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Blackmoon you have to get over this gelcoat thing, it is not a good way to go. how much proof do you need? Now as for your 5 speed trans, thats the way to go. The overdrive is a get idea.

I have never seen it but is it possible sure. From what i have read about the year changes in ST Louis anything is possible. If your car is that early i would think they may have been using up old inventroy. good thing you looked at all this as you where taking it apart. smart move. I would just...

I just wrote this in the other forum. If you can use someones heated booth go for it. after your car is in primer cook it as long as you can. I like to see an hour or more. your car gets hotter than 140 f. in the sun. dont worry about the temp. I like to see 200 f if possible. To get a little...

Sounds like you preped the eklers primer right. Dose the paint peel away from the epoxy sealer or just bubble. My dupont rep was in on tuesday and i showed him this post. He said it sounds like solvent pop but that dose not account for the ozeing. I stated before that i had this happen, but it...

67 heaven. I have been following your progress on your web site for some time now. Your doing a great job on your 67. I like the flares you used also. Are you going to leave that nice new 502 stock or are you going to change anything, intake, cam or whatever. cant wait to see how that turns out...

Paintdaddy and John Z seem to share my opinion on how to refinish a corvette. I have read alot of there advise on this fourm and respect there input. yAs for myself after 25 years as a painter and body man and have done to many corvettes to remember, maybe i really am a professional. I am sorry...

Johnz again thanks for the info. I will call jerry today and send him some parts to have done.

one bad 69.The spiral turbos are my first choice. they wont blow out but i have never heard or talked to anyone who has them. loud is good im fine with that but do they have that cracking sound like a shot gun going off when you take your foot out of the gas? thats when the cops get on you...

427. thanks for posting that.The heating of the car is also very important when new panels or major repairs have been done. we are lucky to have a guy nearby that powdercoats and lets me use his oven to bake the bodys. i heat them to 225 F. for 1 hour and that works fine. for any guys wanting to...

John Z is right buy the best you can with the money you have. i have been doing vettes and other frame offs for many years. It takes alot of money , time , and work. Im not sayng not to do it but be prepared thats why you see so projects for sale. guys take the car apart and then they never finish.

Sky65 what inserts are you going to use now? i need to make up my mind and i am not sure what ones to use.

lets here from the experts. first are corvettes gelcoated from the factory? second do you use gelcoat after stripping the cars or a high build polyester primer? now when i say gelcoat i mean gelcoat like used in molds and applied with a gelcoat gun. third, do you need a polyester based primer at...

I had the same thing happen at my shop. we got a car in from a local shop to do the paint work ,they had put the eklers primer or the bare glass. we let the car sit out in the sun for a few weeks before painting and the primer bubbled up in many spots. after talking to the other shop we found...

road noise im on a trip to bike week in daytona rite now. i must say you are rite about the noise. up in new york i had to stop and look cause it sounded like a tire was coming apart. it was ok but i never had a car with so much tire noise. i have been making this trip for 11 years now and in...

tiger shark Jon Moss said at this years sema show that gm was going to make the body parts for the tiger shark available over the counter. I have been looking and have not seen anything yet. if anyone knows anything about this let me know. I will buy the parts as soon as i can. I love the hood...

antenna access the rt quarter can be removed very easy,its only screwed on with less than 15 torx screws but you have to remove the rt tail light to get to the 10 mm nuts that hold the rt side of the bumper cover. It is only a 20 minute job. The coupe has the antenna in the rear window. and my...

paint Icant tell you the complete tech. on what they are but basicly they are poisons in paint like lead. Paint and clearcoats need solvents to get from the gun to the car. the solvents thin the paint the more you thin the better it will look, less orange peel. Paints today use little or no...

comfort as much as i like the C5. i think that once you manage to get in a C4 it is better to sit in. the pedels in the C5 seem to be placed wrong, the gas pedal is to close to you and my leg is always touching the dash. i use cruise control all the time. and as always the weather strips suck...

fiberglass color what year car are you repairing? up till 65 the glass was what is called white. 65 is darker and i believe 67 is called black. someone correct me if im wrong.i could be off on the year change. i have not worked on midyears for sometime now.the dark glass is not to hard to hide...

paint tag i have one that is # 206 and the car has alot of stuff that they must have changed. have you ever seen the first type inside door handles? they look like a T. this car has no decal with codes. it is much easier to have the decal.