My 1965 Corvette Sting Ray Roadster as it sits today Dec. 2017.
Started it's journey with me on Sept. 18, 2010 AND it surely didn't look this way. Take a look in the coming sections at how this poor specimen has been transformed over the years.
Started it's journey with me on Sept. 18, 2010 AND it surely didn't look this way. Take a look in the coming sections at how this poor specimen has been transformed over the years.
I have always been infatuated with the C2 (63-67) Corvettes since my childhood. I had owned 5 various Corvettes up to this point and felt the need to get one before I lost interest, mobility and desire. I have a mechanical background so looked forward to tinkering with a C2. These are only a few pictures ( the pics above & below) of what it looked like when I bought this 1965 Corvette on September 18, 2010. This car started life as a 327 small block that was cloned into a 396 car. It was located in Georgia and supposedly spent all it's life there, not sure although in checking the VIN, it was 1st purchased in Atlanta, Ga. in March 1965. It was not a matching numbers car because the engine was a 1967 Chevelle 396 solid lifter that was rebuilt at some time but no info available. The front nose has been replaced with a 1-piece nose but no history as to why. The 4 speed Muncie needed a 3rd gear synchronizer plus a variety of problems that crept up one after another, gauges not working, rattles here and there, interior needed attention, leaks in and under the car and paint & body needed to be addressed. The previous owner did not have (or did not want to share) information about the history of this car prior to his purchase. Ahhh, thought I knew what I was getting into, little I did realize how far off I was in my thinking. Thought I could save a few bucks by buying a mid year that needed some work. Any event, needless to say, there was much work ahead to get it safe, dependable and looking good. This is be no means a numbers matching Vette so the work was done to suit me. The next owner, if and when, can deal with as they please!
Unfortunately, I only had an 8 foot ceiling in my garage so no room for a lift and no chance to do a body off restoration, no way to get the body off and store it. So, the individual jobs were completed with the body on, the car on jack stands when it needed to be in the air and this dude on his back for most of it. Getting' too old for this stuff :)
After countless hours on the body, at least it looked good from 10 feet away. The winds of changes were starting to howl at me !