Long Day In The Garage Today

[Blue Flame Restorations]

All I can say is, I can't wait to turn wrenches on my ZR1 when I get it!
I can't wait to do something different. This ZR1 niche is just a great bunch of guys who enjoy the cars for what they were designed for. To be driven!

The last five Corvettes that I've restored have been 53's, and I've got another two months before the sixth one is complete.

Today, I spent 13 hrs installing a new top on one car. I hope to have the car finally completed by the end of the week.

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[phrogs]

so out of 300 cars you will have restored 6 of them DAMN!:cheers:

I know a Convertible top install is a pain I have not done one but I have watch one get done on a C3 pain in the butt and takes all day!

Car looks great!

[vettebrett]

That looks great for the time you have in it. No hurry up and get a ZR-1 in there to work on.

Is that dust on the workout machine in the back of the garage in the 2nd picture??:sign10:

[Blue Flame Restorations]

Nope. That's custom muscle powder. I bought it off of ebay, so it just has to be the real thing.:sign10:

[1989ZR1#74]

so out of 300 cars you will have restored 6 of them DAMN!:cheers:

I know a Convertible top install is a pain I have not done one but I have watch one get done on a C3 pain in the butt and takes all day!

Car looks great!

I bet Brett could have done 4 C3 tops in that time. They be easy compared to a 53. Just putting one up an down takes me 15 minutes! Careful of those flippers!

[JThomas]

congrats on the ZR-1 purchase Brett. It should be an outstanding restoration.

[phrogs]

I bet Brett could have done 4 C3 tops in that time. They be easy compared to a 53. Just putting one up an down takes me 15 minutes! Careful of those flippers!


I was at carlise in 07 I think it was and a friend of a friend had his 75 top done by Al knoch did it on the show field took them all day to do it.

Im going to learn how to do that one day!

[1989ZR1#74]

I was at carlise in 07 I think it was and a friend of a friend had his 75 top done by Al knoch did it on the show field took them all day to do it.

Im going to learn how to do that one day!

No doubt they are all difficult. I would not want to do one outside of my shop. Have done my 61 and my 63 and I fixed my 53 top and tried to do my 54 but gave up. It took me forever, but I am clueless! The 53, 54, 55s are a different animal. They changed the 53 designs several times and each has it's own problems. (plus the pressure of doing a +$100K cars top only adds to it)

[Blue Flame Restorations]

I'm getting better at it. I've done five now. They all take alot of time and patience. If you get in a hurry, you're doomed. It took almost 4 hrs to put the top frame together, mount it on the car and then get all of the measurements correct. This is the hard part. If the geometry is not correct to start with, you'll ruin a $2000 top and have to start all over.