Now that the front suspension is pretty well complete we have moved onto the Corvette rear suspension assembly. We installed the differential, lower strut rods, mono-spring, half shafts, and assembled the brakes. From assembling the rear suspension of the Corvette, it is once again confirmed that you need to keep a diligent eye out for […]
This post will cover the 1963 Corvette chassis assembly marks. When the GM factory was assembling the chassis of the Corvette or any other vehicle for that matter, they would torque check certain nuts/bolts at various locations on the chassis. Upon having checked these various nuts or bolts they would brush a dab of paint, […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Classic cars just sit…..and sit…….and sit, until finally someone gets tired of paying storage or gets the motivation to see the old car ride again. This was just the case for our 1968 Ford Mustang. The car’s California registration ran out in 1991 and since we are in Washington I think it is safe to […]
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 describe and demenstrate the processes of a 1963 Corvette Shifter Restoration and Trailing Arm Disassembly. Here we have begun by restoring the shifter assembly, cleaning and installing new bushings in the rear strut rod, and disassembling the rear trailing arms. As you can see by the slight rust and built-up dirt, this is […]
In this post, we demenstrate and show the process taken to complete a 1963 Corvette Rear Spring and Steering Installation. Here we have installed the rear spring pack, the steering linkage bar, and disassembled/cleaned the fuel tank cross member. We then installed the front fender skirt dust shields, test fitted the grill, and prepped the […]