bird nest?
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From: Newburgh NY
I'm going to guess and say you are referring to the "Bird Cage" which is the underlying steel structure of a Corvette body that the fiberglass panels are attached to. These are also prone to rust as are the frames in some climates. Especially around the windshield area.
ps: Picture stolen from another forum member who did an incredible resto job.
ps: Picture stolen from another forum member who did an incredible resto job.
Team Owner
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From: CA
Check out this link it will give an idea of what i am talking about.
http://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_...20Birdcage.jpg
jack
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From: Inverness FL
St. Jude Donor '07
hmmmm.... i THINK you mean 'birdcage'; if so, it's the steel structural cage the body panels are attached to in a C2 coupe.
otherwise, the only thing i can think of is the snarl of line i used to get in a casting reel back when i was a kid...
Bill
otherwise, the only thing i can think of is the snarl of line i used to get in a casting reel back when i was a kid...
Bill
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From: Tampa, FL & Harleysville, PA
Last year I helped a club member strip his birdcage on his C2. The stripper got messy, so we put newspaper around the floor. I then started to laugh, Mark started laughing too! Afterwords he said what was so funny, I said when we are done, make sure you change the newspaper under the birdcage. We laughed again..... It helps when you had a few beers! ha ha ha!!! 
rustylugnuts
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From: Beaufort SC
Any bird cage pictures from inside?
After reading some threads on this forum about bird cage rust I went out and looked my son's 64 coupe ( I have it while he is at sea in the Navy) from under the driver side dash and pulled the glove box. I think things looked very good. I could not see any rust and thought I could see an odd dull green paint (which I assume is the original primer.)
Does anyone have any decent pictures taken from the inside of the car that shows a good example of the way the bird cage that can bee seen from there should look and maybe someone else has a picture of a rusted bird cage for comparison. I realize there is a whole lot more than just what can be seen from looking inside a assembled car from the floorboard but it is a start.
One reason I am asking the question is that the last time it sat out during a rain storm we got a soaked floorboard so I thought it might be the birdcage. However, it looked pretty good to me from the inside so I wanted to get some info and.
Thanks
Does anyone have any decent pictures taken from the inside of the car that shows a good example of the way the bird cage that can bee seen from there should look and maybe someone else has a picture of a rusted bird cage for comparison. I realize there is a whole lot more than just what can be seen from looking inside a assembled car from the floorboard but it is a start.
One reason I am asking the question is that the last time it sat out during a rain storm we got a soaked floorboard so I thought it might be the birdcage. However, it looked pretty good to me from the inside so I wanted to get some info and.
Thanks
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