92 Corvette looking for a nice 'Corvette only' shop : )

[Battlesmurf]

Hello! I've been overseas for a little bit, and I just finished off my service in the army altogether-so now it's time to come back home (vacaville): ) My corvette has sat for quite a bit, though-and some things are a little rough on it. I am looking for the best place to get it serviced, and get a ballpark gifure on how much it will run me. It's a supercharged (ATI procharger) 92 w/ fx3 suspension on it-33k miles. what places do you reccomend? I need the following done o- the underside is pretty dirty-cleaning and painting needed. I've done what I can with a hose and getting under there-but I have no lift o- complete fluid change all the way around-some of the belts might be rough, too. This is more of a preference thing-I want to spoil her : ) o- ASR light comes on at random sometimes-turning the car off then on again makes the light go away o- I had to re-wrok some things to get it to pass smog, (jerry rig a vacuum setup) and the brakes aren't nearly as strong as they sometimes-(i.e. let it sit for a weak, and the brakes are really really weak, car warms up and goes around the block they get better-I want it back to where it used to be) o- I am looking at a greenwood aero (ground effects) kit that I want finished and paint matched to the car o0thinking abotu getting a cowl induction style hood (still scouting who does the best work on those-any suggestions? o- the little 'buttons' that the door presses when they close are stuck-so I need new driver/passenger side. Don't need them installed, but as least need the parts o-suggestion on where to get the car detailed So, for a guestimate on $$, how much do you gys think it's gonna hurt me? I'm trying to plan right now on getting that fixed, and still have money left over to move back to California from FT Hood. I hate to be a pain as ask all of these qeustions, but I've got my hands full moving and such, and generally I've done most of the work myself on this car-I just don't have the time to finish it: ) Please let me know when you can!

[StArrow68]

Just FYI, never done any real work on my own so can't comment on that part. I have talked to Corvette Express in Vacaville when I was setting my C5 up for doing track, they seemed knowledgeable and had all vintage cars in the shop, about 5 bays if I remember right. I finally had the work done at Motor Sports Image in Roseville since Mark is a current track guy with a C5 and was current on my car.
http://www.motorsportimage.com/

http://www.corvette-express.com/

As to parts, you found the Forum so I'm guessing you will find the vendors, and I've found http://www.mamotorworks.com/
to have most of what is needed by each vintage.

Good Luck,
Randy

[Battlesmurf]

Thanks ; ) I've talked with Corvette express before-but those guys are shady sometimes. The lady who owned my 82 before I did took it in for a bunch of work (one of the things being inop radio antenna)-she told them she only wanted original parts-which they didn't do-and the damn thing failed about 4 months after the install. There were other things, but I didn't come here to bitch ; ) I am going to check out motorsports image, though Thanks!