Boozshey

The car belongs to my girl's dad. He has owned the car since 1966 and was his daily driver for a while. So much so, it has 136,000 miles on the clock. The last time the car was registered was 1971 and since has been parked in a garage under a tarp, a platform built around it and then was walled in with storage boxes. This would have been a true barn find to a stranger. Since the car has been stored so long not having the time to restore it, he reluctantly gave it up with the agreement he can drive it when he visits.

As of now, the plan is to just bring it back to life. All the pieces of the car are there and the car was modified; like most of us he is a car guy and modified it with things that were cool in that era.

When I dig more into I will know more what needs to be done besides the obvious...

revupL78

Nice ride. You better marry that girl. I just love photo's of old barn find corvettes on a trailer going to a new home.
Have fun
gregz

Kerrmudgeon

Welcome to the forum! Another 62 comes back to life.

I'd leave it as it is/was. It's a time capsule of years gone by. Clean it up, get it running and safe and drive the hell out of it.

I'm a 62 owner as well.

Martyt

I used to have a 62--- my favorite c1!!!

wmf62

well, i'd at least replace the vice grips with the right hood release handle...

Bill

Boozshey

Good eyes!

Kerrmudgeon

....I had the same "repair" on mine years ago! Bubba-ized.

bluestreak63

Nice to get one of those...

What condition is the motor in, since it's been sitting since 71?

Hopefully it's not frozen...

Frankie the Fink

The hood, big in-your-face tach, mags - typical mods of the time...
At least we know the previous owner really drove it - and probably hard !
Lack of the '62 nose emblem makes me wonder if its had front end repair or a clip
put on it....check out part alignment and the area around the radiator core support carefully.

GreaseMonkey

Had to go back and see where the vice grips were

Boozshey

He is the second owner. The first owner removed the front emblems/letters. It wasnt ever wrecked for sure. In fact i can see where they filled the holes for the emblem and can also reach behind and feel the studs where it used to mount to.

The car was for sure driven hard, both straight line and road courses. The engine is matching however it has been bored, balanced and blueprinted. The exact specs as of now are still a mystery. He doesnt remember the exact details.

DSR

I wish that car just pulled into my garage. I'd be driving it no time! Make it safe brakes, front end, tires and just have fun with it.
Dave

LAddams

We should all be so lucky to find a girl with one of those laying around.

Looks amazing as is. good luck with the repairs!

Fawndeuce

Congrats and welcome to the '62 club!
Looks like you have a heck of a nice setup there, since the Vette is new to you, what has been your automotive poison up until now? Looks like some type of mustang club poster in the background?



Paul

Boozshey

You nailed it, always been a mustang guy. I love cars so any car is great to me. This will however be the first vette ever in my garage.

GreaseMonkey

Nice dowrey

Canuck62

Welcome from another new 62 owner

Jermo

Looks about as good as our 62 looked when we pulled ours out of the barn last October. Have fun. You'll have lots of sleepless nights thinking what to do next! I agree clean it up get her running and drive her, that what we did.

In the Barn


And how it sets now, sure it needs paint,chrome and carpet, put it sure is fun driving it around town

Frankie the Fink

I was a Mustanger too....several '66s verts and fastbacks. You will find that things are the vette are a little tricker to work on!

Time to put a dash pad in a 1st generation Mustang: 4 hours (beer breaks included).

Time to put a dash pad in a 1st generation Corvette: 4 days and nerve-wracking as all heck !

Plenty of C1 wisdom available right here tho..

Canuck62

I sold my 69 mustang a few months ago,,
the 69 dash must be a lot easier to remove and install then other year mustangs
I could take it out in 20 minutes,, and back just as quick
soon after I get my 62 Corvette back from the shop (brakes and front end work) I will be attempting to remove the gauge cluster,,, gotta feeling from some research on here,,, it might be a couple hours to remove