1973 Corvette Restoration

Thursday, March 03, 2005


passenger side #4 mount repaired / painted and ready to go Posted by Hello


Patch welded and painted - drivers side Posted by Hello


passenger side patch  Posted by Hello


I cut out the rust and fabricated a patch from 1/8 welding steel.I had a mobile welder come and weld the mounts back together - drivers side  Posted by Hello


The passenger side #4 mount was pretty badly rusted  Posted by Hello


The old bushings were pretty bad  Posted by Hello


The #4 body mounts (in the rear wheelwell) were totally rusted. the new poly bushings were smaller than the rusted out hole Posted by Hello

Tuesday, March 01, 2005


Body lifted a few inches  Posted by Hello


I used my engine hoist and a corvette body lift strap from Corvette Central to lift the body 6-10 inches. The orange straps are just a precaution so I don't break the body in half Posted by Hello


I needed to replace the fuel lines which required me to lift the body. Scope creep - the rear body mounts #4 were both rusted out and needed to be repaired before dropping the body back down Posted by Hello