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1965 CORVETTE PHOTOS |
| Current Photos |
 Seat back (plastic) with material glued to outsidel |
Stripped driver's seat |
 Driver's door panel |
I was able to save the chrome trim from the door
panels and the door latch bezels. We can certainly save the
racetracks (chrome trim)...which is good, as replacements are $249/pair! |
Window whiskers are one of many items needing
replaced on door panels. |
Top of steering column. John, the car was
definitely wrecked pretty hard at one time. The steering column
has been out before and top of the column has been welded back into
place where the steering wheel was nearly broken off at one time.
Also, when I got into the dash, many of the mounting points are broken
off. Again, all of this points to a lot of damage from an earlier
wreck. Everything is repairable...just wasn't expecting to find
some of this damage. |
Here's another example of previous damage. The
turn signal unit was loose in the column...the mounting tabs are broken
off from earlier damage. |
Steering column laying on the bench |
Here's a shot of the wheel...notice the different
screw types in the horn assembly ring (from being apart before) and the
missing plastic turn signal post. |
We need to give some thought to the steering wheel. It is cracked
pretty badly. I'd like to repair it in some way, as it is such a
visible part of the interior. Don't know what to recommend
yet...but we'll come up with something. |
Dash with the instrument cluster removed |
Again, some residual damage from an earlier accident.
You can see the defroster duct loose...the mounting tabs are broken on
the duct. |
More broken plastic... This is the grill cover
for the side vent in the foot box. If you look at the top left,
you'll see where the vent cable is broken from the grill cover (broken
on both sides). |
Tachometer needle is broken. I never found the
orange needle...must have been taken out of the gauge at an earlier
date??? |
A few shots of the dash area with the dash panel
completely removed. You can see the metal brace that holds the
sides of the car together. It's hard to believe how these cars
stay together! |
Instrument cluster on my bench. Like other dash
components, this has been out...several screws missing, etc...
Also, there is writing on the inside of the cluster, with a
date...05-17-1972, at 46465 miles. So, the car may have been
rebuilt in 1972? |
Here's your dash panels and the dash pads. |
Who says a Corvette doesn't rust? There was obviously a water leak
on the passenger side (windshield area?)...the wire cover was rusted
out, and some of the metal pieces have surface rust. |
This is the handle that goes in the passenger side dash pad...it was
broken...under all of the electrical tape that was wrapped on the dash
pad. |
Here's the bottom of the defroster duct...you can see it was broken off
in an earlier wreck. |
Here's photos of the car sans windshield |
Here's a couple photos of the seam where the front fender top meets the
windshield frame. |
John - this is the most concerning issue for me right now...the gap on
the driver's door. I'm concerned that the door has been broken and
cut back in a previous wreck. The gap is huge at the top, and I
cannot get it adjusted out. I'll be honest I don't know what to
do. I certainly don't want to go to all of this work and have a
door gap this wide! I'm concerned the door's front edge may have
been broken in a previous wreck and just sanded/filed back. You
can see the body filler runs right up to the wide gap location. |
This is more damage on the driver's door...this photo is taken from
outside the door...looking in through the window slot. You can see
the large hole that was broken through the door where the undercoat is
gone. |
Here's your windshield out of the car. I plan to save the
windshield. It isn't cracked, but it does have a pretty heavy
"mark" from a bad passenger wiper blade...I think I can buff it out with
glass compound. |
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