During the first month we mostly went through different systems in the car to see what I needed to order from USA. There are some stores that sell old US car parts in Finland but what I really needed was a specialist Corvette parts source. After going through a few (and there were a lot of them), I desided to use Corvette Central. Prices there seemed to be a bit lower than in other places and, more importantly, they agreed to send stuff through USPS. UPS, DHL etc. were convenient but expensive when shipping from US to Finland.
We stripped the interior and found all kinds of fun stuff from the wiring harnessess. Many wires were cut and hanging loose, some new connections had been made between wires, some were made from dozen small parts and just wrapped together etc. Pretty soon I realized that the wiring diagrams in my Chilton Repair Manual just weren't accurate enough.
I searched around and found excellent wiring guides from Dr. Rebuild. They have proven their worth during our electrical repairs. You could rebuild the whole wiring harnessess with these! And, as we later found out, we would have to...
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