Rasky's Auto Detailing: Black '68 Corvette Conv w/427

Wow, another beautiful job, attention to detail, and an awesome write up and pictures !!

And you used M105 and M205 only !!! Unbelieveble the depth and gloss you achieved on that scratched, marred, wacked, paint - it looks like it just got shot with several coats of clear and its still wet!!

Great, work, great talent !! We are so proud of you !!

Thanks for taking the time to share your awesome work !!!

Dan F
 
Rasky,
Great job as usual. Those were some nasty swirls that you took care of. Great turnaround.:clap:

Thanks for sharing with us!
 
th0001 said:
Being that the Baldwin Motion Corvette's are my favorite cars ever, I can really appericate the additions this owner has made to the car. The hood and the fender flares in particular. Just an awesome example of a slighty tricked out Mako Shark.

Great job on it Chad, HOLY CRAP!!!! I had no idea I was hanging out with such a celebrity!!!
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i want to see what you were talking about here.. i'm looking to do some research on these fender flares that i have been eyeing but i want to see some others to have an idea.
 
I would really, really like to know what size rims and tires he used on this car. I have a 74 C3 that I bought in 77 with 24,000 miles on it. It now has 74,000 miles and hasn't been used in a while. When I bought it I ordered a factory new LT1 and installed it along with a M22 rock crusher tranny
I want to put a set of ACI fender flares on and his flares look very similar to ACI flares.

The whole point is that his car, flares and tires look exactly like what I'm looking for so if you have the sizes I would really, really appreciate it.

I should mention that you did a fantastic job of making this vette look like a show car. Unbelievable improvement

I wonder how the new Meg's micro-fiber system would have worked of this, I know you can't talk about it yet, LOL.
 
Ron-M said:
I would really, really like to know what size rims and tires he used on this car. I have a 74 C3 that I bought in 77 with 24,000 miles on it. It now has 74,000 miles and hasn't been used in a while. When I bought it I ordered a factory new LT1 and installed it along with a M22 rock crusher tranny
I want to put a set of ACI fender flares on and his flares look very similar to ACI flares.

The whole point is that his car, flares and tires look exactly like what I'm looking for so if you have the sizes I would really, really appreciate it.

I should mention that you did a fantastic job of making this vette look like a show car. Unbelievable improvement

I wonder how the new Meg's micro-fiber system would have worked of this, I know you can't talk about it yet, LOL.
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Hey Ron. I'll see if I can find the owners number when I get home from work today. I had it on my old phone but for some reason it didn't transfer over to my new one. It's been a while since he told me what was done to the car so I'll have to ask him about the details.


As far as the micro-fiber system....I can't say yet, but soon my friend. ;)
 
If you would be kind enough to do that Chad I'd be ever so grateful.

I plan on removing the body and starting from the frame up, sandblasting, painting, putting new what ever it needs and then giving the body a makeover.

I reminded my wife how much fun it used to be going cruising down to Acadia Nat park with the tops out in the summer and she said, yes lets do it. I showed her this one you did and she loved it. With out my mentioning it she said those flairs look just right. Are those Crager SS wheels? I like them much better than mine.

Thanks again Chad. I am very pleased you are willing to do this.
 
Ron-M said:
If you would be kind enough to do that Chad I'd be ever so grateful.

I plan on removing the body and starting from the frame up, sandblasting, painting, putting new what ever it needs and then giving the body a makeover.

I reminded my wife how much fun it used to be going cruising down to Acadia Nat park with the tops out in the summer and she said, yes lets do it. I showed her this one you did and she loved it. With out my mentioning it she said those flairs look just right. Are those Crager SS wheels? I like them much better than mine.

Thanks again Chad. I am very pleased you are willing to do this.
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Ok Ron.

He wasn't 100% sure what the flares were as it was done a while back, but he said when he did the work he was unaware of the L88 ZL1 flares from ACI. Apparently they took two sets of flares and spliced them together in order to make them as wide as they are. He said the ACI were the way to go though.

Rims/tires

American Racing rims (from the 60's). 10" wide on the rear and 8.5" on the front.

Tires are BFG 305/50-15 rear and 255/60-15 on the front.

He also had a set of 12" rims on the back that were made by "Dragstar" and some 325/50-15 tires.

He also suggested getting new fiberglass bumpers if you haven't already s the plastic ones are all wavy.


Hope this helps
 
Thanks Chad. Very much appreciated.

I tried to answer last night but my computer decided to do things its way.

This is the info I wanted. I want to put tires and rims on that will fill out the flares and not look too narrow, like a dually truck with the outside tires off.

I do have to replace the bumpers anyway. I was putting an alternator on my plow bronco a few years ago in the middle of a big snowstorm. A friend called and said he would come over and plow me out with his new truck. I had put my vette outside for a few days. Of course he backed into the rear bumper and with it being about 10 deg out, it destroyed it. Then he backed into the drivers side headlight, backed over a nice tree about 5 feet tall I had planted on the lawn and was dragging that around with him caught between the bumper and rear axle and then to top it off he backed into the steps going up to our deck.
Turns out he takes a quick look in his mirrors when he backs up and then just backs up without any more looks. I told him we have to get that tree out from under his truck before he left and he said how in the h$ll did that get there.

Thank you very much Chad and thank your friend/client for me.
 
Ron-M said:
Thanks Chad. Very much appreciated.

I tried to answer last night but my computer decided to do things its way.

This is the info I wanted. I want to put tires and rims on that will fill out the flares and not look too narrow, like a dually truck with the outside tires off.

I do have to replace the bumpers anyway. I was putting an alternator on my plow bronco a few years ago in the middle of a big snowstorm. A friend called and said he would come over and plow me out with his new truck. I had put my vette outside for a few days. Of course he backed into the rear bumper and with it being about 10 deg out, it destroyed it. Then he backed into the drivers side headlight, backed over a nice tree about 5 feet tall I had planted on the lawn and was dragging that around with him caught between the bumper and rear axle and then to top it off he backed into the steps going up to our deck.
Turns out he takes a quick look in his mirrors when he backs up and then just backs up without any more looks. I told him we have to get that tree out from under his truck before he left and he said how in the h$ll did that get there.

Thank you very much Chad and thank your friend/client for me.
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No problem Ron. He was actually pretty excited when I called as he loves to talk cars, especially Vette's as he's restored several of them over the years. He said the 12" rims looked a lot better but they were on a different car.

LOL...I gave him a bit of a hard time about the rubberized coating he sprayed on the rear flares to stop rock chips...kills the look a little IMO. At the time he didn't know about clear bra and would definitely go that route if he were to do it again.

Cheers,
Rasky
 
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