Ditto +1! That is probably the most amazing work I've seen in a long time. Very impressive!
-Alex

 

Very nice job. I only hope my work in the future will turn out as nice and clean. I admire the level of detail you have in there. I would get it running and want to drive it rather than finish the little details. Gotta be patient. Again, nice work.

And maybe I am biased, but I hope the next car is Orange!

 

Wow, very nice!!!!! Don't tell anyone, but i've never been an early Corvette fan, but damn, when someone does a car like that, it's awesome. NICE WORK!

 

Not a bad work place either..

 

Thanks guys, I appreciate all the comments!


Regards, John McGraw

 

Now just cam it and stall it and you'll be set

 

Very nice John, I hope to be in the same place in about 4 months. I also do all of my own work so I can appreciate the detail you put into it. That's a real show car!! (and go car!)
Scott

 

WOW................ You have set the standard to a new level. Thats one of the best cars I've seen.

 

It must be nice to have lots of money for this.

 

very nice

 

I still manage to keep the costs down to a reasonable level on my projects by sending nothing out to be done that I can do myself. The entire drivetrain is all junkyard stuff, the body ended up costing me almost nothing after I sold all the boxes of extra parts that it came with. The chassis set me back a few greenbacks, and S&P does not give their parts away, but all-in-all, I was pretty pleased with the final cost. There is a huge ammount of time spent standing in front of the buffing stand, grinding and polishing all those parts, but what the heck, it is only time. I got a whole lot more time than money!
About the only things that I sent out was the reprograming of the PCM and the rechroming of the bumpers and trim. When it comes time to sell, I will surely make a profit on the car, but only if I don't factor in the labor. I figure that I have in excess of 2500 hours in the car.
The worst part of a project like this, where you have everything apart, is the tendency for "Specification Creep" to set in. You start out with a set budget and set objectives, but you find yourself saying,"well, I might as well do this while I have it apart", or "it is only a few more dollars". Before long, those few more dollars can really add up.

Regards, John McGraw

 

Beautiful!

Great Job, now you can enjoy it

 

What all did you purchase from SRIII? And how much did it set you back?

 

Very nice, John. I like the gauges you used. What are they?

 

very nicely done. can't wait to see how the next car turns out

 

Jeff,
Those guages are Classic Instruments. The series is American Classic, and is a real nice looking set of gauges aren't they? I really like Classic Instruments, their guges are not the least expensive out there, but they sure build a nice guage.


Regards, John McGraw

 

I bought the bare chassis from them only. It was about $5K for the chassis.
The suspension is all junkyard C4 corvette suspension that I dismantled and polished. The coilovers are QA1 shocks. Mike makes the chassis with all the motor mounts, rack mount and trans mount, but I had to fabricate all the bumper mounts and weld them myself. The 65 chassis that I just bought from them has all these mounts already welded on.

Regards, John McGraw

 

I really like the Classic Instruments. I am going with the G/Stock series and posted on them just recently, but no one knew anything about them.

 

You will not be dissapointed with either the quality or the great customer service at classic instruments. They can build just about any gauge you want.
I buddy of mine builds C1 resto-rods for a living, and they build electronic spedometers into original C1 housings using this same Americn classics gauge face. It is truly a work of art!

Regards, John McGraw

 

Thanks John...what would say that I'll be seeing in expenses if I get my suspension parts from the junk yard?