1969 corvette

[Whosurdaddy209]

I decided to take a break from C2 corvettes for a moment and build a C3, I have a few of these that I recently picked up on eBay, two 69 coupes and a 71 lt1. I haven’t quite decided on how to build all of the or if one Can even be saved. 

[Mike C.]

'69, my favorite year Vette especially when it's in Monaco Orange with the L89 427 with the side pipes. I really like that Motion style stinger hood on that one. That will be a really cool look. A set of Torq Thrust Ds and some white letter bias plies and that's the ultimate dream Vette for me. I even prefer the look of the aftermarket side pipes to the factory ones. ?

[Whosurdaddy209]

The 70 is a round 2 reissue, but the revell hood fits perfectly on it, I’m thinking about doing that one in bright purple, one of the 69s is going to be done in pewter metallic, I still haven’t decided on the other. I like the bright orange idea, I might end up doing that.

[Whosurdaddy209]

I painted one of the bodies today, I think it turned out pretty good, my airbrush is in need of some maintenance tho, it’s about ten years old and is showing it’s age.

[Whosurdaddy209]

I got the final clear coat done, my 1:1 C5 has legacy stripes on the fenders so I thought I would try them on a C3, I like the look, I’m thinking black chrome and wheels would look good with the pewter paint

[Zippi]

That paint looks pretty good through that 10 year old airbrush.  

[mustang1989]

Now THAT..........................is sharp. 

[slusher]

5 minutes ago, mustang1989 said:

Now THAT..........................is sharp. 

 

I agree!  I like that color!

[tbill]

Agreed, love the color and like the pit stripes as well.

 

we gotta see a pic of your C5 as well ( I also own a C5)

[Whosurdaddy209]

Here’s the kinda look I’m going for, it’s a bit dirty due to the rain and me living on a dirt road. 

[espo]

Great looking color on your build and I like the stripes. Just a question for someone who doesn't understand all of the significands of the fender stripes. I notice that on your 1:1 you have them going in one direction and a different direction on your model, does this have any meaning at all or does it not matter ?   

[tbill]

48 minutes ago, Whosurdaddy209 said:

Here’s the kinda look I’m going for, it’s a bit dirty due to the rain and me living on a dirt road. 

Great looking C5, lot of people don’t care for the body side moldings, but I think they add that little something to accentuate to body lines. Not to hijack or go off the rails, but here is a pic of mine,

 

[Whosurdaddy209]

2 hours ago, tbill said:

Great looking C5, lot of people don’t care for the body side moldings, but I think they add that little something to accentuate to body lines. Not to hijack or go off the rails, but here is a pic of mine,

 

Electron blue is one of my favorite colors, that is a beautiful car, I think the side moldings work better on certain colors, I don’t really like them on red and black cars, but on metallic colors I agree they are a really nice accent. 

[Whosurdaddy209]

3 hours ago, espo said:

Great looking color on your build and I like the stripes. Just a question for someone who doesn't understand all of the significands of the fender stripes. I notice that on your 1:1 you have them going in one direction and a different direction on your model, does this have any meaning at all or does it not matter ?   

Their backwards on my 1:1 lol, I didn’t realize it until I parked next to a grand sport one day, and noticed they go in the opposite direction. Luckily they are just decals, I’ll fix it one day ?

[Whosurdaddy209]

I wanted to do this car in a resto-mod style, so I’m adding an LS engine along with modified suspension, I’m trying to decide wether to use a modern rack and pinion steering system or keep the old drag link. I carved out the inside of the stock front suspension, to make it look like modern lower control arms, built strut towers and added upper control arms. I have some resin brakes from a 2009 ZR1 I’m going to try out along with some wide 5 spoke rims, everything is rough cut right now I still have to clean all the cut lines and fill in the frame where the coil springs used to go.

[Whosurdaddy209]

I wanted to use some wider tires on this car, but I didn’t want them to stick out the sides, kinda makes the car look like a turtle. So I cut the stock rear suspension and built new axles out of aluminum tubing, I then cut away the frame rails in the rear, and was able to narrow the rear suspension by about 6mm now the wider tires fit under the quarters, I’ll adjust the ride height when I make the rear springs and tie rods, but I’m pretty happy with the progress so far. 

[absmiami]

Well done

[Whosurdaddy209]

Here’s a couple shots with the modified leaf springs in place, and a comparison of the stock tire and the ones I’m using.

[NOBLNG]

Looking good. Nice job on the axle shafts and driveshaft!

[Whosurdaddy209]

I removed all of the molded in detail from the firewall and used a piece of sheet styrene to smooth it over I need to rearrange the heater box and wiper motor so I have a place to mount the PCM I also used a newer master cylinder and brake booster from the C5 kit that also donated the engine, I got some test fitting done on the front suspension with the struts as well, the mods are almost complete and I’ll be able to start painting soon?

[TransAmMike]

I somehow missed this tread. Wow Anthony, thats some impressive work on a great car.  Keep it going!!?

[slusher]

Outstanding work and detail..

[Whosurdaddy209]

I might have to change the paint color on this project, I recently picked up a 1:1 1968 coupe and am wanting to build a resto-mod I’m thinking platinum graphite with either blue or dark orange interior. I think building a 1/25 scale of it would be a pretty cool blueprint, and answer the question of what would look the best.

[Whosurdaddy209]

Got a little more progress done, I made a steering wheeL ring out of a popsicle stick and used the photo etch set from a 66/67 for the center of the steering wheel, I’m pretty happy with the results, I don’t really want to stain it I’m thinking I should just put some gloss clear over it, I used super glue on the back to add some strength to it since it’s very thin, and then filed the finger grips.