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I'm 6'3",and former USMC, USNR, & DOD Police/Guard. I like classy women & enjoy classic cars,car shows,weightlifting,photography! Wished I'd held on to many cars I previously owned...20/20 hindsight,ya know.I've been around the world,lived in the Far East,Europe,South Pacific,etc., & travelled and lived across the USA.Born in Florida,but have lived longest in the Pacific Northwest.I live on Fidalgo Island,on Guemes Channel, among the San Juan Islands of the NW Puget Sound

It is a 1979 C3 Chevy Corvette with a 350ci & Bowtie Overdrives-TH200-4R Level 2 auto.And was a L-82 option car. But I when I purchased it a couple years ago,the original engine had been replaced with another 350, with added performance cam.This Vette is a replacement for the bright yellow '77 I was hit head-on in,& almost killed.Since I no longer had a "original" 1979 C3,I had free rein to do whatever mods I wanted to personalize it with.And I have...

1979 C3 Corvette

[List of modifications:]-
-Vette Brakes & Products,Inc..
-Stainless ‘O’-ring calipers
-Dual-mount composite monosprings, front & rear( lowered body 1.5 inches)
-Tubular upper & lower A-arms - Stainless ‘O’-ring calipers
-Smart Struts
-HD tie rods
-Spreader Bar
- Spicer HD U-joints
-MidAmerica ,2-tone leather seats,& console panels,-Status Sills door sill kit
-Energy Suspension-Hyperflex polyurethane bushings
-Dynomax Ceramacoat headers, into 2.5" dual exhaust with ‘H’ crossover
-Flowmaster 40 series mufflers,
-Edelbrock Performer Air-Gap dual-plane manifold,Polished. & ZoopSealed
-Edelbrock Performer carberator,600cfm
-Powermaster polished stainless 100A alternator w/ polished billet pulley & fan
-Chevrolet-chromed 14 x 3 air cleaner housi ng with K&N filter
-MSD optimized HEI ignition
-American Racing Torq Thrust II 17 x 8" wheels, 4.5" BS
-Kumho 245-45-17" rubber
-Hawk HPS brake pads
-Bowtie Overdrives, Level 2, TH200-R4 OD tranny
3.55 rear end
-Dewitts aluminum radiator/dual electric fan conversion
Chromed -Amerex halotron fire extinguisher, floor mounted, pass. side
‘Red walnut’ center console trim
-Lloyds black carpet cargo mat w/ embroidered..- C3 flags logo
Pioneer rear 6 x 9's in custom form-fitting fiberglass enclosures
-Sony Xplod 10" subwoofer in custom made enclosure, w/ ‘Stingray’ emblem & C3 embroidered flags logo
-Pioneer CD/MP3/WMA with AM/FM tuner w/remote & sub control
-Lloyds blk.carpeted floor mats w/emb.C3 flags logo and bordered in red trim
-Ultimate Pedals custom aluminum brake & accele rator pedals
Flamed acrylic auto shift knob,minus detent button
-American Custom Industries Vented Hi-Rise Hood , -Astrotop-smoke 1-piece roof
-BigBAuto flamed & polished aluminum, tall valve covers,ZoopSealed
-Halo headlites...LED round style tallights....... Edelbrock Air-Gap Performer manifold & carb....[ --90% of modifications performed by Dave O. at Corvette Alley in Anacortes; paint matched at McCormack’s Autobody in Anacortes---

Have entered a few shows last year- got a trophy,& one this year-a 2nd place in my modified 78-82 class. I have molded fiberglass enclosures for 2 Pioneer 6 x 9 rear speakers,& a handbuilt sub box for a Sony Xplod 10" subwoofer w/ an original "Stingray" metal emblem & crossed-flags patch on it

I have a set of 2nd generation Camaro subframe connectors,unused; 2 used Quadrajet carbs; Monte Carlo bucket seats; 84 El Camino split bench seat,header panel; stock OE front spindles,springs & sway bars; 2 Summit Racing turbo mufflers,unused;74-77 Camaro front bra;

A turnkey crate engine would be nice,but I have offset trailing arms on the way,to allow for 2" more rubber in back.