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[Roger Konkel]

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[Dave Stafford]

Re: 1967 corvette coupe

You do not have to drop the tank to get to the nuts that hold the emblem on, but you do need a "skinny" arm and hand. The antenna assembly should come off by taking the big chrome nut off. No '67 BB car had expansion tank. Maroon Corvette with Black or Black and white interior is a BEAUTIFUL car, Red on Red is now however, more popular.

Good Luck
Dave #33944

[Joe L.]

Re: 1967 corvette coupe

Dave-----

As far as the expansion tank goes, you're 99.79% correct. The 20 1967's with L-88 did use an external radiator supply tank, but they were the only big blocks that did for 1967.

[Wayne M.]

Re: 1967 corvette coupe

Roger --- you don't say whether your car has N14 (side exhaust), but if it doesnt, your antenna job is a little harder. In '65 and '66, when the power antenna motor required R & R, here was the procedure.

-- Disconnect battery ground cable
-- Fully lower antenna (I think they got that order reversed)
-- Raise rear of vehicle and place on jack stands
-- Remove tail pipe extension
-- Loosen fiberglass valance panel located below bumper
-- Disconnect muffler mountings
-- Disconnect antenna lead-in and motor electrical connections at

quick disconnect at antenna base.
-- Hold muffler aside and remove antenna assembly from body.
-- Reverse above to install.

Obviously a '67 non-power antenna is nowhere as complex, but some of the above steps apply to your job.

[Jack H.]

On color

First, the car is your asset and you should do with it what you want to please you. Exterior color is a major expense item when you take into account the full labor aspect of surface prep prior to paint. Then, there's the issue of paint material and factory original lacquer paint jobs are climbing pretty stiffly in expense. But, you don't have to use lacquer unless factory concours judging points are important to you.

On resale, your universe of buyers will include that segment considering campaigning the car in factory concours judging. At NCRS, there are 4500 points available for your year Corvette. Paint is split into three categories: (1) body color @ 85 points, (2) body paint originality at 45 points and (3) body paint condition at 40 points. Together they add to 170 points or just under 4% of the total concours score.

A deviation from the factory original trim tag's color results in a full loss of 85 points for body color. Body paint which is shared between originality and condition depends upon the paint material (lacquer?) and its application as well as what condition it's in.

So, to that one market segment of the resale buying public (those interested in factory concours), maintaining your car in a different color or different paint material will be viewed as a MAJOR expense burden and detract from what they're willing to spend. To other potential buyers, it may be no problem whatsoever. The decision is yours....

[Roy Braatz]

Re: 1967 corvette coupe

Keep it resale RED %90 of all Corvettes out there are RED.Just what I usely see and don't mean any thing else by that.