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HI, I THINK IT CAN LOOK PRETTY GOOD PROVIDING YOU DONT DO EVERY LETTER ON THERE, MINE WERE PIRELLIS, AND JUST DID THE SMALL LETTERING , BUT ON MY CORVETTE I HAVE BF GOODRICH, WHICH ALL THE BIG LETTERS ARE DONE, BOTH LOOK COOL, CHEERS ,STEVE

hi, i think they are tr7 motor units, any good motor elec people will get round your problem,let them look before you throw away, steve

hi, yes ,check along top of gearbox tunnle, interior side, the main loom runs along this aswell, some big brown full current wires go along this from battery and other things, doesnt need much, to melt outer casings on wires, without a fire,, i think choke runs backwards along this loom into engine bay through firewall, redo your earth straps and add a few more anywhere on chassis, earthing always been a problem on plastic cars, steve hi just tried to add a few pics of what happened to a vette i am doing at the moment, eerrrr hot vette in the real meaning,steve

thanks guys, just something a bit different, steve

hi jon , sounds like your mates vette is a big block, anything between 5-10 mpg is good although mine is a small block, its 400 bhp, manual and only gives 12 mpg at best anytime, a low tune small block could return 18-20 but only just, talk about carbon footprint, steve exaust is a handmade stainless twin 3"system with aero free flow mufflers , sets of car alarms, rattles the floor and has been built to take 600 bhp, i never put on the radio, the noise is fantastic danny, car was last used in 1992, when it competed in circuit racing in europe, it then was took off the road with head trouble, and thats how it stayed till i bought it in 08, it was black, and needed it all doing, big money was spent by previous owner, and i redone it all again, 6 months later it was out and about, as you see it now, its stunning and needs nothing, fully detailed below and above

hi, yeah i forgot ,they are ripping it apart with diggers at the moment ,silverstone was near to our club weekend out, but cost was a problem for a lot of members, will look into that aswell, but it could work the other way round, if you lose donnington due to works etc, it may be poss for you guys to tag with us , just a new flavour to the mix., all for a bit of change, will try to talk with club lotus as they might have done something already for next year , i will put this to a few of our members , ime sure a few have had lotus in there time, and you would all be more than welcome, , leave it with me, your thoughts aswell, cheers, steve

hi, not sure how to send pics on here but i could send to your e mail, then you load if you know how to this site for me,, anytime, steve

thanks guys, will call him , and run it past him, still give us your thoughts etc, cheers, steve

hi all, having been to the donnington show earlier this year, [ i have a 84 turbo ] i was wondering if you guys would let us share the weekend with corvettes, your show works well , great venue , cars bombing around the track etc, hotel etc, we currently have our own weekend nationals, but many of our members would like a refreshing change, this is only a suggestion, obviously lots to discuss, shared costs etc, i dont wish to upset anyone with such a daft idea, but, corvettes are fibreglass, classic ,all years and all v8s, so we have a bit in common, we had some 600 cars this year [ all corvettes] if anyone could put me intouch with the right people ,thats great, if not , we could arrange our own , not to clash with yours , obviously, a mixed marque could be good for both of our causes, its only a idea,what do you think, your thoughts , cheers , 63 corvette

hi , i did not like how those switches could fail, seen too many fried engines, i fitted a kenlow, and put it around front cross member, fully adjustable, and then a seperate switch, if ever that failed,nothing against being original,but when theres better, hhmmm,

hi,when i bought my car the previous guy decided to re build it, and that was a straight car, everything came apart and not one nut or bolt unturned ,replaced etc, all that work , respray ,engine, chassis, wheels , tyres, brakes, you name it , it was done , nearly-- 20k spent, that guy must still be on day release from mental home, i finished it off, interior,electrics and some fine detailing, all in all it must have been a bitch of a job, your going down a road that might not see the car mobile again for 2 yrs or more, paperwork for mine went back 5 yrs, even then he paid 3k for a running car, saying that, ins value was 18k agreed, which was too low anyway, car is now sold floating over to hong kong, i ended up with a car too nice to drive, i supose it depends on your standards of finish, say goodbye to any relationships you currently have, and say hello to the guy in that mental home when you go, seriously though if you think its worth the effort, cost it all up first, good luck, dont let everyone rip you off, steve

hi, yes 84 has a small rocker switch just above left knee, theres a good old bunch of relays and fuses around glove box area, put power direct to ariel to check if its stuck, like everything on these cars sounds a bit relay suspect,steve

hi, price one up , might change your mind, if its ok, leave it till its obvious for repair, it all can be done from above the car anyway, poss a mornings work at worst,+ a few new gaskets--check any play on the car with big air pipe off, should be spinning like a good un,steve