cmaurice876

Hey what is going on? My father and I have been working on our 1977 corvette restoration project for a little over a year now. We decided not to go back with the original 350 and automatic trans so we opted to go with something a little more modern. That being an Ls1 and t56 from a 04 GTO. We do not have a completion date or anything, bet we kind of work on it as we please. Well now onto the pictures:

What we started with:










And now the good stuff. The engine has a mild cam in it, but for the most part is pretty stock.




F-body oil pan




The frame before:

cmaurice876

Transmission crossmember modification



Heater hose fittings moved




Now as it sits now after hours of sandblasting...





vb and p monospring





Rack and pinion conversion








Walbro 255lph fuel pump






Wires,Wires,Wires





Dad's pride and joy... the fuel rail covers






This is how it sits now. The Walbro pump and corvette regulator works great. We have about 57 psi at the fuel rail. We are waiting on a 6 fuse fusebox and then we will start the motor for the first time. It should not be too far off!!

Ls2SilverBullet

Thats comming along really nicely. Frame and suspension look goooooood! Such a sick swap. Those FRC's look great, how did you guys get the old school corvette font on there?

cmaurice876

What do you mean the old school front? haha

Ls2SilverBullet

the corvette FONT on the fuel rail covers. Never seen covers like that so i figured someone fabbed them up somehow

cmaurice876

Oh ok I misread that completely. We actually got them off of ebay. They seem to be getting fairly popular

Big Block Stingray

You can buy those covers aftermarket..

Looks great, about to do a similar swap to my '68.

Ls2SilverBullet

Gotcha. Well it looks great, cant wait to see more progress on that thing

RsSean

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Wow that is has to be the nicest older vette under body i have seen in a while. Glad it is coming together for you and your dad. Keep up the good work.

htownws6

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Is there no sound to the video? I'm not getting sound. I can see that it's running though..

Jimbo1367

Really? I got sound. LOUD ****. Loooks good. Odd color choice IMO. but I like resto mod look.

cmaurice876

Sorry guys here is the video with sound. I think I messed up the sound when I was editing it. Oh and wanted to clarify that the rusty old coil springs are installed temporarily. I think we will be going with some QA1 coilovers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-cJBPuBfWU