C5/C6 Chassis Build for my C2 1964 Corvette Roadster Resto Mod About to begin!!!

[Rick D]

Very nice, now get out and drive it

[WSSix]

Looks great! Congrats.

[legend]

beautiful and useful car, just beautiful

[Garage Dog 65]

Beautiful !!!

That is going to be so much fun to drive you'll never get outta that car !

One thing to think about with hydraboost in these cars - that's a bunch of weight hanging off the bracket. Have your builder add a reinforcement plate behind the glass firewall between the pedal cluster bracket. If you don't you'll crack the paint and glass pretty quickly from all that system mass bouncing.

Fantasic work and we look forward to the huge smoking tire burnout video !

Jim

[WSSix]

The hydroboost or vacuum pod mounts through the firewall to a bracket that not only hangs the brake pedal but ties into the dash frame work and holds the steering column as well. It's plenty well supported. You can see the bracket in the interior shots on the previous page. There is very little that is supported purely by the fiberglass body on C2/3 corvettes.

[intocarss]

This Vette is awsome

[Vetterodder com]

Originally Posted by WSSix

The hydroboost or vacuum pod mounts through the firewall to a bracket that not only hangs the brake pedal but ties into the dash frame work and holds the steering column as well. It's plenty well supported. You can see the bracket in the interior shots on the previous page. There is very little that is supported purely by the fiberglass body on C2/3 corvettes.

Exactly!!!

But thanks for the advice.

[Vetterodder com]

It was an anxious last couple of days to see whether or not the Roadster was coming home over the weekend. :ack:

Fortunately - the initial gremlins have been addressed and we were able to make the 200 mile journey with ZERO issues. :thumbs:

Here is a picture of my daughter and me in the Roadster preparing for the drive home:



and three hours later, here is the Roadster finally in my driveway!!
:woohoo:





The odometer has a bit over 400 miles on it now and we will spend the next few weeks getting acquainted and making adjustments as needed.

[WSSix]

Congrats on making it home. Be patient on the break in and debugging. Sometimes it can be a real pain even with a fairly straight forward build such as your car. Enjoy the ride

[Garage Dog 65]

OK, been a month !

Where's the smokey tire burnout videos ??????

Just a little one ?!?!.


Jim