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Try the following link to PPG paints and type in your location. Many of the PPG distributors are dropping lacquers so you may have to call more that one in your location. Ray https://corporateportal.ppg.com/NA/Refinish/PPGRefinish/9-0-Locator/EN

Question for John H. Question for John H. Hi! John, I did some research about seven years ago on different castings from GM. I had a gentleman that provided me some information and examples of casting dates from a St. Catharine's foundry in Canada. Would this be the same foundry as the...

If you can run your finger along the top of the frame rail in the area that John H. described you should feel a depression where the stamp was struck. The number on my 61 270-HP was under the rubber block that is between the body and the frame. The numbers on the 61 315-HP were very faint and...

097 cam and lifters Speed Pro CS113R and mechanical lifters, Sealed Power by Federal Mogul at Car Quest. Just purchased lifters and cam from Car Quest for my 61 315-HP FI project. I have also used the same cam and lifters in my 61 270-HP and 63 340-HP engines. My engine machinist was telling...

Thanks! Ray

Hi! I am a C-1 owner that might be in the market for a newer Corvette. I just looked at a 2001 ZO6 with about 26,000 miles. The car is very clean in side and out, but there seemed to be an engine knock or noise. The owner who is the second owner stated that the noise has always been there...

Hi! Barry The 65 has been gone for many years, sold it to help off set the cost to restore the 1963 SWC. I have now traded the 1963 SWC for a 1961 FI car and a few $ to help restore it. I think this will be one of my last projects. Good early Corvettes are getting hard to find and the price...

You can paint solid axels Corvettes any color that was offered during that model year. There are no codes or plates on a solid axel that provide this information. You will have to do an excellent job of removing the old paint that is now on the car. If you would like to determine the original...

461 X heads survey; I have not accumulated a great deal of information, but you can view what I have collected at: http://wnyncrs.org/Fuelie%20heads%20461 and click on the 461 X Survey. IF any one has additional information and pictures about the 461 X heads, the information would be...

1958 to 1962-early Fuel Injection air cleaner with the large X ray63@rochester.rr.com

Thanks for the responses! I have found and purchased the correct dated 461X heads for my project car. Ray

Hi! Studiog I was quite busy this summer and did not get much done on the Fuelie. The wife and I took the 61 270HP on an NCRS road tour to the BOSTON National Convention. Had a "GREAT" time! Got to observer judge the 61's and picked up some great knowledge that will help me with my project...

Janet and I also had a good time; Great Music! I wish I could have spent more time in the C-2 area, but I was on a mission, I needed to learn as much as I could about the 61 fuelie, and there was two good 61 FI cars there to view. Got to OJ mechanicals on the 61's. Maybe we will see you and...

Congratulations! All the hard work paid off. Ray

461 X Heads ????? I have been researching the use of the 461X head for the 1961 315HP engine. I would like to confirm casting dates with the end head symbols (double hump, double hump with flat tops and rectangle symbols). The dates I am interested in are form August 1960 to August 1962...