Zach and I went to Corvettes at Carlisle last weekend to get the last few parts we needed for the Stingray. There are plenty of other parts that will need to be replaced, but we can do those later. I absolutely needed to pick up the wiring harness, clock, nose emblem, and a few screws and small parts. We left home at 5:00 a.m. for the 3 hour drive to Carlisle, and were able to pickup all of our parts in only 3 trips back to the car. We scored on a pair of used seat backs for $25/pr (regular price is $160/pr), a new black soft top, rear carpet....and FINALLY found a 64 clock. I guess we won't need to fill the hole in the dash now.
The clock needed to be restored, so for now I disassembled it, painted the needles and gave it a new glass face. I didn't even check to see if it works yet. I am also going to install the radio again...I don't feel like doing the radio delete option, frankly I can't wait to start it!!!
I already wired the entire car, except for the dash, and plan to test the electrical system this weekend. If I am luck, I can fire it up!
Now that vacation is over, I am back on task, and making progress. I finished cleaning up a few pieces and installed them, like the heater box, fan and water pump pulley, belt, throttle linkage and dust shields. I also stayed late one night in the garage and cleaned up, sorting through the many bags and boxes for missing screws.
The dash was a project that I wanted to make look real nice, after all it is right in front of my face! I purchased a new dash from eBay last year for around $40, minus the gauges, because my old dash was missing a large chunk under the wiper switch. You couldn't really see that it was missing, but it needed replaced. So, I stripped the core down and then started to prep it for the new start button.
I masked off the rings and painted the rest off the dash, leaving the chrome exposed. I know this is not correect, but it looks nice. The gauges were restored by a previous owner, and still look great.
I had to repaint the inside of the gauge cluster, and create new glass bumpers for each lens.
When I was finished I installed the new headlight switch, rebuilt the wiper switch, and put the start button in. I have a new lighter element, but need the dash piece still.
