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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...

Walk around video. As soon as I get the Coupe off the jack stands and moved outside I can walk around it. Right now the passenger side is against the garage wall cabinets. I am working on benches and platforms to access the top side repairs and a creeper for underneath access for the hand...

Wiring update I have added a relay panel where the old voltage regulator used to be. Also added a B(+) buss to the radiator support close by. Manufactured a plate for the relays (5) two for the (fused) dual electric cooling fans, one for the high beams, one for low beams and one for...

It runs and has ben tuned! Installed the fuel tank and flushed the hard lines. Replaced all the rubber lines. Had the engine running for an hour or two and the plugs were sooty black when I pulled them. Ordered the jets from Holley, the 19172225 came with #74 jets in it and it was just too much...

Fuel tank At this stage on the work I need to install the fuel tank to start the new engine in the actual Coupe body. Well I have tried to get it in the car. I did install the filler neck. Oops, you should install the filler neck after the tank is in the car. Yea, I am becoming a seasoned...

I had to do quite a bit of research on the Holley to relearn my lost knowledge on carburetors! I had worked on CSI (Constant Stream Injection) and EFI (Electronic Fuel Injection) for so long I had forgotten! I couldn't just reprogram a EPROM (Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory) in the...