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1970 Disassembly Progress
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Burning Brakes
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From: Detroit MI
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10
1970 Disassembly Progress
Hello all,
Well, I'm in from the shop. I worked on the car for a few hours tonight and ended up making some nice progress. I was able to:
1. Remove the exhaust - its stainless - great investment back in '93!
2. Remove the spare tire carrier
3. Remove the rear bumpers
Below are images of the progress.
Well, I'm in from the shop. I worked on the car for a few hours tonight and ended up making some nice progress. I was able to:
1. Remove the exhaust - its stainless - great investment back in '93!
2. Remove the spare tire carrier
3. Remove the rear bumpers
Below are images of the progress.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: North Bend Ohio
Boy, the back half of yours looks almost as bad as mine (I'm restoring a '70 big block). I have everything undone except the body mounting bolts. Now lets see, I got two of them out, I spun two and I got two that don't even look like bolts anymore. Why do I do this to myself?
Oh well.
BigBlockk
Later....
Oh well.
BigBlockk
Later....
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Burning Brakes
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From: Detroit MI
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10
Originally Posted by BigBlockk
Boy, the back half of yours looks almost as bad as mine (I'm restoring a '70 big block). I have everything undone except the body mounting bolts. Now lets see, I got two of them out, I spun two and I got two that don't even look like bolts anymore. Why do I do this to myself?
Oh well.
BigBlockk
Later....
Oh well.
BigBlockk
Later....
My body bolts are very bad. I am estimating one to two nights for each.
Its starting to get cold here in Michigan (same in Ohio I bet) and I have 10 months till the next Woodward Cruise!
Good luck on your project as well.
Pro
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From: Dallas Texas
That's funny, I saw those pics and thought the backend didn't look bad at all. Plenty of surface rust, but everything looks in pretty good shape. That's about what my '79 looked like before I tore it down.
Best of luck.
Best of luck.
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BigblockK and gearheaddroppings, did you register your cars at the 1970 Registry? 1970 Corvette Registry
If not send Juliet an email.
If not send Juliet an email.
Le Mans Master
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Originally Posted by Chumpzilla
That's funny, I saw those pics and thought the backend didn't look bad at all. Plenty of surface rust, but everything looks in pretty good shape. That's about what my '79 looked like before I tore it down.
Best of luck.
Best of luck.
Plus - you are using a new chassis anyway ?
You're already half-way done. Only 2-3 more years to complete.
(if you work as fast as me)
Once you get past the body mount bolts, the rest is cake.
Good luck ... you're off to a great start.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Detroit MI
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10
Originally Posted by Jughead
BigblockK and gearheaddroppings, did you register your cars at the 1970 Registry? 1970 Corvette Registry
If not send Juliet an email.
If not send Juliet an email.
My dream car has always been a Daytona Yellow 1970. This car is like a member of the family. I will never sell it.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Detroit MI
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10
STPman.....I feel your pain! 
That frame has had it.
Anything can be fixed. I wish you well and hope your project is coming along well.
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Tom
That frame has had it.
Anything can be fixed. I wish you well and hope your project is coming along well.
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Tom
Drifting
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From: North Bend Ohio
Well, I got all the body mount bolts out. One of them (passenger side #3) is still firmly sinched up, the bolt, caged nut, the cage, the spacer, shims and the mounting area of the bird cage sit here on my computer stand before me for all to see.
I have discovered extensive bird cage rust damage at mounting points #1, #2 and #3 on the drivers side and points #2 and #3 on the pasenger side. There is so much wrong here that ya'll would be reading for a week if I put it all down.
This is going to be a VERY challenging restoration or it will be a parts car. I hope I'm up to the challenge.
BigBlockk
Later.....
I have discovered extensive bird cage rust damage at mounting points #1, #2 and #3 on the drivers side and points #2 and #3 on the pasenger side. There is so much wrong here that ya'll would be reading for a week if I put it all down.
This is going to be a VERY challenging restoration or it will be a parts car. I hope I'm up to the challenge.
BigBlockk
Later.....
