the wife's 59 vette

[novanut64]

last year came very close to selling my long term(ok i am a lazy builder)62 vette after bidding on a 59 vette on Ebay and winning it.kingstown shipping were recomended to me and as it was gonna be a few months untill it arrived from san fransisco i started to bolt the 62 back together to sell

well with every bit bolted back on i got my mojo back for it again after not touching it for a couple of years looked across the garage at the wifes mk1 rs2000(which i was probably never gonna get around to)and offerd her the 59 if she sold the escort

she did not think about it to long and the escort sold before the 59 arrived

[novanut64]

we only managed a couple of shows last year but the car was gonna neeed some changes so the mrs could drive it(she had a Brain Hemorrhage a few years back and still has some fatigue)the 59 came fiitted with a ZZ4 crate engine with twin edelbrocks and a muncie 4 speed which we decided to change to a th350 and add an EPAS electric power steering kit she was also not keen on the 17" alloys/steering wheel so these were changed for more period looking items. currently rubbing down engine bay for a fresh lick of paint while engine is out for the th350 install

[taxirod]

Wow!
Impressive, not 1, but 2 classic Corvettes in your garage.
Keep us posted with the progress.

[jsf55]

Is that a turbo'd LS motor ?

[novanut64]

Is that a turbo'd LS motor ?

Procharged 5.3 LM7

[novanut64]

The 59 Engine

[novanut64]

Wow!
Impressive, not 1, but 2 classic Corvettes in your garage.
Keep us posted with the progress.

Thanks Ian.i am not far from you(Romford) and sometimes see you floating about in the Ruby

[Blackpopracing]

Bet the RS sold real quick!

Nice cars.

[taxirod]

Thanks Ian.i am not far from you(Romford) and sometimes see you floating about in the Ruby

I grew up in Romford, Collier Row.
You must pop round and say Hi sometime.

[jsf55]

Should have looked properly !

Procharged 5.3 LM7

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[tom.marg]

Sweet!

[novanut64]

Bet the RS sold real quick!

Nice cars.

5 hours from advertising

[novanut64]

sold the old rocker covers at the swapmeet and got these new ones and OCD kicked in with the original shifter being offset will repositon the new one in the center

[rem]

Great save on the '59, Paul!

[novanut64]

The vette did not have a posi fitted and i convinced the wife she needed one so bought an Eaton posi + fitting kit and started to look for another Diff/carrier.Corvette carriers with a posi have a small or thick P cast into them and sell for top dollar not what i needed as this is not a NCRS restored car and also any 55-64 chevy open carrier will work it just needs a bit of trimming on one of the ribs inside. picked up a 57 rear axle at the swapmeet and stripped out the carrier which also had 3.36 gears exactly what i wanted . used a Dremel to grind down the rib now just need to send it to paul at Southern Axels to set up

[novanut64]

Had the headers re coated with Cerakote

[v8pop]

They look well

Cheers Tim W

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[novanut64]

New 6x16 ET Sebring Wheels for the vette