Im pretty new to this stuff as far as trying to fix up the car with correct hoses,belts,tires,etc,, you get my drift,, so my question is,,,, where does one find the information that tells us the correct parts numbers etc,, obviously there is something in print because how else would the judge know its not the right part number?,, ok,, if its in his head i want to then ask him to tell me the correct number from memory,, is that to much to ask then?? i need to find correct part numbers!!!!! rj
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Re: Where does the info come from?
Depending on your year car you can buy a Judging Guide from the NCRS order department, join a local chapter, ask around your local clubs...whatever helps. This board is great with answering most questions. Good luck and welcome to the club.
Cheers,
Craig
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Get out your wallet...
...and welcome to the world of Corvettes. Get yerself a big ol' bookshelf to keep out in the garage or down in the basement, and get ready to spend ridiculous amounts of time and money on books, articles, diagrams, and literature as well as CD-ROM's and DVD's. You'll have AC/Delco books growing out of your basement.....there will be NCRS Operations manuals lying all over your garage, you'll own even the ones for the cars you haven't any intention of owning.....and get a librarian to clean the grease stains off the pages, the paint overspray off of the diagrams, etc. Prozac, lots of Prozac.....Comment
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Ain't that the truth Jerry. Excellent answer. *NM*
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LOL Thanks!! But Seriously folks......
I've found that the two most informative sources of info for my car are...the NCRS Technical Information Manual & Judging Guide for my car, and the CD-ROM of the Corvette Restorer articles, both available on this website. They both are a wealth of info that lets you find ridiculously obscure info easily, and all the books/literature are as cheap on this website as anywhere else. And if you're not already, become an NCRS member. The NCRS is a group of individuals who love Corvettes, some of which are literally sick with knowledge about these cars....they date personal checks in Julian Date codes, and after working on their cars they scrape all the grease off of their hands and bag it just in case it came on the car from the factory. But they're also extremely helpful and LOVE showing off their knowledge on these cars. But buy as many books and such as you can, and for me, looking at cars similar to mine that have Flighted or won awards at NCRS meets and photographing them has helped big time. Soon, you'll turn into a swap meet geek, your neck forever bent downwards from looking for that elusive correctly dated 1100884 alternator that there's only a few friggin' hundred of or so with the correct pulley and fan with the NT stamp on the top at just the right angle and the correct shoulders by the mounting and the right backing with the little rectangluar thingy underneath the "Delco Remy" script and the stamping has to have the "8"s a little off because the 8 stamp had a bad edge on it and didn't fit in the gang stamper the right way and...........get my drift?Comment
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