My Car has Plywood built into the frame ...??
10-27-2012, 02:25 PM
#1
Racer
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My Car has Plywood built into the frame ...??
What the holy hell is this !? Doing a little spring cleaning today, and i figure take the seats out do a nice full clean on the inside. and i notice wood fragments EVERY where on the driver side ! Peal the carpet back and this is what i see ! WTF Is this, Ive never seen anything like it before in my life ! 
More pics after further inspection....
More pics after further inspection....
Last edited by WHYASK; 10-27-2012 at 02:54 PM.
10-27-2012, 02:28 PM
#3
Race Car Tech
looks like a homemade heat shield to me 
10-27-2012, 02:33 PM
#6
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From Corvetteactioncenter.com:
Sandwich Composite Floor with Lightweight Balsa Wood Core
Corvette’s floor is constructed using two layers of an aircraft type composite material wrapped around a balsa wood core. The balsa wood helps filter out noise and vibration, and makes the floor 10 times stiffer than the use of composites alone. Numerous “high tech” synthetic fillers were tried, but none matched the stiffness, light weight and damping performance of natural balsa wood.
Sandwich Composite Floor with Lightweight Balsa Wood Core
Corvette’s floor is constructed using two layers of an aircraft type composite material wrapped around a balsa wood core. The balsa wood helps filter out noise and vibration, and makes the floor 10 times stiffer than the use of composites alone. Numerous “high tech” synthetic fillers were tried, but none matched the stiffness, light weight and damping performance of natural balsa wood.
10-27-2012, 02:35 PM
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Racer
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but sticking out like that..?? There is no way in hell thats factory.....im starting to wonder if the dealership i bought the vett from "forgot" to tell me it was in an accident..... even though car fax showed a clean bill of health
10-27-2012, 02:39 PM
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Tech Contributor
From Corvetteactioncenter.com:
Sandwich Composite Floor with Lightweight Balsa Wood Core
Corvette’s floor is constructed using two layers of an aircraft type composite material wrapped around a balsa wood core. The balsa wood helps filter out noise and vibration, and makes the floor 10 times stiffer than the use of composites alone. Numerous “high tech” synthetic fillers were tried, but none matched the stiffness, light weight and damping performance of natural balsa wood.
Sandwich Composite Floor with Lightweight Balsa Wood Core
Corvette’s floor is constructed using two layers of an aircraft type composite material wrapped around a balsa wood core. The balsa wood helps filter out noise and vibration, and makes the floor 10 times stiffer than the use of composites alone. Numerous “high tech” synthetic fillers were tried, but none matched the stiffness, light weight and damping performance of natural balsa wood.
Here's what a stripped interior looks like.
10-27-2012, 02:41 PM
#9
Racer
Thread Starter
now im just pissed .... just crawled under the car and what looks like a subframe connector going across where the driver would sit has been bent and the plywood is wedged in there ... WTF !!??? Can anyone run a VIN number for me...? I thought if it was in an accident it would have shown on the carfax ..?? Is there another program of record to use..??
10-27-2012, 02:47 PM
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now im just pissed .... just crawled under the car and what looks like a subframe connector going across where the driver would sit has been bent and the plywood is wedged in there ... WTF !!??? Can anyone run a VIN number for me...? I thought if it was in an accident it would have shown on the carfax ..?? Is there another program of record to use..??
10-27-2012, 02:48 PM
#13
Race Car Tech
now im just pissed .... just crawled under the car and what looks like a subframe connector going across where the driver would sit has been bent and the plywood is wedged in there ... WTF !!??? Can anyone run a VIN number for me...? I thought if it was in an accident it would have shown on the carfax ..?? Is there another program of record to use..??
I guess it's still worth the money for CarFax just to make sure that the car has not been considered salvaged in the past, but other than that it is USELESS!
GL
10-27-2012, 02:54 PM
#14
Tech Contributor
Never buy a used car without a complete visual inspection by a seasoned body collision guy.
At the very least you should have had them put it on a lift and looked under the car.
Lesson learned. Sorry for your situation.
At the very least you should have had them put it on a lift and looked under the car.
Lesson learned. Sorry for your situation.
10-27-2012, 02:56 PM
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Updated with more pics ... to the top. Thank ncvette. It was my first Vette and first used car., U live and learn i guess just really pissed me off, and i bought the damn thing right after i got home from Iraq , Hell i was still in uniform .. I wish there was someone way i could tell if they knew when they sold it to me,. uggggg.
10-27-2012, 02:59 PM
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No shop that did that repair would ever turn it in to carfax. It looks like shadetree back alley work at it's worst.
10-27-2012, 03:00 PM
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From Corvetteactioncenter.com:
Sandwich Composite Floor with Lightweight Balsa Wood Core
Corvette’s floor is constructed using two layers of an aircraft type composite material wrapped around a balsa wood core. The balsa wood helps filter out noise and vibration, and makes the floor 10 times stiffer than the use of composites alone. Numerous “high tech” synthetic fillers were tried, but none matched the stiffness, light weight and damping performance of natural balsa wood.
Sandwich Composite Floor with Lightweight Balsa Wood Core
Corvette’s floor is constructed using two layers of an aircraft type composite material wrapped around a balsa wood core. The balsa wood helps filter out noise and vibration, and makes the floor 10 times stiffer than the use of composites alone. Numerous “high tech” synthetic fillers were tried, but none matched the stiffness, light weight and damping performance of natural balsa wood.
But plywood has no place in a C6.
10-27-2012, 03:01 PM
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Man that sucks. I would certainly go back to where you bought it and give them a piece of my mind.
Was it a small used car lot or some sort of dealership? If it was a dealership, I would get a lawyer involved.
A dealership most certainly would have known about that problem. Very easy to spot from underneath the car and most would have checked out the car before they took it in trade in or bought it.
Was it a small used car lot or some sort of dealership? If it was a dealership, I would get a lawyer involved.
A dealership most certainly would have known about that problem. Very easy to spot from underneath the car and most would have checked out the car before they took it in trade in or bought it.
10-27-2012, 03:06 PM
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Former Vendor
That really sucks.
If this car was wrecked and reported there is no way it would have passed inspection. The dealer had to know about this as I am sure they had the car up in the air at one time to do a safety check.
I have to ask
who does your oil changes as well?
They would had to have noticed this when car was up in the air. Or did they give you free oil changes for life so nobody else would be snooping under the car
If this car was wrecked and reported there is no way it would have passed inspection. The dealer had to know about this as I am sure they had the car up in the air at one time to do a safety check.
I have to ask
who does your oil changes as well?
They would had to have noticed this when car was up in the air. Or did they give you free oil changes for life so nobody else would be snooping under the car