62RDSTR's 46th, err 47th Birthday

Today's the build date for the Corvette. Built on December 14, 1961.

The year ends on a high note as lots of work was done on the Corvette. Year started off with installing new coil springs replacing the original springs. The original springs were shot and had several spacers installed. Installed new pivot shaft bolts and did some basic cleanup scraping some surface rust off. While underneath the car, did a complete lube job.

The middle of the year was fixing a head gasket problem. I have never done work like this but with some guidance from my neighbor I was able to take the heads off, clean the block, have the original heads decked and re-installed them. Since I had the car apart, I installed some long-tube headers, place new intake manifold on, and re-tuned the carburetor. It needed it!

Towards the end of the year, work focused on a complete brake overhaul to include new rubber brake lines (replaced the ones from 1982). I had to hand build some brake lines since the brake setup is not original. Replaced the drum shoes, springs, and all other hardware kit.

Upcoming projects include rewiring the entire electrical system and hopefully getting the tachometer to work. Need to due a little adjusting on the clutch and call it quits for  a little bit!