1977 Corvette GR70-15

[Patrick H.]

Re: It wasn't a 'factory recall' situation...

Greg,

You're mixing terms, and that's likely causing your confusion.

If a part is replaced under GM-authorized (or government mandated) RECALL, then you may only suffer a small loss of points.
If a part was replaced under WARRANTY (like your motor) then, under the current judging standards, you will suffer as you've already noted. Since GM did not RECALL your motor, but rather replaced it under WARRANTY, there is a difference. It is not a true "factory authorized replacement" like you are thinking it is.

Patrick

[Gregory G.]

Re: It wasn't a 'factory recall' situation...

True, but either way it did not leave the Factory that way if that is the true measure.
Sorry I amy be venting too much, but I realy wanted to restore and show the car, but with this point reduction I decided it was not worth it. I will wait until I purchase the next one. This one I will keep looking stock, drive and enjoy as is.
And yes I know all about the driving credit, but it does not help enough.

I wish there was a class for "Maintained to stock apperence" which allowed for normal replacement parts such as belts, hoses, shocks, oil filter, head lights, tires (keep stock style but in mondern radials) and etc. These parts do not take away from the true character of original look but in many cases are the only normal parts avaliable and are much safer.

[Patrick H.]

Re: It wasn't a 'factory recall' situation...

"And yes I know all about the driving credit, but it does not help enough."

That all depends if you're going to the Chapter Meet 30 miles away or 180 miles away, and how many hits you're going to take on the rest of the car.

In addition, no one ever said that there was anything ghastly about getting a Second Flight. If the only thing you took a hit for was the engine because you kept the integrity of the car with its replacement motor, then you can feel great about that.

Patrick

[mike cobine]

Actually it was - It was a really big deal

It is not a true "factory authorized replacement" like you are thinking it is.

Most warranty items could be handled by the dealer with no problems. However, the engine was only replaced upon approval of the Chevrolet Zone Manager.

The Zone manager typically arrived in person to oversee the old engine to verify it was indeed broken and needed to be replaced.

It is the only time that Chevrolet, the company, came back into contact with a car after it left the factory.

As John has mentioned, the CE program was initiated to track the replacements under the 5 year/50,000 mile warranty. They only did that with engines and transmissions. These two items were special, and not at all like replacing an alternator, wiper motor, etc.

I had the entire carpet replaced in a car and the only ones to look at it was the service manager and the service foreman. When the engine burned several valves at 1200 miles, again only the service manager and chief mechanic examined it. But anytime an engine went, everything stopped until the Zone Manager could make a trip to examine it.

The guys at the dealer I frequented began prepping me for what to say, what records to have, and so on so that we got an engine, as it was a really big deal when this guy showed up.

I saw this happen on several engines.

This did not happen even with recalls. The dealer just reads the recall notice and handles it. No one from Chevy even calls to check.