Mad4slalom
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Mine all seem to work when I play with the
Heater wheels, biggest problem is reading the heat instructions on the console. Not a gimmick , it allows throughflow of air or your back window would fly out when you reach 160 !
What have you done today
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Heater wheels, biggest problem is reading the heat instructions on the console. Not a gimmick , it allows throughflow of air or your back window would fly out when you reach 160 !
Chuffer
CCCUK Member
Picked up the C3 from Williams Brothers Speed Shop today after a rebuild of the TH350 transmission . Whoopie Doo !! Well done guys and great service despite being full on busy with project cars and drag racing . 
The wallet may be somewhat lighter but .. joy of joys , what big improvement in the way it drives ! Totally transformed and the car seems to feel so much smoother all round .
I even have a fully functioning speedometer and trip meter now after many months of trouble in that department . Just looking forward making up for the recent events I have missed out on so I am sure the next 500 miles will soon get racked up ready for the oh so vital fluid change .
The wallet may be somewhat lighter but .. joy of joys , what big improvement in the way it drives ! Totally transformed and the car seems to feel so much smoother all round .
I even have a fully functioning speedometer and trip meter now after many months of trouble in that department . Just looking forward making up for the recent events I have missed out on so I am sure the next 500 miles will soon get racked up ready for the oh so vital fluid change .
Chuffer
CCCUK Member
Thanks , it`s good to be back in action again but the piggy bank is now sans £3490 but their initial quote said it could be up to £4k !! The work also included a radiator flush and coolant change that I asked them to do whilst the car was up in air to save me a job in the near future plus supply and fit a new speedo cable . Funny how they only charged me £19 before VAT for supply of new cable when a certain well known UK purveyor of Corvette parts charges £79 + VAT !!Glad to hear you’re back on the road again.
Hope it wasn’t too hard on your wallet.
The car came back valeted too plus a nearly full 5 litre can of `Stay Frosty ` High Performance Coolant that is added undiluted for top up purposes .
Nassau65
CCCUK Member
Wow, how prices have increased, I’m well out of touch. It’s been god knows how long since I had to have any sort of gearbox work done. I remember a rebuild by Hornsey automatic transmissions on a 80 or 81 vet was £225 
probably 86/87 ish. Probably still got the bill somewhere as nothing was ever thrown away.
probably 86/87 ish. Probably still got the bill somewhere as nothing was ever thrown away.
CaptainK
CCCUK Member
Wow, £3.5k, ouch.
If my gearbox ever buggers up, I'm putting a 5 speed in it. Granted it'd cost me more, but at least it'd give me an excuse to get a 5 speed.
As for what I've been up to recently. Not Corvette related, but kind of..... my wife drove my FTO for the first time in years (only driven it twice before in 8 years), and the first proper time the child has been in the baby seat in the back.
The slight tenuous link to Corvette? Well, as my wife is now happy drive the FTO (she's not one for sporty or low cars - but LOVES being a passenger in the Corvette), it means that we can still continue to take the Corvette to local shows near us. Thankfully now the FTO is JUST old enough for us to blag into the shows. So I drive the Corvette, and my wife takes the FTO which has the ability to take the child with us. Added bonus of more space to put our show gear in both cars.
If my gearbox ever buggers up, I'm putting a 5 speed in it. Granted it'd cost me more, but at least it'd give me an excuse to get a 5 speed.
As for what I've been up to recently. Not Corvette related, but kind of..... my wife drove my FTO for the first time in years (only driven it twice before in 8 years), and the first proper time the child has been in the baby seat in the back.
The slight tenuous link to Corvette? Well, as my wife is now happy drive the FTO (she's not one for sporty or low cars - but LOVES being a passenger in the Corvette), it means that we can still continue to take the Corvette to local shows near us. Thankfully now the FTO is JUST old enough for us to blag into the shows. So I drive the Corvette, and my wife takes the FTO which has the ability to take the child with us. Added bonus of more space to put our show gear in both cars.
Chuffer
CCCUK Member
Happy days all round .Wow, £3.5k, ouch.
If my gearbox ever buggers up, I'm putting a 5 speed in it. Granted it'd cost me more, but at least it'd give me an excuse to get a 5 speed.
As for what I've been up to recently. Not Corvette related, but kind of..... my wife drove my FTO for the first time in years (only driven it twice before in 8 years), and the first proper time the child has been in the baby seat in the back.
The slight tenuous link to Corvette? Well, as my wife is now happy drive the FTO (she's not one for sporty or low cars - but LOVES being a passenger in the Corvette), it means that we can still continue to take the Corvette to local shows near us. Thankfully now the FTO is JUST old enough for us to blag into the shows. So I drive the Corvette, and my wife takes the FTO which has the ability to take the child with us. Added bonus of more space to put our show gear in both cars.
Chuffer
CCCUK Member
Inflation and VAT are the killer .Wow, how prices have increased, I’m well out of touch. It’s been god knows how long since I had to have any sort of gearbox work done. I remember a rebuild by Hornsey automatic transmissions on a 80 or 81 vet was £225
Nassau65
CCCUK Member
Yes, that 20% is a killer.