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:

[sokoloka]

Short summation of ~ 1 years worth of off/on work.









WHERE WE ARE TODAY:







HIGHLIGHTS:
TurnKey Engine Supply LS3
Tremec TKO600 5spd

VanSteel Coilovers front / rear
VanSteel Tubular A-Arms
VanSteel Offset Trailing Arms
VanSteel Borgeson Power Steering Conversion



Seam welded / PC'ed frame, etc.

I haven't seen too many pro-touring Corvettes, but I'm damn sure excited to have mine done!

BIG THANKS TO VAN STEEL. Couldn't have done ANY of this without their help.

[coolwelder62]

Lookin pretty good so far.Keep up the great work.

[sokoloka]

Lookin pretty good so far.Keep up the great work.

Thank you!
I keep going back and forth on whether I'm going to flare the car or not... Difficult decisions!

[sixfivepost]

Decisions, decisions... I can say this; if you end up with anything close to that black concept rendering, it will be one bad a$$ car and I'm not much of a Corvette dude! Demon-vette!

[monteboy84]

Wow, I love what you've done so far, looks like very clean work. I don't think you can go wrong with the look of that black one.
-matt

[SickSpeedMonte]

Very nice, keep at it. I've always loved that generation.

[sjaroslo]

How about "Project eBad?"

[SparkyRnD]

That will be a slick Tourvette when finished!

[ryeguy2006a]

Very nice project, I have always loved the early stingrays.

[vette427-sbc]

Very jealous! Looking sweet so far

[srh3trinity]

Flare it.

[csouth]

Flare it.

x2... This is going to be a headturner when done. Keep up the good work.

[BulldawgMusclecars]

Looks great so far! I have a '72 454 vette in the shop right now (about to leave), and my own "1981 Z06 Vette" project is scattered around Hedman East and my home garage.

[linkstar69]

Love the frame work, that link between the uca's is clever.

That black car looks great in a it'd mug you in a dark alley kinda way

[rfalker1]

i hope u make it ur dream dude..

[Protournova]

Flair it x3... Love the blk vet idea.. big offset rims, flairs, side pipes, blk'd out... just can't go wrong with that!

[Uneek68]

wow awesome build i rarely come across this particular gen pro tour vetts. Id go with a stinger functional hood they look rad

[Bad Bird]

Very cool car, mate! I love the 'Jake' on the side of it!

[sokoloka]

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys! I'm itching to get back to work on it but unfortunately for myself and the car I'm stuck on this side of the pond for 5-8 more months.

Very cool car, mate! I love the 'Jake' on the side of it!

Glad to see there's people out there not offended by rattlecanning on the sides of cars LOL. More people hate it than love it or just plain don't get it!

Seems the flares are winning the vote?