[C2] 64 back on the road!
01-21-2017, 01:53 PM
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Melting Slicks
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64 back on the road!
It's been 4 1/2 years of full body-off restore, yesterday she passed the technical inspection (mandatory in Belgium to get a license plate ) without any problems, thanks to the help from a lot of you 
Very few things left to do, like putting the covers on the headlights.
Very few things left to do, like putting the covers on the headlights.
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01-21-2017, 02:46 PM
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Enjoy while you can.
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Congrats, a stunning corvette. Enjoy em while you can
01-21-2017, 02:56 PM
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A beautiful Corvette. I've always like 64's. 64 and 66 always had a bad reputation as being the odd years or less desirable. Definitely a bunch of bull.
01-21-2017, 04:09 PM
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Great work, beautiful car!
01-21-2017, 07:36 PM
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1964 has always been my favorite year- though I love them all.
For years I have watched your progress and I cannot underscore how tremendous your work has been. I congratulate you and your lovely wife on the success!
Benton
For years I have watched your progress and I cannot underscore how tremendous your work has been. I congratulate you and your lovely wife on the success!
Benton
01-21-2017, 07:47 PM
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Nice work, and beautifully photographed.
01-21-2017, 08:43 PM
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Racer
Looks great!
all that hard work has paid off......... now enjoy !
all that hard work has paid off......... now enjoy !
01-21-2017, 08:56 PM
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01-21-2017, 11:26 PM
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01-22-2017, 04:24 AM
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Melting Slicks
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Some more details about the job done:
- full body off
- body taken down to panel skin, correcting countless 'bubba' repairs
- body restore and repaint (myself, a colossal job by the way...)
- chassis chemically cleaned and repainted/waxed inside out
- new front and leaf springs
- new wheel bearings and spindles
- new shocks
- new rubbers
- 350 crate (after taking 327 apart and concluding rebuild too expensive)
- 2" exhaust sytem, for (very) silent operation (which is what I wanted for cruising)
- 5 speed Keissler 400 transmission
- new 3.36 rear end
- new drum sets all round
- convert to dual master and power brakes
- Vintage air aircon
- Borgeson power steering
- sound/heat insulation Dynamat all round
- all new wiring harnesses
- install headlights relays
- new KO wheels and radial tires
- lowered seats and gained inches of headroom
- cut firewall and advance several inches for more legroom
- reshaped pedal geometry for more legroom
- restored seats, new leather covering
- new door panels
- full restore of gauge cluster and console
- DIY moulded headliner for more headroom (not a lot but every bit counts)
- a modern handsfree radio/phone system hidden into a slightly raise armrest (I have the original radio working too and connected to the aux input)
- volume/station/ selection through power window switches.
- takeCall/rejectCall/Siri buttons hidden in ashtray (still need to hook them up)
- a zillion other things, all supposed to take just a bit of time usually turning out into a lot of time.
I am not a well trained or long time car mechanic. Have done a cobra replica before though. This 64 restore would simply have been impossible without the help of so many on this forum. It took me 1272 posts
- full body off
- body taken down to panel skin, correcting countless 'bubba' repairs
- body restore and repaint (myself, a colossal job by the way...)
- chassis chemically cleaned and repainted/waxed inside out
- new front and leaf springs
- new wheel bearings and spindles
- new shocks
- new rubbers
- 350 crate (after taking 327 apart and concluding rebuild too expensive)
- 2" exhaust sytem, for (very) silent operation (which is what I wanted for cruising)
- 5 speed Keissler 400 transmission
- new 3.36 rear end
- new drum sets all round
- convert to dual master and power brakes
- Vintage air aircon
- Borgeson power steering
- sound/heat insulation Dynamat all round
- all new wiring harnesses
- install headlights relays
- new KO wheels and radial tires
- lowered seats and gained inches of headroom
- cut firewall and advance several inches for more legroom
- reshaped pedal geometry for more legroom
- restored seats, new leather covering
- new door panels
- full restore of gauge cluster and console
- DIY moulded headliner for more headroom (not a lot but every bit counts)
- a modern handsfree radio/phone system hidden into a slightly raise armrest (I have the original radio working too and connected to the aux input)
- volume/station/ selection through power window switches.
- takeCall/rejectCall/Siri buttons hidden in ashtray (still need to hook them up)
- a zillion other things, all supposed to take just a bit of time usually turning out into a lot of time.
I am not a well trained or long time car mechanic. Have done a cobra replica before though. This 64 restore would simply have been impossible without the help of so many on this forum. It took me 1272 posts
Last edited by alexandervdr; 01-22-2017 at 04:24 AM.
01-22-2017, 07:48 AM
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Well Done! Great looking '64 and nice photography too. From one '64 Coupe, red, owner to another... glad to see another one on the road.
Great looking '64 and nice photography too. From one '64 Coupe, red, owner to another... glad to see another one on the road.