1963 Corvette Grand Sport project video series

[groovyjay]

Hello everybody, hope you all are doing good and coping with everything going on. I bought myself a new project car and a good friend of mine wanted to do a video series of the whole build. I hope you guys can understand what I’m trying to say since english is only my 3rd language.

Episode 1 - Introduction
https://vimeo.com/526984510

Jay

[sleepertime]

That looks like it will be a fun one. If only the car could talk....
The stories that it would have. :D

[BMR Sales]

I worked on the restoration of a Real One #5 back in the '80s

https://i.postimg.cc/wTJyx3zB/gs5-001.jpg (https://postimages.org/)


https://i.postimg.cc/GmCB4r3x/gs5a-001.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[groovyjay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C03gnjXriE

This is the 005 and I think it is my favorite GS livery. I’m jeslous you got to work on it! And thank you Sir for the pics, amazing piece of history!

[BMR Sales]

Yes, that is #5, and the pictures I posted were Bill Towers old garage that was about to fall in. The Blue car next to the GS was one of the Daytona Speed Record Cars. I haven't talked to Bill in years and hope never to see him again.

https://i.postimg.cc/85SNx9Qb/56daytona.jpg (https://postimages.cc/)

I have pictures of the Red SR-2 that is behind the crowd in the Video at home.

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[BMR Sales]

Here is the SR-2 and myself at the NCRS Cypress Gardens Nationals (1983?)

https://i.postimg.cc/qq7xs2xH/sr2-002.jpg (https://postimages.cc/)

and the '57 I bought from Bill ( 1st picture at his house & 2nd at NCRS Cypress Gardens 1985?) Bill had just purchased the SR-2, needed to pay for it, so he sold a few cars. A '67 Tri-Power Convertible was ready to go and Bill got into an accident with a Hit & Run and the car was Totalled. I had the choice of the '57 or a '66 Big Block Coupe.

https://i.postimg.cc/brFH3dmD/Vette-002.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/fWHKwgMz/Vette-002-002.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[groovyjay]

ONLY took a year to get this project started. https://vimeo.com/696581871

Next video should be ready in couple of weeks.

[groovyjay]

Episode 3
https://vimeo.com/700411318

[groovyjay]

Episode 4
https://vimeo.com/714570904

[groovyjay]

After a long hiatus we are back on track with this build.

Episode 5.

https://vimeo.com/790542150

[groovyjay]

https://vimeo.com/804827856

Episode 6 is now ready. Things are getting more interesting now.

[camcojb]

Great project!!

[groovyjay]

https://vimeo.com/923001654
Episode 7

[groovyjay]

The backlog of video material is huge, so I'm trying to get them done more frequently now.

Episode 8 is about the engine.
https://vimeo.com/1032474738

[groovyjay]

I don't know how the youtube people do it... My backlog is just getting bigger and bigger. This was shot over a year ago...

https://vimeo.com/1072813808

Rollcage build.