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05-26-2015, 08:22 PM | #61 |
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Re: 58 Corvette RACEtoration is back online!
Thanks Wade, I look forward to the next chapter.
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08-12-2015, 11:01 PM | #62 |
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Re: 58 Corvette RACEtoration is back online!
Any updates available????
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08-17-2015, 10:13 AM | #63 |
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Re: 58 Corvette RACEtoration is back online!
You should use some sort mid engine support. Like a mid plate. A friend ran the same car with a two four 283 and a stick. He couldn't shift the the car until he made mounts to the bell housing like the tri five passenger cars. This happened even with a Lakewood bell housing. Looks like a very nice car and brought back memories of running a car like yours.
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09-19-2015, 05:50 AM | #64 |
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Re: 58 Corvette RACEtoration is back online!
Yes the mid mount was in place early on, you can see it in the photos if you look closely.
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12-30-2015, 12:42 PM | #65 |
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Re: 58 Corvette RACEtoration is back online!
Wade, got any new updates....
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01-04-2016, 10:38 PM | #66 |
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Re: 58 Corvette RACEtoration is back online!
The 58 is sitting, I walk by it almost daily. I stumbled onto a 62 barn find in my neighborhood. Been sitting for 38 years. Stripped it down to raw glass, and found more than I bargained for... (been hit a few times)... I had to redo all the repairs. Then learn body work and paint... Just finished final sanding, and looking to paint it myself also. Then I need a few months to make it road worthy. Everything that had fluid is replaced ie fuel, brakes, water. It was a mess... but what a journey
This is what I found once I got all the paint and plastic off... both front fenders were this bad... and the nose as well....wow, what a fight I had This is what it looks like now after learning the body & paint trade, just before Red Paint. I figure the 58 should be a piece of cake after this 62 mess |
10-22-2017, 09:22 AM | #67 |
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Re: 58 Corvette RACEtoration is back online!
Wade,
You have a PM. |
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