keviiin86 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 I've wanted to build a replica of my dad's corvette for 20+ years but never had the necessary parts until more recently. I've been collecting parts for the last year and finally want to take on the challenge. I picked up both the revell 62 corvette roadster and the revell 62 corvette gasser (for the hard top) and various other parts that are unique to his car (weld draglite wheels, carburetor, headers etc.) I have two old 67 corvette models that I built years ago that I may steal the hood from to cut up for the stinger hood scoop, or possibly find one on ebay that someone is parting out. I was torn on how I wanted to build it, either how the car looked in the 70s and 80s with a flat hood and centerlines/super tricks or how it looks today with the draglites and hood scoop, but I've decided to build it how it looks now. He's owned the car since 1973 and have pics of it going back to the 70s..so here's some photos of it over the years. For anyone curious it's got a 400 small block with a th400 and 9" ford with 4.10s. Car was raced alot in the 70s and 80s but didn't do much racing with it after that. We have gotten it back to the track in more recent years and this past fall ran it's best time of 11.07 @ 122..getting close to a 10 second slip. 9
Bills72sj Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Way cool project. My dad used to drag race in the 60's. Does your family have a name for the car? 1
keviiin86 Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 39 minutes ago, Bills72sj said: Way cool project. My dad used to drag race in the 60's. Does your family have a name for the car? Yeah I'm looking forward to starting it..but no, no name for it. He has a 67 corvette also, so this one is referred to simply as "the 62" lol
NitroMarty Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Union Grove, in the 70's... I may have seen that car run. My cousin used to race there and took me with him several times each summer. 1
keviiin86 Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 3 hours ago, NitroMarty said: Union Grove, in the 70's... I may have seen that car run. My cousin used to race there and took me with him several times each summer. Yep, that's my home track. He never ran in any classes with it, just mainly bracket racing.
NitroMarty Posted January 13 Posted January 13 8 hours ago, keviiin86 said: Yep, that's my home track. He never ran in any classes with it, just mainly bracket racing. I also recognize the newer pics as being taken at Byron... About a twenty minute drive from my home and the track where I now spent my summers watching races. 1
keviiin86 Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 2 hours ago, NitroMarty said: I also recognize the newer pics as being taken at Byron... About a twenty minute drive from my home and the track where I now spent my summers watching races. Oh nice, yeah I like Byron just a little farther away than GLD. I'm in Mount Prospect, where are you? Not many people in the model car hobby that I know of in the Chicago area.
NitroMarty Posted January 13 Posted January 13 I'm in Dixon (IL)... About 100 miles east of the Chicago and just over 20 miles southwest of Byron. 1
keviiin86 Posted January 14 Author Posted January 14 First order of business is wheels. I bought these resin weld draglites from futur attraction..i believe they were cast from one of the revell funny car kits so the rears are 16" diameter meant for huge slicks. Cut the outside ring off and used the inner rim that came with the front wheels to bring it back to a 15" wheel. Sanded down the inner rim until it looked right to me. Looks more representative of a 15x8 now. Not sure on which rear slicks I'll use yet, but I have some old firestone drag 500s from an old Johan maverick kit that are rock hard and shrunk a little..kind of want to put them to use since I like the size/scale of them, I'd say they're pretty close to an 28"x11.50" Hoosier QTP which is what my dad runs on his car. 6
BK9300 Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Beautiful car your dad owned - this will be a great build, I’m sure. 1
keviiin86 Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Finished up the wheels, drilled out the lug holes and made up some center caps for the front wheels. Shot them with revell chrome spray. First time using this stuff and man it gives a nice finish. Wanted to get this out of the way to give it ample time to dry. I've heard Spaz Stix clear coat doesn't dull the finish so I think I'll buy some and test it out on a spoon to make sure. Also just received a parts tree in the mail with a revell 67 corvette big block hood, so that'll be the next project. 5
keviiin86 Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Got the scoop cut off the 67 corvette hood and about ready to glue down, still have to cut a hole in the hood though. Set the wheels in the tires to see how they look, I'm pretty satisfied with how they turned out. 7
TransAmMike Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Fine looking '62 your Dad had and your on your way to building a very nice replica. Keep up the great work Kevin. 1
keviiin86 Posted January 21 Author Posted January 21 57 minutes ago, TransAmMike said: Fine looking '62 your Dad had and your on your way to building a very nice replica. Keep up the great work Kevin. Thanks! He still has it, this was us at the track in September. 4
keviiin86 Posted January 21 Author Posted January 21 (edited) Hood scoop is glued on, waiting for that to cure then I'll add some filler to smooth it out a bit. Did a little mock up, cause why not? Edited January 21 by keviiin86 6
Zippi Posted January 27 Posted January 27 Really kewl looking build Kevin. I'll be watching this one. 1
keviiin86 Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 Little more progress today. Got the trans cut off and the resin th400 glued on. Been collecting parts for the past year, got a single plane victor jr intake from Ron Olsens shapeways page (close in design to the weiand team G that's on the car). And headers are from VCG. Those headers had to have been scanned from an actual set of hooker C1-C2 corvette long tube headers because they look nearly identical to what's on the car. Also got the wheels painted and finished up and tires sanded down. 4
keviiin86 Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 Painted most of the engine and mocked it up temporarily to see how it'll look. And got some primer on the body and hood. Decided to sand off the corvette lettering and emblem from the front since there was a mold line going right through it..and the decals from the kit didn't line up well with the molded in emblem and letters. So need to prime it again and make sure it's all smooth and then paint to follow. 3
Andrew McD Posted February 4 Posted February 4 I've long loved the appearance of the '62. Very cool that you're replicating a car with so much family history. I'll be following along. 1
keviiin86 Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 8 hours ago, Belugawrx said: Nice job on the hood ! Thanks! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
slusher Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Nice work so far wheels really look good and the hood also.. 1
keviiin86 Posted February 8 Author Posted February 8 So I was struggling to find a stock appearing 9" ford that looked "correct" in my eyes for the car. Most of the resin ones I find online don't look that accurate to me or are a fabricated 9" with a back brace etc. The rear end in the car was originally from a Torino according to my dad so I figured I'll check out some kit reviews on some of the Torino kits and see what the rear end housing looks like. And BINGO, the revell 70 torino has a perfect looking housing and is the identical length of then stock 10 bolt. So i found someone selling a parts tree from the kit on ebay and grabbed that. 1
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