Cool, I live out on the other side of New Bern in Neuse Harbour, but I'm out that way pretty often by H.J. MacDonald and attend night classes at CCC.
I saw that you were looking for a good service shop in the area; I know from experience that you should NOT take you car to John Tripp's Garage, they take forever and do really, really poor work. I'm not sure who is the best person to take it to around here, but call ST Restorations and ask Jim, he's the local corvette guru.