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In the current fall issue of the quarterly magazine Autostrada Forum, there is a feature story about me and my Corvette!! It is both cool and weird to see myself and my car in a magazine! You can find the magazine at Chapters Indigo, Barnes & Noble, and Book-A-Million stores.
This first pic is the cover of the current issue. I wonder if I had worn a suit for the photo shoot, then maybe I would have gotten the cover instead of the guy with the $20 million car collection!!!
These are some of my favorite pics from the photo shoot for the story:
Here is a link to the magazine's web site for a bunch more pictures, some from my own personal collection, and more from the photo shoot:
Thanks! I did a body-off restoration on this car by myself over a 7.5 yr period, and I am very proud of the final product. I've been sitting on these pics for weeks, and I was a bit hesitant to post them here. Finally decided to share them.
Beautiful work. It is obvious you put a lot of THOUGHT into your project along with all the work. Love the colors, and the seats look like they were designed for that model. I am also encouraged since I only have 3 1/2 years into my build so far. If it turns out as nice as yours I will be thrilled. THanks for sharing, and tell us a little bit more about your project since I don't know where to find that magazine down here in South Carolina.
I was wondering about your radiator hose kits. I keep searching and all I can find is the corrugated ones, but what you have is what I am after. And links or SEARCH terms. Thanks.
Wow... what a car! Absolutely gorgeous... I am picking up my first Corvette on Saturday, a '69 Convertible. I don't know that I will have the attention to detail, or even the attention span, to do as nice of a job as you did... but it certainly gives me a goal to shoot for! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful work. It is obvious you put a lot of THOUGHT into your project along with all the work. Love the colors, and the seats look like they were designed for that model. I am also encouraged since I only have 3 1/2 years into my build so far. If it turns out as nice as yours I will be thrilled. THanks for sharing, and tell us a little bit more about your project since I don't know where to find that magazine down here in South Carolina.
Well, in 1995 after many years of serious drag racing, I decided to build something that could also stop and take corners as well as accelerate. I had always loved the early bumper vettes, so that was what I bought. It was an all original and numbers matching driver quality car, with the base 350 and an automatic. I was just going to build a nice motor and do some bolt-on brake and suspension upgrades, and then I found the dreaded rust rot in the birdcage and the frame. It was then that I decided the only thing to do was a total body off restoration. I started it in January 1997. Somewhere along the way during the 7.5 yr restoration, a close to factory restoration turned into a full restomod instead! The car was back on the road in 2004, and honestly the changes and modifications hasn't ever stopped! I consider it to be my never-finished rolling work of art!
Some of the build details:
-406 cubic inch full roller and forged engine
-FAST Ez-Efi fuel injection
-TKO600 5spd trans
-Wilwood 6 piston front and 4 piston rear brakes
-VBP front upper and lower control arms
-VBP front dual mount composite spring
-Van Steel rear trailing arms
-VBP rear 360lb composite spring
-QA1 single adjustable shocks
-C5 Z06 seats with custom covers
-headlights and wiper door converted from vacuum to electric
-custom LED halo headlights and tail lights
The following parts were custom CNC machined and/or engraved:
-fender emblems
-hood badges
-valve covers
-gas lid
-rear deck vents
-door sill plates
-wheel center caps
Good luck with your build, sometimes it seems like it will never be done, but you will get there eventually!!
Originally Posted by kanvasman
I was wondering about your radiator hose kits. I keep searching and all I can find is the corrugated ones, but what you have is what I am after. And links or SEARCH terms. Thanks.
The upper and lower rad hard pipes are polished aluminum; the upper is 1.5" OD pipe and the lower is 1.75" OD pipe. I used small pieces of the stock rubber hoses to make the connections. I bought universal pipes and cut them to the proper dimensions, and I then used a tubing beader to put the proper bead back on the cut ends. The upper pipe obviously has a 90 bend in it, while the lower pipe has a 45 bend in it. Ebay can be a source for these universal pipes.
10-25-2017, 05:35 PM
Magazine feature about me and my Corvette!!
I've been sitting on these pics for weeks, and I was a bit hesitant to post them here. Finally decided to share them. 
Beautiful work. It is obvious you put a lot of THOUGHT into your project along with all the work. Love the colors, and the seats look like they were designed for that model. I am also encouraged since I only have 3 1/2 years into my build so far. If it turns out as nice as yours I will be thrilled. THanks for sharing, and tell us a little bit more about your project since I don't know where to find that magazine down here in South Carolina.
