Love the build and that chassis and drivetrain are beautiful man !
The company I worked for built several C2 with SR3 and Street Shop chassis. Have you looked into wide body C2 quarters ? They give a slight increase in the fender well/lip area and give ya about 2 more inches. The mods you're into right now are normal. The SR3 chassis has ya cutting even more to get the upper tubes in there. We also move the wall behind the seats back 3 inches so a taller person could get the seat back farther, you'll need to move the seat tracks and mounts back too...
One of ours had a 500 hp LS7 and it was a blast to drive !! Keep up the great work and enjoy !!!!
Love the build and that chassis and drivetrain are beautiful man !
The company I worked for built several C2 with SR3 and Street Shop chassis. Have you looked into wide body C2 quarters ? They give a slight increase in the fender well/lip area and give ya about 2 more inches. The mods you're into right now are normal. The SR3 chassis has ya cutting even more to get the upper tubes in there. We also move the wall behind the seats back 3 inches so a taller person could get the seat back farther, you'll need to move the seat tracks and mounts back too...
One of ours had a 500 hp LS7 and it was a blast to drive !! Keep up the great work and enjoy !!!!
Jim
Jim:
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I thought about the wider rear quarters but struggled with keeping a balance between modern and classic styling. In the end, I wanted to retain the original body lines and have the fun underneath with the chassis and engine combo.
The LS3 for example is plenty powerful for me as I want something that is quite "street-able"
I know I give up some bragging rights not having the LS7 or LS9 but that is OK too.
A nice touch is the POWERED hood lift now being fitted
Mike is also working on the gaps to insure the perfect fit and finish. In these pictures you can see the work being done to the front end in conjunction to the headlight buckets so that the fit and gapping is just right
Now that the rear wheel wells have been custom made to fit my wheels, allowing the folding convertible top to fit in place, the body is once again off the Street Shop Chassis to continue the body work
Starting from the bottom, Mike is smoothing out the underside of the wheel wells:
From my last conversation with Mike, the Corvette is nearing the point for the primer to be sprayed!!
The Roadster body is nearing completion. There are many hours of hard work to massage the fiberglass back to perfection. If all goes well, it will be in the paint booth within the next 7 to 10 days (doors and deck lid will be fitted to finish off) !!!!
In the meantime, I am working on the restoration of the interior dash items. I began with the glove box door restoration.
The chrome surround is in decent shape so I spent a couple of hours carefully masking the chrome, particularly around the edges. While not a hard task, it is a tedious one.
Here are a couple of pictures of the door masked with the old paint removed:
Now in Primer:
And finished with SEM Euro Trim (a satin black finish);
With the paint completed and the other parts back from black powder coating, it was time to re-assemble the glove box door with the new aluminum piece and emblem.
Tomorrow, the shift console will be masked in preparation for paint. And, if I have the chance, the chrome shop has finally finished my dash cluster so I may run up to pick it up first thing in the morning.
Now that the rear floor has been completed, the interior cabin has been sprayed with Lizard Skin for both ceramic (heat reducing) and sound deadening using both products as allowed by the manufacturer. The underbody will receive the same treatment with exception of the wheel wells that will have a smooth black finish.
The chassis has just come back from the muffler shop. Thanks to fellow Corvette forum member PW2006 for sharing his ideas from his 63 Roadster RestoMod. The pipes on my 64 are 2.5” aluminized and custom bent to fit the Street Shop C6 chassis. My concern from the onset was getting the pipes over the rear end but as you will see from the pictures, the guys were able to achieve it. From the rear, Magnaflow stainless steel mufflers are used and will later be finished off with 2x2 Magnaflow stainless tips that will come out the center of the customized rear valence.
Here is a neat shot of the body off the chassis. The body will be painted within a week or so now that I have decided on the color – VICTORY RED (Corvette color).
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
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