1966 Corvette L72 Light Refresh

[MosportGreen66]

Tim and I had a nice convo about this '66 L72. This seems to be a very nice original car! Congrats to Tim for a gentle clean to preserve that chassis and original educational value.

[napa68]

Moving closer to the finish line........an inch at a time.

The cluster is secured in, and thus got the steering column installed. To only find out I must have tweaked the main shaft and thus the directional switch. Horn was stuck on. Took it apart and yeah, the switch was boogered. So, I am waiting for that to come in. I did get the clock back and installed. At least that worked out to plan!



Here is an ink stamp on the fan clutch. This decodes to December 2nd of 65.
L=December
2=2nd day of month
F=1965


The car has 1 pair of original keys that came with it. Ironically, Marsh Hallman made an error on entering the ignition key codes of the dealer invoice.




I am tickled with the body (among other obvious items). The paint has some checking here and there, but overall is really nice. Great detectible bonding seams and of course the original dealer emblem





Last but not least, the affirmations came back from Al Grenning for the engine block, trim tag, and POP.


Of course all of this progress cannot go unpunished I fired the car up and the carb was not happy once again. I said piss on it. Pulled it off and sent it out to Phil. While rebuilding a carb is certainly in my skill sets, I have concluded in these parts that are 50-60 years old need to pulled down to nothing, machined back to be square, and be the focal point of a seasoned pro. In short, I feel like I should do that with most any carb that comes through the shop.

[scuncio]

Man! Nice work as always. I agree with your take on carb rebuilding. Mine seem to have a countdown timer and I start having problems in a few months, whereas Eric Jackson’s rebuilds are still 100% years later.