1969 Chassis Detail Kit
I am doing a frame off on a 69 convertible. In disassembling the car I found a large number of various paint marks and crayon numbers. I have documented all the ones that I have found but am unsure if I have captured all the markings. Has anyone ever used the Quanta Chassis Detailing Kit to apply marking to their car? I could use the 'kit' to validate the marking that I have found and to fill in any marking that I have missed. Any thought or comments from others that have done a frame off. Thanks for any feedback. Steve
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Re: 1969 Chassis Detail Kit
Just used their kit for a 1972. But I had nothing to go by as all the original markings had been obliterated by the ravages of time and corrosion. I just went by the documentation that came with the kit, the judging guide and a chassis restoration book. I thought it was a great convenience. It contained a few extra colors of paint and crayon that Quanta's included documentation didn't even mention, I suppose in case the customer car had something different. It's a little overkill in the respect that it includes enough paint to do probably 100 chassis but of course you're only doing one. They could have instead included some tiny spray cans and bottles like they sell at hobby shops. We have not put the body back on or had it judged yet, so I can't tell you how well we've done with it though. -
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Thanks for the response. I guess I will purchase one since it seems that was of value. It will be interesting to see how they match up with the marks that I found. SteveComment
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I am doing a 69 L46 convertible as well. Chassis is done, except the engine which should be back from the machine shop in a couple of weeks. I am preparing the underside of the body in preparation of dropping it back on the frame before paint. I bought the kit, which also included the stencil for the frame (date correct) and stencil for the drive shaft. bought it directly from Quanta. I have used the guide included in the kit, along with other books to do the chassis. The body marks were still intact and were mostly just crayon markings that included job number and option code (N14). The engine bay had previously been painted and covered any markings up. the Quanta kit has no guides on body and is solely for the chassis. I thought it was helpful and worth the money. Stay in touch on your progress since it sounds like we are working on the same car. Mine is silver, black interior.
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Re: 1969 Chassis Detail Kit
just a comment on chassis marks....
not every mark mentioned in the kit were always on the chassis.
and there were others done not mentioned in the Quanta guide.
they were inspection marks and they probably landed on every 50-60 th car. just my best guess.
maybe someone who worked at St. Louis could chime in.
billComment
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Interesting to think that they might only have inspected a small percentage. Most of the marks documented in the Quanta papers seemed to be on safety-critical assemblies like all the connections among the steering components, suspension, u-joints, etc. I just figured there was somebody at the end of the assembly line checking all those things.Comment
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That's my cue - the "kits" contain every mark ever seen on a Corvette, when in actuality very few of those marks ever appeared on any one Corvette; in the 50's - 60's, most of those marks were inspection or process verification marks from the component plants - St. Louis didn't add paint marks to verify torques, etc., except on the 2 or 3 daily off-line Audit cars, to show that they'd been checked. I like to refer to most of those markings I see on restored Corvettes and on the other side of my hobby ('67-'69 Camaros) as "restoration graffiti". Styling didn't want to see ANYTHING written, scrawled, or dabbed within view that wasn't released by Engineering, and they made a lot of noise about it.Comment
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