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Old 06-28-2012, 09:33 PM
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Default 1973 Corvette- LS1/T56 Pro-touring

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This is my current money pit. It is a 1973 Corvette that I purchased in Jan 2010 for $7300. Overall the car was nice and clean, but I just something more radical as you can see. The 350/th400 was pulled in place of LS1/T56 combo from an 02 Camaro SS. The motor has a LS6 and Intake, Hedman headers and under-drive pulley.

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After the Swap




Wheels and tires
Vintage wheel works
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17x11

TOYO Proxes TQ P345/40R17
TOYO Proxes TQ P275/40R17


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Current Stage
l88 Flares
Paint and Body.
Going with a motion style paint job with the main color black and the T stripe HOK candy brandywine.

















Future Mods

9" rear four link with 4.11s
Maggie supercharger
Vintage Air
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Old 06-28-2012, 10:44 PM
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Welcome to the land of dude's that write a lot of checks..

Money pits are part of who we are...

Welcome.
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The Body finally is finished. Should be going into the booth in 2 weeks.



Here is a glimpse of what the colors will look like against each other.


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Old 06-30-2012, 11:57 PM
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Cool project, I love the C3 body style. Do you have any other plans for your Corvette?
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Glad you started posting over here as well. It'll be easier for me to keep up with your progress, lol. I like the colors you've chosen. How long did they say it would take to spray the car?

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Cool project, I love the C3 body style. Do you have any other plans for your Corvette?
This is a list of the top 3 things that I will eventually get to.
Locked 9" rear- four link suspension with 4.11s
Maggie supercharger
Vintage Air
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Old 07-01-2012, 12:54 PM
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Glad you started posting over here as well. It'll be easier for me to keep up with your progress, lol. I like the colors you've chosen. How long did they say it would take to spray the car?

Good luck.
Well my friend is the one doing all the work, glassing,body, and paint. So It will be going into the booth on the 21st and have it home on the 22nd. Its an 8hr booth rental plus the over night stay then back home to cut and polish.
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Ah ok. Good luck.
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Paint is done, just need to cut and buff next weekend, spend about 9 hours in the booth yesterday.












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