PLEASE!  DO NOT give up yet. All good things come to them that persist. With all you have accomplished and attained, you deserve to see it finished. When I was a school competator we had a motto on the locker room wall. "Winners never quit, and Quitters never win". Pull the punkin and do what's needed. You'll never regret it.

Man Darryl, I feel your pain. Two things: 1. I wish you weren't sick of it enough to sell it 2. I wish I had the cash to buy it.

Say it ain't SO,  Darry!!! After all of the time, blood, sweat, and beers, yer just throwin in the towel? NOOOOooooooo!!! It could be something as simple as bearings in the diff, and that can be fixed fairly easily, and not too much $$$. Granted, getting the dang thing OUT ain't ed zachary my idea of a fun date, but still......daaaaang.....DON'T GIVE UP NOW!!!

Don't get me wrong...I been in the same state of mind meself....MANY times. In every case, all it takes is to take a break for a while, get away from it, and recuperate. Might take a few days/weeks/months, but I bet if you sell it now, you will certainly regret it. It took many years(and plenty of $$$) to get my '74 to where it is now. I thought about just giving up on it several times, but I wanted it. A little time off from it every now and then to catch a break, build up the $$ reserves, and gather parts, and then right back to it.

If, however, you are dead set in letting it go, then I wish you the best of luck finding a buyer that will give it the care and respect you have given it.

Can you post some pictures and a price?\

You're right, dude.  OK, I've had my little nervous breakdown and am back in, I think I needed a week without thinking about it.  Took it back out today and set the timing properly and rough-tuned the carb.  Man, it's a beast.  The lope at idle sounds spectacular.

Drove it again today for about two miles around the neighborhood.  The yuppies here are gonna hate me.    The noise isn't noticeable until I get above 30 mph and decelerate.  So I'm not sure whether it's the transmission or the rear end.  I'm going to be somewhat suicidal next weekend and run the car on jackstands to see if I can find the source. 

The good news is that I've found a machine shop that will do the rear end, including new gears, for about $700 if I bring it to him out of the car.  He comes highly recommended and will double the warranty of a new unit from Corvette Central or Mid America.  I also have a spare TH400 that I'm going to get flushed and checked out.  If I can't absolutely determine the source, I'll do them both.

Question for Dave: Do you know if the 3.55 housing will take a 3.08 ring gear?  If I'm getting the gears done, I might as well move to a ratio that will allow for highway cruising.

Thanks for tolerating my mild episode of mental illness...  At least it's a Corvette and not an MG, like I used to work on!

No need to explain...... I did not comment cause I knew you'd be back! Your to close to the end of the tunnel now...... the hard stuff is done.

Good move. Don't give up on it now. I've felt the same way about my '81 at times. But I know I would never get the money I've put into it out of it.  No matter how mad or disgusted I become with my car, I take a moment and regroup my thoughts and next move. Once you finally get it finished and on the road, all those frustrations and regrets will go away. Stick with it man, it'll be worth it. 

Darryl, you have a three series .............so YES you can go to the 3.08 ring and pinion.