Driving My 1973 Corvette I Bought On eBay For The 1st Time! Will The Used 4-Speed Transmission Work?

After replacing what seems like the entire car, it is time for the first drive of the eBay special vette!
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[@paulcarroll750]

Looks just like the car Dirk Diggler drove in boogie nights.

[@ThePerfectSeason1972]

Lol

[@iamrichrocker]

red looks so good on a Corvette...even partially put together....

[@gerry-p9x]

Yeah bucket list is a 72. Red with leather saddle interior am FM radio. Later vette rims. And 350cid 4 speed

[@bobbybannerman2853]

HI BEN GLAD THINGS ARE BEING FIXED ON THE 73 VETTE. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT VIDEO. TAKE CARE. 👍

[@Jonhobbs64]

The door gaps look great so that's a good sign!

[@KC-pf4tj]

Nothing like a red Corvette 👍🏻😉

[@jafo4u508]

Hey Ben love those C3's. New Subscriber sent to you by Randy at Auto Auction Rebuilds, he must really love corvettes also because he mentions you all the time when he talks about corvettes on his channel.

[@dcallan812]

Looks like the work paid off, are you flipping the car? 👍👍

[@scottmaz4063]

Great job Ben 👏 👍 👌

[@TomHolz-e9x]

👍nice work Ben! The Einstein of corvettes!

[@gerry-p9x]

He's got the parts and the room to store old wrecks

[@wlc1980]

Your rearend may need some clutch additive to stop the chatter. Nice job!

[@7477corvettes]

Looks good Ben

[@gsmith207]

yup a little nose candy never hurts. 73’s so cool. steel in the reeah and rubbah up front. great channel, us vetteheads love this stuff. cheers

[@fleetwin1]

Discovered this project a little late, didn't realize you changed the tranny back to a four speed!

[@johnsarian_cu]

Nothing like the torque from a V8 making clutch release easy for driving. I've gotten too used to buzzy 4cyls LOL.

[@LarryHeagren]

It's funny the speedo works but an extra speedo cable in flapping from under the hood. Must be an extra which this car seems to have a lot of thanks to whoever hacked it up before you put your talents to work. It is coming along nicely. Congratulations!

[@TheCorvetteBen]

The extra cable you see is the cable for the tachometer. They were cable driven until 1975 when they went electric

[@woodchuck243]

Thanks for sharing im getting ready to change my body mounts on my 75 any suggestions hane any video's on that would be nice totally enjoying each of your videos keep up the great work

[@ronaldwarren5220]

Bravo!

[@DiscoGreen]

Awesome!

[@mr.keepitreal2200]

No power steering? Nice job as usual 👍🏾

[@johnkelly6942]

It went out AND made it home!

[@alanquinn4753]

Got a cool license plate if you're still taking them. Where should I mail it

[@frankkeel8410]

You have to nurse these cars if u want to move forward!

[@colinhead284]

Ben!! i have been watching your channel from the very beginning , please ,please stop using a flippin (UK ) tripod in the car ! 😄😄😄

[@milanko33]

Hello Ben, I am sorry to bother you. I don’t really know who I should ask this question and seems that you know all about Corvette. I got one just like yours 73 454 and all of a sudden I started having trouble with breaks when I start the car everything goes normal, but after sometime they start breaking themselves, I tried to take the calipers apart clean them feed them back and take all the air out of the system and put the new brake fluid in and I kind of running out of ideas what it can be. Can you help please? Thanks

[@TheCorvetteBen]

Your brake hoses are ancient and need replaced. They swell up and dont let fluid back out of them.

[@milanko33]

@@TheCorvetteBen ok I will try to replace them hope it works 🙏 thanks 🙏

[@jeffreyshepherd8488]

First!

[@ThePerfectSeason1972]

Where are you getting all this money !

[@markpease9575]

He sells parts & flips cars.

[@raymari7658]

New shop no AC. Hmmm ???

[@vietnamvet6726]

Starter sounds great !

[@Eeropolvasti]

Of course, it will?? Why, you Corvette Specialist?? questoning it??? So stupid=((((

[@TheCorvetteBen]

Because the transmission was used and was a total unknown

[@bartalexander1430]

How is the squirrel cage is it all rusted or is it in good shape?