jrm5657

Sander,
Those slots are pretty common, it is where the seat cushion hooks over the frame. I am not sure if the factory did it that way, but most of them I have seen looked just like yours.
Maybe JohnZ can chime in with his comment.
Jim

corvettesander

looks like it was done by a acetylene torch by Bubba
is this only with the early c1's ? the 58 and 60 i had did not have these slots

1bdvet

This is excellent restorations pictures, car coming along great, ad can't wait to see finish product.

What's the EST completion date.

Robert61

I finally figured out how to view these pics. Thanks for posting them first off. If you don't mind a few questions. Did you make a repair piece for the hood rather than just laminating new material to the hole? It appears you held a patch in place with the Clecos. How do you color the fiberglass to match the existing material? Great work and very interesting!

corvettesander

Hi Robert

the hole is Laminated with new material i first enlarged the hole with rounded edges as i marked off in this picture


then milled out the surrounding edge with an router for enough overlap
(where i did not took a picture off before i started with fiberglass)

the Clecos are holding a piece of sheetmetal shaped to the hood curve (taped up with regular packing tape that prevent the fiberglass from sticking)



i dye the resin with Paint pigment i had can's of 1 Gallon ea. and dyed the can at once. used a large bucket and mixed it in with White, then add a tiny bit of Yellow to match it to the original panel color.

corvettesander

uhm ? would'nt that be dangerous and stupid to set a completion date

well normaly it takes me a year to restore a Car and i am somewhat halfway i guess

corvettesander

got the seat frame's fixed up, got them both sand blasted now.
one seat had the front lower crossbar pretty danged up ,
so made a new piece for that

Robert61

Well all I can say is I've got to upgrade my skill set!

6D2148

I see in the pics that you put tension on the leaf springs with the redound straps and it looks like blocks of wood under the upper arms to put tension on the coils. Did you do this to "break in" new springs so ride height would be correct sooner? Chip

corvettesander

the wood blocks are just for ride height and to prevent the rubber bumper stops to be destroyed

corvettesander

started on disassembly of the seats
the spring pockets are pretty shot

corvettesander

got all seats disassembled and pulled the seat tracks apart and sandblasted them.

also found a tag on one seatback with a date on it

groovyjay

Great project!

corvettesander

last week i have got the seat tracks zinc plated and assembled back together, the seat spring frames sandblasted ready for primer/paint








the lower windshield molding inner edge was rough/bend and cleaned this up





today afternoon i have picked up (in style )my second large parts order that i have been collecting up in Ca. and let it ship all together at ones

Blk63Vette

Love this thread!!

corvettesander

working on the small things
cleaned up the gauges new lenses and some have new chrome trim

emccomas

Great thread, and ever better work on the car, well done sir.

I am curious if this car (1261) has an original Corvette engine. Do you have any pictures of the engine pad and the casting date of the block.

I am also very interested in what appear to be "306" heads on this engine. Did you by chance capture the date codes of the heads?

Keep up the great work, and most important to me, keep sharing the fabulous effort.

Dave1998

Totally agree !

corvettesander

corvettesander

this weekend i have been working on the clock cleaned the inner movement and switch contacts but found out one of the coils defective, i still had a parts clock from a 58-62 clock , and luckily the lower coil plate is the same. the clock works now but once on the 10 wound ups it starts to chatter so it needs a little more attention.






also worked a bit on the body to make the headlight chrome rings
fit,
the surface of the edge is not straight so made 2 guide rings for fiberglass work