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11-04-07, 09:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: liberty,Mo
Posts: 11
My Corvette(s):
78L82 black
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newbie here
New guy here saying Hi to everybody,seem's as though there are few names here i recognise. 
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11-04-07, 10:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mount Holly N.C.
Posts: 267
My Corvette(s):
1974 T-Top
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Welcome aboard!
Hi kwplot and welcome to the forum, tell us more about your Vette! Pete.
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11-04-07, 10:55 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: liberty,Mo
Posts: 11
My Corvette(s):
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Originally Posted by petes74ttop
Hi kwplot and welcome to the forum, tell us more about your Vette! Pete.
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HI Pete. I have 78 L82 that i found setting in some uderground storage they have in KC MO. found the owner of the car and found out he is the original owner and it has been sitting there since 1992,asked him if he wanted to sale it and he said sure so i paid him $4,500.00. put 5 gal's of gas and a bat in it, started it up put it on my trailer and brought it home.
I have been working my butt off on it since January of this year.After i got it home started doing some research on it and found out that it is a very original car still has the original motor,M21 trans,3:70 gears,mirrored t-tops,and everything works,still has the original spare. The factory motor is on a stand to be rebuilt someday,right now i have a 390 stroker in their that i had built over the summer,felt the need for some speed  . I just purchased all the needed MOOG part's to rebuild the front end this winter.
Here are some before and after pic's.
Enjoy Kevin
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11-05-07, 01:51 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Troy,NY
Posts: 3,266
My Corvette(s):
1981 dark blue metallic
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welcome to CAC!!! 
very nice job done on the vette hope you enjoy it!!!!!!
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11-05-07, 09:23 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Millersville, MD
Posts: 1,011
My Corvette(s):
1979 L-48 Black Coupe
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Kevin, nice pics and good work on the vette. You have a great find. Keep all the original parts and put them away for the next lucky owner.
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11-05-07, 10:12 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: liberty,Mo
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Originally Posted by Vette79
Kevin, nice pics and good work on the vette. You have a great find. Keep all the original parts and put them away for the next lucky owner.
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Thanks,I have put a lot of time and money into it  but it has been worth it. All of the parts that i have pulled off the car mainly under the hood,have been boxed up,and the motor is on a stand. If and when i get the vette done or close to done I plan on rebuilding,cleaning, and restoring the parts and rebuild the motor back original. Maybe some day i will put it all back in or maybe not but all the parts stay with the car.
Kevin
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11-05-07, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Maryland / D.C.
Posts: 925
My Corvette(s):
'69 Convertible Vette; '72 Z28 Camaro Rally Sport
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Originally Posted by kwplot34
"....After i got it home started doing some research on it and found out that it is a very original car still has the original motor, M21 trans, 3:70 gears..." |
I thought Muncie's were no longer used in Vettes after 1975. I believe the Borg-Warner was the replacement. Also, 3.70 gears seems agressive as a stock item in 1978. I may be wrong.
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1969 Corvette Convertible (build date Dec 20, 1968), # matching L-46, Muncie M-21, 3.70:1 Rear, Monza Red, Black Top & Black InteriorIn progress... On-frame full body restoration and 427 big block rebuild / conversion.
and 1972 Camaro Z-28, Rally Sport, 350, M-21, 3.73:1 Rear, Cranberry Red/Black Stripes
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11-05-07, 10:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: liberty,Mo
Posts: 11
My Corvette(s):
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Originally Posted by fine69
I thought Muncie's were no longer used in Vettes after 1975. I believe the Borg-Warner was the replacement. Also, 3.70 gears seems agressive as a stock item in 1978. I may be wrong.
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Yes you are correct. M21 stands for close ratio and it is Borg-Warner ST10. My vette has the factory option gears in it 3.70. I really got lucky with this find,3,800 +/- had the M21 trans,around 800 had the glass t-top's,and i never could find any numbers on how may recieved the optional gears. This car is very well loaded with what was offered in 78,the only things i could find that the car did not have is,CB,cruise,trailer hitch.
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11-06-07, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee
Posts: 1,754
My Corvette(s):
1979 Bright Red L-82
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Hello and welcome to the Corvette Action Center.
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11-06-07, 05:19 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Higgins Lake , Michigan
Posts: 413
My Corvette(s):
red 81, orange 74 vert. , 80 claret,69 chevy pu
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11-07-07, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Maryland / D.C.
Posts: 925
My Corvette(s):
'69 Convertible Vette; '72 Z28 Camaro Rally Sport
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Originally Posted by kwplot34
Yes you are correct. M21 stands for close ratio and it is Borg-Warner ST10. My vette has the factory option gears in it 3.70. I really got lucky with this find,3,800 +/- had the M21 trans,around 800 had the glass t-top's,and i never could find any numbers on how may recieved the optional gears. This car is very well loaded with what was offered in 78,the only things i could find that the car did not have is,CB,cruise,trailer hitch.
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Cool, welcome aboard.
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1969 Corvette Convertible (build date Dec 20, 1968), # matching L-46, Muncie M-21, 3.70:1 Rear, Monza Red, Black Top & Black InteriorIn progress... On-frame full body restoration and 427 big block rebuild / conversion.
and 1972 Camaro Z-28, Rally Sport, 350, M-21, 3.73:1 Rear, Cranberry Red/Black Stripes
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11-20-07, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Gladstone Missouri
Posts: 66
My Corvette(s):
1969 BB Raodster
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You guys here at CAC should be happy. He didn't post the pictures of that skanky power brake booster before he painted it..
Hi there Kevin!!
Sorry guys, I just can't resist the chance to  Kevin any time I can..
He's done a GREAT job on that Vette- I've seen it in person.
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11-20-07, 09:58 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: liberty,Mo
Posts: 11
My Corvette(s):
78L82 black
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Originally Posted by TimAT
You guys here at CAC should be happy. He didn't post the pictures of that skanky power brake booster before he painted it..
Hi there Kevin!!
Sorry guys, I just can't resist the chance to Kevin any time I can..
He's done a GREAT job on that Vette- I've seen it in person. |
Ahhhhh now i feel right at home  how you doing their Tim
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