Does the shroud look right to you?
The PO is Bubba on steroids. He builds dragsters and races them at the local strip. He started on the Vette but decided a 'Cuda was a better dragster so he sat the Vette in a barn for 10 years. I prolly paid too much for her ($16,000) but it's been a good project and learning experience.
What Bubba did well:
-engine work (rebuild with chrome valve guides, more aggressive compression 10:1, bored to 360). It's one fast 350😏
-edelbrock chrome intake manifold
What Bubba didn't do well:
- yanked the AC and threw away the compressor
- rebuilt the tranny and pulled the shifter rod with a chisel (cost me $1,000)
- sealed the windshield with silicone on the inside causing windshield frame rust (cost me $1,500)
- tranny pan with cooling tubes but he saved the original
- used the interior to store lawn chairs...lots of gouges but I needed to replace everything anyway
- virtually no original screws...anywhere
- somehow bent the right trailing arm, cost me $500 for a used one
I asked for a project and I got one!
But...the restoration got me an invitation to the Boise Roadster Show! And that's with a drivers paint job!
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