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 […]
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 […]
All the remaining 1959 Chevrolet Rust Repair panels for the cab and doors have arrived from LMC Truck The rust repair starts by laying out the cuts. Theses cuts are determined by a couple of factors: removing all the rust, and the size of the repair panel. A piece of masking tape makes a […]
In this post, we will demonstrate the process taken to complete a Rattle Can Engine Rebuild. The engine in your classic truck is working great but looks like you are heavily invested in crude oil. A Rattle Can Engine Rebuild is in order and trust me you will be amazed by the results. The first step […]
In this post, the team installed the 1963 Corvette body and firewall assembly. We began by installing the body on the chassis. Here are the photos of it as it happened. Also we installed the fire wall insulation and the under dash wire harness. The body with the lifting fixture hooked up and in position […]
In this post, we will show you a step-by-step process on how we restored and installed our 1963 Corvette Engine Blackout, Alignment Shims, Z-bar, and Interior Paint. We have finished the engine compartment black out, black out and undercoating the wheel wells, rebuilt and installed the clutch z-bar assembly, cut all new original looking shims for the […]
In this post, we’ll show and demenstrate the process taken to install and repair our 1963 Corvette Front Suspension and Seats. We have put the assembly marks on the front springs, installed the springs, spindles, brake backing plates, steering arms, and sway bar linkage. We also have rebuilt the ball joint on the steering relay […]
1963 Corvette Door Hinge Installation Process In this post, we will demonstrate the process taken to complete our 1963 Corvette Door Hinge Installation Process. This process is very precise operation. We have rebuilt and repaired all the door hinges and also installed the doors on the body and adjusted them to fit. This was a very […]
In this post, we will show and demenstrate the process taken to complete a 1963 Corvette Factory Lacquer Paint job. The Corvette body is ready for paint. We sanded, masked, and cleaned the body. It’s completely ready for a factory lacquer paint job. Here you can see that the body has been masked and ready for […]
In this post, we will show and demenstrate the process taken to complete our 1963 Corvette Cleaning The Underside task. We stripped and cleaned the underside of the Corvette body. It’s looking great and we even found something that is not mentioned in the judging manual. We connected the lifting frame on the Corvette and […]