1976 Corvette Stingray: Restore, Repair, Detail: Rock & Brews Oviedo Car Show

While at a local car cruise, I heard about a car show taking place on Saturday, January 30th from 11 am to 2 pm in Oviedo, about 25 miles from Orange City.

Since the guy who mentioned the event happened to be driving a 75 Corvette convertible, we agreed to meet there at about 10:30 am the next day.

The next morning, as I merged onto I-4 traffic headed west, I spotted him about 5 cars in front of me. Talk about a fluke! We could not have planned that better. And so we caravanned down to our destination and arrived at 10:30 am as planned.

However, the place was already teeming with show cars but we managed to find a couple decent parking spots.

Much to my delight, C3s (for a change) were well represented, with several in attendance.

Here are a few photos of the event.

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Steering Column Swap

1977-1982 Corvette steering columns have several advantages over the 1968-1976 units, the most notorious being the overall length of the assembly.

When compared side-by-side, the difference is obvious and significant, even though newer columns are shorter by only 2 inches. However, that small difference translates into a HUGE benefit for the driver—especially tall drivers with long arms.

In this series of articles, I chronicle the process of modifying and rebuilding a 1978 tilt and telescoping steering column that I plan to use in my 1976 Corvette.

Here are all installments of the series.

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