First inspection

It was the beginning of August, 2009 when I got the Corvette. I paid the seller to bring it to the garage because I didn't have a suitable car to haul it around. He seemed very keen to get hes money and get out as soon as possible. He arrived with 3 or 4 friends and together we rolled the Corvette out. I paid with a bank cheque and he was also pretty sceptical if it was real or not...

After the seller had left, we moved the car inside on to a lift. Then began the more thorough inspection. And, boy was there stuff to fix. This was the initial list:

Body

• Both the driver and passanger floors had to be changed. Some previous owner had "fixed" them by screwing a really thin sheet of metal on the huge holes in the floors and then filled the gaps with polyurethane foam. The foam was painted black so it would be more difficult to see.
• Polyurethane foam was also used to fill some other holes in the bodywork.
• Weatherstripping was mostly missing.
• The paint had run in a couple of places and needed a bit of fixing.
• Driver side window was missing.

Chassis

• Front right brake caliper was leaking.
• Rear wheel bearings were loose and needed to be changed.
• Nearly all the bushings and joints needed changing.
• A section of the exhaust needed fixing. It was not leaking but was pretty badly done.
• Transmission was leaking a little oil. Seemed that it was just the gasget but the oil pan was also quite badly dented.

Other

• Odometer was not working.
• Most of the lights were not working.
• Most of the other electrical systems were not working either.
• Some vacuum hoses were hanging loose.
• Etc. smaller stuff.

So, this was the list after the first few days. And there was more to come. But hey, at least I had my first project car! But I sure was glad that I had a friend to help me...