My New Frankenvette
After almost a decade of saying it’ll be mine by the end of the year, I finally have my family’s 1977 Corvette. My grandpa was surprised by his dad in 77 when he was getting picked up from high school, and a white corvette coupe shows up! It was crashed in 80-81, and they decided to completely restore it, but to their specs. To my knowledge, there was no frame damage, but they cut off the coupe and threw a 75 convertible top in along with the new 81 body style. It’s got a custom rear bumper, 67 (C2????) side vents, and they removed the popup headlights. The exterior is a total frankentvette, but the interior also is right in between the original and the 78+, so nothing about this car is standard, really. A muncie m21 was installed, but the speedometer never worked since then lol.
Unfortunately, it’s been sitting for 20+ years. The L48 fires right up every time, but there’s a light thumping coming from the rear and when you let off the gas it pulls to the right. The water temp and oil pressure gauges don’t work, but luckily he kept the original headlight assembly. It’s only had hose water in the radiator in the past 5 years, so a total flush of the system is on the todo list. I live in CA away from the coast or snow, so there shouldn’t be any rust on the cage. I’ve got quite the project on my hands, but I’m excited to restore this family vehicle!