WILL it RUN and DRIVE? 1969 L-46 4-Speed Corvette Garage Find! All ORIGINAL! NUMBERS MATCHING!
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Published 2022-12-31
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The Fram Oil Filter was TEMPORARY! And I SAVED the Original Radiator for future restoration!
How did I find this cool Vette? I called my old friend Dave C. He's got dozens of 60's-70's GM Muscle cars in his collection. He had a "lead" on this '69 Corvette that the owner "Mike" was selling in a small nearby town. I then called Mike and looked at the Vette and couldn't let it sit there any longer. The price was way below what I expected but he wanted it out of his garage so he could park in there again. It was last on the road in 2005 when he had health issues and made it difficult to keep his Vette road worthy. He did keep air in the tires and tried to get it started 7 years ago. He's very happy that he sold it to someone that would get it back on the road and go thru the gears like he did decades ago!
Thanks Mike for selling me your treasure of 50+ Years!
I put all 6 Episodes into 1 showing the journey from start to finish as I work on getting this Original Paint, Numbers Matching 1969 L-46 C-3 Corvette back on the road again after being parked for 17 years. Check out the Before and After Pictures along with me going thru the all 4 gears!
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Flathead Terry
All Comments (21)
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Luv your simple solution to getting your Vette back on the road. I had a 1970 LS5 (454)four speed Vette thirty years ago and did the same updates. It even had your Hooker Header leg melting side pipes.
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i love c3 corvettes, I own one for years. I will watch any c3 videos you make and hit like,
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Fram ,I wouldn't run it on my lawn Mower ,Wix or Baldwin filter, flush the radiator Though you can't go wrong with a new aluminum rad and a 160 thermostat .I own a 66 stingray roadster Numbers car L79 327 350 hp ,4spd ,with a 4:11 posi with 62 k on the clock will be following along to see what you do ,get rid of the plastic line on the oil gauge and change it out to copper tubing you will hate life if that plastic line lets go while cruising ,A very good explanation on cleaning the clock ,You need some hard Runs put on it to clean the cobwebs out of the motor ,go for it
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Nice clean Vet. The owner stored it in a clean place .I like the small block
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I love that color green.
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Nice to see a vette from Dale Chevrolet Waukesha wi. Dale was the place to go if you wanted a muscle car. I once looked at a 69 SS chevelle there. Funny thing was I got married and lived in Waukesha for 42 years. Dale was gone by 1977 .
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Thanks for the oil pressure gauge and clock repair footage. You are never too old to learn something new.
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Good job bringing the Vette back to life.
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Wow. This is seriously one of my number one dream cars. I'm not a wealthy man but I have been able to find cheap versions of my dream cars over time. But this one has not been one. They are not easy to find for reasonable money. Four speed 1971! So COOL!
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Nice! I had a 70 with a 454...I should have never sold that car.
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Great job Terry. I got a '73' I would love to get back on the road. It needs everything that you did to this one. I just don't have the money to do it.
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My '73 which I recently SOLD TO A FRIEND was completely numbers matching right down to the alternator. It was a factory L-48 which was gutless so I bought a GMPP ZZ-383 about 15 years ago and it's now a screamer . After missing a Corvette for two years I bought a 2004 C5 convertible. Great ride and handling and very comfortable but It couldn't touch the ZZ-383 so I replaced the Heads, Mass air flow and Air filter system from a wrecked C6 Z06 and a new Comp Cam. Now it moves! I've raced my old '73 with the ZZ-383 and they're damn close. One very helpful change I made to the '73 was an HEI distributor with a cable drive for the tachometer. Worth every bit of $250 or whatever it cost me. Cheers!
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Looks in good nick for a 69er all original
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I noticed you put a fram oil filter on it!!! On an engine and car like that i would put on a original gm or a wix or a k&n filter. Much better filter material and the anti drain back valve actually works! I used to use fram cause thats what they stock in canadian tire but have noticed on my 2valve 5.4 triton timing chain rotational noise on the first 3 sec of start up before oil gets pumped back up! Once i switched to a wix or motorcraft or k&n no rattle on start up meaning instant oil pressure! Probably something to do with the anti drain back valve in the fram. Also many engine experts will also say the same from extensive testing. Once cut open the wix and k&n and motorcraft filters are beefy with more filter material and better made. The fram is just a garbage filter...
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My first Vette was a Fathom Green 69 RSTR W/a White Top 300 hp 350 Muncie 4spd. I drove the U NO What out of it and sold it! Cried for a few years & my Wife said I could get another one so I ended up with a Sunfire Yellow 66 Coupe W/A/C & it had a Special Hi Perf 350hp 327 4spd 4:11 Posi , Knock off wheels, Black Leather, Teak wood wheel & Power windows. NO PB but stopped on a Dime! Fun Rocket ship! I was a member of the NCRS Southwest Chapter & the Scottsdale Corvette Club. It also made the 1999 March Mid America Corvette Calendar! This vettes pretty cool! Keep it orig! Have FUN!
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EXCELLENT tutorial! I also have a '69 350/350hp 4 speed, same color (proves they were not ALL RED) Clock still runs ok, but nice to see step by step diagnosis/repair.
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Man, I like bringing cars back to life. But, A Corvette is the Best! Shawn.
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She a beauty! Nice to see one of my childhood dreams (in my favorite color schemes!) returned to life.
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I must say I am totally impressed with this gentleman his demeanor his calmness and his knowledge about this automobile is truly amazing to me he represents what America is all about of course I don't know him personally but I admired his presentation and couldn't stop watching great job keep up the good work I am a fan we need people like this out here to restore old american-made muscle cars God bless America 🙏👍💪😎🇺🇲
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Excellent job, video, camera work, your video has helped me out very much thanks
