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firstgenaddict
09-03-2018, 01:18 AM
I was looking at some property on the side of a mountain yesterday and saw a good backdrop so I racked off 100 or so frames and came up a nicely framed shot with the road disappearing up the hill....
McCune
09-03-2018, 02:12 AM
Nice shot! Killer looking car.
sixt9rsx33
09-03-2018, 02:46 AM
Great shot James! Very cool. Car looks great.
x77-69z28
09-03-2018, 02:48 AM
Awesome shot James. Two black stripes on the roadway would have been the cherry on top.
Buddy
firstgenaddict
09-03-2018, 03:03 AM
Thanks Lawrence...
Looks much better after Clay barrring and then 2 apps of Meguires Number 7...
The checking is less visible on the deck and the hood after number 7.
I have original comfort weave seats with nice full bolsters to be delivered this week.
Need a PG master cyl and survivor smog pump/pulley, pass tree, and survivor smog hoses, check valves...

Awesome shot James. Two black stripes on the roadway would have been the cherry on top.
Buddy

How about 3 - 5 sets...
The first shot was with 135mm zoom from about 50 feet away... so the background was blurred so much you couldn't see them...
This was much closer with the lens opened up...
1967Z28
09-03-2018, 03:10 AM
Nice shots, James. With the '71 plate on there, bias ply tires would cap off "the look".
firstgenaddict
09-03-2018, 06:08 AM
I was trying to decide whether to go with Firestones or Goodyears... I like the Goodyears however my brother works for Bridgestone/Firestone Corp.
Thinking about getting some Aluminum Slots and putting some BFG's on them to drive it.
ZLP955
09-03-2018, 06:48 AM
Great shots James
69LM1
09-03-2018, 02:09 PM
Those are some good photos. Great looking ride. Love the LT1 hoods with stripe.

One of (IMHO) the top hoods of all time.

/Rich
x77-69z28
09-03-2018, 02:30 PM
There you go!!!
Buddy
earntaz
09-03-2018, 02:31 PM
What an absolute beauty!!! TAZ:biggthumpup::biggthumpup::biggthumpup:
Mr70
09-03-2018, 03:56 PM
Beauty.. :burnout:
firstgenaddict
09-04-2018, 02:56 AM
love the curves...
Xplantdad
09-04-2018, 03:22 AM
Very nice James!:worship:
novadude
09-04-2018, 05:19 PM
I was trying to decide whether to go with Firestones or Goodyears... I like the Goodyears however my brother works for Bridgestone/Firestone Corp.
Thinking about getting some Aluminum Slots and putting some BFG's on them to drive it.

Whatever you do, get those Eagle STs off of there ASAP. The tire industry recommends 10 years max for radials. I don't think those Eagle STs have been made for 20 years.

A tire can look perfect, but still delaminate and have the tread peel off due to age. This really makes a mess of fiberglass body panels when it happens at highway speeds. I actually saw it happen to a friends '70 LS5 vette with a 15 year old BFG that showed no indication of aging (cracks, etc).

Nice pics!
mockingbird812
09-04-2018, 06:23 PM
Sharp!!!! Thanks for posting pix. Love the LT1s!!
sixt9rsx33
09-09-2018, 08:02 PM
Whatever you do, get those Eagle STs off of there ASAP. The tire industry recommends 10 years max for radials. I don't think those Eagle STs have been made for 20 years.

A tire can look perfect, but still delaminate and have the tread peel off due to age. This really makes a mess of fiberglass body panels when it happens at highway speeds. I actually saw it happen to a friends '70 LS5 vette with a 15 year old BFG that showed no indication of aging (cracks, etc).

Nice pics!

Novadude, you beat me to it. I was going to tell him the same thing!!! Like tomorrow get new tires James.
RPOLS3
09-13-2018, 02:33 PM
A set of little letter Goodyears would be perfect...……...
BJCHEV396
09-14-2018, 09:04 PM
Nice car James!My dad had a '71 LT-1 also.It was Ontario Orange.Didn't the '71 Vettes have Firestone Wide Ovals on them?
firstgenaddict
09-20-2018, 11:23 PM
Got the NCRS today... Delivered new to - JACK MAXTON CHEVROLET Worthington Oh. They also sold a few COPO's.

BTW... Ordered 5 tires from Rusty...
Great price Good Year reproductions 250 per tire delivered.
firstgenaddict
09-22-2018, 05:53 PM
The Corvette that started it all... I found the paperwork for purchasing the car when I was 18 years old, back in 1991. Put the VIN in and up came the car... 1969 L46 194379S734831

I stripped and painted the car, put tires on it and had it for 2 years prior to going to college... M21 3.70 L46 350 350
A12pilot
09-23-2018, 12:43 PM
Nice shots, James! What kind of camera/settings, if you don't mind sharing? :hmmm:

Cheers
Dave
firstgenaddict
09-23-2018, 03:30 PM
The yellow L46 are online shots I found...
The shots of the LT1 were as follows,
Canon 60D shot at full resolution with a 18-135 zoom hand held.
Most were shot at full 135 mm from 50-60 feet away using a 5.6 aperture. I bracketed the exposures +/- 2.
It was really bright outside so there were hot spots in a number of photos and I didn't have a polarizing filter with me.

I have been on the lookout for good scenes to shoot the car in...
I will get my tripod the 70-200 F4L and on a nice bright overcast day I will get some really great pictures.

FWIW overcast afternoons offer some of the best diffused light a photographer could ever hope to achieve.
napa68
09-25-2018, 11:07 PM
I was trying to decide whether to go with Firestones or Goodyears... I like the Goodyears however my brother works for Bridgestone/Firestone Corp.
Thinking about getting some Aluminum Slots and putting some BFG's on them to drive it.

Daisy spoke American's with Wide Oval Radials!

Killer car man!
markinnaples
09-26-2018, 01:50 PM
As someone stated in the Classified Section, Ebay and others, the price on C3's is ridiculously reasonable, even the first steel bumper (both) cars. If I sold my Camaro, I'd love to get an early C3 but as I'd like to take the kids, would probably end up with an old hot rod or shoebox Chevy. But, yours if beautiful and I am going to get one sometime in the future.
x33rs
09-26-2018, 02:51 PM
I like it James. Fantastic cars. We had 2 of them. Then had a 71 454 survivor and sold that several years back due to family. Just couldn't get the family in it for the big fun car cruise events so my wife daily drove it for a couple years until she got tired of it. I bought a Z06 which my wife wouldn't drive at all so that went down the road. Then 2 years ago she had a desire for another LT1. Almost bought a very nice survivor 71 LT1 vert, white with green interior (thought that was unusual) In the end though we passed on it because we just can't do the family thing in a 2 seater. Sure do miss them though, fun cars to drive.
firstgenaddict
10-22-2018, 01:38 PM
Incredibly fun cars to drive, I forgot how much better they handle than the A bodies and F bodies...

Dropped the tank and got the tank sheet.
Everything is legible and it is all there...
Been degreasing and cleaning the bottom of the car... Tons of ink everywhere...
Beautiful bird cage...
earntaz
10-22-2018, 02:23 PM
Dang it -- have owned C2/3s ... makes me want to look for another C3 to put back together ... TAZ
firstgenaddict
10-22-2018, 04:34 PM
The original ones are so much more satisfying than the ones that have been beat and destroyed...
The one owner original paint Daytona Yellow 70 coupe at proteam would be a GREAT car with 5k put in it. To be a driver it needs Suspension Bushings, brakes, rear cross member bushings, u-joints, heater core, trans seals, and all the diff seals, probably should have the wheel bearings as well.
So 45-50 tops into a Daytona Yellow mid range survivor with everything original which would easily flight. It's a stripper... no ps pb or pw.
Was a White with blue interior 72 LT1 in Chicago a few weeks ago for 30k...