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hi, i have a 71 vette that i tore apart, now i want to put it back. only problem being is that i did not recognize the hardware as it came out. i need description of each piece so i can do it correctly. i have called around and they say there is no such thing. if so how do these corvette experts know what they are looking at in order to judge. a bolt mite go in a hole but how do they know its not to long .thanks
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I think you need a copy of the AIM manual for your car.
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Hi bb,
Mel's suggestion is the best one!!! It works for parts and assemblies, but not so well for specific fasteners.
How far apart is your 71, and are the parts and fasteners organized/grouped at all?
Are they all just in one big bucket?
Perhaps what you need is for someone who's knowledgeable to visit you and begin to sort things out with/for you.
Regards,
Alan
Mel's suggestion is the best one!!! It works for parts and assemblies, but not so well for specific fasteners.
How far apart is your 71, and are the parts and fasteners organized/grouped at all?
Are they all just in one big bucket?
Perhaps what you need is for someone who's knowledgeable to visit you and begin to sort things out with/for you.
Regards,
Alan
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The assembly instruction manual (AIM) will show everything installed on the assembly line, list the GM part name, and list the original part number. It will also show how the particular parts/assemblies were installed.
One of these can also help when chasing part names and numbers. Also handy for listing fastener sizes.
If you are intending to have the car judged, or if you want to know correct factory colors and finishes, order the 70-72 NCRS Technical Information and Judging Guide.
One of these can also help when chasing part names and numbers. Also handy for listing fastener sizes.
If you are intending to have the car judged, or if you want to know correct factory colors and finishes, order the 70-72 NCRS Technical Information and Judging Guide.
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almost impossible to accomplish what you are trying without an illustrated parts catalog and the AIM (assembly instruction manual). they both show up often at the big auction site and are usually available from literature vendors at the various major swap meets that are held.
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Found this online: http://www.wedophones.com/Manuals/Ch...0104%20Meg.pdf
Hope this helps
Russ
Found this online: http://www.wedophones.com/Manuals/Ch...0104%20Meg.pdf
Hope this helps
Russ
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Hi,
The 'Illustrated Parts Catalogue' has SOME fastener's descriptions... but not usually the ones I was curious about.
I realize it's too late for bb, but bagging and marking everything as you take it apart is the only way I know of.
Regards,
Alan
Hundreds of bags and tags.
The 'Illustrated Parts Catalogue' has SOME fastener's descriptions... but not usually the ones I was curious about.
I realize it's too late for bb, but bagging and marking everything as you take it apart is the only way I know of.
Regards,
Alan
Hundreds of bags and tags.
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my car is all apart with everything in a bucket or box. the thought of someone coming to my home is great but the task ,i think, would be inpossible. i sand blasted all hardware and sent it out to get zinc plated. now the bare frame is on a rotissery, blasted ready for paint. at first i thought i wanted a flip front end but since have changed my mind, so now the body is in two. thanks for the help.
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There is a restoration book (guide) that has this kind of information. I am not sure which book it is but before I started my car I was looking for books on "Corvette restoration" and there was one book that someone wrote a review on that was criticizing the author for to much detail. Things like bolt sizes and screw material and colors things he said no one would care about. Wish I knew which book it was now.
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You're 'pulling our leg', aren't you? No one would disassemble an entire vehicle and have no clue as to what was being disassembled...would they?
But, assuming you are telling us the truth, having someone to come to your garage (or wherever) and reassembling this mass of unlabeled parts would surely cost you more in labor charges than just going out and buying a completed car in good condition already!!! So, as I see it, your choices [again, assuming that your situation is as you described] are:
1) Hire someone to sell all the useable parts on eBay with the stipulation that 1/2 of the net proceeds are yours;
2) Donate the parts to a high school with a vocational studies program in "auto repair". Let them put it together and sell the car for benefit of the program and/or school. Take a deduction on your taxes for the value of the "donation".
3) Put an ad in the "Parts for Sale" portion of this Forum and sell the whole kit-n-kaboodle to someone who knows what they are doing.
Sorry to be blunt about it, but you really don't have a viable option for you getting the car together again.
But, assuming you are telling us the truth, having someone to come to your garage (or wherever) and reassembling this mass of unlabeled parts would surely cost you more in labor charges than just going out and buying a completed car in good condition already!!! So, as I see it, your choices [again, assuming that your situation is as you described] are:
1) Hire someone to sell all the useable parts on eBay with the stipulation that 1/2 of the net proceeds are yours;
2) Donate the parts to a high school with a vocational studies program in "auto repair". Let them put it together and sell the car for benefit of the program and/or school. Take a deduction on your taxes for the value of the "donation".
3) Put an ad in the "Parts for Sale" portion of this Forum and sell the whole kit-n-kaboodle to someone who knows what they are doing.
Sorry to be blunt about it, but you really don't have a viable option for you getting the car together again.
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The problem with the assembly manuals is that they will give you the part number for the fasteners but no description. Even on those where it may give you a description as to length and thread but nothing as to the head markings on the bolts and finish type (zinc, black ozide etc). If you are doing a resto with that kind of detail Paragon has almost every fastener available new with the correct (?) markings and finish. They will come to you bagged and marked. This is probably your cheapest way of dealing with the fasteners. The brackets etc will be identifiable in the AIM.
If you are not concerned about this degree of correctness (color and markings) then common sense is all you need to use the fasteners you have. The General didn't use a fastener any longer than it needed to be. If the hole isn't threaded (uses a nut) you use the largest size bolt that will go through the hole. If the AIM shows the use of washers, use them as shown. They are marked L washer in the book for lock washers. Special washers are marked sp washers. Once assembled the correct length bolt will only have a few threads showing beyond the nut.
Alternately, sell the project to me and I'll worry about it.
Steve g
If you are not concerned about this degree of correctness (color and markings) then common sense is all you need to use the fasteners you have. The General didn't use a fastener any longer than it needed to be. If the hole isn't threaded (uses a nut) you use the largest size bolt that will go through the hole. If the AIM shows the use of washers, use them as shown. They are marked L washer in the book for lock washers. Special washers are marked sp washers. Once assembled the correct length bolt will only have a few threads showing beyond the nut.
Alternately, sell the project to me and I'll worry about it.
Steve g
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look at his posts, he asks questions and does not even come back to reply thanks. and most of them are variations of this same question for the last several years.
I want to help the guy, but the replies seem to be going into a big black hole.
I want to help the guy, but the replies seem to be going into a big black hole.