74 VERT

[Vette79]

Dave, mine's next right???......LOL....otfl

 

[Nut]

The 1974 Corvette had "Corvette Orange".

Elaine

I was wondering when you were going to chime in on that color.

......... nut

 

[xccter]

Always have been partial to Corvettes in Orange. Looks Good!

 

[Nobody Cares]

Line em up fella's. We'll do;em all orange. Thnx for the nice coments guys. Dave

 

[Nobody Cares]

74 vert almost done. only the sill plates and some odds and ends left. Bought a 1980 claret color vette this week. needs some work . 8/1/07

Dave 8/1/07

 

[GS Diva]

Congratulations on C3 #3!!! The '74 looks fabulous...and the '80 doesn't look bad, either!

Elaine

 

[Nobody Cares]

Thnx.Won't be long now. Both seats are redone in leather and now installed.

 

[Nobody Cares]

Elaine the 2002 and 2005 are some beauty's in there own. There's a local freind of mine that painted both the 81 and the 74 vert for me ( Tony Sisko ) he does some real nice work and is a BIG help on putting the cars back together. My son that owns the 69 vette is good at all the interior work. Most the time i'm more like the Gopher guy. Dave

:bar

 

[Nobody Cares]

By the way , this is what the interior on the vert looked like. Yikes . Dave

 

[KANE]

By the way , this is what the interior on the vert looked like. Yikes . Dave

Dave- looks like a heater core leaked at some time in the past! Those things are a PITA to replace when the interior is in. I swear, it was like trying to deliver a 10lb baby to get the core out from under the dash of my 1978 Vette.

As for the floors... on my 1980, I had similar looking floor pans. I used a steel brush wheel and went from the front to the rear of the cabin to scuff it and get rid of debris, loose funk, etc. Then, I went over it with an epoxy based black (like POR-15). Not correct for a restoration- but just right for the clean look of a resto-mod. The satin black really cleaned up the look of battery and storage compartments. It works well in a Silver paint/Claret interior car. Too bad POR-15 doesn't come in colors...

 

[Nobody Cares]

Darkshark, your right the heater core sprung a leak when i was bring the car back home fron the painters. Dave

 

[Nobody Cares]

Still looking for a tach filter for a 1980 . Dave

 

[farmer]

Dave, the convertible is looking great. Here is a progress pic of my car as of today. We did pick an orange,but we strayed from original. As I am sure you are, I am eagerly working towards completion. Have a great day. Ben

 

[Nobody Cares]

Ben , your is looking great. What orange did you go with ?? Good luck on the completion. Send some pix when ya get er dun. Dave

 

[farmer]

Almost embarrassed to tell you. 2005 Mazda Blazing copper pearl clearcoat. More pics to follow. Ben

 

[Nobody Cares]

Sounds interesting Ben. Lets see some more pix Dave

 

[farmer]

I'll see if I can get some appropriate size pics.View attachment 13974

 

[farmer]

I'll try bigger.confused:WView attachment 13975Here goes!

 

[Nobody Cares]

No bigger attachment Farmer. Looks like you were installing the corvette lettering. Been there dun that. Dave

 

[TMPJoe]

Still looking for a tach filter for a 1980 . Dave

ecklers has the replacement not an OEM one in stock.. they are waiting on the OEM style...