1978 Chevrolet Corvette - Terry

I’ve always loved the way the C3 Corvette body style looks and Michele and I always wanted one. So I decided to look around the country for a C3 of a certain dollar amount. $12 grand was my limit. I knew I was gonna have to do some work on anything I found for so small a budget, but after all, I was looking for a project car, not a show car. I’m the kind of guy who is limited in mechanical abilities such as rebuilding engines and transmissions so I looked for and found one with a recently rebuilt L82 and Muncie 4spd. I know how to do detailing work from building scale models as a hobby and I was ready for a full scale Corvette to refurbish the way I wanted it to be and the way I know Michele would have liked it to be too.
   Well I found this black on black 1978 Corvette and the price was right and the eng & tranny are rebuilt. I got her delivered from Virginia and drove Her around a little finding out She is the perfect driver for me. I got Her in September o7 and since then I have completely redone the interior short of replacing the dash board. I have replaced Shocks, bushings, rear mono spring and installed a rack & pinion steering unit. I have completely restored/modified the engine compartment adding a few chromed pieces and braded hose covering. I have removed anything bolted down and refinished its paint or stripped its paint and polished and clear coated it to look chromed. Things like the hood hinges, hood latch assembly, alte & bracket, vacuum diaphragm cover, headlight diaphragm containers, fan blades, chromed main pulley. And I even removed the hood and refinished its under side. I also repainted under the engine compartment fenders, firewall and the water pump and any bracket that could be removed. I just finished refinishing the wiper motor and last but not least, I had a set of 15” chromed Cragar SS wheels. I’m ready to show her off to the world.
    She’s far from perfect, but so am I and I love Her.