ptjsk

That's looking great! Looks like an outstanding chassis as well. Did it come with those wheels too?

Thanks for the updates,

Pat

Railroadman

Yes it did. Seller started going the NCRS route and did the chassis accordingly. Over time the plans changed and it's now going to be a resto-mod, thus making the chassis surplus to his needs. It's killing me, I'm itching to spend time on the car but we're going away to visit family for a few days. That will be nice too, but the car is calling me!

Hermn59

Good things come to those who wait. What a score! Looking forward to new progress reports.

Railroadman

I know. There's a 3-year old granddaughter who is just ecstatic that "Eepah" and Grandma are coming to visit, and a 5-month old who has now learned to sit up and reach out for her sister. There's not much that can compete with working on the Vette, but they go to the front of the line.

Westlotorn

Great looking Frame but you have to spend time with the grandkids when you can. They grow up so fast, catch them while you can.

67's

Don,
Great bones to build off, I assume that was Larry's '65 chassis?

Tom M

Railroadman

Correct! It's going to make me feel just a bit guilty having such a nice starting point for a driver, seems like I should be making the rest of the car that nice too. But already we have project creep, and I'm not getting any younger. I just want to put a few miles on it without waiting another couple years or more. Not sure if it will be this summer or next but hopefully it will move along.

EDIT - Believe it's a '66 chassis but it did come from Larry. I checked out quite a few and may have had a brain failure on the year.

Westlotorn

Looks like big block caps on the drive shaft?
I did not see a rear sway bar though.

jimgessner

WOW !! You have made so much progress. I reviewed this entire story today. YES.........LOT'S OF WORK, but it will feel so good when you get it done. YOU SAVED this car. Let us know if we can help. Often, we have treasures of parts lying around, that need to go to a good home.

Factoid

Love the progress, Don, and I love ‘64s so much I own two! Keep up the good work and keep posting your excellent progress.

64SilverbluePhx

Railroadman your chassis find is a beauty! Your '64 is coming along nicely. You guys redoing cars and sharing what you are doing and finding along the way, gives me courage to keep going on ours too! I could not have accomplished what I have done without you guys posting diagrams, pics and sharing what you are doing, or have done in the past..Thanks again all!

Railroadman

I'm back from a visit with the grandkids. Brooklyn and Manhattan are fun to visit, but damn, everything moves at a fast pace! Walk to subway, ride subway, change trains, up to the surface, get coffee, tour our son's office, see all 9 or 10 floors of Macy's, wait 35 minutes in line for a piece of pizza, back to the subway, etc, etc....and that's all in about 4 hours time or so! Not sure I could keep up with that full-time - or maybe it would be good for me!

Anyway, back to Corvette things and Jim, you are right, I probably saved the car from being parted out. As I said in several posts, it's the journey not the destination. I could have bought something turnkey but I am just enough to ENJOY getting dirty, soaking my clothes with PB Blaster, snapping off stuck bolts, skinning knuckles and all the other fun - and satisfaction - that this project brings. And I have learned SO much already about how these cars are made and repaired. No amount of reading can replace actually doing it yourself.

And I'll second what 64SilverBluePhoenix says - the members of this forum are the silent partners in this - it's actually a team effort. Some have given advice, some have given parts, all have given encouragement. I thank you all, and I try when possible to share my experience - the good and the mistakes - so the next guy can enjoy HIS project!

Railroadman

Some good progress over the weekend, fun to take a step or two forward. I'll make two separate posts as the areas are quite different.

First, my radiator core support was in good shape - EXCEPT for the bottom couple inches, which was mostly just gone from rust. Seemed a shame to shell out $300 for a new one, but fortunately a search on here turned up an old thread saying Paragon sells a replacement piece. It's their part # 1716, it's $100, and it's just what the doctor ordered. That arrived a couple weeks ago.

Saturday a buddy came over and he's an old hot-rod builder who has much better fabrication and welding skills than I do. And he had a bunch of parts which needed sandblasting. SO while I blasted, he cut and welded and put the new piece in. For those contemplating this, he said the worst part of the job was getting the old part off, there were several spot welds on each side which were a PITA.

Anyway, we both finished about the same time so it was a good deal for both of us. yesterday and today I cleaned it off shot an etching primer, and the finish coat, and here you have it!

Before:



After:

elwood13

Looks good Don.

Railroadman

Second of two posts re weekend progress. Since this car will be a driver, I am able to cut a few corners which will save money. The rear license plate bracket was shabby, while the license plate light assembly was junk, totally shot. Some months ago I made contact on here with a forum member who has been a big help. Since we took communication to email and I deleted the old PM's I can't recall his screen name, but Ric from Canada and I worked out a trade for a part off my old chassis (the one which broke in half.) In return he sent me a light assembly which looked nasty but was still way better than what I had, and more importantly it works!

So a little work with the bead blaster, some primer, and some Rustoleum "chrome" paint, and what a difference! The two parts together would be about $200, I think the Rustoleum was about $5. No, it wouldn't go well in judging, but for something to enjoy, it will certainly do for now! Some good people on here!

My bracket before the work:






The light assembly Ric traded to me:



I will be buying a new gasket and a new plastic lens, and doing some clean-up around the socket etc, but here's the result:

vwtdi

Looking great!

67's

Don,
The way the weather is this year, you might be done by the time the snow leaves.

Tom M

Railroadman

Tom, I'm considering a thread "So what brand of snow tires should I put on my Vette?"

Check out what's under my very first car, winter of '67-'68. And while I have no pics of them on it, I DID put snow tires under my 67 BB for the winter of '69-'70. Many of us drove them year round back then, strange as it seems today.

67's

My father drove a '63 coupe year round in the 60's.

Gavin65

They were just cars, people just used them, and they still are just cars, I don't think I would put snow tires on mine today or drive around in the snow, but I do wish there was a longer driving season . yes I know move down south.