and the like.
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