proyect c3 73 -75 from spain
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proyect c3 73 -75 from spain
Hi. I present my name is rafael and I speak to you from Spain with the translator of google so I feel if I write something wrong, since my English is not very good. I am restoring a corvette from the year 1975. I bought my entire project, and they gave me a second corvette at the same price. this corvette was a sinister of the year 1973 without motor. now investigating different owners, source and others it turns out that the 73 here in Europe is highly valued. I had a 454 engine, compared to 350 for my 75. My idea is to get both of them to work.
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my idea at first is to sell the project of 75 and recover money to continue with the restoration of 73. This is how I bought the sinister of 73, with michisimo work ahead but little by little. I took 1 month with the restoration
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in this month my processes have been: separate the entire fiberglass from the two corvettes, separate body chassis, disassemble all parts and sand the subassemblies. I have done some reinforcements of welds and sanded the frame of the 75. Today I have mounted a cabin of sandblasted home with a closed tent and an air extractor. I also bought a sandblaster for the small parts. these are the results so far
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Hi Rafael,
WELL!!
You have certainly undertaken an involved project and the pictures indicate you're very serious about what you're doing!
I hope things continue go well because I think you will have a car you can feel proud to own, and to have restored.
Please keep posting new photos because it's always interesting to see what people are working on!!!
Continued Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
WELL!!
You have certainly undertaken an involved project and the pictures indicate you're very serious about what you're doing!
I hope things continue go well because I think you will have a car you can feel proud to own, and to have restored.
Please keep posting new photos because it's always interesting to see what people are working on!!!
Continued Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
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Hi Rafael,
WELL!!
You have certainly undertaken an involved project and the pictures indicate you're very serious about what you're doing!
I hope things continue go well because I think you will have a car you can feel proud to own, and to have restored.
Please keep posting new photos because it's always interesting to see what people are working on!!!
Continued Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
WELL!!
You have certainly undertaken an involved project and the pictures indicate you're very serious about what you're doing!
I hope things continue go well because I think you will have a car you can feel proud to own, and to have restored.
Please keep posting new photos because it's always interesting to see what people are working on!!!
Continued Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
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thank you all very much. I upload photos now of what I've done this week. I am now using the deepl translator ( denpo ; -)
the photos of a chassis in grey are 73. the other 75
the photos of a chassis in grey are 73. the other 75
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Can someone advise me on how to restore the screws? I've thought about sandblasting and then painting, but I know they'll be marked later when I press. here in spain there are no places of screws in inches... and I didn't want to spend much more money on that either
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Hi Rafael,
You're pictures show you've REALLY been working!!!!
"Can someone advise me on how to restore the screws?"
Having you been controlling the fasteners in some way so you'll know what fastener was used at what location on the car?
While some of the fasteners remained 'natural' the majority of them were plated in some way.
Some were plated with zinc, some were coated with either zinc phosphate or manganese phosphate, and others were coated with black oxide.
There are systems available to the restorer to do zinc plating which are quite expensive, but give good results.
The zinc and manganese phosphate can be done at home too, and while a bit of work, they're not as involved or as expensive as zinc plating.
The last coating, black oxide is rather straight forward to do, and low in cost..
You might consider coating all the fasteners with clear paint and then 'touching' them up as you re-assemble to cover anything that may have been exposed during the reassembly. That should at least help in stoping the fasteners from rusting.
Regards,
Alan
Are you working full time on the restoration? From the work you've shown it certainly seems like it!!!
You're pictures show you've REALLY been working!!!!
"Can someone advise me on how to restore the screws?"
Having you been controlling the fasteners in some way so you'll know what fastener was used at what location on the car?
While some of the fasteners remained 'natural' the majority of them were plated in some way.
Some were plated with zinc, some were coated with either zinc phosphate or manganese phosphate, and others were coated with black oxide.
There are systems available to the restorer to do zinc plating which are quite expensive, but give good results.
The zinc and manganese phosphate can be done at home too, and while a bit of work, they're not as involved or as expensive as zinc plating.
The last coating, black oxide is rather straight forward to do, and low in cost..
You might consider coating all the fasteners with clear paint and then 'touching' them up as you re-assemble to cover anything that may have been exposed during the reassembly. That should at least help in stoping the fasteners from rusting.
Regards,
Alan
Are you working full time on the restoration? From the work you've shown it certainly seems like it!!!
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Hello, Alan. if I spend all my time right now. I have a month's vacation. I'm gonna take a look at the zinc phosphate I find very interesting. thank you so much for the help. this week I'll keep uploading more photos. tomorrow I paint the arms in shiny black and if I have time the springs and the differential of wrought iron. a greeting