{"id":2,"date":"2011-10-12T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T00:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2017-06-20T07:45:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:45:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About my 1973 Corvette"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Car was born in the Corvette assembly plant in St. Louis on February 1, 1973<\/strong>. I named her “Blondie”, as her original paint was yellow. But somebody at some point painted her red.<\/p>\n

She was originally purchased at\u00a0BENNETT CHEV OLDS Ltd., Cambridge, Ontario
\nBy Mr. Barry Haggart of Milton, Ontario on February 12, 1973<\/strong>
\n(if Mr. Haggart is still around, please leave a comment on the front page)<\/p>\n

Update January 2014:<\/strong> Mr. Haggart posted on the front\u00a0page and is alive and well….<\/p>\n

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Finally home… in the garage with the parts car!<\/strong>
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The following is a summary of what was\/is being done to the car!<\/h2>\n
Restoration started in September 2009<\/p>\n
Chassis<\/strong>
\nrestored<\/span> frame from parts car (sandblasted and welded on new body mounts)
\nNew<\/span> bushings and ball joints
\nNew<\/span> suspension, front and back (fibreglass rear leaf)
\nRebuilt steering box
\nNew<\/span> power-steering components
\nRestored steering linkage
\nNew<\/span> stainless brake lines
\nNew<\/span> stainless fuel lines
\nNew<\/span> fuel tank & sending unit
\nRebuilt<\/span> rear trailing arms with new bearings
\nNew<\/span> brakes front and back<\/p>\n
Engine & Drivetrain<\/strong>
\nNew<\/span> engine (350\/290)
\nRebuilt<\/span> Turbo-400 Transmission w\/shift kit
\nRebuilt<\/span> rear differential with new seals and crush sleeve
\nNew<\/span> HEI Ignition system (replaced points system)
\nNew<\/span> edelbrock intake manifold
\nRebuilt<\/span> rochester carburetor
\nNew<\/span> fuel pump
\nNew<\/span> exhaust manifolds
\nNew<\/span> exhaust system (aluminized)
\nNew<\/span> starter<\/p>\n
Body<\/strong>
\nRestored<\/span> brake and gas pedals
\nNew<\/span> power brake booster
\nNew<\/span> brake master cylinder
\nRestored<\/span> heater ducts (new seals)
\nNew<\/span> heater motor
\nNew<\/span> heater core
\nNew<\/span> underbody reinforcements
\nNew<\/span> firewall heat insulation
\nNew<\/span> firewall noise insulation
\nNew<\/span> carpet
\nNew<\/span> leather seat covers and foam<\/p>\n
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I decided\u00a0to buy a Corvette to restore just before my 40th birthday in 2009. I\u00a0purchased the car in April of 2009, just outside of London, Ontario…\u00a02000 mile round-trip journey… My Car was born in the …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1318,"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}