69 Corvette Road Race Build

[Nine Ball]

Love the widebody Corvettes. Rendering is great! Any significance to the number 87? You mentioned L88 a few times, might be a good number too.

[Neil B]

Originally Posted by Nine Ball

Love the widebody Corvettes. Rendering is great! Any significance to the number 87? You mentioned L88 a few times, might be a good number too.

I chose the number because my first race car carried the #87.

[Neil B]

The cage is coming together nicely. I'm planning to bring the car back to Tom Argue tomorrow for misc. items and paint.

[vstol]

Neil what seats are you planning on using?

[Neil B]

Originally Posted by vstol

Neil what seats are you planning on using?

They are Kirkey Vintage Class low backs.

[Neil B]

Pro Fab Performance completed the cage today and I am very pleased with the result. The car is now back at Tom Argue's to paint the cage and hard top, cut/buff, etc.

[Neil B]

I got some more inspiration last weekend at the Amelia Island Concours. They had a C3 rolling chassis which really highlighted the roll cage chassis pickup points.

[Chad-1stGen]

Cool build. Are you just going for road race inspired or will you compete with the car?

[Neil B]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

Cool build. Are you just going for road race inspired or will you compete with the car?

The plan is to build the car as a street fighter with all of the safety and underpinnings for occasional track days and autocrosses. But I'm paying attention to SVRA/HSR rules, so if I get the itch again to go wheel-to-wheel racing I don't have to start completely over.

[gnx7]

Those wheels just look so correct for this car! Looks awesome so far!