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I´m a longtime member of this awesome forum. Desipite the fact I haven´t made the step to put any pics or info of my project, which is already almost completly ready.

Here are some pics!

Perhaps now?

I´m having some problems with those pics...

:thumbsup: The car looks great. I'm surprised we're not doing more of these rubber bumper C3s over here. They are great starter cars for a pro-touring type build. Very nice job. Enjoy. :cheers:

Whats the story in the rack and pinion.... is it a kit for the C3 or somthing you fabricated.. if so whats the donor car??

https://lateral-g.net/forums/atta...0&d=1235332146

It´s a "reblica" set up from the rac and pinion kit for Vette. Rac and pinion is from Beretta 199(0-5)? That has beeb an awesome upgrade and I have to thank my Vette friends from Finland especially Nipa how have created this kit.

You could say that this kit is fabricated to take some more beating than the original kit. The steel brackets are few mm stronger and there are some extra supports for this system. I love this precis and fast steering.

Few pics of the interior... It´s still on progress.

Nice Vette. Love the snow, I can relate. lol

Where are you in Finland? I go to Oulu once or twice per year, preferably not in winter...

Don

About 200 miles south from Oulu in Jyväskylä! Kind of in the middle of the main country (in the middle of the fat part of our country if you look at it in vertical position). Let me know when you are coming over the seas, because we have many enthusiast also living in Oulu. I´m more familiar with vette people, but perhaps you cuold come and see us in some meeting or something.

You figured out how to post the pictures and you have gotten positive reaction. Now give us the details. Tell us about the build. We want to hear to more. :yes: :thumbsup:

Someone was showing me a Vette identical to this one that was For sale. I don't think it was on ebay. I will have to find out where it was. It was same color, wheels and side exhaust.. crazy, but it was here in the states somewhere just last week.

Sounds pit odd, but let me know if you´ll find it again...

I bought the car from the west side of Chigaco in 2002 (march). I was an exchangestudent at the time in States and I had always dreamed of a American muscle. Apparently this Corvette was first right type of car for my application and I bought -> I made a good deal, because the former ovner had just purhaced a C5 vette and he had a big loan for it to be paid.

Now I have been working on this project for 7 years. I have done: full body-off restorattion -> frame and suspension components got a hot zinc couting, which is a great way to protect and stiffen the frame, all bearings are new, also all bushings are polyurethan, I made new brakelines from alu-copper-tubing, restoret brakes and handbrake, changed the TH-350 to tko-600 and build a hydraulic cluts for this set up. The engine is built in to a new block with new parts-> dart alu heads, mighty demon carb, voodoo stick, compression ration is 11.2:1 and so on... rev limit is now 6500 rpm and this set up is producing decent power to wheels.

Cooling problems I solved with two spal fans. I fabricated a wind tunnel from fiberclass for those fans to optimize the cooling power. The are really working well. Body is basically stock, but I needes some room for the new engine set up, so I fabricated L-88 scoop to the hood. The colour is from C5´s colour map and it is magnetic red.

Interior is full Italian leather, with 4 point harness and autometer meters (carbon fiber). I covered everything with leather exept the floors. I used black and light tan colours. I also made the whole wireing from the scrats and used some 800 yards of wire.

On suspension side I have QA1 semi-coilovers infront and fiberglass leafspring in back with koni classics. I have also installet some special made camber bars to back. The steering is rac and pinion conversion and it rocks! The newest upgrade is those wheel from Intro (Pentia 19X8.5 and 20X9 with Kumho KU31 245/35/19 and 255/35/20)

I have only 1600 miles on the odometer after the build up... and its still in some progress, but I love the car.

I think thats all in a nut shell...

very nice.... sounds like alot of good impriovements, just one thing... hot zink plating doesnt stiffen the chassis, its a very very wise choice, especialy here in scandinavia.... but the .05mm zink does not in any significant way add rigidity to the frame...

It really changed that frame and it´s actually about 1 mm for both sides. Hot sinc weakens the metal in fact, but it gives the tension for the chassis. So after + and - things I think it is a good improvement to do and it is qoite cheap way to protect the chassis.

0.05 mm you would get with the electrick plating...

Or this is what I have read and learned about Zinc plating.

Good to see you posting here Harri! Harri is a great example of talent and skill. He's done most of the work on his car by himself. Hats off! :thumbsup:

Rubberbumper vettes are dirt cheap, very fun cars, easy to work on, parts readily available and they can be made to handle ok too...

Here's my rubber duck at Nurburgring...

http://kuvaton.com/finnshark/Lt.jpg

Thanks! GJ has been a great inspiration for me :bow: and I quess you have worked as a pioneer on this pro touring field in Finland, especially among Corvette maniacs.

great looking car Harri. The color shoice is spot on! You've done a great job with the car and your work

I have to update this thread... some progress over here in Scandinavia. I now have new rims, all the emblems are attached, interios is ready and I also tuned my car in a dyno... a short vid can be found from youtube "Corvette C3 dyno, Finland"

And few pics more

...and more...

And here is the vid... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLa4COcP8Rg

Nice lookin' Vette. :thumbsup:

Nice pics, I'm finnish and it's always cool to see pics of cars from over there, my dad has a 73 Corvette with the plate "finvet"

Nice to hear... how is your finnish? Have you ever lived in Finland?

I have to suggest you to visit at our finnshark.com portal that is one great forum among us finnish Vette enthusiast! The bad thing is that we mainly communcate in finnish, but any time, about anything you can ask in english and you will have an anwser. :thumbsup:

My Finnish is pretty pathetic, my father speaks it fluently and lived there for a period of time. I'll pass that site along to him, he'll love it!;)