Bought a project 71 today. The clock works
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Bought a project 71 today. The clock works
I dragged home a 71 that has been sitting since 1988. Hooked up the battery for the first time today. The original clock, not quartz, works!! I usually get 1-2 years after a professional rebuild, and here’s an original 1971 that’s still working. Somebody in the planned obsolescence division must have messed up.
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I dragged home a 71 that has been sitting since 1988. Hooked up the battery for the first time today. The original clock, not quartz, works!! I usually get 1-2 years after a professional rebuild, and here’s an original 1971 that’s still working. Somebody in the planned obsolescence division must have messed up.
Time to spend some money!
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Think I'll put 12 volts to mine today just to waste more time.
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I had cleaned a lot of clock points back in the day.. we're talking mid 80's here... lol. I worked for a corvette shop and the owner had a whole milk crate of 50's and 60's era GM clocks. I would work on a few at a time as filler work (when restorations were held up for parts, etc). Clean them up. Then he'd sell them at swap meets. I had done many Ford clocks back then too. This is when I was in high-school! LOL.
I don't specifically remember the later model Corvette clocks, but back then clocks were mostly the same concept... Ya have to remove the mechanism from the housing & sliding a piece of fine sandpaper through the contacts several times (thread a long piece of sandpaper through the mechanism to get between the contacts). Apply an ever so slight mount of light-weight lube or graphite to the moving points. If some of the very fine bores of the moving points were egged-out, then if ya can (on some clocks that are worth it)... disassemble further, peen the hole shut (it was usually brass and easy to do with a punch), then hand drill the hole round again. It's all ball bearings! (Fletch??)
Or better yet, send it out to a clock guy....lol!
I don't specifically remember the later model Corvette clocks, but back then clocks were mostly the same concept... Ya have to remove the mechanism from the housing & sliding a piece of fine sandpaper through the contacts several times (thread a long piece of sandpaper through the mechanism to get between the contacts). Apply an ever so slight mount of light-weight lube or graphite to the moving points. If some of the very fine bores of the moving points were egged-out, then if ya can (on some clocks that are worth it)... disassemble further, peen the hole shut (it was usually brass and easy to do with a punch), then hand drill the hole round again. It's all ball bearings! (Fletch??)
Or better yet, send it out to a clock guy....lol!
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I dragged home a 71 that has been sitting since 1988. Hooked up the battery for the first time today. The original clock, not quartz, works!! I usually get 1-2 years after a professional rebuild, and here’s an original 1971 that’s still working. Somebody in the planned obsolescence division must have messed up.
I sold the car and then the clock started working, and still works, without the new owner doing anything
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I could be wrong, but I think M21 was standard on the LS6, so you got the upgrade!
Just can't see your tank sticker well in the pics...
I see black vinyl interior...
What else can you make out?
How much can you tell is original on the car?...
Seems like a great find if the condition is good...
Just can't see your tank sticker well in the pics...
I see black vinyl interior...
What else can you make out?
How much can you tell is original on the car?...
Seems like a great find if the condition is good...
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1971
Dual disc clutch came with M22 and M22 was an extra $100 in 1971. There were a total of 130 M22 cars. This car has been repainted the wrong color, and the engine has been replaced, but has most of the other good stuff, and is a convertible. There were around 65 LS6 convertibles made in 71, and there are 28 that we know of that have survived. This one was bought very reasonably. Originally warbonnet/black with two tops, t&t, power windows, power steering.
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Dual disc clutch came with M22 and M22 was an extra $100 in 1971. There were a total of 130 M22 cars. This car has been repainted the wrong color, and the engine has been replaced, but has most of the other good stuff, and is a convertible. There were around 65 LS6 convertibles made in 71, and there are 28 that we know of that have survived. This one was bought very reasonably. Originally warbonnet/black with two tops, t&t, power windows, power steering.