Chazde3's '68 Vette Project
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It was great meeting you today Chuck and it was fun helping you move that cool 68. I am adding a few more fun pictures for you prior to the washing, which looks great by the way.
This is Chuck making sure the car tracks straight down those tracks as we offload the car at his home.
Me, having a good time helping to haul a classic racer.
Pictures compliments of my lovely wife Tammy.
Enjoy Chuck and stay in touch.
Best regards,
David
This is Chuck making sure the car tracks straight down those tracks as we offload the car at his home.
Me, having a good time helping to haul a classic racer.
Pictures compliments of my lovely wife Tammy.
Enjoy Chuck and stay in touch.
Best regards,
David
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It was great meeting you today Chuck and it was fun helping you move that cool 68. I am adding a few more fun pictures for you prior to the washing, which looks great by the way.
Pictures compliments of my lovely wife Tammy.
Enjoy Chuck and stay in touch.
Best regards,
David
Pictures compliments of my lovely wife Tammy.
Enjoy Chuck and stay in touch.
Best regards,
David
I wish you guys had the time to allow us to take you out to dinner as a thank you. I'll definitely get you guys out the next time you are up. I grill a pretty mean steak and hopefully we get the deck out by our pond done by then.
I will be finding a different set of doors to put on the car off I go that route and the Charlie's Toy doors will be polished up and hung in the garage.
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I really can't thank you guys enough. Your help will really help in getting this old girl on the road so much faster.
I wish you guys had the time to allow us to take you out to dinner as a thank you. I'll definitely get you guys out the next time you are up. I grill a pretty mean steak and hopefully we get the deck out by our pond done by then.
Thanks guys. I think we lost too much paint to try and save the paint. I think the car will end up getting stripped down to the fiberglass and will be getting a fresh paint job. My company has quite a few paint booths and painters and I've heard that if you talk to the right people they have painted workers projects before. Food for thought.
I will be finding a different set of doors to put on the car off I go that route and the Charlie's Toy doors will be polished up and hung in the garage.
I wish you guys had the time to allow us to take you out to dinner as a thank you. I'll definitely get you guys out the next time you are up. I grill a pretty mean steak and hopefully we get the deck out by our pond done by then.
Thanks guys. I think we lost too much paint to try and save the paint. I think the car will end up getting stripped down to the fiberglass and will be getting a fresh paint job. My company has quite a few paint booths and painters and I've heard that if you talk to the right people they have painted workers projects before. Food for thought.
I will be finding a different set of doors to put on the car off I go that route and the Charlie's Toy doors will be polished up and hung in the garage.
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Oh and David already knows this, but he missed my neighbor's son coming over with his '73 brandshatch green coupe. It was the first time I have been able to catch him with the corvette over there. Talked with him for a little while.
Last edited by chazde3; Oct 12, 2018 at 11:34 AM.
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Got out to the garage to begin the engine tear down. Had some fun.
Intake and first head removed. Some built up gunk and rust. Hopefully not too much rust damage...
The bottom of the head from that side.
Disassembled on the counter
2/10/67 and 2/11/67 casting dates. Looks like an original matched pair of early L88 heads
March 7, 67 block casting date. I'm wondering if this could have been paired with the heads originally as a crate engine.
Parts removed
Cylinder degradation. Hopefully not too bad. I need to get back together with 63mako who I have talked to about rebuilding the engine.
Intake and first head removed. Some built up gunk and rust. Hopefully not too much rust damage...
The bottom of the head from that side.
Disassembled on the counter
2/10/67 and 2/11/67 casting dates. Looks like an original matched pair of early L88 heads
March 7, 67 block casting date. I'm wondering if this could have been paired with the heads originally as a crate engine.
Parts removed
Cylinder degradation. Hopefully not too bad. I need to get back together with 63mako who I have talked to about rebuilding the engine.
Last edited by chazde3; Oct 12, 2018 at 11:33 AM.
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Transmission tag. I believe the first number is covered by the bolt and should be a 3. 3950318 looks to be an M22 off a Camaro, Chevelle or Impala.
3904351 engine casting means it was cast in 1967. Engine stamp pad is blank, so it was either a crate engine or was decked at one point. I haven't dug into the engine but I would bet money that it is a 4 bolt main.
3933163 aluminum intake manifold
3975928 aluminum water pump
Last edited by chazde3; Oct 12, 2018 at 11:33 AM.
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Right! That first cylinder is scary looking. I talked to a engine shop in town and they said it would be around $150 to bake and blast and inspect for cracks. I think I will do that and take it from there.
Oh and a bit of good news for the engine, it hasn't been machined previously according to the STD stamping on the piston heads. There is hope
Oh and a bit of good news for the engine, it hasn't been machined previously according to the STD stamping on the piston heads. There is hope
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I took apart the from of the car tonight and removed the headlight assemblies. I grabbed 2 spare partial assemblies from my dad's parts bin to replace the parts on the '68s headlights.
I had a casualty this evening...
The front tip of the passenger headlight bracket broke off. Hopefully I can have a welder friend of mine repair it.
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Put together a little fixture for wire brushing and painting the springs from the headlight assemblies. I'm putting all the components from newer assemblies we had laying around into my headlight assemblies but still had to clean up some of the parts.
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Well I figure with those nice newly painted springs I should probably clean up the rest of hardware from the donor headlight assemblies. I didn't some good time on the wire wheel cleaning up all the parts, even the cotter pins. I still need to paint the parts, order new dust boots and disassemble the rusty assemblies before I can start the rebuild of them.
Can you tell which bolt hasn't hit the wire wheel yet?
And for good reference, here's what my current headlight assemblies look like.
Can you tell which bolt hasn't hit the wire wheel yet?
And for good reference, here's what my current headlight assemblies look like.
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Oh boy, checking out a low priced '75 red coupe in need of a front fender which I just happen to have a few replacements for 
. I've been thinking about picking up a cheap c3 to cruise around in while working on this project. I even have somewhat permission from the boss since she knows my Corvette craving. 
. I've been thinking about picking up a cheap c3 to cruise around in while working on this project. I even have somewhat permission from the boss since she knows my Corvette craving.