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My '78 in the middle of restoration. It's going back to the original two tone silver anniversary colors when I'm done. Cheers!

.....so you're saying this is not a mesh.....I cant download this.....? Scarab <-(bursts into tears......)

Yup, sorry, it's a real one. Drives a heck of alot better than a mesh though ;)

Hey cool, one more who's profession is working on a vette. You must be a lucky man to have a anniversary model. I have done the paint-job on my 72 6 years ago. Puhh, that was a really hard job, because i'm more mecanically oriented and not a car-painter. After i had stripped the whole car, a friend of mine (his a car-painter and the one who gives the paintjob) comes to see if the finish is enough. What you think he had say, yes he touches the whole body with his flat hand. After that, he takes filler and plastered the whole body from new. I was really concerned, he then says that he have to help, because he think i would never end up with a result he needs for the paintjob. After finishing this stage, i had driven the car to a manufacturer of paint-cabines. I wanted a aubergine-pearleffect paint, when he paints the car i ask him if he has ordered the right color. It seems the color would come as a brown tone, after that he ordered me out of the cabine and tells me that this would come out as aubergine. After 2 hours we drive the car out of the cabine, it was a sunny day and what a hell: IT SHINES IN ALL COLORS, he has made a really great job. this whole work takes in total only 2000 Swissfrancs. Since then we are really good friends. And much times we had a laugh about this episode. SHARKEY

Get rid of it while you can. They are death traps. I had a friend die in one of those. Damn thing flipped over on top of him and crushed his head to his chest and choked him. Its too temping to speed in them. They are just fiberglass coffins. If nothing else be careful.

I've only lost one time the control over it. It was the first and last, and it was on beginning to learn to drive it. After i washed the car i stand on a stop-signal, pulled the gaspedal to the ground and the car jumps forward and makes a 180 degree turn. Puuhhh, my heart sucks also to ground. From that on, i have learnd: be carefull with gas. SHARKEY

Very true. Water and Vettes don't mix. At 3500 pounds (most of which is over the front axle) the rear end is extremely easy to push around on wet pavement. Having a finely tuned suspension helps alot. I've completely rebuilt the rear on this one and am getting ready to start on the front. As with all things, using it responsibly is the key to it's safety.

Have you replaced the standard leave-rear-feather with one of mid-americas ? I've read a test about them, doesn't remember if it was in vette magazine or corvette fever, but they received a much better result then the originals. On my vette i have to do some work on the frame. The one and only part who can rust, does. A friend of mine makes me 4mm thick lower frame-sections which i would weld in (first the rust must be removed). SHARKEY

Yup, I put in our TRW 330 lb. fibreglass replacement. Also strut rods/ujoints/shock mounts/gas shocks etc.... It helps to work at Mid America when you have a vet. Our Funfest is this weekend and we're busy readying the grounds for the over 6000 vets we'll have there. I'm planning a review of the festivities a couple of weeks from now on our website at www.madvet.com Cheers!