1965 Corvette Roadster 327-365hp

[napa68]

Finally, an update on the 65. After a 3 week wait for the radiator from Dewitt's (which was actually closer to 8) I could get going.

With a new radiator in place, I now could fire up the car.......to only run into a couple of other Gremlins. First, with the cooling system able to be pressurized, I discovered a small coolant leak between the intake and cylinder head. Sadly, the original intake gasket had to be sacrificed. That was met with a broken intake bolt at that spot. Can you say pandora's box?

Pull it down and weld a nut to the remaining portion of the bolt and BAM......out it comes!




A new intake gasket, and reassemble. On the bright side, it allowed me to do a much better job of cleaning the intake manifold.


The second gremlin......the carb. The idle screws were literally unresponsive, in addition to a nice assortment of leaks. Soooooo........off to Eric Jackson @ Vintage Musclecar for some love. Eric found the primary metering block to be out .027 and the secondary .020. A few other less significant issues as well. If all works out, I should have the carb back late this week.

The tires were a bit crusty to say the least........had to lube the beads (after they were broken) in order the get them off of the wheels.


I'm sure some of know the drill of skinny bias plys.......not fun to get the bead seated. So ratchet straps and the bead blaster. You'd probably witness something similar when a person throws a football in by the monkey's at the zoo