Project C4, 85 Corvette

[Steve85]

A few setbacks since getting the interim motor in. My boys 3 and 5 decided to play on my car and broke the acrylic roof. They are usually around $500 for a good one and very expensive to ship if you don't find a local cheap one. Brand new is over $1K. So, the car sat for most of the winter and does not want to run very good now. I suspected fuel problems so I've been adding gas drier and fresh gas delivered via gas can. It's been getting better all week so I really cranked up the fuel last night and it liked it, a lot.

It sucks, the less I drive it the more problems I have. I used to drive it to work everyday with this motor in it years ago. Obviously, life gets in the way (no room for babay seats, gas nearly twice what it was) but man it's frustrating.

I'll be taking it out tonight to finally top off the tank and hopefully have it ready for the weekend.

I also did some work on the hood scoop and have it to acceptable. There are some other areas on the body that need to be addressed so it will do for now. I've been using the SMC panel adhesive to bond the scoop to the hood and as a smoothing agent. It's been good practice for when I decide to tackle smoothing in the rear fender flares.

Short-term plans:
Front suspension rebuild. All new bushings, check and replace if necessary everything else
Replace the bushings in the rear diff "batwing". (all other bushings done)
More street friendly cam (thanks to 3-piece timing cover a much easier job)

Long-term plans:
Sell it and get a convertible muscle car that fits everybody. Something fun I can drive WAY more often.