New vette on the block

[vette427-sbc]

Hey everyone! Im Chris, and a die-hard vette fan. I keep getting sent over here from various corvette forums and was really impressed with the amount of knowledge and info, so I thought I would sign up to become a part of this

I bought my '69 vette when I was 16 and have been working on it ever since (19 now) Its nothing out of the ordinary (yet) - tubular control arms, adjustable monoleaf springs front and rear, a nice 350 with a 4 speed, and a manual quick ratio rack & pinion that I fabbed up myself. Ive been trying to make it as much of a road racer while still keeping it somewhat streetable. Ive got the weight down to 2960lbs, and still looking to go lighter. Future plans are to put in a 6 speed, custom big brake kit, and fine tune the suspension some more with a 6 link and some adjustable shocks. When I learn to drive this setup to its limit, Ill finally build the 427 small block that my username suggests. Im from Jersey, so if anyone goes down to NJMP for a track day Id love to tag along to move my status from "bench racer" to "road racer"
Enough talk, on to the pics...









-Chris

[tones2SS]

WELCOME!!!
Nice looking car. Keep us posted on your build.

[the mex]

beautiful vette.keep updates going.i love the vettes and am looking into another zr-1 sometime in the near future.heres my old vette i built in 97(i put chrome zr1's on it later on)it had a dart headed 427sbc in it with alittle sauce.

heres my old zr-1.it was pretty much stock but wouild corner like no other and run 12.30s on stock goodyears at will.


heres my current project.its also a 427.........bbc.

[98ssnova]

Nice car bud what next for the vette since you have the new motor? And welocme to the site you will surely get alot of good ideas here.

[6spdcamaro]

Cool project. NJMP is a cool track. I can't wait to get out their myself

[T_Raven]

Nice looking Vette! Welcome

[groovyjay]

Welcome aboard! Cool vette. I have seen your car on other sites before.

www.c3-r.com

[vette427-sbc]

Thanks guys

I look forward to updating you with my projects... that is, as soon as I have the money to do any of them

[tyoneal]

Originally Posted by vette427-sbc

Hey everyone! Im Chris, and a die-hard vette fan. I keep getting sent over here from various corvette forums and was really impressed with the amount of knowledge and info, so I thought I would sign up to become a part of this

I bought my '69 vette when I was 16 and have been working on it ever since (19 now) Its nothing out of the ordinary (yet) - tubular control arms, adjustable monoleaf springs front and rear, a nice 350 with a 4 speed, and a manual quick ratio rack & pinion that I fabbed up myself. Ive been trying to make it as much of a road racer while still keeping it somewhat streetable. Ive got the weight down to 2960lbs, and still looking to go lighter. Future plans are to put in a 6 speed, custom big brake kit, and fine tune the suspension some more with a 6 link and some adjustable shocks. When I learn to drive this setup to its limit, Ill finally build the 427 small block that my username suggests. Im from Jersey, so if anyone goes down to NJMP for a track day Id love to tag along to move my status from "bench racer" to "road racer"
Enough talk, on to the pics...









-Chris

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Chris:

Don't ever lose those sidepipes, they are absolutely killer. I had a pair on another build, and other than the calf burns, EVERYTHING about them rocked.

Nice Vette.

TY

[69MyWay]

Nice to see you here - couldn't find a better group of gear heads on the net than at lat-G.

I'm looking forward to your progress!