Maybe the most fun you can have when restoring a old car is the tear down process. Discovering the hidden gems like signatures of the installer, factory repair tags and other unique things.
#ProjectSR76 is fun to work on for those reasons.
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Welcome back to Average Guys’ Car Restoration Mods and Racing.
This the next installment of #ProjectSR76 this is the 3rd episode for the upholstery work.
A quick look at the tools and the new foam for the passenger seat.
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Tim
I have a lot of videos coming up on #SR76.
Now, you know I like PETROL BOX so here is the months contents. I love this month’s shirt!!!
THANKS FOR CHECKING.
TIM
Continuing on with the tear down of the passenger seat for #ProjectSR76. All part of my 1976 Corvette Stingray restoration.
Tim
Love it when new stuff comes in for a project.
For #ProjectSR76, the new carpet is in and the hard backs for the seats.
Take a look:
Tim
#Project SR76 (my 1976 Stingray) is getting a new interior – converted to black. Tearing down the passenger seat and cataloging production numbers and dates.
Thanks for checking!
Tim
I’ve started the replacement of the interior with upholstery for the seats. I’ve only completed this task on my Mustangs (1970 and 1973). I grabbed some numbers from the old stuff.
This shows what I think is a place to code the date for the upholstery. I’m guessing 1975 is the year the fabric was produced. I have no idea what the TEX is for but the numbers around it could be for marking the month. This appears all over the fabric.
This image show and FR in a triangle. No idea what that refers to (Front Right?)
This one image shows the FR with a date stamp of May 27 1976
Here is a metal seat tag. There is one on the seat bottom and one on the seat back. They have a part number it appears and then LS1 (perhaps the trim level?) “M 1476” (May 14, 1976?)
I’ll be posting up some videos shortly.
Tim
Everything should be this easy.
#ProjectSR76 Tach problem is solved.
Take a look:
Tim
Let me start with this:
I HATE ELECTRICAL WORK. I really didn’t pay attention in Shop class (yes I’m that old) nor in 4H when we made lamps. Plus I had a few mishaps during several attempts to repair things. Once I was drilling a hole with an electric drill in a an aluminum door and hit a wire hidden by the previous home in the frame. The drill bit exploded and I fell off the ladder and my drill fried. Add that to a few fried wires, radios and computer boards during failed attempts at soldering and you’ll get a well rounded picture of my electrical wheelhouse. Oh, toss in the fact that I’m colored blind and well…you get it.
I’ve a bit better experience with cars, but not enough to be comfortable.
Tim
We took a look at the spare tire on #ProjectSR76 and determined it might be on an original wheel but it was a 2003 or 1995 tire. Of course that tire need to go but the damage on rim makes it useless. So I’ve opted to go with out a spare, not unusual, as Corvettes these days don’t come with them, my C6 had no spare.
In this video I’m removing the bottom part of the clam shell.
Thanks for checking…oh…and yes the seat belt episode is coming up.
Tim
