My dad brought us home a new project tonight, a 1969 Corvette. Really excited about this one, 1969 is one of my favorite years and we plan on building this one to keep. Its a convertible, 4-speed car. 350 engine. The engine is sitting in it and ready to go although it will probably be pulled back out for paint, etc. The body is pretty solid, shouldn't require a ton of body work before paint. Interior of course will need a complete redo, it will make a nice car when she's done though.











The car was originally green, but we aren't building a numbers matching car, so we are going to paint it a color we want. Still going with a factory 69 vette color though, Monaco Orange. I looked at the color chart top to bottom until my eyes crossed in the past few weeks leading up to delivery of the car, red, black, white, meh, those are a dime a dozen. I didn't want to go green, or any other odd color. But the orange, it just pops and catches your eye. I was always a fan of the "red" on the 56-57 cars which was really orange. I think this one will look nice with a black top and black interior.

Here is a sample of the color.

 

Updated the pictures to a new host, might not have been working for everyone earlier.

 

Good luck with her! Keep us updated with pics of progress.

 

Great choice ! I have some pics of my 69 that i bought new and still have (22000 mi. ) when is the last time you saw a monico orange vet ? good luck on your project !

 

Nice find!

 

Have fun guys, looks like a great project

 

Been kind of slow on updates because honestly we haven't touched it. We had at one point decided it was just too much work to be done vs final value of the car. We tried to just sell it but we didn't have a lot of interest. So now with some other cars liquidated and a little money around to buy up some parts, we've decided to get back on it and steer it toward's completion.

We loaded the car two weeks ago to take to our buddy who is going to get her running and driving for us.

Picked up a ton of parts at the Corvette Expo in Tennessee last weekend, I forgot how fun it was to swap meet hunt! Here is our list of finds.

Used finds

Gas Tank
Gas Tank Cap
Filler neck(being mailed to us)
shifter bezel/center console piece
Clutch fork, z bar, ball, etc.....

Also picked up a few new parts.

New Power Steering Brackets and a Pulley to go with our reman pump. Picked these up from Loanstar Corvette's, easier just to buy than hunt.

Also picked up a new set of Calipers from Loanstar. Can't beat the show price of 389 exchange. Comes with new lines, some hardware, pads, hoses, etc.

Also picked up a used radio and speakers from the guy we got the car from.




Best part of the trip was we sold our Chevelle while we were there, so we were left in our spot with our chairs and a car load of parts! It all worked out though, we hitchhiked home lol.



Hopefully I'll have some more progress pictures soon! When it gets back we are going to iron out a few more drivability issues, then take it to paint over the winter!

 

Picture of a camera back showing a picture. Love it.

 

Lol, I took it with my camera, then posted it on facebook asking for a ride home Friday

 

Haven't updated much since the car is an hour away. But once the gas tank is installed next week we should be getting it back home. Motor is in and running, after some minor tinkering when it gets back we will be ready to send it to paint!


Did find a killer deal on these aftermarket side pipes! Can't beat a side pipe car and for 200 dollars could't beat the price!

 

It's good to hear that you are going forward with the Vette!

 

http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/JD...21ae8.mp4.html

It's home and it lives!! More pictures to come.

 

Hadn't updated this in a while, it kinda got put on the back burner with my dad buying at starting work on his 66 Vette, plus be picked up a 77 we were messing with for a while(and sold). There is also the 56 Thunderbird that's in the works, so this one is still kind of on the back burner. But I did mess around with it the other day a little.

I never posted any engine shots so here it is, looks pretty good in there. Still plenty of detail work to be done.



Side pipes are on and sounds AWESOME.


Next real step is some sort of interior. I'm gonna try and start piecing some of it back together to see just what we have, just what we need, and what needs replaced, etc. etc. Plus it would be nice to have enough interior to drive it around the neighbor hood to start working any drivetrain bugs out that might be present.

 

Making some progress man, looking good.
Thanks for the update!