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Quote: BillH wrote: Storing this up - still believe that there's a mid year in my future.
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Quote: BillH wrote: Geeze maybe some of the others here will actually drive their cars instead of operate them too. Driving your Corvette: good.
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Quote: BillH wrote: And an order from Long Island Corvettes should show up today - a bag of factory correct solid rivets and all new J-clips (holds the wiring harness on the firewall/fenders). Do you like them? Are they reliable?
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Quote: BrianCunningham wrote: Attend more events I want to get a track event in this year Same here.
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Quote: Ultraman wrote: I think those wheels will work well John ... no chrome huh ... I'm in a group called the Chrome Dinosaurs ... we love chrome and it loves us ... Your GS looks great with chrome wheels - my view on chrome is influenced by the color of the car involved. The closest thing I have to chrome is the stock wheels on the 1985, which are a little too bright compared to the original finish.
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So, now that Andy seems to have his 1992 under control, it's time for the rest of us to consider what we're up to with our Corvettes this year. I'll start: 1985 (Lauren); replace the entire center console lid assembly (the underside is starting to crack), replace the passenger side power window assembly (near death), fix the the flighty rear defogger, perhaps replace the faded and brittle carpeting, decide wether to get serious about AACA judging, start thinking about wether I'm going to finally pull the trigger on a full repaint 2003 (Grace); get some replacements for the aging aftermarket floormats, replace the front spoiler (wear part! ), celebrate her 10th birthday, drive her more when the weather gets nice 2012 (Louis); get another set of wheels for the summer tires - probably these http://www.westcoastcorvette.com/p-48 ... x95-1997-2004-c5-z06.aspx - but I'm not locked in yet. What's everybody else up to this year?
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Good afternoon, all.
Watching an hour of the Barrett-Jackson auction (don't tell Bill ) and than hunkering down for football. Nice day today, starting to get really cold tomorrow.
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Bill, what do you think of Barrett-Jackson coming to Reno in 2014?
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Quote: TommyT-Bone wrote: To be uber wealthy and be willing to chase your boyhood dreams. That's all it will take There's a reserve on it - I wonder what it is?
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Good afternoon, all! We went to the Philadelphia Auto Show's charity event last night - the Black Tie Tailgate. Had a lot of fun: no C7s, but easy access to just about all the cars. Seeing the Hot Wheels Camaro for real made me giggle.
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Did anybody else notice Chevrolet has brought back green as color choice? First time since 2001 - and a great name.
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Quote: Ultraman wrote: Wake up everybody it's C7 eve ... tomorrow we will all gather around the streaming live vids as the covers come off and we all go ... really ... ??? lol ... I predict even that even those of us who aren't wild about the design initially will have it grow on us. This is what happened to me with the C5. I wasn't big on the look for a couple of years, but around 1999 I saw a black coupe coming from the other direction down a back road and I suddenly, vicerally understood.
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Quote: bobges wrote: The decal on the rear window makes it a vette I agree. I think those CTS coupes are the purest current expression of the Cadillac design language. Nice ride!
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Quote: TommyT-Bone wrote: Looking back over 2012 I find that once again I didn't finish the items on my "to do list". We went to Michaels yesterday and bought a number of frames for artwork and posters. Frames were 50% off. My kind of price. We spent $200 on frames. I got some stuff framed I've been holding since 1995. Much of it is racing related and is headed to the garage. Framing stuff is a good idea - our holiday card this year shows some of my grandfather's photos that Ivelis got archivally framed.
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Good afternoon, everybody. We'll take the train into Philadelphia sometime later this evening: eat a late dinner at our favorite steakhouse and stay at an old hotel about two blocks away. Happy New Year, all! Be safe out there ...
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Heavy wet snow in the Philadelphia area today - not too much (3 inches) but dense. Glad I drove the 1985 earlier this week.
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Quote: BillH wrote: Saved the A.O.Smith job number on the rear bulkhead. Nice job, Bill.
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Quote: Matatk wrote: But my mom gave me a card stuffed with cash that said "fix your car" so in a roundabout way that is corvette related I'd take that any year - there's always something to fix.
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Did anybody get any Corvette-related gifts? I only got one (first world problems! ), but it was wonderful: my lovely wife came through with it. Our generic Corvette coffee mugs (purchased in 2003) were starting to get really washed out and aged. So, Ivelis got six mugs made, two for each of the 'Vettes. Three have one big picture and three have a bunch of relevant pictures. All, of course, have their names ...
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Good morning, all!
Taking my best male friend (Adam) out for breakfast in the old jalopy (or as Ivelis calls it, "the award winning jalopy"). He's steeling himself even as I write ... ... pictures if I remember.
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Pianoguy keeping my household highly amused ...
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Good afternoon, all.
My best male friend is in town. We went out to a really nice steakhouse last night and than came home and watched various James Bond movie stunts on Blu-ray until midnight. Got up this morning and took him over to his sister's. Traffic was California insane but the 2012 was perfectly happy. CC, the kitchen looks really good. I like Bill H's current avatar, but than I'm a ZZ Top fan. Hard to believe that Sharp Dressed Man (with the 1984 Corvette poster in the young man's room) is almost 30 years old ...
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Anybody else seeing this at the top of forum posts?
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1992 LT1 casting number: 10125327 Casting date should be a four digit alphanumeric code The VIN derivative stamping on the left rear of the block should be 1H51XXXXX.X where the 1 represents Chevrolet, H identifies the model year, 5 represents Bowling Green, and the first five Xs represent the last five digits of the VIN. Hope this helps!
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