1965 Corvette Roadster 327-365hp
 

Here's a car that is going through my shop right now. I am freshening some things up on this 70k mile 65 L76 roadster. A great solid car, that appears to have every original numbered and dated component. Beautiful original interior!!


This is going to prove to be a great driver for someone when it's completed.

327-365hp
M20 4 speed (close ratio)
4.11 posi
AM/FM radio
C&C group
(knock offs and gold lines added)

https://i.imgur.com/L2gwZGNh.jpg

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I've got a Dewitt's radiator on the way, fresh set of gold lines, and a small amount of items to replace the typical parts store items (battery cables, heater hoses, etc). I just finished rebuilding the carb, will rebuild the clock, pull the gauge cluster to clean all of the gauge faces / lenses, and overall just give everything a good going through.

Nice looking car. Is that original paint ?
Black interior, I assume ?

It's got a repaint (lacquer) with a black vinyl interior

Is that the original radiator in the car now, and is the car going to be for sale.

Pretty car, Tim. The 1965 yellow is stunning, it looks like they used the correct shade on the repaint.

I'm not sure. It's the one thing that is out of line on dates Bob. It's dated Dec 1964. The rest of the dates are pretty tight. If you are interested, we can arrange something. It is kind of a sprinkler though just to be up front.

Tim

Sprinkler?
 

Whats a sprinkler? Vette language.

Here are a bunch of the castings, stamps, dates, and what looks to be original parts.....

https://i.imgur.com/3hYw7PTh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/w3v44SPh.jpg

The intake looks to have never been off.....
https://i.imgur.com/EYjLCxMh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/g28DKWVh.jpg

Distributor date.....
https://i.imgur.com/F4dNIBkh.jpg

Trans stamps......
https://i.imgur.com/PEGfaN3h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YEnK8Cdh.jpg

Rear diff....
https://i.imgur.com/BGXP3T1h.jpg

Alternator.....
https://i.imgur.com/xNUP4UWh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CCQDQ6bh.jpg

Starter...
https://i.imgur.com/qWJJxLWh.jpg

Fuel pump. Looks to be the right 40083
https://i.imgur.com/eNKRK3Yh.jpg

Body build date of April 30th, 1965
https://i.imgur.com/ZxaIXOuh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2vdcTV6h.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/c8r1YAfh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4z5tyRlh.jpg

LOL.......many areas to leak

Nice score, Tim.

would love to own it

Nice car Tim, you cracked me up with the sprinkler comment, lol!

First round of cleaning this morning yielded the engine suffix crayon marks. Pulled the valve covers afterwards to find the properly dated 461's along with the original "O" rocker arms.

On a different note, have you seen a remanence of paint on the deck like found here? I cannot say that I recall that. The rest of the paint on the engine strikes me as original (obviously with the crayon marks on the head).

I neglected to answer the other question Bob had in his post "will the car be for sale?" Yes it will. If anyone would like to know more about the car, feel free to reach out.

Thanks for the continuing interest!
Tim

https://i.imgur.com/NvN84Tyh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/fT563Ivh.jpg

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Me too, but not in the cards.

I've owned 2 1965 365hp corvettes, these are the best of the C3s,
plenty of power, no heat coming in the passenger compartment
like Big block cars, 4 wheel disc and one of the few solid lifter Chevrolets
engines to be offered w/air conditioning.
365 HP corvettes were not available with power steering because the 6 Qt
oil pan left no room for the steering ram.

Tim, this car keeps getting better and better. I would keep the radiator with the car, 4 months is a little far but still could have happened. I also like the sprinkler comment. I wish I could buy it but I have no more room.

----Tim,,,The pad probably had a bit of oil on it and the tape didn't stick well.....Bill S

Original starter solenoid.....
https://i.imgur.com/RJLhQOch.jpg

I've been more of an office clerk today than pulling wrenches. Pulled the plugs and completed the Williams / Hinckley valve adjustment procedure. Obviously this still has the 30-30 cam in it. Despite old crusty plug wires and old stinky fuel, the plugs looked good IMO!

https://i.imgur.com/6gySVEih.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/plMneOzh.jpg

Clean those puppies up and put them right back in. Nothing wrong with them.

When they’re old like that can they sometimes leak between the resistor and the hex head? They look a little burnt there

If they were leaking at the hex, there will be a carbon ring at the base. Most of what you see is crap from rotten wires. The black shadow may be some leakage from the boot being brittle and not sealing anymore. That is quite common.
The center electrode looks to have a crisp edge, with no rounded appearance from wear.

Really cool car, Tim. My '67 Z28 that I bought from the original owner has the same 1114344 part number on the starter solenoid.

The cluster is pulled for cleaning, the clock is pulled for rebuilding and cleaning, and then there is more cleaning.
https://i.imgur.com/HDmm1sIh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/JuqT2Bvh.jpg


Squeaky clean windshield frame for sure!
https://i.imgur.com/DJOISfdh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/c5XxlPGh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/L0g5b9Jh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/yNf8jNch.jpg

More cleaning......
https://i.imgur.com/WyQ6Oi7h.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/eY1Ur8qh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/gO2bQuHh.jpg

You're killin' us with these pics. That car will be sold before you're done cleaning...:headbang:

If I was in the market, you'd already have a down payment...:worship:

----I wish I had kept track of how many times I have done exactly the same dash cleanup as you are. Anymore it's becoming an unwanted chore as arthritis keeps me from twisting around in the passenger compartment on my back. Looks to be an outstanding original 65. Keep up the good work. Wish I could have met you at MCACN, but couldn't seem to get away from my swap space anywhere near as much as I would have liked.....Bill S

The older wiser me pulls the seat out, take off my shoes.........make myself comfortable.......and chip away at it. I suppose it's kind of sadistic, but I feel the end product is always worth it.

CAn you share a picture……LOL!

I'm starting to like that car, Tim.

I already acquired one mid year Corvette from Wisconsin in the past 10 days, so I'll hold off on this one.

----All of the above, but it still takes a toll. Wonder if I'll ever grow up and straighten out....Bill S

What isn't pretty is me getting out!

I'm forced to grow old, I refuse to grow up !!!

Another reason you should of joined us at Gibson's on Friday night Bill! Tim and Tracey (and Scott and KP) were excellent company.

Same

Great work so far. Keep it up!

I got some parts in today including the correct vacuum advance can. My original was out to lunch you could say. The correct vacuum advance can is not as readily available as it once was. I did find a vendor that cataloged theirs for the high performance 327's, but it did not begin to pull at 4" of vacuum like these cars should.

I checked the new one pictured.........and voila!

The weights were gummed up with this grease (which I understand one should never do). Everything is cleaned, new points and condenser........set the dwell and on to the next item!

https://i.imgur.com/ZFGgpvbh.jpg
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https://i.imgur.com/PBrKsguh.jpg

I guess I found my exhaust leak:dunno:
https://i.imgur.com/1PltDD9h.jpg

Tim, is that your distributor machine. If so, cool.

Yeppers. Beats trying to gap points and readjust dwell in the car.

Tim,

I subscribed at the beginning of this thread, mainly because of the light yellow on black combination, I’m partial.

I started taking the front seats out decades ago to perform work under the dash as I felt like a pretzel 🥨 after exiting.

Curious, shouldn’t the Delco-Remy cap for this ‘65 be the “Patent Pending” only with the tall towers. No “R”, as I show below.

Yup, that vintage SUN distributor machine is really cool.

I enjoyed watching the work you did on that cool Black ‘64 FI awhile back and I’m watching this ‘65 getting dialed in.

Thanks for documenting, Chris

You are correct! Good catch Chris!