1969 Big Block
Convertible 4 speed
Mouse over pic for current status!
The Road Trip to get it!
First of all.... Here I am with two friends that spent over three days straight in a truck driving to Boston and back to pick this thing up. First is at the ST Louis Arch, then a Lake Erie Restaurant, Niagara Falls Guinness House, and then in Tulsa. That's me on the left of all the pics.
Road trip facts: Flower Mound TX to Beverly MA and back in 77 hours 5 minutes, 3850 miles, 287 gallons of gas, 9 states, and two countries (we took a side trip to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls so Bryan could visit another country for the first time)
Here are pics of the car beginning with where we picked it up, and ending with where it is now. The front clip is complete with parts (the headlight assembly is in the garage), but the clip itself might need to be replaced along with partial back quarter panels. The interior is in good shape, the frame and trailing arms are in remarkable shape for the age and location of the car - 22 years in Florida. The motor has already been worked on, but I will tear it down again to make sure what I have and that everything is in its place. There are places around the edges of the body where you can see that the original color was LeMans Blue with a Bright Blue interior. That's the color I will go back with. The hard top and the bows of the rag top are in excellent shape! This can be costly and I lucked out with their condition.
All in all a pile of fiberglass and metal shaped like a car right now, but give me a year or so and we'll see what happens.
About this Car and what it will look like when it is done:
It is a 1969 Chevy Corvette
L36 427 Big Block 390 HP (I smiled when I typed that)
M21 close ratio 4 Speed Transmission (M21) with 3:08 (AL) axel ratio
LeMans Blue (976) with Bright Blue interior (411)
Factory Side pipes (N14) Front Fender Louvers (TJ2)
F70-15-4 PR Tires, White Lettering (PU9)
Radio AM-FM, Push Button (U69)
Soft (C08) and Hart top (C07)
