Exactly. I will have great gearing for acceleration, but the engine can lope along for freeway use. This thing will only see weekend/great weather duty.
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Exactly. I will have great gearing for acceleration, but the engine can lope along for freeway use. This thing will only see weekend/great weather duty.
Sounds like you have it all figured out. This is going to be a fun one to watch.
As someone who is currently doing a restomod build you don't know how right you are LOL. But it sure is fun.
It was Mosport Green with dark green interior.
Mosport Green is a beautiful color.
Love that. Simple wicked fun and really what those cars were all about.
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Ookay, she’s back in my garage for a short while, then she’ll go up north to be soda blasted. Lots of cancer in the front window frame area. Other than that, the body needs lots of TLC before paint.
Frame is being sand-blasted and powder coated, and will be delivered to my house as a rolling chassis. Engine tear down begins this week. Awaiting swatches of interior color, likely dark red or maroon which will be a nice contrast to the Silver Birch exterior paint. I’m $25K in at this point.
Wonder if this is a Dow-Smith body as this was the first of only 2 times some Vette bodies was made outside of GM the other time was the 87-91 Callaway vettes and a few others that was made until the C-7's with their Callaway aero kits
Ok, update from my engine builder, and not good news.
Two cylinders have corrosion from water intrusion, and one of the heads has excessive pitting. Remaining head and the block magna-fluxed fine, so I guess that’s a silver lining. Cylinders are currently at .040 over, but will be bored to .060 over with 2 sleeves which gives me about 347ci of displacement. Stock crank was cast, so steel one will be substituted. H-beam rods, lighter pistons, double roller chain, roller cam (will be hotter than stock, but streetable).
Holley EFI system is a work of art and pricey. I’m installing a big block hood, and under hood clearance is a concern, so we’ll probably go with the standard deck height for manifold selection. Headers, which are specific to mate with the side-pipes will be sent to the engine builder (Schulz Automotive) and after assembly, the engine will be broken-in and dyno’d-tuned by Kelly Moss Racing. This work has a price tag of about $14K which, after the restorer ordered $43K of parts AFTER I’d already given him $25K, places me at $82K thus far. At this point, I’ll never retire....
Two cylinders have corrosion from water intrusion, and one of the heads has excessive pitting. Remaining head and the block magna-fluxed fine, so I guess that’s a silver lining. Cylinders are currently at .040 over, but will be bored to .060 over with 2 sleeves which gives me about 347ci of displacement. Stock crank was cast, so steel one will be substituted. H-beam rods, lighter pistons, double roller chain, roller cam (will be hotter than stock, but streetable).
Holley EFI system is a work of art and pricey. I’m installing a big block hood, and under hood clearance is a concern, so we’ll probably go with the standard deck height for manifold selection. Headers, which are specific to mate with the side-pipes will be sent to the engine builder (Schulz Automotive) and after assembly, the engine will be broken-in and dyno’d-tuned by Kelly Moss Racing. This work has a price tag of about $14K which, after the restorer ordered $43K of parts AFTER I’d already given him $25K, places me at $82K thus far. At this point, I’ll never retire....
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How could I determine this? Seems like a long shot, as this car was originally a basic low optioned car.
Could you elaborate on that? Are you saying that Callaway actually made OEM bodies for GM?
Other than the interior and doors almost everything else on the Sledgehammer and Aero TT C4's was a Callaway part. Same with the C-5 Supernaturals and C-16 Callaways. They all have Vette underpinnings but the body panels are far from GM issued and was and never made by GM at Bowling Green.
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From my understanding about AO and I am no expert was that half and half of the bodies built during those years 65-66 was made between the 2. And real early about mid April forward of 1967 production was also split but GM didn't like that AO was on strike in late Oct of 1966 so that is when they really ramped up production and decided to keep it all under roof and their own control and so never rely on anyone else for building Vette bodies or frames for production.
If you see a tag or tags anywhere on that body and it has AO followed by a number that is one way, the 1967's though also had a tag right on top of the fuel tank with that same set up with the AO ##### but they are the only year to have that.
Interesting. This is a ‘66 and sat out in the elements from 1980 (or earlier) until about 1999. There was nothing left of the tank sticker, but I’ll get photos of the VIN/body plates....
Like I said 1967's are the only ones to come with a tank tag and it was right by the pickup line/ fuel level housing area.
C2 1965 Corvette
If you have the body/ trim tag like this write up has and it is an A that is the way to show that it was made by them. I think it would be C or G for Chevy or GM
Sub-ing as well.....how's the frame corrosion??
Surprisingly, the frame is in better shape than the body.Sub-ing as well.....how's the frame corrosion??
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