Category Archives: C1 Corvette
Pink Floyd – Week 16 progress
Week 16 has brought some good progress. Most of the body is ready for paint. We completed painting the underside, engine bay, interior and trunk in Blitz Black. We have the red and white paint to do the exterior next.
We completed the frame rust repair and it now has a fresh coat of blitz black paint, the rear end is installed and the new front suspension is almost finished. Next will be installing the new stainless steel brake lines.
We still need to paint the motor and bell housing in Chevy Orange but we did finish painting the exhaust manifolds with POR 15 grey high temp paint.
We ordered new tires and wheels this week. We are going with 17×7 chrome Torq Thrust II wheels with 215/55/17 Falcon tires.
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Pink Floyd Is Alive!
We finally took the car for the first drive! We now have 45 miles on it and after fighting several leaks we think it has stabilized.
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Floyd – Week 4 Progress Update
Week 4 has been wrapping up the bulk of the soda blasting. I finally got the door hinges and door strikers removed. I had to grind out the door striker so will have to buy some new ones.
Big news this week, the new Chevy 350 crate motor arrived. Now I am just waiting on the 5 speed and Jim Meyer front end.
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Pink Floyd Day 5
It was another short night for Day 5 but we made great progress. The first item we removed was the gas tank. After that we were able to finish up removing most if the dash, the dash pad and windshield. We also removed the windshield wipers and got a few more bits of trim removed. I left the car lifted while the radiator drains over night. Tomorrow we will work on some more trim and start on the engine bay in preparation for removing the body from the frame this coming weekend then we start stripping paint.
More to come tomorrow!
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