1967 Corvette with orange chassis

[60sStuff]

Originally Posted by TimG

The white top has been replaced with a black top, but I have an original white top in the works. It has just the correct amount of patina.

Correct amount is important.

Beautiful “7”, thanks for the photos.

[RPOLS3]

Wow - well done!

[napa68]

Tim understood what my vision for the car was. No doubt folks, this is no good sh!t ass work. Tim G executed it perfectly!

I don't think the exterior pics Tim provided really did the car justice. The paint was another item that I did not get to before we commenced our deal. There is a lot of time with a Meguiars product and a tube sock I'll let Tim elaborate from there

[Keith Seymore]

1) She's a sweetie.

2) What do you suppose possessed somebody to paint that chassis orange? Don't you wish you (or someone with some foresight) could have been there to stop him?

K

[Lynn]

"What do you suppose possessed somebody to paint that chassis orange?"
Exactly what I was thinking!!!

I have had some really hair brained ideas. When I first got my 69 Z/28 in 1976, I ALMOST sanded the white stripes off and painted them cobweb in gold. Original Black car. In 76, the black and gold TAs were all the rage.

But... I never once thought about painting the entire chassis of any car orange; let alone an original paint Corvette.

[juliosz]

Outstanding work and beautiful car!

[DW31S]

Very pretty car! I’m surprised you got all that done in 80 hours!

[TimG]

I have no idea why the chassis was painted orange, not a very good paint job at that.
As I was cleaning, the Eric Clapton song "cocaine" kept playing in my head.

[Big Block Bill]

Tim,

I remember the story of the 12 mile 1967 L-88 that had the whole underneath painted white when David Burroughs got it out of Lincoln Auto Parts. Painting the underside of a Corvette must have been the thing to do back then.

Bill

[Keith Seymore]

I've done some things I regret, too, but it is more in the realm of using gloss black instead of semi gloss/matte/satin finish.



K