OCCOMSRAZOR

Many of you read about the salvage Corvette for sale in Washington listed on the forum back in December. Well, Amy and I decided to roll the dice and purchase it to turn into a track car.

After purchasing the car for $20,000, we dropped it off at Wilsonville Chevrolet to start to work out the electrical problems. The computer was showing about 40 different codes which precluded the car from starting without being "hot wired." After many replaced electronic parts, sensors and computers, the car is reasonably operational. It still has a few glitches, but tremendous progress has been made.

I brought it home last Friday and was finally able to put a few miles on it to see how the engine and drivetrain performed. I'm pleased to report that it runs like an LS2 should.

Saturday and Sunday was spent cleaning up the interior and removing carpet and insulation that were absolutely water-logged. It was quite evident from the muddy residue that the "story" that was told about this cars "swim" had been soft-pedaled. Nonetheless, it was great to finally be able to drive it.

Today, we dropped it off at the body shop to have some work done and get (hopefully) the last electrical problems resolved.

For those that don't know, this is a 2005 Z51 with 35K miles.





Weekend work.




The majority of the body damage was on the front fascia.




A wet, smelly pile of crap removed from the interior.




Mud in the passenger side.




Mud on the driver's side.




Boxes of parts waiting to be installed.

Thankfully, I have a wonderful, supportive wife who constantly provides encouragement when I get frustrated. When I see her enthusiasm for this project, it really makes it worthwhile!

Maui

Very nice. Hey, that front end looks vaguely familar.

Rogue C6

Cool! Good Luck!

RicK T

Very ! Looks like a fun project, besides the inevitable frustrations. Do you know when it should come back?

Major Screwup

Sweet! that's gonna be a lot of fun

Remember, the shop is available if ya need the lift or want to do some fab work.

gsport

glad to see you're making progress on it todd...looks like alot of fun, and a great winter project...don't forget to keep us up-dated on it.. jim

OCCOMSRAZOR

As well it should! In fact, I argued about calling this project FRANKENSTEIN because I have been able to find so many "lightly" used parts from other CF members to help put it together.

It's amazing what you can find in the C6 parts section!

OCCOMSRAZOR

I think it's going to be 2 - 3 weeks at the body shop to fix, paint etc. Then it's off to Wong's for exhaust and suspension work and a tune.

I'm researching different options for the roll cage, fire supression etc. Then seats and harnesses.

We want to have it ready for training, autocross and HPDE's this year.

OCCOMSRAZOR

When I get some a few things completed, I'll give you a call!

Joy of 6

I have a Ultra Shield in my car and realy like it. I just do HPDE's but you will notice a huge difference in Autocross. Also have a Team Tech 6 point harness
Ed

OCCOMSRAZOR

What's Ultra Shield? Do you use the harness with stock seats?

Rogue C6

Hey Todd,

If you are looking for harness bar, harnesses, fire extinguisher, and camera mount, try:

http://www.vetteworksonline.com/

Dan is a great guy and very helpfull. I had his stuff in my 05 red coupe. Good stuff!

NW_Vettes

Looks like a fun project

shawden

Looks like a lot of work but, it will be well worth it when you're done !!

NW94Z

Very cool. Looks like you have the best of both worlds. One Corvette to show and treat nicely and another to beat the crap out of with no regrets.

OCCOMSRAZOR

It's was really tough last year using the white one on the track and autocross. As much as I enjoyed it while doing it, I worried about every little ding, nick and scratch once I got it home.

The silver one will wear it's wounds as badges of honor!

OCCOMSRAZOR

From your previous recommendation, I already talked with Dan. He definately has some good stuff!

QU1NT

Wow, now this is a neat project

Definately look forward to your updates