Its been a while since I've posted. A lot has happened in the past couple months. I have took possession of my 59 and safety transported it to my garage. The engine safety turned over minus coil wire. I threw a bit of fuel in the carburetor and she ran. After cleaning the tank, sending unit and fuel line she ran on her own and nice and even. Coming to temperature and sustaining great oil pressure. One maiden voyage down the street and back later and the fuel pump diaphragm split ending the fun. I ordered a replacement from zip-corvette and should be arriving any day now. Another update, the original hubcaps were found locked in the trunk safe and sound. Original keys were also found. Everything seems to be coming together.
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The original distributor with the tach drive is not installed anymore. What do you guys think of the electronic conversions?
There are some really nice ones out there. We had this in a thread a year ago.
Check with Andy. @61ratvette
He put an electronic cluster in his I believe and think is real happy with it.
zip corvette has a exact replica of the factory tach either hi or low rpm but there three wire hook up instead of cable drive.
lol derek it was dark and u had too many
. I just have the stock dash with bright flashlight looked into it but with the usa exchange did not pull trigger.lol derek it was dark and u had too many
Hmmmm that is indeed possible Andy.
tach was not working on my 61 anyway, so I went with the electronic conversion .. easy to switch over i see your needle is off anyway. that was the hardest part, getting that off without bending.. i see u have the hard top u have the ragtop as well?. i have never had my roof up ever.. got wet twice. the chrome on front of your car look s nice.. i ended getting some better rear bumpers for myself but could still use couple for front.. added steeroids r&p which was almost the same price as redoing what i had.. front disc brakes from c central as well.. i think it is 4 years now .. it does not end( not complaining).. o do like the tooth grill which the 61 does not have. enjoy it and do what u want your way..
Yes the needle was off when I got it. The car came with the original hardtop as well as the rag. I had to remove the rag top to clean out the sending unit in the fuel tank. The chrome on mine is in great shape. Overall I don't think much restoration is required. I think I'm going to install the electronic tach ($360 Canadian) and preserve and rebuild the original tach and tuck it away. Only original parts I don't have are the intake manifold, carb, distributor air cleaner and the duct for the heater unit. Small list but I'll get there.
I absolutely love the look of that car. That grill is iconic! Its next to impossible to find a 60 year car with all its original parts, but looks like you found a beauty that is as close as possible. That maiden voyage must have been special. Cheers to many years of pure pleasure.!!
The more I go over the car, the more original and interesting things I find out about it. I gotta polish all that chrome!
THE 61 AND 62 R LIKE THE THIS THE 62 LOOSES THE 2 TONE COVE AND HAS A MOLDING ALONG BOTTOM OF CAR .
IM NOT YELLING MY CAPS R STUCK..
I have seen this before. If you look up the show Lucifer, the main character Lucifer drives one in black.
You're going to draw crowds wherever you park it ... get prepared to enjoy the experience.