Bonjour à tous

Hello and thank you for the movies  

Salut, il a été un été très occupé et je me suis arrêté pour prendre de l'essence à notre station de gaz locale, un homme a vu ma voiture et a mentionné qu'il avait quelques vieilles corvettes, il a une maison d'été dans le Maine et vit dans le Colorado.

  Je sortais de la ville à l'époque et lui ai dit de m'envoyer une photo d'eux. Il a fait quelques jours plus tard. Vous ne savez jamais qui vous allez rencontrer lorsque vous êtes propriétaire d'une Corvette.

  Qui voudrait nommer les ans?

1954, 1955, 1956 et 1957 ?   

Denis ZR-1 a écrit:1954, 1955, 1956 et 1957 ?   

And the answers are ;

1954
1955
1956
and best of all a 1957 FI 283

Jack

Gorgeous !

If I could afford a Corvette of each year I'll get :
Pennant blue '54
Harvest gold '55
Cascade green '57

This guy has 3 of them

What is the color of the '56 ?

Superbe   

rien que ça!!4 voitures     

 Oh my god , Jack you are really the best ...............all my regards to your wife and you   
Ask him to join our forum.....we never know.

Even though I have owned my 66 Corvette for 45 years, the only pictures I have of it prior to 2010 are my Wedding Day pictures taken in 1982.

I had just restored it for the second time. It only had 175,000 miles on it at the time.

The last picture is how it looks today after a 2010 restoration,  with 300,000 miles on the original engine and drive train.

1982







My other true love



Driving off on Honeymoon


The car today with 300,000 miles on it

  two movie stars.......  

Alec a écrit:  two movie stars.......  

Now you know who your wife reminds me of ........


Hope to see you and Michelle..

Jack

How to remove and install a haft shaft with new u joints on your back.


When you hear the squeak, then the clank, its time to replace a u-joint. I drove most of the summer, hoping my haft shaft would not be sitting next to me . So it was time for a repair.

Not having a lift was a small problem, because you can not get leverage on the torque wench to break the flange bolts. It will hit the floor. I had to turn the wheel a bit then pull.

The time to do the job was about 2 hours. Not counting the local shop that pressed in the u -Joints for a few dollars. The joints cost about $25 more less a piece. They may have had on them 30 or 40 thousand miles on them since 2011.

First Take Off Spare Tire Carrier



Not a lot of room



Put car up on Jack Stands and then Jack below wheel, used to lift & lower wheel to release haft shaft from flanges on rear and hub.



Tools ready, 5/8 and 9/6 wrench and socket for outer and inner bolts and nuts. Torque wrench 75 & 65 Ft lbs. I had a cheap one that only goes to 75.



The problem is height of wheel off floor. My wrench would hit floor , so I would have to turn wheel for each little turn. Notice the leg work.





Haft Shaft Back from shop with U joints inserted.



Installing shaft, I used jack to raise wheel to bring haft shaft up and lock in u-joints in flanges. You do not need to loose any cams nuts for rear alignment shafts. Everything goes right back into place.



Job done ! It took me about 30 minutes to remove shaft. Much faster if you had a lift. Took car out and ran it up to 100 + mph and the haft shaft was not sitting next to me. Must have done it correctly.

You have too, you can do it. Total cost about $60 including pressing in joints.

Well done Jack...
I don't like to be Under a car more than 2 minutes... LOL

Hello Jack,
Very good job.
I have tak en Time to read all your post today and it´s amazing what you hâve done with your corvette.
If you are intéressed to visit Morocco in the future, your are welcome in my house in casablanca.
Hâve a nice day

Good job Jack , you know your car better than your wife ......
We have just spent a week in Russia , Moscow and Saint Petersburg , not a Corvette to be seen. Dodge Charger , Camaro , Mustang, RAM , Ford 4x4 .that's all.

Bacticool a écrit:Hello Jack,
Very good job.
I have tak en Time to read all your post today and it´s amazing what you hâve done with your corvette.
If you are intéressed to visit Morocco in the future, your are welcome in my house in casablanca.
Hâve a nice day

Bonjour Bacticool,

I am happy that you like my posts and photos. You may find my web site interesting , as it has photos and stories of my car, and 48 State tour in 2010. www.corvettevagabond.com

Thank you for the kind offer of hospitality. I shall look you up , should I come to your city. My wife had visited it as a student a few years ago.

Have a great weekend, it is Fall now in Maine and good driving weather for the top down, but then again, I always drive with the top down......

Jack

Alec a écrit:Good job Jack , you know your car better than your wife ......
We have just spent a week in Russia , Moscow and Saint Petersburg , not a Corvette to be seen. Dodge Charger , Camaro , Mustang, RAM , Ford 4x4 .that's all.

Hello Alec,

I must hear your stories of the your visit to the old country. I see videos of the Russian drivers and I will never drive there.

I talked to my wife about my going to Florida for a Corvette gathering (by myself ) and she looked at me and said " no trips without me, and Baritz or close by is where you must take me" .......

So...we may see you in the spring or early summer.....I must go back to work ( I once was a teacher) for the winter to get some extra $ ....for trip...

Hello to Michelle..

Cheers
Jack

Your wife is right , you comme back to Biarritz and south west with here.
We have some good adress for shoes.....
About russian drivers they are still mad , in the city they burn at each green light and speed to the next stop like crazy.....

Hi, took my son for little ride in car to feel thump in rear or drive train. Let him drive down driveway, he goosed the gas , bad idea ...

Something let go in drive train. Stopped car, no drive shafts hanging, but...

Car will only go forward or backward one revolution of wheel then stops. It will do it in all 4 gears forward and reverse.

Called flatbed, to get car back to my garage.

It seems that the rear let go....

I get the car up on jack stands.... time for rear end removal/ strut rods bushing, body mounts, tranny removal, and if possible crossmember , later after rear removal..plus a lot of stuff that is showing wear after 60,000 miles in the last three years.

I will ask for help after the weekend , just to make sure I take it apart in the right order....

It will be a real job to do on jack stands....I may offer some Lobsters for lunch as a reward for coming up to Maine to get the tranny off my chest or to help pry the crossmember off the frame...

Pictures later.....Son leaving Sunday, for new job in Seattle at Amazon as a robotics engineer...

Thanks in advance for you kindness and understanding , and supporting me as I cry under the car.......should be quite interesting...

Jack

Salut' jack

corvette marseillan 2012 ok tour europe

good luck

jluc 34

A ride during winter with an old Corvette in northen Maine? You are one of a kind Jack It's probably just the tranny willing to have a rest By the way, are you in touch with members of Vettes Of Coastal Maine? Maybe it will be a good destination for me and my fellow Corvetters to have a ride Bar Harbor is just a nice a place to be

So it begins...Day 1

I started today working on the car. Turned on heater in garage, keeps it about 50* if outside is below 32* and warmer if above.

First goal was to jack up car to view damage if possible

Next remove mufflers
Next to remove half shafts

Time 3 hours . One problem was not being able to rotate wheels more than 1 / 4 turn. That made unbolting haft shafts difficult because of small turns of wrench at odd angles on u-joint nuts.

There is little doubt that my rear end is dead.....

Now what to do next. Carrier bolts from cross member will never come out. It will be very difficult to unbolt the rear from carrier as there is no room to get at top bolts.

My sombreros are shot (48 years old) the only way I will get the rear out of the car is to take off the cross member with the rear end.

All the components (Strut rods bushing shot) , springs, drive shaft, have to be take off to drop the rear.

I am on my back doing this. Any suggestion on my next days work will be welcome. I am soaking all in penetrating oil .

Here some pictures of today's work

Car is ready



Getting ready



Up it goes and I hope not down on me



Stable I hope



Wheels off for room, but had to put them back on to rotate wheel



Haft Shafts Off ...one little turn at a time because or lock up of rear



This is the view - what to take off first ?



End of the day

Hello Jack, sorry for the trouble you are going through.
Why don't you key in "c3 corvette rear end removal" on the internet?
You will found plenty of information and lot of pictures. That will help you, I am sure.

I hope that all this will not prevent you and your wife from having a very happy new year celebration.