Consult trailing arm
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From: Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Bairs really is great to deal with if your overseas. They allow me to arrange shipping from my end. This means I can shop for the best deal. Bairs then makes absolutely nothing on shipping. All they have to do is print a label and slap it on the box. And unlike most sellers. They are happy to help out. This is HUGE to us overseas customers. And they sell quality parts and services.
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From: LONG ISLAND
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Bairs really is great to deal with if your overseas. They allow me to arrange shipping from my end. This means I can shop for the best deal. Bairs then makes absolutely nothing on shipping. All they have to do is print a label and slap it on the box. And unlike most sellers. They are happy to help out. This is HUGE to us overseas customers. And they sell quality parts and services.
1967 Pedal Car Champion
Joined: Mar 2020
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From: US-PNW
Good night. After disassembling some things and an afternoon of my husband with the corvette, he cleaned the arms and this is how they are now. Actually the first photos I posted looked bad, but after cleaning and sanding (although not very thoroughly), they look like I show in the photos. They don't seem to be as bad as they seemed. What do you think? I think we will first consider cleaning all the rust until we see what parts we can salvage, before buying anything. The truth is that transportation to Spain is expensive enough to take a good look before spending money. Thank you. P.S. Sorry if my English is not entirely correct, I do it with the translator 
I also think the chassis looks good and I don't see anything concerning with the frame. The trailing arm now looks better than the first pictures, but I'd still change them out – the metal is looking a thin on the open end. The emergency brake and hub nuts and bolts look pretty crusty, replacing the trailing arms and the rear bearing assemblies will fix that. Good luck with it all - and kudos to your husband doing this very dirty, grimy job!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2014
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From: Foothills of the Adirondacks.
110%Based on the amount of rust that ( i can ) see, I wouldn't put any time or money into this car until the entire frame & birdcage are thoroughly checked as stated above. I'm thinking your NOT going to be happy what you are going to find. Way too much heavy rust, but i'm hoping for the best / my fingers are crossed for you & your Corvette.
OP really needs to inspect the car first before sinking any money into this project. We also don't know what year OP's Corvette is.
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Rust can be a real problem. If I inspect a car that I'm interested in buying and see all the rust in the back that OP has, I get up and run away as fast as possible. Not worth it.
OP really needs to inspect the car first before sinking any money into this project. We also don't know what year OP's Corvette is.
https://youtu.be/w6CoeguXyO0
https://youtu.be/6tfqmPmaXyU
OP really needs to inspect the car first before sinking any money into this project. We also don't know what year OP's Corvette is.
https://youtu.be/w6CoeguXyO0
https://youtu.be/6tfqmPmaXyU
Respectfully disagree on assessment of this car. Having done everything on my 69 this year the original pics did not show me a basket case car at all. Quite salvageable. Subsequent pics corroborated that for me. I reused my original arms (GTR did the restore and rebuild) because I wanted to preserve original look...warts and all. I live an hour from Bairs and drive my front arms to them to restore and totally echo the recommendation for them as well. Maybe I am wrong on the car overall and a few pics are not a substitute for in person inspection. Just don't want the OP to get unnecessarily spooked. Good luck with the project.
