Ok…this has nothing to do with the C7, but I thought I’d start the 9,547th rumor!!!
This IS a very interesting video.
283 engine making over 300 HP!!!! Inboard brakes!!!! ONLY 1800 lbs!!!
Remember – “Assembled” in America is NOT the same as “Made” in America.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
PartingOut.com is a very interesting concept in marketing and selling used car parts.
The video explains the concept.
Check out the site at www.partingout.com.
I thinks a great idea!!!
Tim
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Yet another – leak!!!
More 2014 C7 Owner’s Manual Details Appear – CorvetteOnline.
http://www.corvetteonline.com
Daniel Sherwin of Illinois, recently shared his ride with us.
Beautiful Ford!!!
Thanks for sharing Daniel!!!
Tim
Every now and then I like to review how the Average Guys’ Car Restoration, Mods and Racing site is doing and since the 2012 is winding down, now’s a good time. This year has been a good one. In just December alone – (specially after moving to the new Domain) we’ve had a excellent response. Here’s some numbers
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| Total Hits | 35726 | |
| Total Files | 19879 | |
| Total Pages | 25003 | |
| Total Visits | 8239 | |
That’s not bad for only a couple weeks.
The Facebook companion site is doing well too.
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With 64,134 individuals reached.
So thanks everyone for the viewS and don’t hesitate to drop me a note with your projects or restoration tips.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Welding 101: Getting Started With MIG Welding Basics – CorvetteOnline.
Follow the link above for a great run down on welding.
Welding is an essential skill for hardcore and even moderate enthusiasts. Nuts and bolts can only take you so far. Eventually, if you’re serious about customizing and fabrication, you’re going to have to learn to weld. This useful skill will open up new fabrication options for your projects that may have seemed impossible before.
While taking a class or going to a seminar is a good idea, the truth is – with practice, patience, and the proper equipment, you can learn to MIG weld in your garage, on your own. We got together with our friends at Lincoln Electric to find out what you should know to get started in the world of MIG welding.
Sometimes we forget how things evolved when it comes to the functioning of our cars. Sometimes to understand how they work its helpful to go back in time and view how the problem was solved.
Take for instance this 1937 GM film on how to solve cornering.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
As you know (I assuming here), a “sleeper” car is one that on the exterior looks “average” (that it’s normally understood as referring to “slow”) under the wrapper, it’s a fire breather.
I was reading a special edition of ……the best auto periodical publisher in the WORLD (normally understood as referring to “ever existed”) Hemmings’ Muscle Machines – All Modified….and came upon an article entitled “Sleepers” by Richard Brigidi.
He defined a “sleeper” car as one with no engine badges, no chrome or striping, but with a monster engine. The idea was back in the 1960’s as to hide the fact that you had mega HP under the hood. Of course back in the day, street racing was common (although non-legal – just like today) and often it was done for cash or “pink slips”, so hiding (or at least under stating) that fact that you’ve got a super power plant would be a benefit.
I’ve always liked the thought of having a poverty wheeled – rubber burner and always had in mind a plain-Jane Chevy Biscayne.
Or maybe a plain old Mustang coupe?
What’s your idea of a sleeper car? Drop your idea in a comment below.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Let’s finish up the coverage of this project.
As you as in the Part 1 we ran into some issue with the clue holding on some critical parts of the door panel, like the part that holds up on sub-panel that holds the controls for the window, locks and mirror remote. Also needing attention was the vent channel that push air to driver’s window to defog it.
I wanted this fixes to be permanent and it was clear that more glue wasn’t going be a long-term fix. There isn’t much that makes up the door panel, it was only about 1/4″ thick. Now I know it might make folks cringe, but it was necessary, I used very small (short) hobby screw.
Here are some pics:
This first pic is showing the actual problems.
The two “A”s are showing the two clips on the back of the brace that accept the male part of the clip from the panel that holds all the controls. Without begin attached the back of the door panel the control flop around and slide out-of-place.
The “B” and arrow highlight the issue. There the glue let go and you can see the gap.
Here you can see the vent channel. This posed a bit of an issue because the door panel is thin here and on the outside there is a locking ring that is mainly a decorative actually had locking prongs, which as a result of the glue no longer holding fast, broke off and I had to JB Weld them back on. In this pic you can see one of the screws I used to put every thing back together.
Here is a close up of the one of the screws. In the lower left you can see on of the blobs of glue that came loose.
This was a really easy repair, however, we didn’t resolve the window issue. So we’ll pull the right side door panel and see if we can fix window issue and as long a we’re in there we’ll shore up the braces.
Thanks for reading. Leave a comment.
Tim
