chevelle said:Pretty rough shape but it is a 63 split window.
There is certainly enough to go on.
Would you restore it? ?
I suppose its a mater of assessing what your time is worth,and how much money and effort your willing to devote to the restoration, luckily, most of the parts are available if you checking account balance can handle the financial strain, because it will take a good deal of time and effort, but it will be something rather rare and almost unique when its done IF you take the time to do it correctly and use the correct components.
if you have a garage to use while you work on the restoration, and if you realize you,ll probably need $20-$45 K in parts, (not close to concourse level but drive-able) months of detailed research, and over a year or two of devoting at least a couple nights a week too the project, and more than likely be forced to replace a great deal of the car that you currently assume is salvageable, you can and most likely will have one really nice and rather rare Corvette when its done.
or put a different way, ID start with a complete dis-assembly and parts cleaning, taking a detailed inventory and ordering every corvette related catalog, you can locate and Id certainly get 4 12 ton HF jack stands and look into a new frame and suspension.
now I've done several of these projects and at least in my case it took 2-3 years for each to complete, and be aware many vendors are under the mistaken impression that O.E.M corvette parts were all manufactured out of sterling silver or gold bullion ingots, and priced that way.
Id certainly find an original shop manual and youll obviously be forced to learn welding body work, fiberglass , electrical interior, paint and body and drive train restoration.
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