Hello everyone, as you can see this is my first post. I have been lurking and gathering information for my build. I am a DIY. It is and has always been my hobby. I started with a new 87 vette way back when, and then a 74, then a 65, and then a 04 Z06. They all are gone for one reason or another.

I purchased my latest vette a couple of weeks ago and started to tear her down first thing. I found a triple black with a factory hardtop with a very good body. It looked like someone threw up in the engine bay when I say it the first time .

The pictures say it all now. I started buying parts well before I even received the car. I am as OCD about working on a car as they come.

The theme is vetterod under the hood with stock on the outside. I am almost finished. I am waiting on the Be Cool radiator and I have a few odds and ends to finish. It will be on the road at the end of next week.

Upgrades include:
Electric fuel pump
Electric cooling fan
Electric water pump
New brake lines, calipers, rotors,etc..
Dual quad 500 cfm carb setup
Air gap manifold
Stainless everything
Double Hump fuelie heads
Mild cam
Performace street/strip HEI distributor
Hooker headers 2 1/2 to Flowmaster 44's
And tons of other stuff that has sucked my wallet dry

Thanks to the site for all the information. I will send more pics as once the car is rolling on the blacktop.

Here are a couple of pics.

 

Looks great!! You and Eddie 70 need to go cruising together.

 

Dayum !!! that is one sick ride.

 

Nice!!!!!!

More pics when available.

 

Very

 

so your the guy that got to it before me sweet car congrats! I remember the picture

 

That was me, if you are talking about ebay. It was for sale once and the deal feel through. I had been talking to the seller for a week or so the first time. I had never bought anything that expensisive site unseen, so I was a little unsure.

The second time I decided what the hell, I must have a double chrome bumper car. I had been looking for a while and the price (about $3000 less) was right for a driver convertable with hardtop. All my vettes have been black as well. The owner was a very wealthly, but simple cajun older man, kind of like a Sam Wallmart. His grandson was coming of age and pestering him about the car. He knew he had to sell it or he would give it to him.

The car is mostly orginal. It has double hump fuelie heads and a 69 corvette block. The car revs like a speed demon mouse motor ****** flocker. There was a little surface rust underneath, but nothing a little TLC and some hard work did not fix. Everything works=lights, wipers,gauges, blinkers,ect.... The only thing not working are the fiber optics and the clock of course. I have already dumped about $4000.00 into it.

 

Heh, heh...I like the way you think, Triple Black! Here's my engine bay:



BTW, you might have problems with hood clearance if you use Edelbrock's stock height air cleaner (I did, even with an L88 hood). If you do have problems, I can refer you to a company that can make you an inexpensive (but shorter) replacement made from a cloth fiber material just like the K&N from Edelbrock.

 

Yep, I was trying to catch a flight down to Louisiana if I remember correctly to check it out. Then the day before I was going to fly out it was gone. I was nervous about buying a car site unseen also. Oh well you win some and loose some. From the add it looked sweeeet and now it sounds like it was. I am just glad some car lot didn’t buy it and jack the price up 10 grand.

 

Nice looking ride. I am liking my triple black, 2 top car. The money from the pocket never stops. I am in the midst of gathering for my next upgrade this winter. Have fun with the car and keep the pics coming.

 

My plate likes your screen name.

I flew 1000 miles to find a real triple black car with a matching tag. It was worth it.

 

I wanted the dual quad setup from the beginning. I started buying supporting parts that made sence around that theme. I found your pictures before I turned the first wrench. Your engine bay has been an inspiration and a visual roadmap for sure. After doing mine, the detail and precision is very evident in your engine bay. The level of perfection of your effort should be commended.

Here is what I started with. This is the beginning of the teardown. It is ugly.



My dinning room table center piece for a week.



One more engine angle shot



The bottom of the coke bottle



This was my last project. 2004 Cobra. She was a daily driver pumping over 600HP/TQ to the wheels. I hated to let her go, but like all high end ladies....you have to trade them in eventually.

 

Damn, that sure is nice!!!

 

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