My 1977 Corvette Stingray. (C3)


I sold my beloved Corvette in March 2008. Needed the money for Home improvements.
I still look at the empty space in my garage and wonder if I did the right thing..

I really loved that car..

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All washed and waxed , taken behind my office
Taken by a friend with his new Nikon D70S
Thumbs up !
Me and Mah baby !!!
 
My Corvette and Me! -Looks great from 10 feet away. Looks especially good in the early evenings when there is no direct sunlight. The C3 Corvette design was inspired from the Stuffed Mako Shark GM's Design chief Bill Mitchell mounted on his office wall. Hence the name Shark
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Front Perspective in Sunny California
(Customary Palm trees included)
Parked at Fedex Kinkos
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Nose shot Rear shot
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Parked next to Safwan's Beemer View from the office
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The guy in the Light blue shirt is Viet (He drives an SUV and a GrandPrix), the company accountant. The guy in the jacket is Amin. He owns a Bentley, a Porsche, a Mercedes SL55 and a bunch of other exotic cars. Rear end (have ordered personalized plates recently "YURI 77"
They should be here soon.
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Engine BEFORE cleanup. Dirt, grease, rust.
:-p
Engine AFTER cleanup.
Still need to rewire and paint alternator etc. Painted the Master
cylinder black and put chrome cap and bails. Chrome Air filter cap.
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3 Swept Wing Spinners on all wheels
Wheels are blacked out centers on matt chrome rims.
Spinners closeup.
Note the Red Callipers
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BEFORE
Without Rear window Tint, Spinners and Chrome exhaust tips
AFTER (plus a wax job)
Installed Rear window tint (80% Black), Wheel Spinners & Chrome Exhaust
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View from the pilot seat.
I love the flares above the front wheels on either side of the hood.

Flow Master Exhausts. Stock chrome pipes.
It has a typical corvette throaty purr.
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BEFORE: Door panel, old, rattling and worn AFTER: Brand New solid black door panels
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BEFORE: Interior and dash really worn out and brittle. AFTER: New / Replaced / Dyed Dash. Black is Beautiful !
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BEFORE: Dash used to be white AFTER: Dash color change - Black
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Interior BEFORE: Notice the original white leather steering wheel.
Have put seat covers till I restore the original 77 vette seats
Interior AFTER: Original '77 Corvette Leather seats.
Also Replaced / Dyed ALL interior panels to Black
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BEFORE: Am planning on changing the interior dash to Black.
Added New Mahogany Steering wheel with chromed 3 spoke.
AFTER: Black is Beautiful !
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Evening shot. New headlight hardware. (Without Bezels)
The popup mechanism worked perfectly.
This is AFTER I put in the Headlight bezels.
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BEFORE: Replaced the Leaf spring with a Composite rear transverse bar.
Exhaust Pipes are old and rusty and damaged in some areas.

AFTER: New Hi-Flow Performance Catalytic Converter, New Y-Pipes,
New Flowmaster 40's, Chrome tips and Personalized Plates.

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Perspective: Front Left Parked next to Sam's Lexus.
Surprisingly it was as long as the Lexus from Nose to tail
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Parked at home plus car cover Corvette and my "Other car"
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This is the first photo of the corvette I took. Another great thing about the '77 design was that it was the last year of the flat rear window. The chrome luggage rack holds the T-Tops or a small bag.
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Other classic car owners wave or give me a thumbs up on our saturday or midnight drives. When I drive it, people are very respectful and dont cut or tailgate. I get a lot of stares (the car does atleast). Great fun to drive. Front view
This is a scanned photo.
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