Hello to everyone out there & welcome to my barn find rebuild...I'm Mike, aka "Orlo" & I'm "7" months into the rebuild project of my "81" C3...I took on this project knowing my mechanical skills could do it & my ability to learn, read & listen to the people & manuals that know these cars will help me thru it...But first a little back story on the car..Spring of last year I decided to stop riding motorcycles on the street & look for a project car to replace my hobby of restoring motorcycles..Yes this is my first C3, but not my first car build..I found an ad for a Corvette that had an engine fire, had sat in a barn for 8 yrs untouched & needed some work..So I went & looked at it & what I found was this mess..but it had potential. So I looked it over, checked the frame & underside & decided to go home & do some research on Corvette problem areas, "Birdcage"..etc & look into what it would take.. I went back a week later & bought it knowing if it didn't work out I could part it out...Here's what I got..First I'll say I received a folder w/ all receipts for the parts & work done over a 4-5 yr period..The owner had purchased a new crate ZZ4 engine, had the tranny & rear end rebuilt & had a shop do all the work..All seemed to be fine until he decided to have a shop add a tri-power carb set-up to it..Story is that it backfired thru the rear carb, caught the air cleaner on fire & it all took off from there..After the fire had been put out, the damage under the hood was so significant, it got parked..The car was sold to the guy I bought it from, parked in the barn & was not touched again..that was 2010....Per the mileage on the receipt when the engine was installed up till the time I bought it, there was only 20k miles on the engine, tranny ..etc. Once I got it home I proceeded to clean it up to see what I was really working with..tons of pics taken, & a tear down began..The engine was locked up & the rest of the car a mess...Since the summer, I've gone thru the engine, replaced 4 wiring harness's, got it running again & am now replacing the entire interior... I look forward to any questions & comments & am happy to be here knowing that there are many knowledgeable people to turn to for help...Just a few random pics..More to follow.

 

Looks like you're doing, really well there! Good on you, for taking it on. The skills show.

 

Wow. That's a great job on a great find.

I have an '81 also if you need help just hollar.
Looks like you have it handled though.

Craig

 

LOL that is the quickest barn find to (almost) finished thread ever! Looks like you got it taken care of! Nice job.

 

 

 

Looks great

 

story and pics don't jive.
stock mani, no trip deuce
no hood burn
shrug

 

To the comment above...Good catch, Let me clarify
- Owner who I purchased the car from..His son removed the tri-power set-up, which I got in the sale, tried to start the car by putting on the manifold you see, on it w/ another carb & jumping the starter w/ a battery because the wiring harness was fried..No luck there.
- Car had an aftermarket hood on it to clear the tri-power set-up that got burned in the fire..stock hood was stored & put back on the car....Jive now?

 

Why does the core support look odd?