It has taken a while for all the parts needed to arrive, but they finally came last week and John has started with the carpet install. Al Knoch made good on their part just fine. John has installed the black vinyl on the upper rear section and has almost all of the rear carpet installed. The top of...

Don't know, never used them ???

Well, back to waiting for the rear quarter panel trim pieces. They arrived from Al Knoch, and someone read the code BL as Blue instead of Black! :ack: Real nice panels of silver blue color, bit won't go well with the black interior. :bang: Called Al Knoch, they gave it a big aw shit and shipped the ...

Lots of parts have arrived and more coming today and tomorrow. The new carpets came in yesterday. My new seat backs came in the day before yesterday so I can assemble the C2 seats and get them ready to install. The wire protection race for the rocker panels are here, which needs to be installed befo...

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Jun 8th, 2020 1:26 am

Thank you Bob,

Your the man.

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Ouchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! One of the benefits of living in Okinawa? Don't any stores over there sell this?

I painted the parking brake console yesterday, even tho it turned out good the color is off. Turned out more of a flat black. :ack: Anyone ever experimented with using a clear coat on top of a flat color paint? Vito Yes, it sucks! If you can get some, SEM makes a paint in a spray can called Trim Bl...

Looking good Bob :thumbs: What glue do you plan on using for the carpet to insulation? The 3M spray did didn't work as expected. Any advice on prepping the center console for painting? I took the green scuffing pad already. Cheers Vito I'm not sure what adhesive John uses. It is in a spray can and ...

Work is progressing on the carpet install with two changes to my plans. Not unexpected for the way things have gone with this car so far! :bang: First, I as I said before, I decided not to use the jute carpet padding that came with the car, as it was not in the greatest condition and I know what jut...

More interior parts came in yesterday like the rear compartment lid and stainless steel fingerhole, a lot of specialty fasteners and a new license plate frame. Took them to the shop today so John can install the carpet on the rear compartment cover. I got a phone call from the metal polisher that th...

I haven't made any progress on the Corvette this weekend, as the car is still in the upholstery shop. Did make a lot of progress cleaning and organizing the garage without a car in it though. It was great here on Saturday, the day our club's Corvette show would have been if not for the virus, but it...