Recent content by haganml

Well that has been quite the journey! I am very happy with the result. I know it isn't a numbers correct restoration. But it is burning gas and smashing bugs! I have been to it's first car show. You can tell the Corvette guys by their reaction, "aftermarket" muttered under their breath, an quick...

Wow thats's different!! As you can see in the last photo it is getting there, but no fuel tank in there yet.

Paint Now we start putting the good stuff in!

Okay, first we have to get the bad stuff out1

Well the Coupe is almost finished. It is now blue. I finally have the tune on the Holley correct. The cooling system is not optimal, sometime overheats. Working on getting photos down loaded. Having issues with my Google Pixle phone downloading photos to my WINTELL computer, not with loading...

I remember an old VW Bus I looked at that had the nose pushed in and had at least 8 inches of body filler puttied in the dent. Looked good from the top but when you got it on a lift and looked up you could see the "repair". It was a Buyers Inspection, someone was looking to buy from a "for sale...

Battle against time Yeah, lots of scars! I'm just glad to be able to pull this one out of limbo and get it back on the tarmac.:happyanim: Now all I have to do is finish it. I'm running a parallel project with a 1961 VW Sedan, I got it in the same condition.

Discovery when stripping the two paint coatings. The Coupe is in the body shop being prepped for new paint. It is no cherry, tagged on the front, rear and sides. The windshield stainless was glued to the body with some black adhesive that was a BEAR to separate. It is laying on the drivers side...

The small block headers are $1,843.94. The side pipes (shiny chrome bits) $383.95. Total $2,227.89. Add oversized shipping and tax (we all have to pay our dues) and you are pushing $2,500.00. The headers I used are the ones that came with the Coupe (dented and rusty in places). I did buy the new...

Inflation Those Hooker Headers are sold by the Holley Group now at a little over $2000.00. :ugh Mark.

Meh, Who Me? :Steer:woot:

Hooker Headers Yes, YES! Nice toy! The shiny chrome mufflers echoed off the canyon walls through acceleration and deceleration as I did a strafing run on the 84! I think I understand "The Attraction" a little better. My son told me "If it's too loud you are too old!" Mark.

Update; first drink, onramp burn out. Well well well! It's burning gas and smashing bugs! House updates had taken over my life, then it started raining here in the East Bay of California. The focus shifted back to the Corvette. Yes I have driven this very noisy fuel sucking criminally exciting...

Final ratio 11.79:1 in 1st gear Okay I have done some calculations on the AP rear axle and the Tremec 3550-12 transmission. With a 2.87 1st gear and 4.11 differential (2.87 X 4.11 = 11.79:1) the Coupe should accelerate nicely. When I was quite young my neighborhood friend had a 1955 two door...