Project Bad eBay Purchase - 1972 Pro-Touring Corvette

[sokoloka]

Long story short - eBay purchase on a whim, too excited to notice problems with car, start to fix "minor" problems with car, MASSIVE scope creep, car in parts but on the way!

I've worked on cars but never built one before. Have always wanted to do so; no better time than now. All work that's been done was completed in a tiny one-car apartment garage in San Diego. I'm currently living in London for work until at least the summer, hopefully will have the car out of body/paint jail by the time I come back.

The day it rolled off the trailer in August, 2010:






When I was in denial and daily driving it in unsafe condition:




A general concept of what I would like to end up with: