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DMON'S 1973, 1977, 1979, 1982 and 1987 CORVETTE
These are some pictures of the Corvettes that I brought back from the dead. I try to update my page when I have made upgrades to the Vettes that are worth sharing. ** 7/16/2007 All of my Vettes have been sold except for the Yellow 77. Thanks for visiting my site! ![]() ![]() This is my project car. Picked up this 1979 Vette 8/13/02 with about 60,000 miles on it for $4,800. As of 4/23/03
I have replaced all of the brakes, power window regulators
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Above and below pics were taken near Chinaman's hat, you can see it in the lower pic in the background. ![]() |
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![]() Replaced the headlight actuator seals. Lights work like brand new. ![]() Added the bubble tail light lenses. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stock rims were pretty much wasted when I bought the car.
Polished them up a bit but I did not spend alot of time on them because I will be replacing them with mags. Probably going to get some deep-dished Centerlines and new tires. ![]() Degreased and wire-brushed the entire underside of car.
Primed and then painted gloss black. This pic shows the
new painted calipers. Pic is old because I now have new
Turbo Flowmaster mufflers installed. ![]() Bought some oversized sway bars from Cappy, had them chromed and installed them on the Vette. Handles very nicely now, what a big difference. Worth every penny. ![]() |
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![]() Added Edelbrock Performer EPS with Permastar coating and Edelbrock Performer Series 600 cfm Carb. and air cleaner, valve covers, vacumm advance cover. Accel HEI Supercoil. |
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![]() Added Stainless Steel hose covering kit, Flex fan, Powermaster
Chrome Alternator and chrome power master cylinder cover. |
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![]() Chrome Hooker Header Sidepipes installed!! ![]() ![]() Four small tubes go into one big sidepipe! |
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![]() Had the hood support chromed. ![]() Finally got new tires and rims installed on the 79.
Rims are Enkei 'Centerline Autodrag' lookalikes.
Tires are Goodyear Eagle II 15x255x60 ![]() ![]() Below is a pic of the 79 in the parking lot of Sandy Beach, blowhole is in the background. ![]() ![]() Swapped the rims on the 79 and 82.
Chrome Coy's C5s are now on the 79 and Enkei's are now
on the 82. I think both cars look much better now. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Added these Auto Meter Gauges to the center cluster. ![]() Here's some pics of the 82 that I picked up. It's a work in progress. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Installed this Kenwood AM/FM CD/MP3 KDC-X859 ![]() Also added this polished four spoke leather steering wheel ![]() New Coy's Chrome C5 17" rims added. ![]() Tires are Falken's 17x255x50 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here's my lastest project, a bright yellow 77 Vette.
Check back here and follow along as I begin to fix this one up. ![]() ![]() Vette came with these stock rims. I'll be upgrading the rims to something alittle more exciting, still trying to decide what rims to put on. ![]() ![]() Installed these chrome 3" half-shafts and all new u-joints 8/12/2005 ![]() 10/14/2005 Added these American Racing Torque Thrust IIs
polished rims, 15x8 with 3 and 3/4" BS. Mounted Goodyear Eagle GT IIs in 15/255/60. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Added the hood stripe to breakup all the yellow. ![]() ![]() Added Edelbrock Performer EPS with Permastar coating and Edelbrock Performer Series 600 cfm Carb. Chrome air cleaner, valve covers and an Accel HEI Supercoil.
Need to order me some new headers, coming soon..... Also installed a new water pump, radiator, new upper and lower hoses and a flex fan. ![]() Below are some before and after pics of the 73 that I picked up. This is the engine compartment the day I brought the 73 home. I knew that I would have a bunch of work ahead of me.
But I also knew that I could bring it back to life. ![]() ![]() These pics are of the motor in the 73 after we pretty much rebuilt the motor. New valve seals, chrome oil pan, ARP 12-point S/S bolt set, ARP Head bolts, Edelbrock EPS intake with Edurashine coating, Edelbrock 650 cfm carb, re-cored radiator, flex fan, chrome valve covers. ![]() ![]() All new hoses and belts and new Accel spark plug wires ![]() Above is a pic of the 73 right before I picked it up.
Below is a pic after I cleaned it up and added the hood stripe. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is what was under the bra, no bumper!!!
Will be correcting that shortly. Added racing stripes to the 73, here's some pics below.
Pictures did not turn out too good, it was too sunny. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() UPDATE 87 has been SOLD!
Chrome ZR-1 Rims, Black tints, Kenwood AM/FM/CD/MP3 Receiver with Kenwood equalizer and Bose amp., K&N Open lid air cleaner, TB airfoil (I know, I know), Upgraded Headlight assemblies, Competition Mass Airflow Sensor, VATS bypass, Gas-charged hood support upgrade, High Performance Undersized pulley, B&M Megashifter, Bilstein Gas Shocks.
Vanacor Motorsports ground effects kit. Wet Okole Seat covers.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here's the B&M Megashifter that me and my friend installed.
![]() Had the cruise control bracket chromed to match the cruise control module. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a top view picture of my motor. Polished runners coming up next. ![]() Two pics of the Stainless Steel Air Cleaner Cover.
Note: Underside of hood is reflecting in Air cleaner cover. ![]() Had the Hood striker plates and springs chromed. Still need to find better looking bolts. ![]() Below is a picture of car before Ground effects were added. ![]() |