When We Were Young With Our Corvettes - Chapter #3
CHAPTER #3
(I'll take a long break after this one so I don't wear out my welcome)
As I said, street parking in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach was the reality, with all of the risks. You got bumped and you bumped back. One morning on the way to work I found my car with the trunk lid open and the spare tire missing. Nothing else was touched. Not a scratch on the car. A policeman met me after I called and said this happens all the time with these cars. He closed the lid and with the heel of his hand struck the valance just below and to the side of the lock. The lid popped open!!
First, you have to know that he and I and the other young Vette owners we met along the way just drove the dickens out of these cars (cause # 1). One stretch down Pacific Coast Hwy near Trash Can Beach (now Bolsa Chica State Beach)
And then a mechanic at one of the dyno shops had the answer with a then new Japanese plug in the states: NGK. Never had a problem after. The lower ignition shields never went back on, tho.
I think this is more fun for me than for you.
(I'll take a long break after this one so I don't wear out my welcome)
As I said, street parking in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach was the reality, with all of the risks. You got bumped and you bumped back. One morning on the way to work I found my car with the trunk lid open and the spare tire missing. Nothing else was touched. Not a scratch on the car. A policeman met me after I called and said this happens all the time with these cars. He closed the lid and with the heel of his hand struck the valance just below and to the side of the lock. The lid popped open!!
First, you have to know that he and I and the other young Vette owners we met along the way just drove the dickens out of these cars (cause # 1). One stretch down Pacific Coast Hwy near Trash Can Beach (now Bolsa Chica State Beach)
And then a mechanic at one of the dyno shops had the answer with a then new Japanese plug in the states: NGK. Never had a problem after. The lower ignition shields never went back on, tho.
I think this is more fun for me than for you.