We are starting a new project at Jonesy’s, well it is new to us. This 1959 GMC 4X4 Truck like many restoration projects stalled out about 15 years ago. Life happens people move and projects get set aside. This is a very common story in the world of collector and classic cars and truck. After […]
In this post, we will show and demonstrate the process taken to paint the 1963 Corvette Frame Stencil and more. We stenciled the frame, marked the pull date, marked the shim counts, and blasted and painted the corvette wheels. Here is one of the wheels painted. The wheels were first painted low gloss black, then just the […]
In this post, we will show and demenstrate the process taken to complete a 1963 Corvette Transmission and Differential Disassembly. We disassembled and inspected the differential on the Corvette and also opened and inspected the transmission. The differential assembly Yellow Assembly mark on the yoke. Yellow assembly mark on the case. We found that the […]
In this post, we will show and demenstrate the process taken to complete our 1963 Corvette Frame and Chassis Paint job. We cleaned and painted all the suspension and chassis parts and we prepped and painted the Corvette frame. After sand blasting the suspension components. We had the frame sand blasted and here you can […]
In this post, we will show and demonstrate the process taken to complete the 1963 Corvette Split Window Coupe Body Removal Part II. Today we removed the body from the Chassis. We had to make some modifications to the lifting frame to provide more support to the body. We added an additional lift point in the […]
In this post, we will demonstrate and show the process taken to complete the 1963 Corvette Body Removal Prep project. We are ready to remove the body off the chassis and have fabricated brackets and a lifting frame to remove the body. We fabricated a set of lifting brackets that bolt tot the door jamb were the striker […]
In this post, we will demonstrate the process taken to complete the 1963 Corvette Bodywork and Repair on the Split Window Coupe. We have finished stripping all the paint off the Corvette and have started the body work on it. We have also receive a few more of the original parts for the Corvette. The next […]
In this post, we ill show and demonstrate the process taken to complete the 1963 Corvette Paint Removal and Prep. As you have seen we have pretty much finished disassembling the car and have started stripping paint. We also have some neat photos for you of how the factory painted these cars. This is a photo of the […]
In this post, we will show and demonstrate the process taken to complete the 1963 Corvette Split Window Coupe Interior Removal. We have continued on with the removal of the interior of the Corvette. We have removed the gauge cluster, dash, headliner and some of the trim panels. We removed the last of the door mechanisms. […]
In this post, we will show and demonstrate the process taken to complete the 1963 Corvette Split Window Coupe Glass Removal. We have photos and descriptions of each. Some descriptions will be plain and basic but we try to go in depth when it comes to something extremely important. We have started the trim and glass removal on […]