The 1963 Corvette chassis assembly continues out here at the shop. We have finished up assembling the front suspension and have moved on to installing brake lines, hoses, and steering. This is a great accomplishment as now the Corvette chassis begins to look like and actual chassis instead of a bare frame. We installed the […]
One time consuming part of our 1963 Corvette project is the gauge cluster restoration. The gauge cluster is fully removable from the Corvette which makes the restoration easier, but it is a process that takes a lot of care and time. Our gauge cluster restoration is made slightly more difficult because after marker gauges had […]
We have started our 1963 Corvette front suspension assembly. This can be a rather slow meticulous process, but it pays off in spades in the end if you only have to do it once. We have started off by installing our upper and lower control arms, springs (with assembly marks), steering knuckles, steering arms, backing […]
This post will cover a 1963 Corvette body mount repair. When removing the body from the frame on our 1963 Corvette project, one of the body bolts seized into the captive nut and broke off. To fix this problem we needed to replace the seized captive nut. The captive nut was located in the rear […]
In this post we will cover a 1963 Corvette door hinge detente spring replacement. It is quite common for the detente springs in a Corvette door hinge to break off and need replacement. This was the case with a couple of the springs on our Corvette. For this project a special riveting tool is required, […]
This post covers 1963 Corvette chassis restoration and assembly. We have moved onto chassis assembly on our 1963 Split Window Corvette. Our frame had been disassembled and sent off to blasting. after receiving it back, we have started assembling it. Here is the differential cross member after restoration. it is ready for the bushings to […]
As with most Corvettes that are fifty years old, at one time or another they have seen a collision which will require some level of fiberglass body repair. In the case of our Corvette, we have multiple panels that have been badly damaged at one point and had some fiberglass body repair done. Unfortunately, the […]
Having our Corvette fully disassembled and stripped we are ready for fiberglass repair and body work. One thing that will have to be done before any of this though is rebuilding door hinges. Rebuilding the door hinges is essential before any body work and fiberglass repair because the hinges will set the final location of […]
Disassembly on our 1963 Corvette body has come to completion and now we are going to move on to Corvette fiberglass body restoration. When doing a Corvette fiberglass body restoration there are a few things that need to be kept in mind. Corvettes are obviously made from fiberglass, and being thus, they act a lot […]
With every project we start with a good punch list. The owner of this 1959 GMC provided us with the following: To download the spreadsheet Click here: 59 GMC 4X4 Truck work list After reviewing the list and adding my comments we decided the best place to start was with a good washing. Then once […]