Hello again...after searching and saving for quite a while, I brought home a '67 coupe a few months ago. Thanks for all who offered advice on my question of "C2 Coupe versus C2 roadster with a hardtop" for a traveling car used for inter-state touring. This is my second C2, the first was a roadster.

Long story short: found this coupe with five-speed, Vintage Air, original 327, front-mount pulley kit, super-clean chassis with fiberglass spring and Bilsteins; Detroit Speed rear adjusters. Wilwood calipers front and rear. Non-boosted brakes with new master. Headers, Holley double-pumper. Electric fan with shroud. Tilt steering. Great blue-tooth stereo. New and improved wiper motors. Interior is quite worn, appears to be stock carpet with newer headliner and door panels. Paint is a re-do with "not-careful" masking.

Details about the car were slim as I bought it from a dealer, but I received a folder full of parts info.

So far I've replaced the iron heads with aluminum Edelbrocks because the rocker arms were sawing the rocker-arm studs in half! I learned that when one broke! I'll get the stock heads redone. Ignition and carburetion have needed "a lot of time". Front springs weren't in the pockets. Body-mount bolts were loose, as were many other things. TKX mount was misaligned and rubbing metal to metal. Tailshaft housing of the TKX was rubbing on the e-brake guide wheel mount. All the glass has light scratching, as if dry-wiped for fifty years.

It appears to be a project that ran out of steam or money? Some things are really, really good...some are laughably bad. For me, an "enthusiastic but amateur" mechanic, it's the perfect car. I've now driven it three times, further each time, with no walking so far. Lots of things still to do, but I've found a forever car. I'm 64 now so only have another 60 years to enjoy it! Lots of plans for the winter...

Much thanks to this forum's knowledgable members, it's fantastic to have a C2 again...Nick

 

It looks good but as you well know, these older cars can look good but have lots of anomalies. But congratulations!

 

Awesome! Looks good. Congrats!

 

Looks great from these angles - please post more as you get it roadworthy.

 

Congrats. Looks like you have the perfect place to iron out all the bugs.

 

Welcome aboard and very nice car. Sounds like it will provide many smiles for you moving forward.

 

Got news for you. All these old Corvettes are "projects". LOL! Good luck with the improvements. No better car to work on while having fun!

 

Hard to believe any 50 plus year old car that you actually want to drive doesn't have needs. Based on the pictures you have a great starting point. Being white even if the paint is not up to your standards you most likely can finesse it into being acceptable. You can revitalize the interior as you go. The drivetrain combination should allow it to be very road worthy and most of all a great driver. Nice find. Good luck going forward and most of all enjoy the ride.

 

Congrats! It looks like a nice start, now you get to make it how you want it. I am in a pretty similar situation with mine, going through it and working on getting it more reliable and how I want mine to be.

 

Nice car and nice garage. Good luck with the project. Jerry

 

Congrats, is that a red interior? Lite scratches can be buffed out or greatly improved with glass polish. Check out utube for videos. We are looking forward to more pictures.

 

Love the car...LOVE the shop. Noticed the rear spring end retaining bolts...may want to address them at some point (they're WAY too long). Keep us posted with pics and any questions you may have.

 

Good job on spotting those -- I'd be surprised if they aren't hitting the roadway at times.

 

Thanks for the notes and pics...sorry for that long OP! Geez...but I'm having a blast with this thing.

Yes, red interior, pretty nice shape...headrest seats and three-point belts! I pulled the door panels and the headliner, added a bit of sound-deadening, repainted a few things. I'd say the car's biggest current problem is the window workings, vent-window fitment, window trimmings (completely worn out)...I've been looking through the site, gaining knowledge. Must admit that this job (window/door felts and fitment) scares me...

I already cut two inches off those rear spring bolts!!!! One of those items that just made me laugh when I first saw the car. Man, the builder may have really wanted it low! I'm pretty happy with the rear height, so final cutting is in the plans.

I've driven it four times now. The pic below is at a local Saturday-morning breakfast joint with the Pueblo West Lugnuts group. I had just parked when a red '65 pulled in and parked next to me. I shook Brian's hand and told him we must become friends! He's also intent on driving his coupe and enjoys working on them. Car pals!

At this point: Engine is smooth (see pic of new Edelbrock heads and CompCam roller rockers), driveline is not...increasing buzziness with speed...changes when accelerating (fairly smooth), light throttle (the roughest), decelerating (smooth). As mentioned earlier, trans mount was misaligned and tail housing was touching e-brake guide wheel, so I'm going to double-check all that, perhaps flip the driveshaft 180, pull the gearshift surround and make sure the trans has good floor clearances. Thoughts welcome...

Geez...more extended babbling...BUT IT'S JUST SO DAMN FUN LIVING THE VINTAGE LIFE! My main daily driver is a modded '67 El Camino so...I'll add a pic. Appreciate this site's knowledge, it's been a game changer from when I had my first C2.

 

Both cars look great. 'specially your El Camino. Have a long-running soft spot for '67. Had a red '67 El Camino, PO was regional Circle Track royalty; he'd put a pretty good ex-race 327 in it. Me: I badly totaled it during a hurricane-flooding; adios EC. Good luck w/ your project

 

Paint on the '67 looks great. That is 80% of the battle. Good for you.

 

Congratulations on your new best friend!
Enjoy the rides together!!