1967 Corvette Convertible - Page 5 of 13
1967 Corvette
Big Block Convertible Restomod

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CONTINUATION OF THE BUILD
Body & Engine Work - 11/22
Built some custom angle type bonding strips for reattaching the broken body sections. Formed them over angle iron, rough sanded, cut-to-length
   
The bonding pieces worked great - the body stands stiff without the blocks underneath the rear ...fully supported by the repaired areas
William making it dooms-day for the paint on this hood
Then he attacked the bottom of the hood - all that is left are some areas that will have to be soda blasted
Focus was on some areas that were needing repair in structural corners of the body
the fenders are rough blocked - very smooth now - ready for sealer / primer and final blocking.
       
More Paint Stripping - 11/27-29
William started diligently stripping paint from the underside of the deck lid ...sanded what could be, then went to soda blasting the hard tight corners.
   
       
C6 Seat Investigation - 12/7
First time to ever take a C6 seat apart ...lots of mechanical components under it.

Now I can see how much of the frame and foam will need to be cut to make it look correct
       
   
More Paint Stripping - 11/27-29
Mr. Sandman (William) started diligently stripping paint from the underside of the deckled ...sanded what could be, then went to soda blasting the hard tight corners.
He did an awesome job on the underside of the L88 hood, even inside the air cleaner compartment
       
Next he started on the rough 2nd deck lid, which we decided will be used for some customization tricks - not the good original deck lid
       
The previous repairs to the rear deck were sub-par ...so the correct contour has now been recreated with fiberglass / duraglass
       
Putting a metal cage on it - 12/11
It took some effort to slide the metal cart halo over the body ...William slid them under while I head up that end of the body
   
   
Removing the body from the Wooden Cart - 12/12
We pulled the '67 outside and used the engine hoist to lift the body off the wooden cart - then onto the metal cage
       
Now we can rotate the body on the side or upside down - next to power wash the underside
   
The sun is setting on another productive week
       
Test Fitting the C6 Humps / Deck Lid - 12/17
The used C6 Deck Lid came in and it is in great shape
       
The deck lid is wider than the C2 - no surprise - not as flat either - but the humps will look good on the C2 deck
   
The C6 deck lid is definitely different than the C2
Pondering a concealment option for when the top is down.
       
More Efforts on the C6 Humps / Deck Lid - 12/18
Time to play wack a hump - cutting the humps out of the C6 deck lid
   
they are cut out ...all that is left is the outer shell
   
separated the skin from the support frame then cut the humps to be separate for spacing / fitment
   
they will look great!
       
we glassed the outside damaged areas of the old molested C2 deck lid before leaving
   
Time to Tackle the Underside - 12/20
Started the day working on the custom fabricated rain gutter for the engine compartment Then we moved on to working on the underside of the body
   
Years of undercoating and gunk had to be hand scraped
       
We got dirty however, lots was accomplished on this awesome weather December day
       
trying to decide what to do about either replacing these or bonding them solid
       
Starting to look good underneath we are definitely dirty after today's accomplishments
   
More Work on the Deck Lid & Underside - 12/21
You just can't do the job right without taking off the metal seat belt brackets and cleaning under them - they are open on the ends and lots of dirt gets behind them
   
William focused on the bottom of the deck lid more undesired body conditions were discovered as paint was removed
       
We accomplished a lot more under the body ...between William soda-blasting the underside of the deck lid and me soda-blasting the underside of the body, one might have thought it had been snowing
   
Looking much better after another day working under the body on a beautiful 79 degree day - in DECEMBER???
   
it is Beer-30 as the sun sets
a coyote watched us from a far; behind the shop
lots of planes in the sky
       
Glassing on the Underside - 12/23
What do you do when someone in the past cut off part of the bonding strips - you make a new one (untrimmed in these pics)
   
What do you do when you are tired of working on the topside of the car - you FLIP IT
       
now it was time to repair the bottom side - matching the repairs on the top ...plus a few found during cleaning
       
  William worked on glassing the backside of the deck lid - it will be slicked out to appear as one piece  
       
More Work on the Underside - 12/27
Trimed up the fiberglass angle that will be used to reconstruct the missing bonding strips in front of the rear wheel openings. These help with the attachment of the new rear quarter panel to the body
William started sand-blasting the metal today - this included the bird cage areas along with seat belt mounts, etc.
   
Lots of sanding on the previous patches - and applied more on other areas
       
The sun sets this evening after another very productive day
       
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Last Updated: 12/27/2020