Laconia, NH (July 31st, 2022)
Great day to be topless with Corvette Club heading to the lakes region of the state with 35 other vettes.
Topless Time
Category / Corvette
Vettes on the Move
Bennington, VT (October 17th, 2021)
Dad and I on a VT Corvette trip doing some leaf peeping.
Fall Foliage Loop
Sugar Hill, NH ( September 20th, 2020 )
Had a fantastic day eating at Polly’s in Sugar Hill, cruzing on the Kancamagus while leaf peeping all day with my Dad in the vette. Just beautiful this time of year. Foliage was peek too! Wish we could do it everyday together. Love ya Dad!
Shocking Support
My black ’88 C4 Corvette is a muscle car that needs a lot of TLC.
I could write a list of as long as my commute to work (60 miles) of things that it needs to get it to a benchmark standard in driving around town. It’s not my primary driver, just one of my weekend rides I’m lucky to own. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a 20-footer… ha-ha, what’s a 20-footer you ask? Well it’s a car that looks awesome from 20 feet away, but as soon as you start to close in on it, the flaws pop out at you like a jack –in-the-box.
Suddenly that thought of nice car turns to yikes this car needs work.
Most of the list contains cosmetic items. For example, body work, better rims, weather-stripping, wiring (put together with electrical wing nuts), radio antenna, new targa roof, complete interior, alignment of headlight, cleaning of the engine bay, and hood shocks.
When opening the hood it was like lifting an over-weight 3rd grader. In reverse, when shutting the hood it sounded like handgun round had just fired off.
In doing short research online, I ran across the fix. It was on a Corvette forum. Replace the hood support shocks and you’ll be thanking yourself. Because having a 100lb hood fall on you would be a trip to the local hospital. So I saw the investment of $20 bucks for new hood shocks supports a great insurance plan for my future.
The replacement took two people; it’s very simple to replace the shocks. Took a total of 10-minutes to complete. Now the hood can hold up on its own at any angle and needs minimal effort to open and closing. -JM
’88 Black C4 Corvette
The Corvette Life
WOW!!! Its been a life-long dream to own a Corvette and the day has finally come.
I always wanted to drive one of these American Sports Cars since I was a teenager. My neighbor, as a kid down the street had a gorgeous yellow one with side pipes. Man you could hear that car coming houses away. Anyways, before this urge to drive, I used to build plastic models, you know, the ones that are made by Monogram, the ones that are 1:24th or 25th the real size? Well a few of these models where Corvettes. I recall vivdidly a two-tone silver Indy C3 Pace Car of the late 70’s. Boy, I loved building that car and I took great pride making it look as perfect as the picture on the box. (if you built models, you know that’s not an easy). To me, the C3’s had that “coke bottle” body style that looked like the curves of your girlfriend. Just yummy!
Well I grew out of making plastic models and substituted them for real models. Should have stuck to the plastic ones. I would have had one 25-years ago. haha
Today, I have 1995 C4 Corvette Sport Coupe in 80’s Polo Green Metallic (45). Just under 4,000 green vettes made this year and is the 4th popular color of corvettes ordered. My car has a 300hp Chevy LT1 motor that I’m keeping stock. I just may keep everything stock beside the exhaust. I think the car sounds better without mufflers, just saying. This car has an automatic tranny with the interior being a blend of Black and Tan. Ok, now I’m thirsty. Finally, 1995 was the second-to-the-last year of the C4 F-body series of cars.
This summer, Jim looks forward to driving with the targa top off, meeting new people, and making new friends in our Corvette. WOW!!! Always noticed vettes on the road…. let me go take a peak at mine again and make sure this truly isn’t a dream.
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