FS: 1973 Dark Blue/Black Corvette Convertible 350/4 Speed
08-14-2015, 10:51 PM
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FS: 1973 Dark Blue/Black Corvette Convertible 350/4 Speed
FS: 1973 Dark Blue/Black Corvette Convertible – Restored, numbers matching 350 / 4-Speed
$26,000 Firm – Cincinnati, OH
Background
I have been restoring/building this vette for the past 3 years. It has been a labor of love for myself and my family. Fortunately or unfortunately my 5 year old twin girls have really taken a liking to the car (and cars in general) and I am in need of something with 4 seats. I am selling this to buy something that they can cruise in with me. I would really like them to enjoy the hobby with me.
I bought the car 3.5 years ago from the original owners widow. She was “pretty sure” he bought it new but said he sometimes bought cars that were a year old. I have almost no history on the car except he loved it and it was hard for her to let it go. I promised to restore it and enjoy it (which I have)! I have 700+ pictures of the restoration, it’s not a NCRS type of restoration but I feel like it was tastefully upgraded for drivability and enjoyment in the spirit of the car. I have a huge stack of receipts, and I have boxes of original parts that haven’t been restored but I didn’t want to throw away. For example, ignition shielding, original seats, radio, air conditioning parts, air cleaner, original gas tank (Has some of the build sheet on it), nuts/bolts, etc. All of that will go with the car! The car runs and drives great. It has just had a full 4 wheel alignment and a tune up at the local shop. Both guys that drove it said the car was awesome and they would drive it anywhere and everywhere!
Chassis
Frame completely stripped, #4 body mounts replaced, complete frame powder coated Black
Upper/Lower control arms stripped, powder coated, new bushings, new ball joints
VB&P Springs, 550lb front, 360lb Composite Monospring rear
Bilstien shocks front and rear
Ecklers Sway Bar Handling Kit – Stage 2
• Anti-Sway Bar System, 7/8", Rear, Adjustable
• Anti-Sway Bar System, 1-1/8", Front, Adjustable
Corvette Strut Rod Kit, With Heavy-Duty Heim Joint Ends (rear)
Rebuilt trailing arms
New Rally Wheels and White Lettered BFG Tires
Steering
New tie rod ends
Rebuilt control valve and hydraulic ram
Rebuilt steering pump
Steering box rebuild (balanced and blueprinted) by Gary Ramadei
Flaming River u joint in place of the rag joint
Transmission / Differential
Original Muncie M20 cleaned and rebuilt with new syncros, bearings, and seals
Rebuilt Hurst shifter from early 70’s
Rear end cleaned and rebuilt by DTS in Detroit
Brakes (Non Power)
Wilwood:
• D8-4 Caliper, Pad, and Line Kit (Part #140-10789) for Both Front Wheels
• D8-4 Caliper, Pad, and Line Kit (Part #140-10790) for Both Rear Wheels
New Stainless brake lines front to back with flexible caliper lines
New Master cylinder
Engine
Original Chevy 350 block rebuilt by Central Virginia Machine
• World products S/R heads
• 9.3:1 compression flat top pistons
• Mild street/strip Comp XE cam
• Comp Roller tip rockers
• Pertronix Igniter III installed in stock distributer
• Pertronix Flame Thrower III ignition coil
• Hooker long tube headers
• Hooker dual exhaust
• Edelbrock aluminum intake
• Holley 4165 double pump quadrajet replacement
• New waterpump, fuel pump, alternator, hoses, belts, etc
• 4 core big block aluminum radiator (no cooling issues!)
New fuel tank, stainless fuel lines, rubber lines, fuel sender, filter, rollover valve
Interior
I restored what I could and replaced what was too worn out…
All the gauges work minus the clock
New door panels, carpet, rear compartment, center dash, shift console, parking brake console, map pocket, etc
Heat and sound barrier applied before carpet installation
Dash is original with a minor dip on the driver side speaker grill (Hard to see but worth noting)
New windshield (pilkington), original side glass with all new rollers, etc for the manual windows
Fiero seats adapted to Corvette tracks with Mr. Mike’s Fiero seat kit including C3 corvette logo’s embroidered in them
New shoulder belts
Classic Autosound radio with headphone connection to AUX device
14” Steering wheel (original will go with the car)
Body
Body was removed from frame and restored by a corvette restoration specialist. He spent a couple hundred hours getting the body right and then painting and polishing everything.
Birdcage was OK when removed. It did require adding reinforcements in the #3 location, they used ZIP brackets and welded them in. To help ensure a solid foundation I had them also install the ZIP rocker channels as well. 90% of the birdcage was good, we lifted the body off the frame using the rockers, I just felt better with the increased reinforcement in that area. The windshield header and corners were replaced due to minor rust. Finally, new seatbelt reinforcements were added to the bottom as well. I feel like rust in these area’s is a cancer that would continue to get worse, so we proactively replaced those area’s of the birdcage.
The paint and body was done using high quality PPG products.
• 927 – Dark Blue Metallic (Originally Elkhart Green)
The doors, hood, decklid all operate well, the body lines are nice, and the gaps are all good
Bumpers are re-chromed originals
All original stainless, straightened and polished
Headlight system was completely rebuilt and the go up and down as expected
Heater/AC controls have been rebuilt
Rebuilt wiper motor
TO DO:
The convertible top needs to be restored and recovered
Weather strip needs to be installed (I have door, hood, and decklid weather strip that will go with the car)
Spare tire tub was missing when I bought the car (Most of the rest of the pieces are there, lid, hardware, lock, etc)
Need to chase down a ground issue in the dash. I believe all of these to be related
• Interior lights don’t work (all new bulbs and new headlight switch)
• Wiper switch doesn’t work (rebuilt motor works)
• Blower motor doesn’t work (new switch so may be the ground or fuse able link)
Rear compartment needs to be screwed in and latches to be installed
If you are interested please PM me here, or email me at scozimm@yahoo.com.
$26,000 Firm – Cincinnati, OH
Background
I have been restoring/building this vette for the past 3 years. It has been a labor of love for myself and my family. Fortunately or unfortunately my 5 year old twin girls have really taken a liking to the car (and cars in general) and I am in need of something with 4 seats. I am selling this to buy something that they can cruise in with me. I would really like them to enjoy the hobby with me.
I bought the car 3.5 years ago from the original owners widow. She was “pretty sure” he bought it new but said he sometimes bought cars that were a year old. I have almost no history on the car except he loved it and it was hard for her to let it go. I promised to restore it and enjoy it (which I have)! I have 700+ pictures of the restoration, it’s not a NCRS type of restoration but I feel like it was tastefully upgraded for drivability and enjoyment in the spirit of the car. I have a huge stack of receipts, and I have boxes of original parts that haven’t been restored but I didn’t want to throw away. For example, ignition shielding, original seats, radio, air conditioning parts, air cleaner, original gas tank (Has some of the build sheet on it), nuts/bolts, etc. All of that will go with the car! The car runs and drives great. It has just had a full 4 wheel alignment and a tune up at the local shop. Both guys that drove it said the car was awesome and they would drive it anywhere and everywhere!
Chassis
Frame completely stripped, #4 body mounts replaced, complete frame powder coated Black
Upper/Lower control arms stripped, powder coated, new bushings, new ball joints
VB&P Springs, 550lb front, 360lb Composite Monospring rear
Bilstien shocks front and rear
Ecklers Sway Bar Handling Kit – Stage 2
• Anti-Sway Bar System, 7/8", Rear, Adjustable
• Anti-Sway Bar System, 1-1/8", Front, Adjustable
Corvette Strut Rod Kit, With Heavy-Duty Heim Joint Ends (rear)
Rebuilt trailing arms
New Rally Wheels and White Lettered BFG Tires
Steering
New tie rod ends
Rebuilt control valve and hydraulic ram
Rebuilt steering pump
Steering box rebuild (balanced and blueprinted) by Gary Ramadei
Flaming River u joint in place of the rag joint
Transmission / Differential
Original Muncie M20 cleaned and rebuilt with new syncros, bearings, and seals
Rebuilt Hurst shifter from early 70’s
Rear end cleaned and rebuilt by DTS in Detroit
Brakes (Non Power)
Wilwood:
• D8-4 Caliper, Pad, and Line Kit (Part #140-10789) for Both Front Wheels
• D8-4 Caliper, Pad, and Line Kit (Part #140-10790) for Both Rear Wheels
New Stainless brake lines front to back with flexible caliper lines
New Master cylinder
Engine
Original Chevy 350 block rebuilt by Central Virginia Machine
• World products S/R heads
• 9.3:1 compression flat top pistons
• Mild street/strip Comp XE cam
• Comp Roller tip rockers
• Pertronix Igniter III installed in stock distributer
• Pertronix Flame Thrower III ignition coil
• Hooker long tube headers
• Hooker dual exhaust
• Edelbrock aluminum intake
• Holley 4165 double pump quadrajet replacement
• New waterpump, fuel pump, alternator, hoses, belts, etc
• 4 core big block aluminum radiator (no cooling issues!)
New fuel tank, stainless fuel lines, rubber lines, fuel sender, filter, rollover valve
Interior
I restored what I could and replaced what was too worn out…
All the gauges work minus the clock
New door panels, carpet, rear compartment, center dash, shift console, parking brake console, map pocket, etc
Heat and sound barrier applied before carpet installation
Dash is original with a minor dip on the driver side speaker grill (Hard to see but worth noting)
New windshield (pilkington), original side glass with all new rollers, etc for the manual windows
Fiero seats adapted to Corvette tracks with Mr. Mike’s Fiero seat kit including C3 corvette logo’s embroidered in them
New shoulder belts
Classic Autosound radio with headphone connection to AUX device
14” Steering wheel (original will go with the car)
Body
Body was removed from frame and restored by a corvette restoration specialist. He spent a couple hundred hours getting the body right and then painting and polishing everything.
Birdcage was OK when removed. It did require adding reinforcements in the #3 location, they used ZIP brackets and welded them in. To help ensure a solid foundation I had them also install the ZIP rocker channels as well. 90% of the birdcage was good, we lifted the body off the frame using the rockers, I just felt better with the increased reinforcement in that area. The windshield header and corners were replaced due to minor rust. Finally, new seatbelt reinforcements were added to the bottom as well. I feel like rust in these area’s is a cancer that would continue to get worse, so we proactively replaced those area’s of the birdcage.
The paint and body was done using high quality PPG products.
• 927 – Dark Blue Metallic (Originally Elkhart Green)
The doors, hood, decklid all operate well, the body lines are nice, and the gaps are all good
Bumpers are re-chromed originals
All original stainless, straightened and polished
Headlight system was completely rebuilt and the go up and down as expected
Heater/AC controls have been rebuilt
Rebuilt wiper motor
TO DO:
The convertible top needs to be restored and recovered
Weather strip needs to be installed (I have door, hood, and decklid weather strip that will go with the car)
Spare tire tub was missing when I bought the car (Most of the rest of the pieces are there, lid, hardware, lock, etc)
Need to chase down a ground issue in the dash. I believe all of these to be related
• Interior lights don’t work (all new bulbs and new headlight switch)
• Wiper switch doesn’t work (rebuilt motor works)
• Blower motor doesn’t work (new switch so may be the ground or fuse able link)
Rear compartment needs to be screwed in and latches to be installed
If you are interested please PM me here, or email me at scozimm@yahoo.com.
Last edited by ZIMMC5; 08-23-2015 at 08:28 PM.
08-23-2015, 08:29 PM
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Thanks for the nice comments!
Thought I would try eBay at 26k no reserve:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271962229100...84.m1555.l2649
Thanks - Scott
Thought I would try eBay at 26k no reserve:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271962229100...84.m1555.l2649
Thanks - Scott
