I've looked in wal-mart for tube socks like those. Nope. Don't exist anymore. The attire shown seems a bit earlier doesn't it? Maybe late seventies to very early eighties? Weren't they wearing parachute pants by the mid eighties?
That's a '78-82 Corvette in the background, isn't it? (maybe not? they had a hatchback at that point?)
Correct! 78 was also the 25th anniversary edition and the Indy 500 pace car. Idk, I've become kinda partial to the 74. Last year for the big block, last year for no cats, last year for the mechanical tach and theyre still relatively affordable.
Any updated pics of this awesome veehickle? It is a crossroads car of sorts. The end of an era. A last gasping breath. Old school BBC prior to the transition into the malaise era for Corvettes.
The car has developed this odd issue that I just can't figure out. Cdr runs great till j put fuel in it. A few minutes after I pull away from the station, it starts stalling out at lights. Won't stay running. It's like it's starving for fuel. When it first happened, j thought I got a bad tank of fuel or water got in the tank. Once it starts, I have to keep the revs up around 1500 so it will keep running. Driving is fine. Just when it comes to a stop it'll just die out. It'll start back up but it will continue till it drive through it after a while. I can't explain it. It's like something gets stirred up in the tank, but it looks clean in there I'm at a loss
Can it be a vent issue? Not sure about 74, but our 73 had a vent line that ran to an anti drain back valve in case of a rollover. The rubber hose was dry rotted and would leak with a full tank on sharp left turns. Not sure how that would “choke” it at idle though… lol
Car deserves some color. Not a modern paint job, but something that brings it to maybe 1984. After the first owner lost it in a divorce, his ex traded it in for a minivan. The dealer sold it to his nephew, banged it up a bit and painted it in the backyard. I hate fake patina but we have a guy for that, right?
Jay, I remember there being a liquid/vapor separator valve on the top left side of the fuel tank...they don't last forever. If it's failed, possible that after a fill up some liquid fuel is getting to the carbon cannister which might screw up calibration...just a thought. See https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-tech-performance/4524999-73-fuel-separator-alternative.html and https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-tech-performance/4117346-fuel-separator-valve-problem-2.html Devon
Yeah, we do! I remember quite vividly helping my uncle Jim paint his 68 Riviera GS one summer. We painted it in the driveway with Dupont Lucite lacquer. I was planning on doing the same thing this summer. I can still get code 10 in lacquer. I'll get a cheapo gun and shoot it on a Sunday when all my neighbors are on their boats
