70 Rear Suspension

[Thomas C.]

Hello All, I'm looking for some good pics of a NCRS restored rear suspension.I am currently restoring the rear. Everything was painted black. I have the manual with finishes. How can you duplicate some of the original finishes? Thank You, Tom

[Robert E.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

http://www.corvetteforum.net/c3/juliet/rearsusp.htm

Hello All, I'm looking for some good pics of a NCRS restored rear suspension.I am currently restoring the rear. Everything was painted black. I have the manual with finishes. How can you duplicate some of the original finishes? Thank You, Tom

[Chuck S.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

Hello All, I'm looking for some good pics of a NCRS restored rear suspension.I am currently restoring the rear. Everything was painted black. I have the manual with finishes. How can you duplicate some of the original finishes? Thank You, Tom

A complete answer to your posted question requires a magnificient tome with voluminous illustrations and work instructions, and it hasn't been written yet.

Try this approach: (1) Pick a specific item for restoration, (2) Search for related material in the archives and published reference books, (3) If you still have a specific question, ask it here. Answers to even specific questions can be quite detailed.

[Michael W.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

http://www.corvetteforum.net/c3/juliet/rearsusp.htm

I'm not sure this is a good example to go by. As the author herself states, there were many concessions made in the interest of practicality. The biggest deviations are with respect to the half shafts and diff housing.

Replicating the factory appearance of a small block half shaft is almost impossible as the original part is uncoated, unpainted (ie. bare) seamless steel tubing. Any sort of blasted or coated surface would not be correct.

[Mike G.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

here is my 70 lt-1

[Chuck S.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

here is my 70 lt-1

Mike, I know you don't want to hear this now, but I'm thinking you could get dinged for those spring clamp bolts...mine were black phosphate.

[Terry M.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

Hello All, I'm looking for some good pics of a NCRS restored rear suspension.I am currently restoring the rear. Everything was painted black. I have the manual with finishes. How can you duplicate some of the original finishes? Thank You, Tom

Tom,
Why not look for an original, well preserved, 1970 to emulate? That way you will avoid the mistakes of others. Copying a reproduction will produce a copy of a copy -- not exactly the best situation.

[Mike G.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

Mike, I know you don't want to hear this now, but I'm thinking you could get dinged for those spring clamp bolts...mine were black phosphate.

good to know. mine were rusted so i could not see what they started from. here is what i had when i pulled it out of the barn. thanks for the help.

[Thomas C.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

Thank you all for your help. Mike the pictures were great . I'm sure I will be asking more questions. Thanks Tom

[Mike G.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

when i am done with a car we all get together and pre judge the car prior to taking it to get judged. after we all pick it apart i change the little things like that. hopefully someone would have caught that. now that i know i can change them out one at the time with little effort. thanks for the heads up. thats why i am on here.

[Mike G.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

tom, here is the front.

[Chuck S.]

Re: 70 Rear Suspension

good to know. mine were rusted so i could not see what they started from. here is what i had when i pulled it out of the barn. thanks for the help.

Whew...No wonder you didn't know they were black phosphate.

Even if there was black phosphate remaining, it would not have survived the cleaning those bolts had to get. Chassis parts with that much rust are easily assumed to be natural rather than finished.

My car didn't look that rough and it had never seen the inside of a barn.