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Neil
you are welcome

Bob

This car could be my favorite C3 of all time. Colors, wheels, and details are just bitchin. Car looks meaner than a mother in law.

Thank you very much!

Well, after 8 months of having to find a new roll cage fabricator, an emergency out of town work assignment, and a city water main replacement project in front of my driveway, the car finally came home today. I'm looking forward to the wiring and interior project, as I have never done that type of work before.

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Congrats! The car looks great, Neil. Be sure to document your wiring so you can trouble shoot it in the future without having to trace all the wires.

Here is the mock up of the driver's seat and steering wheel. I chose a Momo Prototipo wheel and mated it to an NRG short hub and quick release. The quick release was a must-have with the Kirkey race seats and side pipes. I will be using the stock Tilt/Tele column. The tilt mechanism had some play in it so I pulled it out and replaced the lower knuckle/lock shoe pins, column sphere, and upper/lower bearings. I'm retaining the turn signal switch but the ignition and starter switches will be relocated to the dash.

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is that the C10 Tom argue built with our Chassis in it? in the back ground?

DUH. look one more post down before you start asking stupid questions!!

Yes, Tom did the paint and misc. fabrication on my car. That C10 is badass.

Neil, nice work.....now I'm going to kindly ask that you get out of my head....

You've managed to pretty much build exactly what I would have/want to, right down to the CCW Classics, Hoosiers, and the Prototipo wheel. The only thing I would have done is gone with Fathom Green and an LS7 (I realize both the paint and motor were done when you purchased the car).

Keep up the good work, Im jealous as hell!

Too funny. : ) Yes, certain parts are must-have's for a build like this. After looking at the Garner AIR L88 car, various early 70's 911's, Strope's Martini Mustang, etc. I just had to run the Prototipo wheel. I'll either do an LS-based motor or a really nasty big block down the road, but the current motor sounds good and should run good with the T56/4:11 combo. The Fathom Green would look awesome over the flares as well. The Babe Headley L88 race car is dark green and looks killer. I saw that car at Pebble Beach go through auction about 15 years ago. It was gorgeous and I should have bought it.

Prototipo's are great wheels. It looks extra cool with the gold hardware, too!

Evening Neil,

What a great looking project and thank you for sharing the build up.

Also this post has finally confirmed it that is exactly the steering wheel I am looking for. I guess I will give old Tommy Boy a call in the morning and tell him to order one up for me.

Yes, Neil, Yes. Fantastic, sir. :thumbsup:

You just built my dream car!!!

Thank you! It's nice that other people are digging this build.

I'm still chipping away at it. I got the steering column rebuilt, the engine plumbing finished, the Ridetech steering brace installed, the engine wiring harness completed and the dash harness roughed in. I'm using an AAW Highway 15 kit for the wiring. When I get back from SEMA, I'm going put the column back in it and then fire the engine, check vitals and do a rough tune. Then, I will tidy up the dash harness and wire the rear lights.

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I just completed lots of little odds and ends under the hood. Not a trace of Pro Touring in here... just old school hot rodding. Here is the finished engine bay.

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Looks very nice.

Old school ( sort of ) still works today !!!!
 

Awesome corvette , excellent project ! Love it all ! If I may ask who makes the valve covers or are they vintage ?? Thanks for sharing!!!!

Thanks! I really struggled to find a set of valve covers that fit around the booster and had the right look for my project. I ended up finding these which are made for offshore powerboats by Hardin Marine. I bought them raw and had them media blasted.

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Thanks for the valve cover info, much appreciated and enjoy your corvette ! Perfect c3

Neil, this continues to be my favorite build going....very curious to see what you end up doing with the dash....Ive got a spare set of those 1/16 inch steel CNC'd brackets that were bumping around the Corvette forum a few years ago that allow you to mount 5" Autometer gauges in the factory holes if you need them....although I assume you're going to be running a dash more in line with the vintage race cars. Keep up the great work!

Thank you so much! My dash will be similar to the Garner AIR L88 car (with stock dash panels and center shift console) with some modern twists thrown in. I'm using Speed Hut gauges and New Vintage toggle switches.

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Here is a mockup of the center gauge cluster.

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It's good to see some more updates on this! That gauge cluster setup is looking excellent!

Killin it Neil!

Like the look of the raw casting valve covers, always a fan of vintage looking modern tech.

Keep it going Neil

I dropped it off the jackstands today for the first time in over 3 months. I was able to run it around the block for a basic systems check. She ran good!

Here is a link to the startup video...



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I finished the rear body harness and got the taillights and turn signals working. Sooooo... for the first time since I bought the car, she left the neighborhood under her own power today! I still have plenty to do, but it sure felt good to drive it.

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Thanks for the update Neil!....She's coming a long nicely....pretty much done....so you ready to sell and move on to the next project yet? :welcome3:

Very nice!!! I can't wait to see her fully dressed....with rear wheels, etc.

Awesome job, Neil!

LOL. Still lots to do. I put about 3 miles on it today.

Thanks! Still getting the rear suspension dialed in. She'll be sitting on 345's soon.

Since I'll be running Hoosiers, today's art project was to add some paint protection film to the leading edge of the flares to reduce stone chip damage. Since nobody makes a PPF kit for a flared C3 Corvette, I had to create the template and hand cut the film. I started by using contact paper to create the right shape on the car. Then, I transferred the shape from the contact paper to the PPF. After cutting the PPF to shape, it went on the car fairly easy. I think it turned out pretty good. You can barely see the film line in the last photo.

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Nice and smart! I'll have to remember this for the future. My flares are chipped up badly.

Agreed 100% as I am planning on doing this to the nose of the 70

Today was a perfect day outside, so I finished up a rough alignment and Hoosier'd up! Here is her first 'real' drive. I got about an hour of run time on it. The car will be going back to Tom Argue this week for a few little things while I work on interior prep items back at home.

First drive:

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Awesome build! Looking forward to seeing interior pics.

The shakedown continues. After a few good heat cycles and nut/bolt checks, I made the 20 mile trek over the bay bridge to Tom Argue's for a few items. The car ran nice and cool and is a real hoot to drive. No real issues in traffic or on the way except the clutch master started weeping.



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