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Tracing a car's history is simply good old-fashioned detective work, starting with the person you bought the car from and working backwards; the NCRS can tell you who the original selling dealer was, and you fill in the gaps. It isn't going to bear fruit overnight - it takes time...LOTS of time...

The 1964 (only) had two additional inboard body mounts per side, forward of the luggage stop panel; they were eliminated for 1965. Shown in the Assembly Manual, section 1-Mounting, sheet 2.00. :thumb :beer

Yes, they did - they just picked a different point on the curve as the rating point - I have the Chevrolet Engineering Change that revised the advertised hp and released new air cleaner stickers on all big-blocks in all car lines in July of 1965, and the stated reason is "Management Direction"...

I'll chime in here too. With manual steering set on the faster ratio, the steering effort isn't appreciably different; those of us who learned to drive back in the day when power steering was rare didn't think anything about it. When you move the tie rod ends from one pair of holes to the other...

I did too - I was the Senior Process Engineer at the Chevrolet Pilot Line and GM Assembly Research Center from 1966-1969, then moved on to Lordstown. :thumb :beer

Corvettes don't have gelcoat, but boats do. What you're seeing is contamination of the fiberglass from absorbing standard brake fluid, which occurred prior to changing it over to DOT5 silicone fluid. Repeated applications of acetone and direct heat (after removing the paint) followed by epoxy...

GL-5 won't hurt it a bit. :) :beer

VIN numbers (E53F001001 - E53F001300) make it pretty clear that it's 300. :beer

Talk to Bair's in Linesville, Pennsylvania (Yogi Bair's Parts & Service For Corvettes) and see what they can do for you. :beer

Sully's or Coffman Corvette should have one - both manufacture Corvette soft top frame parts. :beer

Yup - John DeGregory, JohnDeGreg@aol.com. :beer

The standard under-car exhaust system was made by Walker, and Arvin supplied the RPO N-11 under-car "off-road" exhaust system. St. Louis had no way to measure horsepower (no chassis dyno at the plant), and no difference is quoted in the Engineering Specs or in the AMA Specs. :beer

Not on the L-36 (or L-68 3x2) - they had cast pistons, which were fitted with conventional close .0009"-.0015" clearances; it might have been an issue on some L-71's which had much looser-fitting forged pistons fitted at .004"-.0046", but I've never seen any TSB's or complaints on it. What did...

Coolant capacity of a radiator isn't important to cooling performance - what matters is heat rejection capability ("cooling capacity"), and that's what DeWitts is good at; nobody else but DeWitts tests for and publishes BTU's of heat rejection capability. :thumb

The RPO L-76 (327/365hp) engine was available with A/C in 1964 and 1965; that was the last time A/C was available with a solid-lifter engine until the LT-1 in 1972. The tachometer wasn't changed with the L-76-A/C combination - it remained with the 6500 rpm redline, and the A/C compressor used a...

ALL '53-'82 Corvette frames were manufactured by A.O. Smith. '53-'62 and '68-'82 frames were made in their Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant, and '63-'67 frames were made in their Granite City, Illinois plant, across the river from St. Louis. :thumb

Those wheels are Service replacements - all production wheels were welded. :thumb

See page 52 in your owner's manual. :thumb

Depends on condition - if the rear of the boxed side rails and rear kickup areas are heavily corroded, either the rear frame section or the entire frame should be replaced; Vette Products of Michigan manufactures both. :thumb

All 1967 BB Corvette engines had painted valve covers EXCEPT the (16) L-89's, which had chrome valve covers. :thumb