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 "The Project" - Begins 
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Well....decided to start working on "The Project".

...The car was last plated 8 years ago. I used to drive it up and down the road to make sure it was running while I worked on the house.
....4 years ago the fuel pump went :cry: , I pulled her into the garage and put the cover on her and let her sit.

Started collecting engine, suspension and interior parts 18 months ago..

Finally decided it was time to start working on her to get her running for next season.

Took her to the shop and removed the old motor...

Here is my new "lowrider look"
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The old engine...you can see the nose crack where the tow truck did a hit and run.
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"Someone" wanted the old washer and rad fluid containers...you can see the original colour.
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Rad and A/C gone
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Accessory belt and brackets coming out
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Engine coming out
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FINALLY.....now to bring it home and give the engine bay a good clean
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The engine gave up a brave fight.....broke 8 bolts taking out the motor and trans including ALL tranny crossmember bracket bolts, header flange bolt on BOTH headers and broke a few accessory bracket bolts. :oops:

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Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:52 pm
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its a start... keep up the good work 8)

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good to see this project get uñderway! keep the pictures comiñg!

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Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:41 am
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Swapping in a 305 TPI (with an LT1 cam) and headers...for now. Heads will get a pocket port, gasket match, valve job and new springs. Motor came out of an IROC with 35,000 miles 8)

Have a rebuilt 700R4 going back in with all the goodies in it (corvette servos, shift kit, stall, etc).

Car has 127,000 km on her.

New engine.
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Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:32 pm
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Feels good to make progress eh! 8) Engines sounds alot like what I had last year, ran quite well with the beefed tranny! You will have a nice setup imho.

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good stuff


Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:49 am
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More progress...been trying to remove the old wiring harness. A few harness bolts have been giving me %@!$# hard time. Tried WD40 and soaking them in CLR but no luck yet. Won't budge with the hand tools.

Had some extra Dynamat so I decided to give the trunk the treatment 8)

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Had to give the interior a really good clean :D

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Nice to see you finally getting around to putting her back on the road. I was beginning to think it would never leave the garage :lol:

The carpet look great for being 20 years old.

Where are all the interior pieces you've been "collecting" :wink:...and how's the custom lid coming :?:


Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:51 pm
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Decided to tackle the upper console and lid. Bought an NOS upper console on ebay. Unfortunately the console came without any precut holes for the power window and hatch switches.

So.....out came the dremel. I used a micrometer to ensure all the measurements were the same so it looked like it was bought that way.

Switch holes marked out and top precut
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Finished product
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Decided to do a custom real leather console lid cover. Started with a NOS lid I purchased on ebay. Sent it down to the gentleman who does custom embroidered lids for the corvette forums. We had to play with the logo and colors a bit. I had the "THE PROJECT" color stitching match the color of the car.

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Mock up - lid on console
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Quick shot of the new seats I picked up. Will be installing during the show. Thankfully they are the same height of the stock ones.
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Also, cut out the bottom of the TPI intake base. I'll be making a home made ram air set up as soon as I visit "Home Depot" :D The Hawksthird gen one goes for $100. I'm aiming for less than $20.00 :twisted:

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Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:54 pm
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Console looks very nice :D

A micrometer :shock: Talk about wanting it to be perfect :wink:

How much did the lid cost? Was everything custom or just the stitching?


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Nice custom console and race seat.


Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:23 pm
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nice seats ! and good job. Weather is gonna start to suck. So I should be getting around the same job as well soon :S

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Bill...I saw an NOS lighter on ebay for $30.00 and thought of you :lol:

How much $$ do you have in NOS panels anyway?


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All looks good. but why pull one cinder block of a motor only to replace it with another?


Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:17 pm
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Billy Glide wrote:
All looks good. but why pull one cinder block of a motor only to replace it with another?


Swapping the old TBI for a TPI motor with a slight cam upgrade. :D

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