Juskie77,
Welcome to the
You've come to the right place if you are looking for info about working on your car. Hopefully your acquisition was a mutual one and not based on the loss of a family member.
I agree with
6880 Mike as I often do.
You can also use the advanced search function of the forum to find previous threads about doing a frame off resto, particularly regarding removing and working with the one-piece body. I know there was at least one thread that showed with pictures how someone removed the body and built a frame to place it on while working on the car.
If this is your first foray into working on Corvettes, I suggest taking your time and asking lots of questions before you turn your first screw. I hate seeing people new to the hobby start a project and then months/years later end up with a frame, a couple buckets of bolts, and one unhappy spouse!
If you are going to jump into this, make sure your available bankroll is at least $5000 right off the bat. And don't expect to have it completed in one season or year. Frame-off restos are the most expensive and time consuming because it turns into one of those, "Oh, well, since I have access to it, I might as well take care of it now!" Next thing you know you're $3500 and 6 months into it. And/or there's the whole part where you find all the little things under the body that you didn't expect to find.
Corvettes aren't exactly like your standard GM vehicle where parts are plentiful, cheap, and interchangeable. There's quite a few vette-specific parts and year-specific parts.
I'm not necessarily speaking from personal experiences here, but I've seen a few threads that started off like this one is and now it's 1-2 years later and that thread is still being updated by the original author, usually sounding something like this..."Damn, I had no idea! I wish I woulda listened to y'all. I never would've gotten into this! But at least after 15 months it's
almost done."
Take your time. Take pictures as documentation. And label EVERYTHING. And ASK QUESTIONS! There's no better place on the net for getting the info you need from people that know their stuff. "You got questions? We got answers!"
Oh, and I'll just post this to save
Vettehead Mikey from having to post it...:L... "Get yourself both the Shop Manual and the Assembly Instruction Manual ("AIM")." It'll be the best $60 you spend on the restoration.