Thanks... good advice for sure!

Two long years later, but finally another milestone... paint removal is complete :Hurray: By far my least favorite part of the whole process to this point. I've updated my blog at https://1972corvetterestomod.blogspot.com/ so if you get a chance to check it out please do. With the paint off the body...

Heat gun in combo with the razor blades worked really well. Often could get down to bare fiberglass in some areas... gouging the fiberglass is easy to do though!

That works... thanks!

MaineVette...
I see the listed specs for your camshaft in your project updates, but do you have a pic of the cam card you can post? Want to compare it to ideas I have. If not, do you know the Intake Valve Closing Point ABDC in deg?

thanks
Greg

almost there! congrats!!! My project keeps getting stalled as well, but back at it lately

Thanks for the feedback gents! Still knee deep in removing everything from the body, but once it is done I can't wait to see what lays under the paint on the exterior in these areas.

Finished some more body disassembly the last couple days in the nose... headlights, front bumper and brackets, etc. The maze of vac hoses served as more motivation to convert the system to electric along with the wipers. http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx250/mndshp/before%20disassembly_zpsfyxfr3m...

It is quite the engineering marvel, but probably way too complex to be reliable in the long-term. I've had a heck of a time getting mine to operate smoothly, it seems to bind up a bit. The assembly is so sensitive to paint, alignment and fit that it doesn't take much to bind up the system. I just n...