The 1980 Corvette Stingray “Agent Orange” is complete!

March 25, 2014 by admin in Classic cars, restorations | Leave a comment

BEFORE

AFTER

We finished this 1980 Corvette Stingray about a month ago and wanted to share some photos of the project. Although restoration projects are a lot of work, they are also a lot of fun. And they look totally sweet when they are done. We always work with our clients to help bring their thoughts and vision of their dream car to reality. This particular client started with a blue car with a silver interior. Now he has the car he has always wanted.

If you have any questions about how we can help you get the car of your dreams, give us a call.

Photos of the 1980 Corvette Stingray

: This is what we started with. Looks pretty empty.

: Looking at the floor pan. No rust — that’s a plus!

: Insulation being installed in the back of the interior.

: Trying to figure out how to rerun the cabling to the CB antennae — underneath the carpet — was tricky.

: More insulation going in.

: Looks kind of intimidating, huh?

: The passenger-side door.

: A new electrical board was needed for the dash gauges. John soldered all of the connections back together that were broken.

: This steering column was the biggest nightmare of the project.

: So many parts! This steering column is super complicated. We had to go in pretty far to find the broken parts and replace them in order to fix it.

: The interior the owner ordered was grey. He wanted it black. We used a special auto-grade spray paint.

: Just finished painting the windshield trim piece.

: This the color of the plastic of much of the interior parts before they were painted.

: Insulation on the driver’s side.

: Sound proofing under the driver’s seat.

: Insulation over passenger wheel well.

: Checking the electrical on the passenger-side door.

: Sound proofing in front of the battery box.

: Insulation finished in the back. Looks good, ready for carpet.

: Sound proofing going in behind the dash.

: Starting to organize the wiring system.

: This little bolt was rusted through and it took us awhile to get it out of there!

: Checking out the driver-side door. We found some electrical problems with the lock switch.

: We tried to solder this connection, but it was too far gone. We had to find a different switch from the junk yard. We soldered the new one in. Now it works like a dream come true.

: New leather dash from Corvette America.

: Recovered speaker covers.

: New steering wheel.

: Gauge cluster reinstalled. Everything is now in working order.

: This is another piece we had to fabricate. In a normal Corvette, along the center console is just carpet. We fabricated a piece to give it strength and stability so it wouldn’t just flap around.