1950 Five Window Project Update
The 1950 Five Window is making good progress. Today it saw daylight for the first time under it’s own power. Now it is all loaded on the trailer to get a new More »
Project LS-56 is Complete
The 56 project is complete and we took it to LS Fest on Saturday and the car was a big hit at the show! More »
Side by Side pictures of the 56 and 60
Now that I have the 56 and the 60 parked near each other I took a few pics because it is interesting to see the small differences between the years, that is More »
Project LS-56 Fire-Up Holley HP EFI Harness & Computer
These are some clips of our attempts to start the car with the new Holley HP EFI harness and computer system over the weekend. I still have the pipe dumping under the More »
Project LS-56 9/1/15 Update
Let’s see, a lot of progress since last update. We finally made some noticeable progress on the car this weekend. We were able to get the weather seal installed on the deck and More »
Project LS-56 8/9/15 Update
We finally made some noticeable progress on the car this weekend. We were able to get the weather seal installed on the deck and trunk lid and we were able to get More »
8/5/15 LS-56 Project Update
The engine bay and A/C installation is now complete. I finished up the last 2 custom A/C hoses and I am now vacuuming the system down. I used the EZ-Clip system to More »
7/26/15 LS-56 Project Update
Made a little progress this weekend, most all of it was custom fabrication. First thing, all of my air cleaner part came in so I now have an air cleaner. I was More »
7/12/15 LS-56 Project Update
It is looking more like a car now the windshield is installed. Got all of the wiring complete except for the A/C and electric parking brake. Also got the headlights and buckets More »
7/5/15 Project LS-56 Update
I have been making progress on the 56 Corvette but have not posted many pictures because when you are doing the wiring pictures do not look like much progress smile emoticon I have almost More »
7/5/15 Project LS-56 Update
I have been making progress on the 56 Corvette but have not posted many pictures because when you are doing the wiring pictures do not look like much progress smile emoticon I have almost all of the under dash wiring complete and all of the engine and front wiring is complete.
Today I managed to complete the steering shafts with the 3 u joints and a custom bracket my friend Allen Pezo made up for me. Also got the radiator installed and the fan wired.
I also got the fiberglass transmission tunnel cover repaired and grafted back into the car.
About a week ago my friend Richard Brodeur came over and saved my by helping me put the new glass in the windshield frame, will mount it on the car soon.
Still planning on having the care ready by end of July thought it seems everything is taking longer then I anticipated 🙂
6/17/15 Project LS-56 Update
Between last night and tonight I got the tail lights and front parking lights installed, got the Holley engine computer harness all connected to the engine side and installed the HP-EFI computer in the passenger kick panel. Also finished installing the new windshield wiper system with a little modern technology.
6/15/15 Project LS-56 Update
Decided to take a long dinner break tonight so I only got a few things done tonight.
I got the brake and clutch peddles installed, reassembled the freshly painted master brake booster and installed that too.
06/14/15 Project LS-56 Progress
Made a little more progress on Sunday, got the body all bolted down and shimmed, got the doors on and aligned, got the instruments all installed, installed some of the bumpers then the side flags and fuel injection letters.
Next I need to install the new wiper system, I have not been looking forward to that.
Installed the new instruments.
Installed the flags and fuel injection markings.
Installed and Aligned and the doors.
Speedometer Reface
I finally got the new laser etched glass painted and installed so the speedometer reface is complete.
This what it used to look like.
Project LS-56 Body Drop 1st Try
This was our first attempt at mounting the body. Who knew (not me at least) that the passenger side head of an LS engine sits further towards the back of the car then the drivers side. When we put the body on the chassis the passenger head was rubbing the firewall thus the new pocket and a few days lost on the build. At least it took space away from the passenger side and not the drivers side.
OK, after a bit of fabrication and finishing the firewall pocket is complete and all painted. Now the body is ready for it’s final mounting (At least I hope it is final).
Project LS-56 Gets some paint
We are finally at the point where we added some color to project LS-56.
Project LS-56 Now Has Primer
Primer finally went on Project LS-56 this weekend. Now comes more sanding.
