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]]> http://autorevival.com/?p=2116#comment-131898 The Ultimate Classic Corvette Buyers Check List | Cars Ready Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:39:55 +0000 http://autorevival.com/?p=2116#comment-131898 [...] When you want a classic car to buy, there are many things to look and inspect, in this article I will deal with one specific car, the Chevrolet Corvette, you look at many of the same things as any other car, but the Corvette does have its own special areas of interest. Check the numbers: 711 990 First just a quick visual inspection, they look like UN tampered with, do they look like they were stamped at the factory. These are the numbers to watch if your looking for as an investment, this is one of the most important things you need to watch .. Body Engine ID Number: 711 990 Number of Casting, RPO codes, date codes, and other various stamping. Trim Tag: Vin Code, Paint Code, Transmission Code. Owners Title: Make sure all matches in the title. Body Work: 711 990 Make sure the body in general looks square, if not this indicates a wreck, or worn body mounts, or any frame damage in the area that is not square. Check the alignment nose, this is another indicator that the car is in a front-end collision. Well Wheel Height: 711 990 the height of the wheels check all four corners of the car, if they look different, this indicates a suspension problem, it can be easy as a shock, or extended, such as a broken spring, so take your time and attention. Body Area: 711,990 What you here for the check is something that looks like he does not belong, like bumps, ripples, waves, visible level, and last but not least, paint shrinkage, most of these: a repaint. Paint Work: 711 990 Check the paint against the code to see the car has the factory paint color, look for spray over all areas of the body, some years a little spray over the engine from the factory, only a bit on the headers of the car. Paint surface problems, this includes lifting, check whether the car has a kind of paint on paint, check for more than masking, indicating that the car was repainted at some point in time, you should also look for dust in the paint . Look for scratches showing through the paint, you will never see a factory paint job, looking for bubbles, flaking, peeling, all these things that the car was repainted at some point in time, and not a good job done with the paint Color Match: 711 990 Look for areas that look like the color is a bit off, or does not match the rest of the car, which means that there is always work in the body where the paint is not match, and usually means that the car had an accident. Check Panel Gaps, and bumper height: 711 990 Check the front bumper to ensure that the level of sets, and the amount that the gaps around the bonnet, door check, T-top, the trunk, and last but not least, the rear bumper . Steel Work: 711 990 A common misconception about the Corvette is the one where it is nothing that can rust because the car is made of fiberglass, this is 100% not true, a lot of steel in a Corvette. Check the frame of the car for the undercoat peeling or falling off the car, look at the frame for surface rust, flaking rust. Patch and repair holes around the windshield posts, this is one of the areas where they wrap around the metal fiber. Under Hood and engine: 711 990 First you want to the painted surface of the engine to check the condition of the paint, and also take a look at the chrome surfaces of the engine, look for peeling and rust showing through of chromium. Check for originality: 711 990 If you are a car collector who buys this car for investment reasons, this may be the most important parts of the process, you actually looking for things that may look bad, or not look like factory installed. This is usually not difficult to determine, you’ll bee looking at the exhaust, fuel system including but not limited to the carburetor, fuel pump, intake manifold, air cleaner, the following is the wiring, you look to the general condition of the harness, and wiring runs. Maintenance: 711 990 You should look at heater hose connections, and the snake is also looking at all the belts in the car, after that you have to maintain control, this level, level of engine oil, hydraulic proper fluid level, brake fluid level , transmission fluid level, and last but not least, power steering fluid level. Check Engine Condition: 711 990 This is a very important step, especially if you need to save money while restoring the car, the owner of the car to start for you, check the engine in the tail pipe to smoke when engine is revved, even look inside the oil filler cap for sludge, an indicator of poor engine maintenance. Even if you smoke when the engine is revved, and it seems to go away when the engine warms up, the valve seals replaced, and more than likely a valve job, investigates coolant for oil in the water, will see this as a white substance floating on the water, radiator and check for leaks. Check Engine leaks: 711,990 leaks from the engine are important because they may mean that the engine must be removed from the car to them to determine at what point it’s always better to just rebuild the engine in order to sure everything up to par. When checking for leaks that you concentrate on a few areas of the engine through with your inspection of the engine to start always check the bottom radiator hose voor leaks and then check rond distributor, valve covers, the back of the intake manifold, and the bell housing. You should also look under the car to see where the oil is dripping on the floor, and while you’re there watching the back of the engine where the transmission is connected to the engine oil leaks, this is usually a rear main seal show leaks, and a lot of work to solve. Interior Check: This is a great area to check, so I will try to limit as much as I can, first you need the carpet to wear such as cracks, crevices control, and aging, to check on a dry or wetlands, they usually indicate a leak, like a heater core. Check the condition of the center console for cracks, breaks and repair in the past, look at both door panels to rip and tear, if you will, you know that you replace them, look at the dashboard, it’s made of plastic, so it can crack, fade, or just over time deteriorate. Also check the door seals, the rubber around the doors and the top of the car, also check the belts for wear or abuse, check both door handles for a good lock, you should always two clicks for the door, everything the way locked. Check the wheel for wear, and as a tilt, or telescoping wheel, check to make sure that both of these options work well, check your convertible tops for adaptation, or dig in the car body, always check the seals around the tops. Check all room doors, hinges, latches and to ensure that they work well, the windscreen to be inspected for leaks, and glass bubbles, bubble here indicate rust around the windshield area. Road Test Car: 711 990 Unless the car is not running, should always be on the road to take, start the car and turn on the wipers, keep in mind that special versions of the Corvette had no wipers, we talk about the L88, ZL1 and if those cars were race cars that are placed on the street. Check windscreen washers to ensure that they work, check all the lights in the instrument panel, turn the head lights and ensure they work properly, check the dimmer, and the interior, doing a walk around and look the exterior. Check Meters: 711 990 Make sure all the meters to check to make sure they work properly, and record exactly what they need, that about covers the interior to check the car, now we will proceed to a mechanical Check. Check Mechanical: 711 990 You should all these things first car in one place, and then while the car is moving. Is the parking keep the car in place on a slope, the manual transmission pop out of gear, this indicates poor synchronous gears, and a transmission rebuild, to ensure that the transmission smoothly shifts, a transmission that is difficult In order to get an acceleration usually too bad synchros. Test the link is on a slope to see if it slips, it means that you have a new clutch, pressure group needed, and usually a throw down, as the car as an automatic transmission, make sure the smooth shifts between gears. Make sure that your automatic transmission shifts quickly and smoothly, listen to the car clunks, bangs, clicks, etc., check the A / C if the car had, make sure the speedometer is right. Braking: 711 990 Make sure the car pulls to one side, it means that you have a binding caliper when you step on the brake, also listen to squeal, it indicates that the pads are low given, or you have something caught between the rotor and brake pads. If the brake pedal feels to be hard, it’s an indication that your vacuum booster is on the road, or is it all our way, with the car parked put your foot on the brake, as it sinks slowly to the ground, gives this indicates that your master cylinder needs replacing, or your slave cylinders. At Normal speed: 711 990 Listen wind noise in the cabin of the car, it means it’s time for the rubber seals in the car to replace a sense of vibration in the car, can mean a lot of different things, of poor wheel balancing , balancing the line drive. Is the steering wheel back to center after a turn, this should do, if you would not be a steering box on the way out, also fell for the steering wheel shimmy to have, this indicates problems with the suspension, can be as simple as bad shocks, but could be much worse, so consider it not a good thing. That’s about for this article, I know it’s a huge article, and it has a lot of information, but I thought it was time for finishing this article in its full glory did, but still ended up condensing it down, but I got just about everything I could think of. Classic Corvette Buyers Guide [...] [...] When you want a classic car to buy, there are many things to look and inspect, in this article I will deal with one specific car, the Chevrolet Corvette, you look at many of the same things as any other car, but the Corvette does have its own special areas of interest. Check the numbers: 711 990 First just a quick visual inspection, they look like UN tampered with, do they look like they were stamped at the factory. These are the numbers to watch if your looking for as an investment, this is one of the most important things you need to watch .. Body Engine ID Number: 711 990 Number of Casting, RPO codes, date codes, and other various stamping. Trim Tag: Vin Code, Paint Code, Transmission Code. Owners Title: Make sure all matches in the title. Body Work: 711 990 Make sure the body in general looks square, if not this indicates a wreck, or worn body mounts, or any frame damage in the area that is not square. Check the alignment nose, this is another indicator that the car is in a front-end collision. Well Wheel Height: 711 990 the height of the wheels check all four corners of the car, if they look different, this indicates a suspension problem, it can be easy as a shock, or extended, such as a broken spring, so take your time and attention. Body Area: 711,990 What you here for the check is something that looks like he does not belong, like bumps, ripples, waves, visible level, and last but not least, paint shrinkage, most of these: a repaint. Paint Work: 711 990 Check the paint against the code to see the car has the factory paint color, look for spray over all areas of the body, some years a little spray over the engine from the factory, only a bit on the headers of the car. Paint surface problems, this includes lifting, check whether the car has a kind of paint on paint, check for more than masking, indicating that the car was repainted at some point in time, you should also look for dust in the paint . Look for scratches showing through the paint, you will never see a factory paint job, looking for bubbles, flaking, peeling, all these things that the car was repainted at some point in time, and not a good job done with the paint Color Match: 711 990 Look for areas that look like the color is a bit off, or does not match the rest of the car, which means that there is always work in the body where the paint is not match, and usually means that the car had an accident. Check Panel Gaps, and bumper height: 711 990 Check the front bumper to ensure that the level of sets, and the amount that the gaps around the bonnet, door check, T-top, the trunk, and last but not least, the rear bumper . Steel Work: 711 990 A common misconception about the Corvette is the one where it is nothing that can rust because the car is made of fiberglass, this is 100% not true, a lot of steel in a Corvette. Check the frame of the car for the undercoat peeling or falling off the car, look at the frame for surface rust, flaking rust. Patch and repair holes around the windshield posts, this is one of the areas where they wrap around the metal fiber. Under Hood and engine: 711 990 First you want to the painted surface of the engine to check the condition of the paint, and also take a look at the chrome surfaces of the engine, look for peeling and rust showing through of chromium. Check for originality: 711 990 If you are a car collector who buys this car for investment reasons, this may be the most important parts of the process, you actually looking for things that may look bad, or not look like factory installed. This is usually not difficult to determine, you’ll bee looking at the exhaust, fuel system including but not limited to the carburetor, fuel pump, intake manifold, air cleaner, the following is the wiring, you look to the general condition of the harness, and wiring runs. Maintenance: 711 990 You should look at heater hose connections, and the snake is also looking at all the belts in the car, after that you have to maintain control, this level, level of engine oil, hydraulic proper fluid level, brake fluid level , transmission fluid level, and last but not least, power steering fluid level. Check Engine Condition: 711 990 This is a very important step, especially if you need to save money while restoring the car, the owner of the car to start for you, check the engine in the tail pipe to smoke when engine is revved, even look inside the oil filler cap for sludge, an indicator of poor engine maintenance. Even if you smoke when the engine is revved, and it seems to go away when the engine warms up, the valve seals replaced, and more than likely a valve job, investigates coolant for oil in the water, will see this as a white substance floating on the water, radiator and check for leaks. Check Engine leaks: 711,990 leaks from the engine are important because they may mean that the engine must be removed from the car to them to determine at what point it’s always better to just rebuild the engine in order to sure everything up to par. When checking for leaks that you concentrate on a few areas of the engine through with your inspection of the engine to start always check the bottom radiator hose voor leaks and then check rond distributor, valve covers, the back of the intake manifold, and the bell housing. You should also look under the car to see where the oil is dripping on the floor, and while you’re there watching the back of the engine where the transmission is connected to the engine oil leaks, this is usually a rear main seal show leaks, and a lot of work to solve. Interior Check: This is a great area to check, so I will try to limit as much as I can, first you need the carpet to wear such as cracks, crevices control, and aging, to check on a dry or wetlands, they usually indicate a leak, like a heater core. Check the condition of the center console for cracks, breaks and repair in the past, look at both door panels to rip and tear, if you will, you know that you replace them, look at the dashboard, it’s made of plastic, so it can crack, fade, or just over time deteriorate. Also check the door seals, the rubber around the doors and the top of the car, also check the belts for wear or abuse, check both door handles for a good lock, you should always two clicks for the door, everything the way locked. Check the wheel for wear, and as a tilt, or telescoping wheel, check to make sure that both of these options work well, check your convertible tops for adaptation, or dig in the car body, always check the seals around the tops. Check all room doors, hinges, latches and to ensure that they work well, the windscreen to be inspected for leaks, and glass bubbles, bubble here indicate rust around the windshield area. Road Test Car: 711 990 Unless the car is not running, should always be on the road to take, start the car and turn on the wipers, keep in mind that special versions of the Corvette had no wipers, we talk about the L88, ZL1 and if those cars were race cars that are placed on the street. Check windscreen washers to ensure that they work, check all the lights in the instrument panel, turn the head lights and ensure they work properly, check the dimmer, and the interior, doing a walk around and look the exterior. Check Meters: 711 990 Make sure all the meters to check to make sure they work properly, and record exactly what they need, that about covers the interior to check the car, now we will proceed to a mechanical Check. Check Mechanical: 711 990 You should all these things first car in one place, and then while the car is moving. Is the parking keep the car in place on a slope, the manual transmission pop out of gear, this indicates poor synchronous gears, and a transmission rebuild, to ensure that the transmission smoothly shifts, a transmission that is difficult In order to get an acceleration usually too bad synchros. Test the link is on a slope to see if it slips, it means that you have a new clutch, pressure group needed, and usually a throw down, as the car as an automatic transmission, make sure the smooth shifts between gears. Make sure that your automatic transmission shifts quickly and smoothly, listen to the car clunks, bangs, clicks, etc., check the A / C if the car had, make sure the speedometer is right. Braking: 711 990 Make sure the car pulls to one side, it means that you have a binding caliper when you step on the brake, also listen to squeal, it indicates that the pads are low given, or you have something caught between the rotor and brake pads. If the brake pedal feels to be hard, it’s an indication that your vacuum booster is on the road, or is it all our way, with the car parked put your foot on the brake, as it sinks slowly to the ground, gives this indicates that your master cylinder needs replacing, or your slave cylinders. At Normal speed: 711 990 Listen wind noise in the cabin of the car, it means it’s time for the rubber seals in the car to replace a sense of vibration in the car, can mean a lot of different things, of poor wheel balancing , balancing the line drive. Is the steering wheel back to center after a turn, this should do, if you would not be a steering box on the way out, also fell for the steering wheel shimmy to have, this indicates problems with the suspension, can be as simple as bad shocks, but could be much worse, so consider it not a good thing. That’s about for this article, I know it’s a huge article, and it has a lot of information, but I thought it was time for finishing this article in its full glory did, but still ended up condensing it down, but I got just about everything I could think of. Classic Corvette Buyers Guide [...]

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