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1967 Corvette with orange chassis
I purchased this Corvette from a friend that's on this site. Tim did a great job of representing the car and I was very happy when it arrived. One thing he made clear was that sometime in its life the entire undercarriage was painted orange and to correct this, someone painted black over the orange. This sounded like a nightmare, but I liked the car so much, I moved forward.
Here are some before and after of the chassis after 80 hours and lots of paint stripper, lacquer thinner, steel wool and mineral spirits. Everything took four coats of stripper to get the black and orange off. I was able to preserve much of the originality of the chassis. Ice blasting would have been easier, but I figured it would have cost about $4,000. |
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Here are a few of the rear of the car after.
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WOW, my fingers hurt just looking at the end result. It's amazing what lengths a Corvette Guy will go through to make something "Right". I applaud you. Bill
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I love it when a good car falls into the hands of the right owners who sacrifice the effort to make it a great car!! Tim and Tim are the best.
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#5
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It's nearly a twin to your car, Bill.
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Wow, that was a lot of work.
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Freddie 1969 Camaro RS/SS396 (427) 4 speed |
#7
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Looks Great!! You worked your ass off!!
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Oh Boy ….. I agree with post #3 BBB because my fingers are numb just reading this, plus I feel a little high from the fumes.
I sure hope the involved on this project wore their PPE. Now let’s see the Vette that received this TLC.
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1965 GTO Unrestored Survivor 389 / 335 4 BBL. 1966 GTO Unrestored Survivor 389 / 360 Tri-Power Early (63-66) Schwinn Stingrays, all Unrestored Survivors |
#9
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Here's some shots in the garage. Nice original car with great paperwork and original driveline. It's a real sidepipe car, too.
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The white top has been replaced with a black top, but I have an original white top in the works. It has just the correct amount of patina.
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