The Restoration of a 1963 Black/Red Corvette Z06 Coupe: More details on the Z06 car from Tony

I spoke with Tony today regarding the Z06. He bought the car in 2016. The prior owner was Jane T. of Mount Arlington, NJ. The title was issued in 1992. Tony has a bunch of older pictures of the car being restored. In the pictures, the car appears to be in black color, possibly blue. The pictures show it on jack stands with Z06 backing plates, and T-arms. There’s a picture of the car in a news article at the Cozy Drive-In which is near Mt. Arlington NJ.

Z06 is written on the rear bulkhead, under the radio, and on the passenger floor pan. These are the three places the Z06 writing is known to be written. Has all three. Tony said the Z06 markings were original based on the style of the writing.

There’s a picture of a guy, his wife and son restoring and stripping the paint off the car.

Seats were reupholstered. Dash was painted black. But you can see under everything in the interior that it was red. There’s red overspray under the back and the bulkhead. In 3 weeks, Tony plans to start pulling apart the Z06 and will get a list of what’s needed.

Picture of the car in 1994, prior to restoration by the owner at that time.

Picture in ~1994 when the family was working on the car, planning to paint silver blue.

Picture in ~1994 under the carpet, clearly showing red paint on the floor boards.

Picture under the passenger side floorboards with the Z06 F writing.

Picture from ~1994 with the Z06 F writing behind the gas tank.

Picture from ~1994 of the interior with red paint on the floor boards and black overspray under the headliner and rear windows. Windows were left in the car during this restoration.