Topic: Info on 1982 Corvette
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Lemon Grove, CA - USA
Joined: 10/17/2007
Posts: 2041
Vette(s): 1982 C3 Collectors Edition 44000 miles, sat in the sun most of its life, My wife purchased it for me for Father's Day in 2007 from her girlfriend that had it for 19 years. It is on the road again. I'm retired but it is now my daily driver.
do not purchase the struts for the back window yet. I know that there is at least one of the suppliers that suppose to have the correct struts but they really do not fit all that good. I do not remember which one it was. Just hold up a little.
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If I remember it was Steve that told me which location to purchase them from. Anyway the ones I did purchase fit just like the original ones. One of the aftermarket sets require you to trim some plastic from the inside. Not a good thing.
If Steve does not know where to get them give me a PM and I will go back through my records and see if I can come up with the place I purchase mine from. They worked perfectly. For those following this thread I will post the supplier for the structs the PM is just to give me notice that I need to start looking through a lot of data.
There was a place in Canada that would rebuild them for you. I did not do that but I kept my original ones so if someone needed them I would have them. The same with my radio. I replace the speakers and put in a new radio but keep the old stuff. I will never put it back in myself but if someone want an 82 8 track radio I have one.
Steve will get back with you I'm sure.
By the way it is easy enough to replace the hinges but do not try to do it yourself. That glass is way to valuable and is not replaceable by the way.
Almost anyway I heard of a guy in San Diego that has the mold for the rear window and I heard that he could make one drill the holes then temper it. This is all hearsay at this time but I got that information for a hotrod guy that had windows made for his split window 51 pickup.
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