Engine Build

Interior Mouldings

May 13, 2018

The interior moldings came in from John Millar's shop. Looking great.

Engine block back from the hot tank

We received the engine block back from the hot tank. Gathering rebuild parts as well.  The block came out super clean.

The Z06 brake master cylinder

Body work tuning complete

John Millar completed the work on the body.  The car is a no hit car, but we needed to do some tuning of some restoration work performed on the car in 1972.  It's looking great.

Steering box rebuild

Looking inside the steering box, the worm and sector had some rust and were worn.  Tony's Corvettes will rebuild with his supply of NOS steering box components.

Plating of Parts and Bolts back in Today

Attended Barrett Jackson Auction in Scottsdale

This week Tony, Dale (Tony's painter) and I visited the Barrett Jackson Auction in Scottsdale. An amazing event.  Quite an event to network and among many collectors, I met Bob Russo of Billybobscars.com located in Jackson, NJ.  He had heard about my Z06 and already knew it was a black/red car.  I mentioned that I'm researching the owner history and that all the owners seem to have been in Norther NJ.  He kindly offered to help.  Looking forward to talking to him more.

Barrett Jackson, Scottsdale, AZ.

I spoke with the owner of this '69 COPO ZL1 Camero, the Hemi Cuda and '65 GTO.  This is where I met Bob Russo.

'70 Hemi Cuda...amazing car.

'64 GTO....also amazing

This is an all original '63 SWC - lots of unique parts on this December '62 car.

Brake Backing Plates - Media Blasted and Painted

We completed the headlamp assemblies and the brake backing plates.  Everything is coming up really well.  It's amazing for a New Jersey car, there was just surface rust on items and, after media blasting and painting, these are coming out like new.

Headlamp backing.

Brake backing plates

Other side of brake backing plates.

Checked out a couple of Z06 Big Tank Cars at Mecum Kissimmee Auction

Tony and I and a couple of his customers visited the Mecum auction this weekend.  Huge event.  There were a couple of Z06 Big Tank cars that when up for auction.  1 sold for $410k and the other (Saddle/Saddle) Duntov car did not meet the reserve.

The Saddle/Saddle Duntov Z06 Car

The Silver/Black Z06 on the block - sold for $410k.

Here's the Silver/Back Z06 Big tank car out in the tent after the auction.

Rear spindles media blasted and painted

Received back some of the brake spindles.

Painted and ready to go.

Correct Z06 part numbers.

Visited John Millar's Body Shop

Tony and I visited John to check out the latest on the Z06 progress.  As John bead blasted the interior body and removed the black paint, the original red paint was reviled.

Interior picture, see the original red on the floorboard and in rear area.

Additional shot of the interior.  To protect the Z06 markings, we covered with cardboard.

Another shot of the interior.

Shot towards the rear behind the seats.

Another shot in the rear of the car, noting the original red interior.

More parts, cad plated and black phosphate

Here's the next batch of parts. Cad plated and black phosphate....like new.

More parts, nuts and bolts, media blasted

Here's more component parts that have been media blasted.

Body Shop Work at John Millar's

Some photos of the car at the John Millar's body shop in Pennsylvania.  It's been stripped down and assessed for the body work required.

Beginning on Dec. 12, 2017 to scrape the paint off front. Some yellow primer showing from the 1992 restoration.

Dec 12, 2017, Paint scraped off the rear.

Rear and right side.

Most of the silver blue paint removed, all yellow primer by December 14, 2017.

By Dec 18, most of the paint has been removed and down to the fiberglass.