Mark B.'s 1971 Chevrolet Corvette
Currently down for repairs, paint, and upgrades.
Body Restoration and Painting
In Fall of 2003 I put my vette into the shop to have the body repaired, and the car painted. I deciede to change
the color of the car from red back to the original color Steel Cities Grey. I also had some suspension work done.
Like the installation of 550 lb springs in the front.
This page to show the picture progression of the car through the year and a half it took. All the pictures are in
folders. So I will link to a folder with a description of the pictures inside.
Folders of the Resto Pictures
Fiberglass Work 1
This folder has the pictures of my car after the front end
and quarter panel glass was replaced. The bodyshop then
had to build up and remove glass to level sections of the car out.
Fiberglass Work 2
The leveling is mostly done now in this folder of pics.
Now was the start of sanding to smooth everything out.
Scratch Coat
The car then moved from the bodyshop to the paint shop.
They started taping up the car and laying down a
scratch coat to look for any inperfections in the body.
Painted Doors and Jams
After the scratch coat was completed they did any remaining
work on the body. They then started to lay down some paint.
This folder contains the pictures of the car with the doors and door jams painted.
The Painted Car
The car was nexted to get painted. The pics in this folder
contain the car right after it was painted and cleared.
When I took these the car was still drying so you can see
some of the dirt and stuff in the clear.
Almost Done
This folder contains pictures of the car put back together.
The painter was working on sanding and buffing the car
at this point so it looks dirty.
Completed!!!!
This folder contains pictures of the car after I got it back.
I took the time to install the electric fan, and MSD stuff before these pics.
I still need to wash the car, but this is how it looks now with the Boyds on it.
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