Thanks for all the well wishes for hubby - he's getting better everyday. Tonight, he gets the staples out of the incision. Hopefully, by the weekend, he'll be able to drive. It'll still be a few more weeks before he can get into a Vette, but he can get into the Explorer, so at least he'll be able to drive something. I know he misses driving.
As for the master cylinder issue, we already did the line bleed and so forth. Further inspection shows that the seal on the master cylinder just isn't doing it's thing so well, leading to the pedal drop, drop, drop at lights. So, it's a new master cylinder or a rebuild of the current one. Our mechanic is giving us a fair deal on a new one with a warranty, so I think that should be okay.
The first owner didn't drive the car much at all. There's something about 28 year old cars that haven't been driven much - things "dry up" and need to be replaced from lack of use rather than from lots of use. Fortunately, the previous owner (who owned it for 4 years) replaced most of that stuff when he had the car. But, he only drove the car for limited occasions. So, it didn't get much use out of that owner, either. Me? I like to drive my cars. Even if I could afford it, I wouldn't want to spend $250,000+ on a car that's going to sit in a collection. But, I'm glad there are people who do that sort of thing, since I do enjoy looking at nice car collections.
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~Laurie~
1985 and 1995 coupes: