1980 Corvette

I was not looking for a Corvette that June 20th, 2003.

I happened over to a co-workers house one day.  He had said he had a lot of cars.  I thought he was kidding.  He wasn't!  There must've been 15 vehicles in various states of repair on his 2 acres.  I didn't even notice the Vette at first.  Only when he mentioned a Vette, did I take a look.

 This car seems to be fairly loaded with options.  

 You may've seen the 1974 LS4 454 Vette featured on another page on this site.  I loved that car.  I didn't want to sell it, but it was the right thing to do at the time.  I will admit, however, the '80-'82 body style appealed to me more than the '74.  The interior, the exterior, gauges, everything.  Except the go power!  This is a California car, complete with 305 cubic inches of thundering power! Yikes!

The plans for this car?  I won't get into too much detail, but here's what I have in mind:  A large cubic inch, oval port big block, backed by a Richmond trans, hopefully a 6 speed.  Add a couple more options to the car, including a rear window defroster and power mirrors.  I'd love to add an openable rear window, like an '82 Collector Edition, but that may be a tough one.  I'd like to go with the '82 Corvette Medium Blue like my '74 LS4 was painted, along with a black interior.  I hope to take the body off the frame and start from there, and and either buy or make new everything on it.  I've always wanted to do a complete body off, and this is going to be the car.  I should think I could have it on the road in 2005.