Sandy, you're gonna owe me lunch!

[ProTouringASC]

I probably should keep it, but...

Top is in great shape, but it's aftermarket, not original.

To be "perfect" I think you would need to

Repaint both 1/4s (after repair of course), The rest of the paint is in very good condition.

New seat covers, though they are only torn at the top near the seat belt bracket. The rest of the seats are very nice, though a good deal of the embroidery has worn off of the driver's seat.

Maybe carpet (faded in a few spots)

I probably would keep it if it wasn't such a unique car, and add all the bracing to stiffen up the chassis, 5 lug conversion, etc. But being the only Yellow '89, it would be a real shame to do such things.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

[negusm]

I would not say "most vette owners . . ." but I would definitely say that there are fewer vette people than Mustang people who are into modifying their cars.

I would even go so far as to say "nearly all".

One thing though, if he got a vette that was already tinkered with a bit, he could probably beat the price down and any further changes he made wouldn't affect the cost at all. Let another guy take the hit on depreciation!

-Mike

[ProTouringASC]

Well, the car didn't sell, though a scammer has tried to sell it on Craigslist! So today I was repairing the driver's door lock and handle, and thus had the door panel off. Still no sign of Gold paint, just yellow and black.

Who knows what really happened, but it sure is interesting!

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

[ProTouringASC]

As you may recall, I installed new rear shocks recently. So, being sick with a cold and respiratory infection, and thus bored and confined to the house, I decided to do a little experiment. I dug the old shock washers out of the trash and sanded the yellow paint in several spots to see what might lay underneath. Quite interestingly, the only color I uncovered was black.

As Alice would say, curiouser and curiouser

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Bill

[Kentennis]

Owning a 1980 Corvette I would laso say fewer Vette owners tinker with their vehicles. But they mostly do 'cosmetic' changes, in the hopes of snaring a trophy.

I had to 'tinker' with mine. The cam went bad. Since we had to pull the engine we also sent the heads out had bigger valves, matched set of valve springs with more compression rate, added an Edelbrock carb, and pumped the ignition up 24,000 volts. Oh, and a little more aggressive cam than the original L82 cam. Now it runs like a Vette should! But when you lift the hood, it looks entirely stock. The factory air cleaner covers the Edelbrock, the distributor cover is still in place and hides the distributor and, of course, you can't see the cam, the higher compression and the valve train improvements. It idles a lttle rough but I just tell anyone that it, "Needs a tune-up." I can peg the tach and the speedometer (85 MPH type) in .2 of a mile.

[ProTouringASC]

Owning a 1980 Corvette I would laso say fewer Vette owners tinker with their vehicles. But they mostly do 'cosmetic' changes, in the hopes of snaring a trophy.

I had to 'tinker' with mine. The cam went bad. Since we had to pull the engine we also sent the heads out had bigger valves, matched set of valve springs with more compression rate, added an Edelbrock carb, and pumped the ignition up 24,000 volts. Oh, and a little more aggressive cam than the original L82 cam. Now it runs like a Vette should! But when you lift the hood, it looks entirely stock. The factory air cleaner covers the Edelbrock, the distributor cover is still in place and hides the distributor and, of course, you can't see the cam, the higher compression and the valve train improvements. It idles a lttle rough but I just tell anyone that it, "Needs a tune-up." I can peg the tach and the speedometer (85 MPH type) in .2 of a mile.

Cool 'Vette! Originally I was going to sell my asc, but now that I have been driving it alot, I think I'll keep it.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill