[C2] Burroughs 65 mistake
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Burning Brakes
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Burroughs 65 mistake
I was looking through Dave Burroughs' book on his restoration of the 65 396 Corvette. On page 94 it looks like he has the KO wheels on the wrong side. Am I late to the party and this mistake has been mentioned before? Anyway it seems like a strange mistake on a car so well researched and restored.
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I was looking through Dave Burroughs' book on his restoration of the 65 396 Corvette. On page 94 it looks like he has the KO wheels on the wrong side. Am I late to the party and this mistake has been mentioned before? Anyway it seems like a strange mistake on a car so well researched and restored.
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Both sides tighten toward the rear DS clockwise, PS counter clockwise.
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that's the way it's designed, but this wheel would have to be clockwise to loosen if you look at the slope of the spinner, so it's for the other side. The OFF letters and arrow would be facing the rear the way this one is installed. Someone just made a mistake on this one.
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that's the way it's designed, but this wheel would have to be clockwise to loosen if you look at the slope of the spinner, so it's for the other side. The OFF letters and arrow would be facing the rear the way this one is installed. Someone just made a mistake on this one.
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What I find most interesting about the Burroughs book is that the car he restored really needed very little work. By today's standards it would have been a Survivor car. Compare that to people having to rebuild/replace their birdcage as the starting point in their restoration project.
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