Son of Danger 3 - An Update

[George Bojaciuk]

So....you might recall:

I threw it into the "Purple Pond" and ....honestly, forgot about it. To many other things are keeping me busy these days. 

Started reading about some of your glue bombs and reminded myself that I had one "cooking"!

There you have it! The back glass is welded into the up-top with about a half a tube of glue. I'm going to start grinding down the high spots and determine a route of restoration.

Should be fun!

 

 

[62rebel]

well... it's definitely an improvement so far! Doesn't look as bad as all that after all. it COULD have been hacked about any number of ways.

[Dragline]

How much paint was on that thing? Geez. 

The welded window made me chuckle. I used quite a bit of glue back in the day. I guess we didn't want them falling apart.

[Snake45]

I've got plenty of soft uptops and glass if you need new. Just holler.

Hard tops are a different story. I have a few, but I'm hoarding them jealously and have plans for each and every one.

[George Bojaciuk]

My first model car was a'57 Imperial. I used every part in the box plus a sprue or two! Asked my dad to get me a second tube of glue.

Snake: methinks, I might like the hardtop, as well!

[Snake45]

George: Can't spare a hard top, but the offer is good for a fresh softie and its glass.

Here's my "Cousin of Danger" project, which I acquired not long ago in a deal with GTX6970. The body (I've since stripped it) is beautiful, BUT that hard top is REALLY glued on there. If it would come off, I could get it off, but it's going nowhere. I could separate it but I could only save the top OR the body, but not both. That's how solid it's on there! I'm gonna restore it with the top in place. I did manage to get the back glass out, so I can paint the rear deck through the open window. The windshield was as glue-bombed as the back glass but I managed to polish it out to 95%+ perfection. The back glass isn't savable, but that's okay, many reissues of the '63 roadster come with extra hard top glass for no apparent reason.

Is the Snake And George '65 Corvette Roadster Challenge still on?

[jack lira]

George I have a hardtop but no good glass to spare . I let no 63-67 vette go to waste .I took a 63 with rotating head lights glued in open and a wasted rear deck an used the custom fast back roof from the 64 convt. problem solved

[George Bojaciuk]

I have a few '63 kits that I can look thru before asking. Appreciate the offers. Am considering 6 tail lights...

I'm thinking of a car in my neighborhood, growing up. Mags, red lines and side pipes.

[chepp]

6 taillight — yes. Also consider removing/filling the front turn signal pods for a cleaner appearance.

[Snake45]

Also consider removing/filling the front turn signal pods for a cleaner appearance.

I'm going to do that on one or two sometime soon. Those things were ALWAYS sloppily molded on the AMT Vettes. And it's not mold wear--original annual '63s are just as bad as any of the reissues. AMT never quite got those things to line up.