1973 Chevrolet Corvette C3 HR Coupe - Grand Touring, Vette-Rod Style This One-Of-A-Kind '73 Vette-Rod Rules The Road
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BODY Restored/modified production '73 Corvette Coupe MODIFICATIONS L88 hood and fender flares, custom tube grille, rocker moldings and front bumper, smoothed firewall/engine bay, widened rear spoiler. BODYWORK AND PAINT PREPARATION Harbor Vette Performance Restoration, Erie, Pennsylvania PAINT PPG Silver Grey (basecoat/clearcoat), applied by Harbor Vette Performance Restoration, Erie, Pennsylvania CHASSIS FRAME Original '73 Corvette, powdercoated silver SUSPENSION (Front) Vette Brake Products (Vette Brakes Parts) Grand Touring Plus adjustable composite monoleaf with VBP upper/lower tubular, poly-bushed A-arms and Bilstein shocks; (Rear) Vette Brakes Parts Grand Touring Plus adjustable composite monoleaf with Vette Brakes Parts upper/lower tubular, poly-bushed trailing arms and Bilstein shocks STEERING Steeroids rack-and-pinion system, power assisted. BRAKES VBP C5 four-wheel disc brake conversion with slotted rotors. WHEELS Boze, 18x9-inch front, 18x10-inch rear. TIRES Falken 265/45/ZR18 front, 295/45/ZR19 rear. ENGINE Overhead-valve V-8, Chevrolet LS1. BUILT BY More Performance, Charlotte, North Carolina. DISPLACEMENT 350 ci IGNITION Stock LS1 individual cylinder coils. INDUCTION LS1-style electronic fuel injection with LS6 intake. WIRING HARNESS EFI Connection custom harness. EXHAUST Street & Performance headers, Flowmaster mufflers, mandrel-bent 23/4-inch diameter stainless steel exhaust pipes with H-pipe. FUEL DELIVERY Custom electric in-tank fuel pump and Rock Valley stainless fuel tank. HORSEPOWER 485 at 6,700 rpm TORQUE 395 ft-lb at 5,400 rpm TRANSMISSION Electronically-controlled overdrive automatic, GM 4L60E Modifications Transtar 12-inch 2,500-rpm stall speed torque converter, TransGo shift kit, and wide-band Z-Pak clutch pack. Rearend Stock '73 Corvette differential with Positraction, big-block axle shafts, and 3.36:1 gears. INTERIOR Custom interior by Scott Zielinski at Sew it Seams, Erie, Pennsylvania. MODIFICATIONS Corvette America rosewood steering wheel, custom console with satellite radio receiver and GPS navigation unit, two-tone door panels, custom emergency brake cover. SEATS Modified '73 Corvette buckets. UPHOLSTERY Corvette America Black/grey leather. UPHOLSTERY BY Charles Sanner, North East, Pennsylvania. CARPETS Corvette America black nylon cut-pile. INSTRUMENTATION Auto Meter Maximum Performance gauges (0- to 200-mph speedometer, 0- to 10,000-rpm tachometer, oil pressure and fuel level gauges in dash, voltmeter and coolant temperature gauges in center console). SOUND SYSTEM Sony AM-FM/CD/MP3 head unit and Rockford Fosgate speakers. GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEM Pioneer HVAC Vintage Air
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