Thanks everyone for the great comments. It's funny how cars you saw when you were a kid and now can "afford" are never forgotten. I wasn't even born when this model year car was on the showroom floor but in the small town of 3,800 I lived there was a 4 headlight C1 vette that was a classmates dad as well as a 69 camaro. I have a feeling both will end up in the stable when all is done and said. The corvette got to be a big focus for me 4 years ago when I tore by achilles and in was spring/summer. I was bored out my mind with the short Minnesota summers and not being able to move around so I got very focused on getting the C1 vette. I literal test drove a C1 the week after sugery with a big cast on. Needless to say, "handling" left something to be desired. I actually had check in hand and drove 4 hours to buy a 68 camaro and it also was "not what I expected". The Downs body was an Ebay impulse buy but one where Jamie Downs was trying to get rid of it and didn't even have an Ebay rating. Let's just say, I have a good/cheap base to build a pro-touring C1 vette without buying all the stuff that I didn't want. I'm not a very patient person but this website and the economy really help me do the research and put together a combo of parts and great partners with Kurt/Autokraft, Jason Rushforth, Tracy at RecoveryRoom and Frank at Prodigy.
Great question Scott. First is to mount the body better on the frame. It has 4 mounting pts in the center of the car and we want to add 4 more at the front and back of the frame. Then I think he's mocking up the drivetrain and stance. The trans is there and he will be using one of his LS blocks. Then we want to mock up the rest of the drivetrain and get the stance right. The Forgeline should show up in early January. Shortly after that or while he's working on the drivetrain, I think the body mods, straightening the gaps etc will get started. We have a "spring" appointment for Interior with Tracy so I think it's going to be quite the push once he finishes up a few projects.
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