DIYGUY
10-19-2012, 08:43 PM
Finally happy to join you guys here. I actually didn't know about the GTM until about 4 months ago but I was sold pretty quick. What a neat car. I 'd been looking for a car and was thinking about restoring an older 60's Corvette. After having done a 1970, I can't say that I enjoyed the cleanup and restoration of the old stuff. Also, I built an RV7 and am into the aviation stuff (My trade) and thought the GTM was the best of both my worlds. Mainly cars and planes. Anyway, it didn't take long before I made the order. I recieved the kit two weeks ago.
I Just brought the Donor home today. I spent several weeks looking at salvaged vettes and then last Saturday I did a casual check on ebay. Contemporary Corvettes (FParts) had a clean 98 black convertible that took a hit square on the front left bumper. It looked like it hit a stop sign because the damage looked like a cut through the bumper and directly into the forward most frame end and left light. The rest of the car was beautiful....almost to the extent I thought about just fixing it. Anyway, it has 98K miles and it's very clean. I figured I'd sell whatever I can down the road. I'll probably not use the engine....although it runs great as I found out today after taking it for a quick spin. That LS-1 is a pretty darn strong engine. I've been dreaming of an LS-7 but the LS-1 had me thinking twice this afternoon. Still, I'll likely remove the engine and sell it to stick with the plan.
I need to check my build number. I think it's somewhere near 410 but I'll post it in the future.
By the way...I don't have many extra hands around. I went to Lowes and found a drywall scafold and used a bunch of pulleys and an electric winch to hoist the body off and on. I had to space the scafold by 1-2 inches in width and used square steel box legs to extend height slightly to straddle the car and get the body up high enough to work on it. Here's a few pictures.
John
I Just brought the Donor home today. I spent several weeks looking at salvaged vettes and then last Saturday I did a casual check on ebay. Contemporary Corvettes (FParts) had a clean 98 black convertible that took a hit square on the front left bumper. It looked like it hit a stop sign because the damage looked like a cut through the bumper and directly into the forward most frame end and left light. The rest of the car was beautiful....almost to the extent I thought about just fixing it. Anyway, it has 98K miles and it's very clean. I figured I'd sell whatever I can down the road. I'll probably not use the engine....although it runs great as I found out today after taking it for a quick spin. That LS-1 is a pretty darn strong engine. I've been dreaming of an LS-7 but the LS-1 had me thinking twice this afternoon. Still, I'll likely remove the engine and sell it to stick with the plan.
I need to check my build number. I think it's somewhere near 410 but I'll post it in the future.
By the way...I don't have many extra hands around. I went to Lowes and found a drywall scafold and used a bunch of pulleys and an electric winch to hoist the body off and on. I had to space the scafold by 1-2 inches in width and used square steel box legs to extend height slightly to straddle the car and get the body up high enough to work on it. Here's a few pictures.
John