[s-cars] NAC - Vette parts sources?

[Lee Levitt]

Who said Corvette? I think it's a Chevette!

Now *that* would be a novelty.

Speaking of which, an old girlfriend had a Chevette...a diesel one at 
that. What a piece of crap!

Lee

At 02:30 PM 5/15/2008, theringmeister at triad.rr.com wrote:
>I think Corvette World in PA is about as close as you're going to 
>get.  Taka's right, most of the others are in the midwest (OH, MI, 
>etc) with the exception of Zip which is in VA.
>
>Is the guy's car in Switzerland?  I guess having any Corvette over 
>there is maybe a novelty, and worth restoring?
>
>
>--
>Wylie Bean
>TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
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>
>
>---- Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > There aren't any big vette shops in NYC or Boston. Is Callaway still in
> > Connecticut?
> >
> > Most of the vette stuff is in the midwest:
> >
> > Mallett is in Ohio
> > Lingenfelter is in Indiana
> > Mid-America in Illinois
> >
> > There really isn't much in the way for doing stuff to a '79 vette- those
> > late C3s were the nadir of performance. You need to do an engine swap or a
> > major rework to get real power out of those cars and the suspension was
> > basically the same as the C2- not much to write home about there. You could
> > look into doing a full subframe swap from a C5 or C6 or go full
> > double-wishbone coilover setup, depending on your budget.
> >
> > IMHO, not worth doing much of anything to an impact bumper C3.
> >
> > Taka
> >
> > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > All of the above, suspension, brakes, toys in general. I think maybe
> > > my "restoration" was a stretch. Perhaps closer to what he's looking
> > > for would be the Vette analogy for places like 034, APR, Impex,
> > > Northern European Automotive, Champion in Pompano Beach, etc.
> > > -Ian.
> > >
> > > On 15 May, 2008, at 11:10, Joe Pizzimenti wrote:
> > >
> > > > Body, motor, what?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 5/15/08, Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > >> Crew, I have a Swiss colleague who's visiting the US, and is looking
> > > >> for sources for restoration parts for his '79 Vette, hopefully in the
> > > >> NYC/northern NJ or Boston areas. Any thoughts or leads I can pass
> > > >> along?
> > > >> -Ian Duff.
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Lee Levitt
Needham, Massachusetts, USA
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