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69mnypit If you want it to appear original, Corvette Image has the correct color bonding material. Buy an inexpensive cake icing kit and put the mixture in that and squeeze it onto the surfaces you want to bond. It will squish out and look original as long as you do it sloppily enough. :) Use...

Thanks for the complement Chuck I had a silver blue customized 55 Chevy hardtop that I drove for 7 years while saving up for my first new car, a Corvette. That's the primary reason that I ordered the silver blue. Actually, on the written sales order (I still have it) it states that I ordered...

Chuck The date on the plexiglas rear window is 5 63. I ordered this car in January 63 and it was delivered in mid-May. Trust me, this is the original hardtop, heck it still has the original carpet and seats. Of course the drivers side is torn from me sliding in. :( Oh, my car also has the raised...

John I've seen the description for 63-64 hardtops that you note in one of the NCRS magazines, but I don't think it is accurate. I am the original owner of a May 63 Corvette with hardtop and it does not have the notches you mention. Mine also has something like a rivet through the rear plexiglas...

My local Chevy dealer tells me that he still has new steering boxes available. I was at the recent Performance Racing Industry show in Indy visiting Flaming River's booth and was told they are close to offering a rack and pinion for our cars. It is a non-power unit. I was interested in one to...

I recently spoke with a FuelSafe representative at the Performance Racing Industry show in Indianapolis about putting a fuel cell in a Corvette gas tank. He said that they do these kinds of things for vintage racers that require a stock looking tank. He wouldn't quote an exact figure, but he...

Interesting thread!! As a long, (spell that L O N GGGGGtime) Corvette owner, I too have watched Zora try to sell his mid-engine concept, only to come up short, for political, cost and the very real comfort reasons mentioned above. Still, IF there is any substance to the Blue Devil rumor as a...

Thanks Tom The picture was taken on the way back from the NCM's 5th anniversary. The decal on the windshield was because I was the Indiana Caravan Captain. Geez, gotta take those off someday. :) Here is a picture that makes some NCRS folks nuts!! I doubt they will ever get changed though, my...

I would be interested in knowing how the ceramic brake shoes work out if anyone tries them. I ordered the semi-metallic brakes on my 63 along with power brakes and they always seemed to work ok cold. Not as good as when they were heated up of course. They would really haul me down quickly once...

67Heaven Your sidepipe story gave me some smiles of remembering a similar instance with my fine son. When he was about 3 years old he came out into the garage and was about halfway across the floor when I fired Ol Blue up. At that time I had a set of Kustom sidepipe headers on it and with it's...

IKERDs is very good too. He is located in Bedford IN, about 275 miles from you. http://www.ikerds.com/ Ol Blue

I've read in magazines that for temporary camber alignment at home you can get two squares of floor tile under each rear tire, put something slippery between the tile, and then adjust the camber. This allows the sideways movement of the wheel/tire and supposedly replaces the rolling back and...

I believe that I bought mine at Eastwood. Ol Blue

Except for the sanding......:( Ol Blue

I agree with whalepirot on the clear covers that are available on the market, but I think they are around $600 installed. My son has it on his yellow Z06 and if you don't know to look for it, it's practically invisible. He used a regular type bra on his 84 when we were at the Black Hills...

If you have lots of space, time, money and perseverance and of course some mechanical talent, it can be rewarding. On the other hand, if you are doing it to increase the value, it most likely will NEVER be worth the time and money you put into it, at least not for many many years. If this is...

hasbin Not to start any cam wars here, but if you really like the solid lifter sound, you might consider the old 30/30 cam from the 65 Fuelies. They adjust at .030 which is very noisy, and the cam really comes in at 3000rpm. It feels similar to my son's ZR1 when the extra injectors take over...

LanceB Sorry to hear about your bad experience on the differential. If you do have the ability/time to remove your differential, you might consider having it rebuilt or exchanged by Ikerd's Corvettes in Bedford Indiana, ony a couple of hours from you. He is probably one of the best around and...

hazbin I have the heddman sidepipe headers on my 63. I put them on almost 30 years ago. They fit great. Ol Blue http://www.knology.net/~corvettes/63vett.jpg

After putting 4:10 gears in my son's ZR1, he followed Randy's Ring & Pinion advice to the extreme on gear break-in . He did several cycles of driving and letting it cool before putting it on the road for a longer time frame. After many many dragstrip runs the gears are still quiet. For more...