Introducing: Worship79

Hello everybody! Yet another new member introducing himself and his corvette :wink:

Who am I? My name is Halim, 29 years old, from The Netherlands (born and raised): a small country in Western-Europe.

I drive an early/late 1979 corvette which I own since januari 2004. Besides my 'vette I love to play baseball (2nd base, shortstop, catcher) and read (King, Grisham, fantasy and such).

• First owner was an eightteen year old Californian girl who had it for daily driving next to her job at the dragraces :thumbs:
• Orginal color was light-brown with doeskin interior
• She added white Le Mans racing stripes on the hood and white stars on the doors
• Car came to The Netherlands somewhere around 1995/1996 where it was repainted dark-red metallic by the importer
• First Dutch owner replaced stock, worn out cali 350 with a Goodwrench shortblock (190hp), but also put back all the smog junk and the stock heads, intake and such
• Car has late model 3-door rear compartment but early cast iron diff
• Most important changes over the years:
  • Edelbrock 1411 carb
  • Edelbrock 60909 64 cc heads (shaved 44 lbs)
  • Edelbrock 2701 EPS intake (shaved 12 lbs)
  • CompCam XE268H camshaft
  • CompCam 1.52 roller tip rockers
  • CompCam double roller timing chain and gear
  • Accel high performance ignition and coil
  • Hooker super competition side exhaust headers
  • Hooker sidepipes
  • Hooker reverseflow mufflers
  • TH350 revised
• Smog junk and airco have been removed saving nearly 60 lbs of weight
• Currently working on replacing the radiator, some interior electronics (window switch, power antenna)
• Windshield washer pump replacement (small item, still a pita :skeptic
• Future projects/wishes:
  • Clear headlights (with the pop-ups)
  • TH200-R4 swap
  • KB Flat-top pistons
  • 1.6 roller rockers

And finally, here are two pictures. SOrry for their size, I'll resize 'm later today.

Hey Halim, welcome

Early has 3 door compartments, lates have 2 (like all 80-82s). Good thing you ripped out that smog junk and got some nice engine goodies

Marck

G'day Halim and welcome mate :hi:

Nice looking ride :thumbs:

Hey Halim. Did you get that radiator issue solved yet?

Welcome Halim! The other buyer came through on the radiator, sorry!

No radiator yet, so many options! Too bad some ebay sellers don't have the decency to answer a few simple questions, thinks I'll go the more traditional route (summit or so) now.

@1981Z06Vette: no problem at all, business is business.