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Re: Advice on 66' vette restoration (long)
Go slowly and carefully! If the car is highly original as you say, see if you can have someone from NCRS take a look at it to help you determine what you might want to do with it; i.e. restore it for Top Flight, or keep it original for Bowtie type judging, etc. Avoid shops that don't know much about Corvettes; they will just replace anything not working. Don't throw anything away. Example; it might be better to have an expert (Jerry Luck) work on your old original carb, rather than replacing it with a modern correct replacement.
I once bought a highly original '66 car and at the start I had lots of plans to make everything "better", and new and shiny. For a time the car was stored 180 miles away, out of my reach, and this was good because the local chapter of NCRS educated me about the different judging classes. I decided to leave the car alone for Bowtie judging. Get some good opinions from some experts before you do anything you can't undo! -
Re: Advice on 66' vette restoration (long)
Go slowly and carefully! If the car is highly original as you say, see if you can have someone from NCRS take a look at it to help you determine what you might want to do with it; i.e. restore it for Top Flight, or keep it original for Bowtie type judging, etc. Avoid shops that don't know much about Corvettes; they will just replace anything not working. Don't throw anything away. Example; it might be better to have an expert (Jerry Luck) work on your old original carb, rather than replacing it with a modern correct replacement.
I once bought a highly original '66 car and at the start I had lots of plans to make everything "better", and new and shiny. For a time the car was stored 180 miles away, out of my reach, and this was good because the local chapter of NCRS educated me about the different judging classes. I decided to leave the car alone for Bowtie judging. Get some good opinions from some experts before you do anything you can't undo!Comment
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Re: Advice on 66' vette restoration (long)
It all depends what you want to do with your car, drive it , show it or just preserve it. If you want to restore it make sure you geta library on mid years, Nolan's book on 63-37 corvettes is an excellent source as is the NCRS judging manual. Second have a NCRS or qualified person look at you car to determine what is original and what isn't. You may want to keep it a survivor if you think it will pass the judging. Whatever you do with it , enjoy it. Jon HerrickComment
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Re: Advice on 66' vette restoration (long)
It all depends what you want to do with your car, drive it , show it or just preserve it. If you want to restore it make sure you geta library on mid years, Nolan's book on 63-37 corvettes is an excellent source as is the NCRS judging manual. Second have a NCRS or qualified person look at you car to determine what is original and what isn't. You may want to keep it a survivor if you think it will pass the judging. Whatever you do with it , enjoy it. Jon HerrickComment
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