1969 427 restoration from Sweden

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427Swede said:
Let me know if I should skip this type of photos, I do not know how interesting this really is:skeptic:
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You mean you want to deprive us from our car porn fixes?
Don't be silly.:rolleyes:
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Okay, some more of the porno stuff then :devil:

The override switch panel in need of some TLC.
As can bee seen, the electrical switch is broken and the vacuum swithes were leaking... It seem like everything I am touching on this car is non working or broke. Well, it is 40 years old so, it´s probably normal.

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Sandblasted and painted the panel. opened the electrical switch and modified it by threading the plastic switch with a small M4 thread. Screwed a small M4 screw in to it and put it all together. Machined a new turning nob from aluminium and put a female M4 thread in to the underside of the knob. Simple fix! A new switch is around 25$...

The Vacuum swithes were possible to disassemble and then new O-rings was put in. Worked perfectly!


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I was having a hard time deciding if I should buy an aluminium radiator for the Corvette. At this stage it is too expensive for me and since the original brass radiator was in really nice condition I finally settled for it. I think the over heating problem that is often experienced on older corvettes is caused by non exsisting seals around the radiator and clogged tubes inside the radiator.

New seals beeing assembled to the radiator frame. The top seal is assembled after the installation of the rad. There is also a seal between the top frame and the hood.

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Also put in new seals in front of the rad. Very important to keep everything tight and sealed here to get all air flow through the rad! After all, these cars were designed and engineered to function in very hot conditions so, I see no need to add a big radiator with this mild engine. Just build everything right and it should work!

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A bad photo of the electrical fans. A de Witt dual Spal set. Over all good quality but, I actually had to machine the underside of the plastic fan housing where it attaches to the radiator! It was not straight and was bending the tubes on the rad. Not a good thing...

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Hi, I made a bracket that is bolted just below the upper A-arm screw. It can easily be removed. I did look at the connections you can buy and bolt to the A-arm screws but at that point it looked a bit flimsy to me. I know that my design will give a little bit less leverage in comparison to that solution but this looks cleaner and more "factory" from my point of view.

There are some photos of the bracket fabrication in the middle of page five in this thread. Hope it can share some light to your question SBG.

And by the way, I´m going to Seattle Washington, at the end of this month on a business trip! I saw that you are living in that city SBG!!!
I am really looking forward to this trip since it will be my first visit in the USA.

I also have two colleagues from work that are spending a 3 week vacation in the USA right now, looking at old american cars. The interest for US cars is really, really big here in Sweden and one of the largest car meetings in the world is held here every year, the Power Big Meet in the city of vasteras. Around 17.000 !!! cars, mainly us, comes to this meeting.
 
Some more progress has been acomplished. The Electrical system needs to be completely changed. When I disassembled it from the car I found several cables that was completely stripped of isolation:huh:
I get really afraid when I think of what might have happened if the cabels would have come in contact with the frame or with each other...

This is the complete old system including all Bubba fixes:lol::crap:

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The only option was to buy a completely new system. The one I bought was US made by M&H Electrical Fabricators. I have assembled the engine and rear system and I am really impressed by the quality of this system! Each connector is exactly as the original and so far everyting has had a perfect fit!
You as Americans should be proud to have this type of quality still beeing produced in your country :1st:

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The expansion tank for the cooling system is in very nice shape after 43 years. Had to have the small pipe at the top of it welded. It was rusted through... A skilled welder did this and it looks as good as new. Difficult job to do since it is Aluminium and very very thin.

At the bottom left of the photo the temperature sensor for the electric fans can be seen. I did a special fitting for this that is small and discrete. I did not want to cut my main radiator hose to install this sensor. There should be full flow of hot water directly from the engine flowing by this connection so, hopefully it will work. I have also prepared wires to have an override switch for the electrical fans.


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A different angle

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An overall photo of the engine bay. It looks a bit messy with all the vacuum hoses all over the place right now but it will all be a bit cleaner when everything is strapped down and correctly routed.

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Hi all,

Still working on the car. It is, slow, painful and exhausting work right now...
Have assembled insulation, Stp silver, into the inside of the car. Tok me a whole week to do this in the evenings. Am I just slow or what is wrong with me?

Then I started to assemble my brand new carpet set from a well known quality manufacturer. Well, I am still not really sure the carpet set is for a Corvette even thou I can read: 68-69 Corvette 80/20 loop carpet set on the outside of the box.
Right now I think it is a carpet set for a school bus or a truck,perhaps even for a Boeing 747 :suicide::banghead::banghead:

Ok, no pictures right now, I am too upset, have to go to bed...
 
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427Swede said:
Hi all,

Still working on the car. It is, slow, painful and exhausting work right now...
Have assembled insulation, Stp silver, into the inside of the car. Tok me a whole week to do this in the evenings. Am I just slow or what is wrong with me?

Then I started to assemble my brand new carpet set from a well known quality manufacturer. Well, I am still not really sure the carpet set is for a Corvette even thou I can read: 68-69 Corvette 80/20 loop carpet set on the outside of the box.
Right now I think it is a carpet set for a school bus or a truck,perhaps even for a Boeing 747 :suicide::banghead::banghead:

Ok, no pictures right now, I am too upset, have to go to bed...
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I don't get your problem, except for the floorboards, rear wall, luggage floor, and the wheel wells the carpet kit for mine fit perfect. :rolleyes: I always wonder at their patterns - I wish they'd send a picture of the car they used for their template since I'm sure that their car is 20% larger than my car... where the bits go over the wheel wells the fit was terrible. I had to slice them on the horizontal and remove a pie shaped piece, then stitch back together to fit...
 
427Swede said:
An overall photo of the engine bay. It looks a bit messy with all the vacuum hoses all over the place right now but it will all be a bit cleaner when everything is strapped down and correctly routed.

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oh yeah, that looks terrible!!!! however do you live with yourself :bullshit: now this picture below is a class act! :rolleyes:
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seriously, if you think yours looks terrible, you really need some help

or, put another way, false modesty is no modesty at all... you do really nice work :)
 
I honestly think the vacuum hoses is a mess in my photo... Now as I said, it will be ok after everything is strapped down.

Sure, youre engine bay is not as tidy as mine but, on the other hand, you do get a lot of things done efficiently and way faster than I am able to do! with that said, I really appreciate the work you put into your car SBG!

The wheel well carpet parts was the worst I think. No fit and carpet backside insulation in the wrong place. Had to remove som here and there. Still, it looks quite ok after everything is assembled and I when the seats are back in no one will probably notice anything.

Regards, Daniel
 
427Swede said:
An overall photo of the engine bay. It looks a bit messy with all the vacuum hoses all over the place right now but it will all be a bit cleaner when everything is strapped down and correctly routed.

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Don't worry one day you will have it all nice and neat like mine :rofl::rofl:

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