Fixin' the spare tire carrier....

Working on the wrecked kart bodies has came in handy on the Vette....The spare tire carrier was just about toast but I decided to try and save it anyway.

This is what it looked like when I first dropped it....

It was filthy and took a while to clean up....

This is after I finished painting it.....

I got the metal hanger painted....

Got it all painted and put back together.....

Here are some pics of the frame and gas tank with the spare tire carrier removed.

Got the patch finished today...Here are some progression pics....

Brian

Yep they fit....

I had to fab up some brackets to hold the bottom of the shields because I'm still missing the spark plug shielding.

Brian

Will these fit my small block....?

Carb....

I having an issue with it going dead at stop signs unless it's completely up to temp. Figured I start watching youtube videos about these carbs so I'm posting pics to compare.  It looks pretty clean and maybe it just needs an adjustment.

  Brian

Painted the grills behind rear window....

When I got the vette they were still silver....They are black now.  I moved the dirt oval ad posters and Hot Wheels cars from the shed to the garage.  Next up will be the back counter top build.

Brian

Needed items....

1. I need both the LH and RH side grill to bumper brackets.

2. Side ignition shields for a SB, the ones the the plug wires run into from under the top shield piece. The ones with red arrows.

3. Rear compartment door pieces....Most of my doors are either missing the plastic trim or it's broken up. I'm only looking for driver quality.

4. T-Top bags (driver quality I don't care about date codes)

5. Parking brake console trim pieces. ( marked in red)

6. Spare tire carry...Bottom piece only.

7. I would like to have a non-working correct radio.

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8. Front spoiler (driver quality again) mine is totally missing.

Hood alignment....

Well when I bought this '72 I knew the hood alignment was terrible, but it came with a nice used hood. I figured one day when I had it painted the new hood could be put on and the alignment issues could be addressed then......Well after reading a few post on the Corvetteforum about rubber hood shims I figured I would give it a try. WOW what a difference....Up the sides it fits quite well now, considering the hood at some point had damage where the brace bolts on....Paint on top is spider webbed bad where the bracket attaches. The back of the hood where it meets the grill in front of the wiper door used to stick up about 3/16" after adding some shims under the grill it lines up much better now.

I went to the hardware store and then the auto part store looking for rubber shims...No luck. When I got back home I noticed that one of the road cones I had collected back in our kart racing days had a nice thick rubber base....I cut it up for the shims I used.

Before these mods I didn't even want to take pics of the hood area with it closed and no way would I have taken it to a show and left the hood down.....But now I just might.

Special thanks to Alan for the idea to shim the back side hole of the hinge to get the front down and to Dub for his excellent explanation of just what it takes to get these damn hoods looking right.....Perfect it's not but much better than before. 

I'll look for some old pics of the alignment before this work begun and post later....For now here is the best I could do with what I have to work with. The drivers side of the hood still sticks up too far but there are no shims to remove and and everything is bonded very well...So there is no moving just the nose up without moving the inner fender and brackets as well.

I'm happy with the fit..Great weekend tinkering with the Vette.

Working on the shifter linkage....Muncie 4 speed 1972 Corvette

Well so far I have found cotter pins where they don't belong....clevis pins in backwards....The shifter levers are on backwards and the reverse lever is not the correct one.

Brian

Tool pouch for the Vette....

Bought this off eBay for around 20 shipped.....Quality is very good and it holds just about everything I think I could need broke down on the side of the road.

Brian

Rear end oil....

I'm fixing to change the oil in my muncie and rear end...This is a 72. I'm going with Sta-Lube 85W90 GL-4 in the muncie. I'm pretty sure the rear end is still stock with around 100,000 miles. I am having no issues with it just need to replace the oil because I have no idea when it was changed last. Bought the car this past May.

Should I stick with GM or is there a better option...?
Are the GM part numbers listed below correct....?

GM gear oil part#89021671
GM posi additive part#88900330

The car will see under 2000 miles a year and not driven hard.

Brian