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CONTINUATION OF THE BUILD |
Front Suspension coming along
- 6/15 |
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Eventually we would like tubular control arms and some enhanced
suspension compontents - those can be done later with the
body on. |
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More work on the front ...QA1
Coil-overs, etc. |
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Wheel / Tire Mock-Up ;) |
QA1 Coil-Overs Mounted |
Front Suspension almost complete |
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Rear Brakes / Trailing Arms |
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Time to remove the old Drag-Race solid bump stop so
"stock" bump stops could be utilized |
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1st time in a lot of years the car had emergency brakes ;) |
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Bump Stop removed |
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Installed
the emergency brake components & trailing arms - 6/18 |
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The frame is chassis is coming along
nicely |
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Upper A-Arm bump stops installed |
QA-1 Rear Shocks Mounted |
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Continued
work on chassis / gas tank - week of 6/29 |
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Gas tank was cleaned
...left the sticker original as the letters would be destroyed |
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The gas tank
has been replaced - couldn't make out the full date |
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Rear spring was cleaned,
painted and reassembled
leaf spring liners, etc. were installed |
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The chassis is
nearing completion; about time to torque bolts and put it on the
ground |
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Fuel & brake lines
almost complete - 1 brake line on each rear side remain |
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Finished the
transmission crossmember brackets now the brake & fuel lines are
complete |
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Started work on
the inside floorboard - stipping carpet |
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Continued
work on chassis / Struts - Half-Shafts - 7/6 and week of 7/13 |
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The parts finally came in
to complete the half-shaft and strut rod installation - what a
bear!!! |
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cart |
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built a body dolly |
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removed two steel
plates from the rear that weighed 220# |
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a mock up (almost
ride-height) of the frame and body |
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William Nolan &
Don Wells helping with removing the carpet, glue and padding |
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removed the drag racing MSD
setup from the glove box |
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More
Interior Work & Analysis - 7/25 |
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Removed the gauge cluster and glove box |
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analyzed several
areas that need attention - with fiberglass hole patching. The
driveshaft tunnel is the worst area but holes in the storage
compartment along with the driver's floorboard |
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Removed the
headlights - all the areas around them have stress cracks |
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What we thought
was an original radio, ended up being a dumbed down faceplate -
nothing behind it of value |
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More
Interior Work - week of 7/27 |
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Many THANKS to Walt,
William & Don for coming over to help put the boddy on the dolly |
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Took the body out back and
spent a couple hours power washing inside and under it -
pictures below show years of tire rubber from burnouts |
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Removed the door panels,
gauge cluster and glove box which allowed removal of all the old
insulation that was full of dust |
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Started the
rebuild of the driveshaft tunnel, after the bulkhead metal panel
was removed
...made an aluminum support structure while fiberglassing the
tunnel - now it just needs glassed on the bottom |
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Lots of small
areas needed attention, like these holes and floorboard cracks |
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Rebuilt the area around the
shifter hole - not complete here but the topside only needs
ground and one more coat of glass to finish it - along with
trimming the hold to shape |
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un-needed holes in the
fenderwells have been glassed ...along with some crackes in them |
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the right compartment had numerous holes from recolated battery |
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Don cleaning glue
off the interior |
William vaccuming
after removing glue |
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Interior is gutted
and getting its first thourough cleaning in 53 years |
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Started removing the
stainless trim from the windshield area |
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Test Fit of
Parts and Engine Compartment Thoughts - 8/4 |
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The new
bulkhead
panel arrived and it was time for a test fit |
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Decided to play
with my thoughts on the flattened firewall |
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Pondering if the same
should be done to the fenderwells - mixed thoughts on if and how |
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Progress on
the '67 will Slow Down now |
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I was very thankful to have only
been 50% furloughed from work the past 5 months. More thankful
now that I am off furlough and working 5 days a week - it is
VERY WELCOME!
Returning to work will mean slower
progress on the Vette, since I don't have every-other-week
(every day) to work on it. Now it is limited to a few nights a
week and weekends.
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Stripping it
Further - 8/16 |
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we were still in the
process of gutting / stripping the Vette - today, it was time to
remove the door glass, along with the window and locking
assemblies ...inside the doors even needs vaccumed out! |
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look without the vent window - maybe I'll look for a conversion
kit??? |
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The windshield is
out - that was the nastiest gooey mess I've ever dealt with |
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Paragon Corvetterecommended that a 1/2" piece of angle iron
be added to the backside of the bulkhead panel |
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Thankful that the
biggest spot of birdcage rust was found - barely even surface
rust! |
The new bulkhead
has been strengthened and test fitted - need to finish interior
fiberglass now |
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Investigation - 8/18 |
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Looking at the lips inside
the fenders, they have been damaged over time and they will need
considerable work to get them back in the right configuration |
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Thanks to Gary & Gwynne
Hanna, we have a '67 grill to use in the car if desired - it is
in less than desired condition however it was nice to see a
grill in there |
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Pondering
Some Ideas - 8/16 |
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Pondering flaring
the front fenders for wider front tires - nothing decided
yet - just pondering |
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With the severe
rear body damage some pondering on how to flare the rear while
removing the old-school flares |
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Custom Part
Fabriction Starts - 8/18 |
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William Nolan
creating his first custom fiberglass part - this will be the
wiper motor cover for the custom firewall |
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Custom Part
Fabriction Continues - 8/21 |
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Additional
firewall smoothing panels are glassed |
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Start of the
Working on the Body - 8/21-29 |
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Started stripping the body - finding lots of cracks and areas to
repair at the nose |
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After stripping out the bad
repair work (over the years) - shown above
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laid part warped and was unusable |
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We laid up a new
piece on GLASS so it couldn't warp. |
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Firewall
Flat Panel - 9/1 |
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The glass-side of the part is perfectly smooth and it will be
the engine facing side |
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using the cardboard template, the cut lines were transferred to
the rough-side of the new part. |
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With both flat panels wer taped in place, it was time to
fiberglass them together (to the right of the transmission
tunnel) - it will be glassed on the back later |
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The center (wiper tunnel)
also has a piece that will be finished out and attached (will be
removable) |
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