71 rebuild

[wabco40]

I have masked up and painted the inside squares of one of my original re-chromed front grills. The outside edge of the squares are still chrome however its a bit hard to see in the picture.
I decide to paint them satin black instead of the factory silver/grey.
It came out ok. I have to mask, etch prime and paint the other side now.

[craigh]

They look great.

Black will probably look better with more contrast as well.

Craig

[wabco40]

They look great.

Black will probably look better with more contrast as well.

Craig

Thanks Craig,

I was thinking about doing them body colour (Electron Blue) but figured the black would look better.

[wabco40]

One step forward, two steps back at the moment.

I am not impressed with the fit of the Corvette America dash pads.
In fact the pillar mouldings, rear quarter trim and the rest of the interior trim pieces fit like crap.

I would like to think if they went to the expense and time to tool up to reproduce these parts they would at least make them fit!!!

I've had more of my original dash parts re-skinned.
They came out looking good and being original they should fit.



Also I have been fitting the front grills.

I have quite a bit of work to do to the bumperettes to make them fit better. They will then be sent off for chroming.

[gtc]

May have been asked before (didn't go back over all posts): What is the name of that blue? Looks magnificent!

[wabco40]

May have been asked before (didn't go back over all posts): What is the name of that blue? Looks magnificent!

Electron Blue, its an 02 US GM factory colour.

[gtc]

May have been asked before (didn't go back over all posts): What is the name of that blue? Looks magnificent!

Electron Blue, its an 02 US GM factory colour.

Thanks!

[craigh]

Wish  my grills were so perfectly aligned.  

I think to get it as good as yours I would need to replace the apron panel as a start.

Also am considering painting my garage floor - out of interest what is yours done with. ?

[wabco40]

Wish  my grills were so perfectly aligned. 

I think to get it as good as yours I would need to replace the apron panel as a start.

Also am considering painting my garage floor - out of interest what is yours done with. ?

Its painted with epoxy concrete floor paint. Its goes thick using a roller. I chose a lighter colour as its easier to see when working under the car.

Its a bit of a headache trying to get it all aligned. and still maintain clearence for the headlights to open/close.
I have roughly fitted the bumperettes but if I have the grills parallel with the bumper then there is large gap between the top of the bumperette and bumper. If I lift the bumperette up to close this gap then the inside of the grills are tilted up and look like crap:grr:
I have been thinking about adding material to the top of the bumperette prior to getting them chromed. The jury is still out as to doing this or not!!!

[craigh]

I found that my best fit resulted in a bit of a gap at the top of the bumper-ettes as well.

The grills were nice and parallel to the bumper.

I also ended up with a bit of gap between the grilles and the bumper-ettes

I still need to spend more time on it, then i will pull them off again later and strip, paint  etc

[wabco40]

So much for finishing this year:huh:
I am stuck up in Thailand for the next few weeks so nothing happening at the moment.
After seeing Craig has 71 back on the road I plan on going hard to finish off when I return.
Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year:beer:

[69 DIRTY RAT]

Very nice! Lookin Sweet!

[craigh]

Looks amazing as normal.

An order of magnitude bigger project than my recent one though.

Sure it won't be long till you can drive it.

[wabco40]

I have started assembling the roof panels. I have fitted new SS trim to the front and sides. For aftermarket parts I am surprised how well they fit.
I have also fitted new latches and cleaned up the original locating pins and tongues.
I still need to fit the weather seal and fit and adjust the panels to the car.
I have some new headliner pads, these are Corvette America parts so I am yet to find out how well these pads will fit!!!

[wabco40]

I am finally finishing off the front of the car.
I've got my lower front bumper sections back from being chromed and fitted.

I still need to adjust the ride height down about another 1/2".



I only need to fit the number plate bracket to finish the grill area off.

[craigh]

Looks amazing.

Will have to look at the chrome on my bumperettes at some stage as they are scraped a bit.

Lucky they are low down and not that visible :-)

[wabco40]

Looks amazing.

Will have to look at the chrome on my bumperettes at some stage as they are scraped a bit.

Lucky they are low down and not that visible :-)

Thanks Craig,

I was going to fill the gap between the bumperettes and bumper prior to getting them chromed but figured there was a gap between the grills and bumper so decided to leave them (the truth being, I couldn't be bothered).

However I did etch prime and paint the side of the bumperette that faces the grill.

[wabco40]

I have fitted most of the dash. The lack of stitching on the re-skinned dash pads is not correct, however as the car is far from original I'am not concerned about it.
The two plugs hanging down from the right lower dash are for calibration and ECU diagnostic and flash functions. They will sit up under the dash when not used.

[Jethro]

Come up smick:drunk:

[wabco40]

Come up smick:drunk:

Thanks Jethro,
I was hoping to have it finished by now, however work keeps getting in the way:grr:
I have fitted new foam and leather covers to the seats and fitted the left rear quarter trim panel and halo trim. The right quarter trim panel dosn't fit as well as I would like it to so need to do a bit of work here.
I'am out of the country at the moment so nothings going to happen for the rest of this month.