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 […]
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 […]
In this post, we will show and demenstrate the process taken to complete the our 1963 Corvette Red Oxide Primer task. We finished the initial round of body work and have sprayed both the epoxy primer (red oxide) and G2 primer (polyester high build, black). Here is the body in the red oxide epoxy primer. […]
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. […]