1962 Corvette Resto Mod build

Had some Misty root beer left so why not. Then we can have Nick put a little panel that opens when he does all the leather work in the trunk. Now we have a spot for all of our spare tools, lug wrench, Jack wrench, etc. Plenty of room to wrap all that up and some nice tool bags and put in there. Probably have Nick put a little carpet in the bottom of it.

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Might try to take the car next year on the Hot Rod Power tour. This year it starts in Tennessee and ends up in Florida. In June so it sound like it would be on the warm side. https://www.motortrend.com/events/hot-rod-power-tour-2022-dates-locations/

Did some figuring this week and just my time I am guessing 1500 hours of labor in the past 19 months. Plus my dad and 500 hours in paint we are in excess of 3000 hours now. Not including Upholstery which he will have the car a few months. 2 weeks to Upholstery and I am feeling the pressure now. And still have to sneak in another dune trip.  :igor:  To do list is getting shorter. Need to re-assemble the steering. Put the hard top on the car and see how it fits. Wrap all the wires under the deck lid. Paint and install some of the steel door pieces that plug the holes. Build the spare tire mount. Really starting to see some light. 

 
Spare tire mount ended up being pretty straightforward. Piece of half inch threaded rod and double nutted at the bottom. Couple pieces of thick shag carpet pinch the Jack nicely to hold it in place. That little pocket with this three screws that went into the wood is not an original Corvette part. Looked for one but did not have it. Happened to find that in our miscellaneous stuff in the back. I'll take it.

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I will clean that piece of plywood up and paint it. It does sit a little higher so Nick will have to build the floor up to make it all flush.

 
We had a pretty nice front logo but it had a small crack in it. So we ordered a new one. I like a little bit of red in it matches the back one.

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Inner door steel panels painted and ready to go on.

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This is the other thing I've been staring at for a long long time trying to figure out what I could do with it. Trying to get the car to upholstery Thursday and really feeling the pressure. Was thinking this might be a huge project going down to the wire. But a simple and nice solution came to me today. Started cutting up a 3-in u-bend and got a good start on this piece for the inside glove box. Need to weld some tabs on it and a plate on the bottom to seal the big hole. Just have to figure out how to get it attached.

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Moving that steering wheel forward 1.25 in actually made a difference.

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Put the top on the car today for the first time. Used the adjusters to set the UP travel on the side windows. Then the convertible top gets made to match this. Redoing this top will be a big project. Will need to order a bunch of parts to do it. Nick our upholstery guy has several vehicles he needs to get out of his shop so we are going to wait until May 10th to send him the car. Also talked to our Dyno tuner today and I think we will add a sensor so it can be a flex fuel vehicle. Then it's the end of the season I can burn fuel from the buggy left over.

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Trying to figure out what to do with the door panels. Want to keep them vintage and close to stock looking but something a little custom. For sure the reflectors will be gone. To be honest I would probably be okay with stock looking. Pics from a customer car in the shop right now. Also a 1962.

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Hint. It is a steel freeze plug ground down to make it thinner and then welded to a washer. Then body worked and sanded with body filler before paint.

 
Water pump restricter???  LOL.

Im guessing it was being used to plug up some access hole or hole used for Mfg that was capped off.

 
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