Hey oledoc2u: I guess you too have discovered the futility of owning corvettes. When I was young and fuelish, I had a '68 coupe, 4-spd., 427 which was a firebreathing monster. As I recall it always seemed to need new brakes and alignment, plus there were some electrical issues. THE NEXT MISTAKE was a '80 coupe 350 auto. Everything on that damned car took a crap before I sold it in '85. (When I finally got everything to working, I traded it on two '86 Jeep products. I had to keep the cigarette lighter hidden in the back compartment because when it was pushed into the lighter socket, all the fuses would blow. I wonder who ever ended up with that turkey. If I ever burn in hell, That'll probably be the reason).
Folly #3 was a used '76 coupe. Issues with brakes. One of the systems would always go out. Bought it for 4M, ended up putting another 5M into it, finally sold it for 3M. Good riddance and never again! Maybe I had more money than brains, but I feel that UAW workers were the problem.