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Waterford, MI - USA

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Vette(s): 1973 Red coupe

Its been a lot of work but the body is back where it belongs. New rocker channels worked out very well. Now its is time to put everything else back together. Still alot of work left but should have the car back on the road by next weekend. |bouncy|

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73 coupe L48, Flat-top pistons, Performer RPM Heads, Crane Cam and roller rockers, Holley 650 vac sec. Performer intake,
3.55 gear BTO 200-4R trans,
Leather seats, Seatbelt Plus 3point seatbelts, Pioneer CD player
Magnaflow Exhuast System

Dewitt radiator and dual electric fans

Borgeson Steering box

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Bodu off update;

Posted: 8/11/03 4:46amMessage 2 of 12

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Johnny427/435

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JACKSONVILLE, NC - USA

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Vette(s): 1969 427/435 1990 ZR-1

Sweet! Its good to hear its going together..

any new pics of the rocker install?

johnny

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Posted: 8/11/03 2:49pmMessage 3 of 12

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Waterford, MI - USA

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Vette(s): 1973 Red coupe

Page is updated. |smile|

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73 coupe L48, Flat-top pistons, Performer RPM Heads, Crane Cam and roller rockers, Holley 650 vac sec. Performer intake,
3.55 gear BTO 200-4R trans,
Leather seats, Seatbelt Plus 3point seatbelts, Pioneer CD player
Magnaflow Exhuast System

Dewitt radiator and dual electric fans

Borgeson Steering box

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Posted: 8/11/03 9:02pmMessage 4 of 12

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Johnny427/435

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Vette(s): 1969 427/435 1990 ZR-1

Looks great!
How hard were they to weld in?
were they bonded to the fiberglass at all or were they just welded to the bird cage?

johnny

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Posted: 8/11/03 7:20pmMessage 5 of 12

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The old rockers were just spot welded to the bird cage but had some aluminim revets hold the fiberglass door sills that had to be removed. Once I ground out the left over steel that was still welded to the inside of the post, The new rocker inserts fit back up in about 4 inches. I blocked them up in place with 2x2's and used a mig welder to reattach them to the inside of the posts. Thge post had only rusted at the bottom where they were welded to the channels. That saved me from having to cut any fiberglass out.

Brian - NCM Lifetime Member

73 coupe L48, Flat-top pistons, Performer RPM Heads, Crane Cam and roller rockers, Holley 650 vac sec. Performer intake,
3.55 gear BTO 200-4R trans,
Leather seats, Seatbelt Plus 3point seatbelts, Pioneer CD player
Magnaflow Exhuast System

Dewitt radiator and dual electric fans

Borgeson Steering box

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Posted: 8/13/03 7:54pmMessage 6 of 12

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I should be back on the road by Friday. Just need to put the interior back together and bleed the brakes. By the way, you can find my page on the body removal at corvettefaq.com

Brian - NCM Lifetime Member

73 coupe L48, Flat-top pistons, Performer RPM Heads, Crane Cam and roller rockers, Holley 650 vac sec. Performer intake,
3.55 gear BTO 200-4R trans,
Leather seats, Seatbelt Plus 3point seatbelts, Pioneer CD player
Magnaflow Exhuast System

Dewitt radiator and dual electric fans

Borgeson Steering box

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Posted: 8/13/03 8:34pmMessage 7 of 12

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LINCOLN, NE - USA

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Vette(s): 1973 L48 Corvette / 4 speed

Brian, What kind of spring do you have on your 73? I am now in the process of replacing mine. I kept with the leaf type. The new one is a 1/4 thicker and I had to get longer bolts for the center support, got them at Zip Products.

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Posted: 8/14/03 4:20amMessage 8 of 12

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I( have the fiberglass spring. It was on there when I bought the car so I don't know how it stacks up against the stock one.

Brian - NCM Lifetime Member

73 coupe L48, Flat-top pistons, Performer RPM Heads, Crane Cam and roller rockers, Holley 650 vac sec. Performer intake,
3.55 gear BTO 200-4R trans,
Leather seats, Seatbelt Plus 3point seatbelts, Pioneer CD player
Magnaflow Exhuast System

Dewitt radiator and dual electric fans

Borgeson Steering box

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Posted: 8/17/03 5:51amMessage 9 of 12

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Vette(s): 1970 Donnybrook Green/Green Int. 1970 Daytona Yellow/Black Int.

Brian,

Looks great, nice job.

Kevin 1970 Green/Green 1970 Yellow/Black

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Posted: 8/18/03 8:25amMessage 10 of 12

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