firstgear
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- Joined
- Oct 11, 2003
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- Norwalk, Ohio
- Corvette
- 15 Z06, 01 Vert, 63 SWC & 60 ALL RED
Went over on Friday to see Harry at the shop, good news they are making really good progress, bad news got a HUGE bill, oh well, it wasn't like I didn't know it was coming. I really like the atention to detail he is putting in to this, I realize that costs money too, but he making sure that all the body panels and the gaps are perfect.
He found after sorting the deck lids out, that right where the hinges attach to the soft top lid, that each of those two areas, the deck lid dips a bit in that area. So he is going to do some grinding to lay in some mat and get everything to be at the right height.
The red circles are tha areas that are not equal heights when laying flat.
The left spring tensioner rod inside the soft top area, through the years has rubbed a hole into the fiberglass. Harry will be taking everything apart and seeing if they can redrill and offset tht slightly to get it so that it doesn't rub the body any more. The right side is just fine.
notice the little blocks of wood around the decklid opening. He has those every where to set the body pieces at the right height to make sure that everything matches up just right.
They also had to repair the bumper openings since those flanges in some cases were just plain busted or missing. He made a fixture that would sit inside the opening and enable them to get a real good uniform fit for all 4 of the openings.
we got into a conversation about what to do inside the soft top area, should it be painted body color (red)? black? left primer? It is only money...anyone got an opinion here? Photos to share?
when you look down the side of the body, you can see that it is as straight as it can be. the fenders and rockers look really good....
Had to repair one of the areas where the door hinges hang. Ordered up some new pieces from Paragon, will be good as new when done.
Haven't decided what to do about the center front console as of yet. Not putting the clock back in nor the radio nor the temperature controls or fan stuff....so we are talking about what to do there, perhaps a fuel pressure gage and even maybe a O2 readout from the O2 sensor.....anyone else got comments or thoughts here?
Had to include this photo as well....it is sitting right next to my '60 in the shop. I think it just arrived...not sure what the plans are for it as of yet, but it looks fun!
one other that they are getting close to finishing...
that is it for now, the new front end body panels are due to be shipped end of next week from Oregon, so should be end of the following week. We are right on schedule for Christmas completion at the body shop.
He found after sorting the deck lids out, that right where the hinges attach to the soft top lid, that each of those two areas, the deck lid dips a bit in that area. So he is going to do some grinding to lay in some mat and get everything to be at the right height.
The red circles are tha areas that are not equal heights when laying flat.
The left spring tensioner rod inside the soft top area, through the years has rubbed a hole into the fiberglass. Harry will be taking everything apart and seeing if they can redrill and offset tht slightly to get it so that it doesn't rub the body any more. The right side is just fine.
notice the little blocks of wood around the decklid opening. He has those every where to set the body pieces at the right height to make sure that everything matches up just right.
They also had to repair the bumper openings since those flanges in some cases were just plain busted or missing. He made a fixture that would sit inside the opening and enable them to get a real good uniform fit for all 4 of the openings.
we got into a conversation about what to do inside the soft top area, should it be painted body color (red)? black? left primer? It is only money...anyone got an opinion here? Photos to share?
when you look down the side of the body, you can see that it is as straight as it can be. the fenders and rockers look really good....
Had to repair one of the areas where the door hinges hang. Ordered up some new pieces from Paragon, will be good as new when done.
Haven't decided what to do about the center front console as of yet. Not putting the clock back in nor the radio nor the temperature controls or fan stuff....so we are talking about what to do there, perhaps a fuel pressure gage and even maybe a O2 readout from the O2 sensor.....anyone else got comments or thoughts here?
Had to include this photo as well....it is sitting right next to my '60 in the shop. I think it just arrived...not sure what the plans are for it as of yet, but it looks fun!
one other that they are getting close to finishing...
that is it for now, the new front end body panels are due to be shipped end of next week from Oregon, so should be end of the following week. We are right on schedule for Christmas completion at the body shop.