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WOW! What a lucky man. Nice find and welcome to the forum. I also have a 74 that sat in a garage untouched for 33 years. Hang in there, you'll love it.
Thanks gang ! Under the hood looks just like the outside, complete, original, dirty, but untouched. I got the engine to run first thing, then turned almost immediately to the interior, had to get rid of the mouse smell. Pulled the seats, door panels, gauge cluster, consoles, and carpets. Washed things down and getting ready to paint the bulkheads, inner panels, floors and such, just need to decide on either Black or Steel Cities Gray. Since the car was originally orange then maroon and I don't want to return it to the original orange, the next color is up to me.
Just remember Dalton's (My Father) Second Law. "There never was, and never will be, a constipated mouse."
I don't have photos to show, but the heater box was full of mouse treasures. The heater fan was an object of their undivided attention. The heater core was filled with their contributions. There were signs of mice having been there, most everywhere. Even here:
Just remember Dalton's (My Father) Second Law. "There never was, and never will be, a constipated mouse."
I don't have photos to show, but the heater box was full of mouse treasures. The heater fan was an object of their undivided attention. The heater core was filled with their contributions. There were signs of mice having been there, most everywhere
I learned that lesson for sure yesterday. I thought that I was making progress, but there was still smell when first opening the doors. The gauge console was out, so I thought to pull the passenger side dash as well and found yet another mess ! I'll probably have to remove all of the ducting as well, just to get everything and anything cleaned out and new again. This interior stuff is all just work, free labor, so no money spent on the car as yet. I need a console that the shifter plate sits on, and am bidding on a '67 gas cap assembly, but so far it's still a free Corvette. I was even thinking of keeping a sort of chart to keep tally of what I spend, what I can sell, and what I can trade just to know what this car is actually costing me. Seems like it would be a lot of fun, up to a point. After that point, I'll erase everything and start lying to my wife.
I was even thinking of keeping a sort of chart to keep tally of what I spend, what I can sell, and what I can trade just to know what this car is actually costing me. Seems like it would be a lot of fun, up to a point. After that point, I'll erase everything and start lying to my wife.
I just hope that after I'm gone my Wife doesn't sell my car for what I've told her I have into it...........
So very true ! On the flip side of that, my friend died a few weeks ago and his wife asked if I might help with the sale of his project car. He was spending money like crazy on it telling her that it would be worth MUCH more than those expenses when it was done. He loved the car, but it wasn't really worth anything on the collector car market and it was still in the early project phase. She hoped to get $15,000 for it, it was really worth around $3,000 IF you could find the right buyer. Up side was that he really loved the car and loved working on it and told his wife whatever she needed to hear in order for him to continue enjoying himself.
Just found another photo of the Vette just before we pulled it out of the barn. Engine bay, filthy but mostly stock and intact. I don't know the condition of the old air conditioning system, but it's going to need to be rebuilt and converted over to newer refrigerant with new seals and such. Maybe a new compressor as well, not sure. I'll probably photograph/video all of it and remove it along with the emissions equipment and save it for the new owner.
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Alex, the rear tire size is 225 70R 15. The wheels are those Western turbine rims that were most seen on Vans during the early 70's. These will be the first to go once I have the car up on jack stands. I've just fallen in love with the classic, elegant look of the stock steel wheels, caps, and trim rings. Nothing beats those for me.
Alex, the rear tire size is 225 70R 15. The wheels are those Western turbine rims that were most seen on Vans during the early 70's. These will be the first to go once I have the car up on jack stands. I've just fallen in love with the classic, elegant look of the stock steel wheels, caps, and trim rings. Nothing beats those for me.
Again, thank you ! The price was right and I have the space and enough spare time right now, so it's looks like I'll be keeping it and trying for a resurrection. I've only poked a little bit underneath so I'm not sure of the condition of or what the frame and suspension looks like, but top side looks pretty good considering it's over twenty year nap. It was originally a "Buff & Fluff" job from Corvettes and Classics out of Taunton, MA. made to look cosmetically pleasing and dumped out onto the lot for sale, so there are a lot of short cuts that I'm going to have to rectify, I've already come across quite a few of them in disassembling the interior, it appears to have put been put together from a variety of C3s. So far, nothing that I cant make right or repair, or replace, but still . . .
