Friday I pushed the corvette through Belgian DOT tech: it passed. I may have my plates by Friday.
In the storage compartment I found a penny dated 1999 and a small cheap plaque saying: TOP 75. I presume that at one point in time it was looked after.
On the other hand, little jobs left and right are sprouting up:
- weird under hood wiring
- washer completely disconnected
- wipers slamming into wiper door, into each other and snagging at the bottom of the windshield making a nasty crunching sound.
- wiper switch works poorly
- horn not working
- footwell lights capricious
- door ajar light comes on randomly
- bolts holding steering column to firewall are missing which makes for quite a draft at speeds over 50 mph; an in December that is coooold
- seat hinge bolt fell out
- keys to ignition do not fit doors
- one intake bolt missing
- slop in shifter
- storage compartment door needs to be mended; the wood is disintegrating
- no timing tab
On the other hands... although the engine's probably is suffering from its open plenum intake... the oil pressure is good, temp is good and the idle is fine.