Over on Facebook one of the groups has a Then and Now series of posts. That consisted of folk posting the cars they were driving 10 years ago and now. I thought that was cool so I put quick clip together for my rides then and now.
For sometime now I have a Mustang Corvette combo, my ’70 Mustang/84 Vette combo and my ’73 Mustang/’07 Vette combo.
Just a little trip down memory lane!!
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Tim
Thought I’d pass long an update on one of the sinkhole corvettes.
Three years ago, on February 12, 2014, viewers tuning in to their morning news witnessed and heard an almost unbelievable story – a sinkhole had opened inside the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and eight Corvettes fell victim… lying at the bottom of the more than 30 foot deep gaping hole. Fortunately, the cars and building were the only things damaged as it occurred in the early morning hours before anyone was in the Museum. The story captivated those who watched it, and while the Museum initially planned to put the past behind them, the interest in the sinkhole and damaged Corvettes was undeniable.
On Thursday, February 9 the 1962 Corvette, still covered in dirt and debris from the sinkhole, was removed from display in the Skydome and transferred to a garage bay where it will undergo restoration work to bring it back, better than ever. The on-going work will be performed in the Museum, and guests will be able to see the car’s progress, oftentimes as it is happening. In addition to visiting the Museum to witness first-hand the work being performed on the Corvette, enthusiasts can tune in to Facebook and YouTube where a number of videos will be published by the Museum, providing updates and progress reports.
See the complete article at National Corvette Museum
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Tim
Posted by Terry Shea
Legendary SoCal hot rodder, racer and all-around Corvette maestro Dick Guldstrand passed away on September 2 at age 87. A few years back, we featured Dick in our Hot Rod Hero column for Hemmings Muscle Machines. In fact, I had the opportunity to speak with Dick on the day he was celebrating his 84th birthday. There is nothing quite like the candor of a retired racer, particularly one who has never truly left the arena. (Chase the link below for the rest of the article from Hemmings.)
Source: “Mr. Corvette,” Dick Guldstrand, Passes Away at 87 Years Old | Hemmings Daily
Dick Guldstrand
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Tim
Even at my age I still love cranking the music while I’m driving. When you have a long commute, you don’t mind it as much when your tunes are on. A couple of months ago my CD player in my 2007 C6 Vette decided to toss error message rather than belting out music. I thought perhaps the CD was bad and changed it out. Nope…still only read errors. Ejected that one and tried a third and got the same result.
Ya know, radio ain’t what it use to be, it’s sad when you can go nearly half your drive hearing only one track and the rest of the trip is listen to a couple of voices attempt to entertain you and fill the ‘dead air” with totally horrible local commercials. After programming the buttons on the receiver and about a month of actually mashing the buttons on the radio, 40 times a each way, I decided to pick up a used stereo online and swap them out. It only took a few minutes to find a used stereo (receiver and CD player) that coincidentally came from a 2007 Corvette and of course you trust that it works and this one did.
I hadn’t up to this date spend any time taking the dash apart on the C6 -unlike my 1970 Mustang and 1984 Corvette where I visited behind their dashboards a lot. So I reached out across the nation, via Google to find instructions. Needless to say there are a lot of videos out there and after the first time pulling the center dash off it’s pretty easy (yeah…I had to do that more than once).
Caution: As with most tech laden cars, be careful of all wire connections. Highly unusual for me, I avoided all those fit falls.
This is the lower part of the dash (ashtray cig lighter areas) opened up. You can clearly see the back side of the cigarette lighter (maybe we should call them – power port – whole generation out there that don’t know that this luxury item is). Additionally, there is the connection to the to a second power port and at least in most models the traction control. Just highlighting the necessity to be careful.
In short you have to remove the consul storage lid (a few hex drivers are required for that) and the unsnap the cover for the emergency brake as well as remove the shift knob. The rest pulls off easily…BUT…first disconnect the power ports.
There are a few screws for pulling out the cd player and receiver and you’ll need to disconnect the power and antenna.
You can find that all out on one of the online video or you tube and since this isn’t the subject matter of the post I’ll let you find the one you like.
Dropping in the replace stereo is just as easy….piece of cake! Just before putting all the trim pieces back in I rested the CD/Receiver units and tested it. It played for a few seconds and then “LOCKED”. Clearly a bad sign.
Stay tuned for how the options and how I handled it.
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Tim
A while back I ‘had’ installed a Spec Stage 3 clutch with steel/iron fly-wheel. I did a lot of research before hand and decided that this would be a great combination for my auto cross/daily driver. So far I’ve been happy with the switch. It’s not as ‘street’ smooth as the stock but it helps get the torque to rubber!! But you have to do your research. If you noticed in the first line above I used the phrase ‘had installed’. It is a monster job to disassemble the tunnel and you don’t want to have to do it again after find out that you can’t leave a red like without loosing rubber, nor pay the $$$ for someone else to do it.
I grabbed the article below to share, it has some great tips.
If you’re a late-model Corvette owner and you’ve ever been in the market for a new clutch, then you’ve discovered that there is such an array of options to choose from, you could find yourself being a little bit lost and confused. To make things even more difficult, thanks to the transaxle layout of the C5 and C6, swapping a clutch is a far more involved process than on a car with a more conventional driveline. A clutch swap isn’t the kind of job you want to do twice on these Corvettes, so getting it right the first time (and having the room to grow for more horsepower and torque down the line) is critical. Read on:
via Selecting the Right Clutch for Your C5/C6 Corvette – CorvetteOnline.com.
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Tim
Then there was one.
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Tim
Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 vs. Porsche 911 Turbo S vs. Nissan GT-R Comparison – Motor Trend.
So let’s see the Camaro got spanked at the drag strip. I get it. It wasn’t designed for straight stretch racing, so what’s the point Motor Trend? Why not take a Prius and run it against the Lotus? Oh….what? The Prius isn’t a race car? Huh…go figure!!
But I will say it wasn’t too shabby on the strip!! The Z/28 ran 0-60 mph in 4.0 seconds and the quarter mile in 12.3 seconds at 117.2 mph. But it couldn’t compete with 2.7 to to 60 and 11 second @ 125 MPH (GTR) nor 2.6/10.9@ 123 MPH (911)
The Z28 and some other cars.
If you read further they complained about “racing’ tire peformance…wait for it….in 290 temps. Seriously…read it yourself, it’s right there!!
I autocross my C6 here in beautiful…and HOT Arizona and you have to have meat that sticks (tires). I don’t plan on taking the car up to the mountains and have it hang on to corners in the snow… much less below freezing temps with the tires meant for track duty.
I agree with the conclusion that the Z/28 is “… a race car for the street. It’s got Recaro buckets, Pankl connecting rods, Mahle pistons, Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes (co-developed and shared with the upcoming Z06), and Multimatic dynamic spool valve shocks. But it’s not just a name-brand collection of parts, and the Z/28 is no tuner. It stands as one of absolutely the best track-focused cars in the world.”…..except that last part – I say it was 2nd best next to the Corvette.
While I love the nostalgia that comes to mind when I see this Camaro and the Z/28 badging, I don’t think I’d spend $75K on it. I just jump up to the C7 Corvette Sting Ray and be done with it.
What about you?
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Tim
They have been holding this Plastic Fantastic car show for 37 years (the oldest and largest Corvette show…ever!!!)
Looks like a blast!!!!!
The proceeds go to support the club charity, the San Diego USO.
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Tim
Watch the video, you’ll see a good close up of the first three cars and seem them on display “as is”.
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Tim
Five of eight Corvettes pulled from museum sinkhole; photos show heavy …
4 More Corvettes still to be rescued.
1,000,000 Corvette was pulled from the sinkhole at the Corvette Museum today.
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Tim
