1985 Corvettes reliability?

Hydraulic press for disassembling and reassembling press fit components.

Orc General wrote:
> What is a press?
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>>First year of Tuned Port Injection and a pretty good year for
>>robustness. I had one and drove it to almost 200K. If you buy one with
>>high mileage you are looking at suspension rebuild and if you do not
>>have a press you are going to pay to get that done. If you do it
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>>yourself you are only out parts and the alignment. Brakes are pretty
>>cheap as the rotors are around $50 each. Interior is going to be
>>expensive if it it trashed. Get one of the catalogs and price what has
>>to be replaced before you purchase the car.
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>>Orc General wrote:
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>>>Knowing that the 1985 Corvette was the first to use the LT1 engine, I am
>>>wondering if owners of this model have experienced
>>>higher than usual repair related issues? Is it a good idea to purchase
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>>>used one that has high mileage? say in excess of 140000 miles?
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