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64 Vette….Rebuild 2.0
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Be cooler if you did.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
Grandson and I went for a cruise a few days ago, took a shot from the pavement level. I don't think Ive ever done that before, thought it looked cool, so saving it here.
You still rockin 4 wheel drums there Dave?
Yes...that 79 I bought for parts has a full disc system on it, that will be swapped over....discs require everything from the spindles out, and I got all of it, and hopefully its all good enough to use, if not I’ll have some cores for new ones.
I got everything from the vacuum booster to the calipers.
I got everything from the vacuum booster to the calipers.
I thought the same thing, at first I thought, what are those grooves in his rotors, then upon closer inspection I realized the culprit.
Nice upgrade coming Dave!
you didn't notice missing calipers? lol
I'm talking the initial fraction of a second Dave, of course it doesn't take long at all to realize they are not rotors at all. You have them painted up so nice and silver it tricked my eyes for a split second. I'm used to seeing drums black or rusty.
In remembrance of Chuck Yeager, I had a great memory I would like to share to honor him for his service to our country.
I bought my 64 in 1982, and joined a local Corvette club shortly thereafter. Kalamazoo Corvette club (KCC). It was nationally affiliated with the National Council of Corvette Clubs (NCCC) who had connections within GM. The new Corvette convertible was selected to pace the 1986 Indy 500, and Chuck Yeager was chosen to be the driver of the official pace car. That car (serial number xxxx72) was the only car to pace the race. There were dozens of other yellow convertibles that were given to the track and high profile people for race week duty, and Chuck was assigned serial #61 as his personal car. I’m not sure if the other cars had the two yellow “Chevrolet research and engineering vehicle” stickers on the radiator and shroud, but the authentic pace car did as seen in the pic.
After the race NCCC and GM offered the vehicle for charity auction to raise money for Spina Bifida, the official charity of the NCCC. The car was made available for show and selling raffle tickets to any club that was a member of NCCC. The KCC was a member, and we put on a car show at a local mall in early 87, and had THE pace car in the show to raise money for the charity. A club member hauled the car from St. Louis to Kalamazoo for the show and a week later I hauled it to Mitchell SD to pass it off to another club. While it was in my possession, I unloaded it for a couple pics in front of my house....should have taken more, but back in the day, I had a 35mm with the old film rolls. Should have taken a pic with my 64, but it was in pieces at the time, and I didn't realize how cool of a shot it would have been. I never did get to meet Chuck, but sitting in the same car he paced the INDY 500 with was pretty cool for me.
I bought my 64 in 1982, and joined a local Corvette club shortly thereafter. Kalamazoo Corvette club (KCC). It was nationally affiliated with the National Council of Corvette Clubs (NCCC) who had connections within GM. The new Corvette convertible was selected to pace the 1986 Indy 500, and Chuck Yeager was chosen to be the driver of the official pace car. That car (serial number xxxx72) was the only car to pace the race. There were dozens of other yellow convertibles that were given to the track and high profile people for race week duty, and Chuck was assigned serial #61 as his personal car. I’m not sure if the other cars had the two yellow “Chevrolet research and engineering vehicle” stickers on the radiator and shroud, but the authentic pace car did as seen in the pic.
After the race NCCC and GM offered the vehicle for charity auction to raise money for Spina Bifida, the official charity of the NCCC. The car was made available for show and selling raffle tickets to any club that was a member of NCCC. The KCC was a member, and we put on a car show at a local mall in early 87, and had THE pace car in the show to raise money for the charity. A club member hauled the car from St. Louis to Kalamazoo for the show and a week later I hauled it to Mitchell SD to pass it off to another club. While it was in my possession, I unloaded it for a couple pics in front of my house....should have taken more, but back in the day, I had a 35mm with the old film rolls. Should have taken a pic with my 64, but it was in pieces at the time, and I didn't realize how cool of a shot it would have been. I never did get to meet Chuck, but sitting in the same car he paced the INDY 500 with was pretty cool for me.
Did it have aluminum or cast iron heads?
Martin
Martin
Early ‘86 was cast iron, later ‘86 was aluminum. I was just wondering if the Pace Cars got the aluminum heads right away.
Martin
Martin
All convertibles had aluminum heads, so it most likely did, now that I think about it.
Martin
Martin
Cool story. Thanks for sharing it!
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