I lived through that work for a living phase of my life, had too much time on my hands and got the bug again for a Corvette.
I am partial to C3's as the last one I had 33 years ago was a 1969 Big Block 390 horse, 4 speed, factory side pipe, air car.
My what getting married and starting a family will do to a guy, I sold the 69 and bought a Suburban to haul the family.
Fast forward a few decades and I bought a 1981 model that had been sitting for several years in a garage. The previous owner installed a 383 stroker motor, long tube headers, aluminum cross flow radiator, with an extra fan to supplement the clutch fan on the engine. The turbo 350 was beefed up with a shift kit, and a 2500 RPM stall speed. He had a buddy put on a nice driver quality silver pearl white paint job on the car.
I have spent few months getting the car to a point to where I can go for a drive and have a reasonable expectation of returning home while driving the car, instead of it being hauled home on a flat bed wrecker. Typical deal, drive it for an hour, work on it for two hours. Just like my old Pan Head Harleys.
I had forgotten how much heat is generated into the driver/passenger area of the car from the engine. That said and the temperature here in Texas just passing the century mark, I decided to get the AC system up and running. Fortunately the previous owner had the AC system converted to R134a. I was getting ready to charge the system when I noticed that the blower was not working. I ran the electrics out and found that the blower motor had power going to it, but no action from the blower motor. I made a trip to the parts store, and bought a blower motor, and my next step is to install that. Thank goodness I bought a factory shop manual for the car, it has made my life a lot easier.
Once I get all the systems up and running, I plan on installing a heat barrier and sound barrier to the passenger compartment.
Looking forward to picking up a few tips to get the old girl running and looking good. As soon as I figure out how to resize the pics of the car, I will post a few.
Thanks
Tim
I am partial to C3's as the last one I had 33 years ago was a 1969 Big Block 390 horse, 4 speed, factory side pipe, air car.
My what getting married and starting a family will do to a guy, I sold the 69 and bought a Suburban to haul the family.
Fast forward a few decades and I bought a 1981 model that had been sitting for several years in a garage. The previous owner installed a 383 stroker motor, long tube headers, aluminum cross flow radiator, with an extra fan to supplement the clutch fan on the engine. The turbo 350 was beefed up with a shift kit, and a 2500 RPM stall speed. He had a buddy put on a nice driver quality silver pearl white paint job on the car.
I have spent few months getting the car to a point to where I can go for a drive and have a reasonable expectation of returning home while driving the car, instead of it being hauled home on a flat bed wrecker. Typical deal, drive it for an hour, work on it for two hours. Just like my old Pan Head Harleys.
I had forgotten how much heat is generated into the driver/passenger area of the car from the engine. That said and the temperature here in Texas just passing the century mark, I decided to get the AC system up and running. Fortunately the previous owner had the AC system converted to R134a. I was getting ready to charge the system when I noticed that the blower was not working. I ran the electrics out and found that the blower motor had power going to it, but no action from the blower motor. I made a trip to the parts store, and bought a blower motor, and my next step is to install that. Thank goodness I bought a factory shop manual for the car, it has made my life a lot easier.
Once I get all the systems up and running, I plan on installing a heat barrier and sound barrier to the passenger compartment.
Looking forward to picking up a few tips to get the old girl running and looking good. As soon as I figure out how to resize the pics of the car, I will post a few.
Thanks
Tim