That is one sweet ride.

The pictures are great and I really enjoy the details.

Thanks for sharing.

 

It's a turbualar front sway bar a 2" solid one would indeed be massive
Thank you for pointing that out

 

Wauw

 

Beautiful.

Do tell us more about the I find I have to remove mine often when working on the project.

 

The Hood hinges i have mounted are these







They work exceptionly well, just pull the small lever on the left hand hinge and you can remove the hood, when time to mount it again it just clicks into place, zero adjustment nessesery.

It is one of the small items that noone notices but it makes life so much easyer if you often remove the hood.
The only drawback is the insanely high price i paid 350$ for my chromed set, in black they are around 200$

 

You are the win

 

They also make a nylon strap gizmo so you can use your overhead hoist to remove the hood by yourself if you can't persuade the wife to quit nude sunbathing long enough to come help you.

http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...2&dept_id=1397

 

I am most impressed when I read your write up
and learned that you built the car and not an
outside source.

I have to say it again, you did a killer job on this build.
The car is stunning.
Riggs.

 

I was ready to cringe, but you've done a fantastic job of personalizing your Vette but still keeping the original lines of the car. Great Job!


Temvette72

 

WoW!

 

wow the engine is just stunning!!!!!

 

A very beautiful car!! Great job!

 

thats freakin awesome

 

Wow! Very nice. How long did this take you? Any pictures of the work in progress. I would like to see more pictures of the underside of the hood please, I'm about to do a hood project.
Bee Jay

 

I do not have a estimate of the hours i have used on the car, but in the 7 years i have had it it have been completely dissasembled every single winter, most of the alterations on the car has been done several times to get it just like i want it.

as an example i have had 5 different engines, 3 completely different suspensions, 4sets of rims etc over the years.

My goal has been to improve the car at wintertime but be able to drive and enjoy it at summertime, i have only lost one summer season yet and that was due to a unfortunate accident where the car tumbled down from the jacks and cracked the left rear and front fender same day it came home from the paintshop

For me it is a never ending project wich plays a huge part for me enjoying the car.
The day i cant think of more to do i will probably part with it and look for a new project.

I have taken the following pictures with my cellphone camera
but next time it goes on the lift ill have my friend take some good pictures of the underneath.

 

Wow! That's one nice custom! It looks like it has a/c. Does it? If so, where are the interior a/c controls?

 

OMG!!! Sweet! That's a street driven car? That is clean. Wow! I want more pictures.
Bee Jay

 

nice!!

 

The Car had factory A/C but i dont really see the reason for A/C in a open car, i only put the top on when it's raining.

Yes it's a street driven car, with that said i do not take it out when it's raining or snowing and i do spend alot of hours polishing the car in between driving

a few more pictures for the ones that asked.


Inside hood upper section, all the edges where the top and frame was put together has been sanded out to make a smooth transsition



Lower section of the hood, it's very hard to take a decent pisture because of the myriad of reflections in it.



A poor picture of the front suspension, i had to take it lying on the floor didnt know where camera was pointing
you cane barely make out the Semi coilovers and the rack and pinion in this picture.


The old Porsche seats i found on Ebay in Germany, they are from a 911 turbo and are just fantastic well build seats, it's very hard to find seats that fits into a early C3, but these fit with a custom made buttom mounting frame without the driver sitting to high. I put Bison leather on them wich turned out really well IMO.



Another one of my stupid ideas, i found some small 4inch "PUNCH2 speakers that i mounted behind the original ventilation *****, i never used those anyways, I seldom hear radio or CD in this car but it's nice that you can actually hear the speakers now



The IDIDIT steering column works really well, i had to fabrikate some Firewall brackets to mount it properbly, i put my high/low beam switch up at the end of the turn signal switch, i tried to use the flaming river relay for this but it dosent work correctly, often it starts out with high beam on, so i ended up making my own, on this picture you can also see how i smoothed/sanded out the original bezels for the gauges, normally theres a groove for the front glass.



Another angle of the car, pictures was taken a few weeks ago at Club Corvettes 25th years anneversery



Convertibletop hood, as you can see i did not sand the edges out like i did on the hood, this will be done next vinter because there is gonna be made som heavy modifications to this door, it will be made to open and close with electrical actuators and all the hinges etc are gonna be made different.



Here is a better picture of the hoodsnap hinges they saved me a lot of time


A closeup of the inner fender shield.

 

Beautiful. You did all the work yourself?
Bee Jay