So now that the Vette is mechanically sorted, and my little driveway expansion is ready to park on, I brought it home to my place to finish the cosmetics. Ran great on the 30-minute ride home, and on the highway - tracks well, pulls strong. Upholds my theory that GM's with the SBC from the 80's have got to be one of the most consistently reliable cars out there.
I didn't get as much time as I wanted on it this weekend with the annual garden/planting stuff going on, but I did make some good progress. Deep cleaned the interior and soaked the seats in leather conditioner, dyed the carpet in the trunk area that was heavily faded (and patched), serviced the front brakes (sticky sliders), fixed a few spots of flakey clear coat, re-painted the exterior door handles, and a bunch of other little things.
Next up is to repaint the flat black metal trim around the windshield and targa top (it's flaking and really ugly) and then I can break out the buffer (I just bought a new DA as my old one was dying) and go at the paint.
I didn't do a great job getting photos, so this will have to do.
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The boy enjoyed himself too...