off to look at a new toy tommorrow as a mate of mine is selling up and ive always wanted one

its a 1984 corvette with a 5.7 v8

never had anything to do with american cars so has anyone ever owned one and what should i be looking out for

he wants £1600 quid for it ...is that cheap he says it runs fine and he was the importer a few years back and paid a fortune for it but took it off the road last year to do some work on the interior which he never got round to doing he also removed the starter motor to do some work on something else and he says a small copper pipe on the starter motor has cracked but it still should work fine unfortunately he has no time to finish this and now he needs the space , hence the sale

been looking on a few sites as to the spec of his car but cant find the right model its a manual with twin targas and a black leather interior , all the ones i can find have a red interior and digital clocks ( which this one doesnt have as it has normal needle clocks ) and a single panal roof that lifts off and goes in the boot its also got pirelli scorpion tyres on which are 385 at the rear ....ive never even heard of them but he says they cost him 2 grand from the states

anyway i'll post up some pics tommorow after ive been to see it just wondered if anyone had any advise

matt, give us a shout if you dont want it. could be interested. ;)

I don't think you'll ever be finished working on that, lol, could be good fun though if you have a long attention span. :D

matt, give us a shout if you dont want it. could be interested. ;)

lol will do mate

although ive been on youtube looking at videos of the c4 and our lass reckons i'll just start it up and sit there looking at it and giggling

also i'll need someone to teach me how to drive a left hooker as ive never done it before cant be that hard with 370bhp at the rear wheels

sounds very nice more so with the price get some pics up mate

sounds very nice more so with the price get some pics up mate

im off to see it tommorow mate so will do then

also i'll need someone to teach me how to drive a left hooker as ive never done it before cant be that hard with 370bhp at the rear wheels

 

 

nah. its easy to swap seats. only problem you might have is learning your left foot to do what the right ones been doing for years :rofl:

nah. its easy to swap seats. only problem you might have is learning your left foot to do what the right ones been doing for years :rofl:

so are the pedals the wrong way round too ie: gas on the left and the clutch on the right

so are the pedals the wrong way round too ie: gas on the left and the clutch on the right

 

Pedals are the same bud, you are just sat on the otherside of the car and the gearstick is on your right.

also i'll need someone to teach me how to drive a left hooker as ive never done it before cant be that hard with 370bhp at the rear wheels

 

it takes about 2 days to get usted to it

Pedals are the same bud, you are just sat on the otherside of the car and the gearstick is on your right.

nice 1 mate had me worried then last time i tried to do different things with my feet on the pedals i ended up in a shop window ( braking with left foot )

( braking with left foot )

 

LOL :rofl: I'v tried that - it takes some getting used to - so i did'nt bother.

LOL :rofl: I'v tried that - it takes some getting used to - so i did'nt bother.

dont know why its that hard lol i tried to push gently on the brake and then next thing my nose was welded to the steering wheel and the car was going sideways into a shop lol

dont know why its that hard lol i tried to push gently on the brake and then next thing my nose was welded to the steering wheel and the car was going sideways into a shop lol

 

That does'nt sound like fun!

 

I stopped trying to do it when i tried pushing lightly on the brake and for some reason i could'nt do it, it just seemed to push the brakes on hard no matter what!

my nose was welded to the steering wheel and the car was going sideways into a shop lol

 

 

 

thats normally a sign of extreme speed :rofl:

 

i wondered if you was going to bite about the pedals :p . as has already been said, it dont take long to get used to it.

thats normally a sign of extreme speed :rofl:

 

i wondered if you was going to bite about the pedals :p . as has already been said, it dont take long to get used to it.

ya bugger lol wasnt fun binning the car either it was a 45 grand merc that belonged to the company i work for i got into the local rag too daft stuff we do as erm kids lol