Looks fantastic!
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Bill, the 12 mile 1967 L88 chassis was painted white. I know of another low mile C2 Corvette with a chassis painted a strange color. Those cars were my guide to cleaning this one.
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As expected from a true fanatic, the result is astounding. I was drawn to that car like moth to flame when I saw it in Rochester. I was so surprised/excited when Tim WI announced he had bought it. The color combo, other than the black top, is about my favorite for that year. Knowing it came with white and you are correcting that makes it perfect.
My question is, at what point during this process did you question your sanity for NOT taking it for dry ice blasting...:grin: I feel certain that thought went thru the gray matter, maybe more than once. Been there, done that with processes I should have jobbed out. |
Mitch, I have a friend that used Ice Blasting and they were a bit too agressive on a nice original '67. I wanted to control the porcess and I wanted to keep the cost in line. The sweat equity really bonds me to a car when I revive a chassis. I have a 17000 mile 1970 to approach next. It was undercoated from new and will be much like this project.
I questioned my sanity after working on the left rear for 10 hours one weekend and seeing good results, but wondering if I could get the same results on the rest of the car. I can still go back and find more to do if I look. Everything was orange/black, control arms, front and rear springs, wheel wells, sway bars, half shafts, splash shields. The worst part was removing the gloss black paint to see bright orange, I felt worse as I progressed to see more orange. |
----Tim,,,I feel like I might have hijacked your thread a bit. Hope it's OK? What a masterful job you did on this 67. Don't think I could have done it. Just really super cool!....Bill S
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Bill, not at all, you know I value your input. I enjoy hearing about the 12 mile L88 and Jerome S. I still have the June 1982 Hemmings with that car and other amazing cars for sale in a full page add.
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