1/10 scale 1964 corvette

i bought this a a garage sale and i figured it had soem potential, its going to need some work, ive got plenty of plans for like, opening doors, working lights, its going to have shaved emblems and whatnot, but i have on problem, i cant find any parts for it, all i got was the body, chassis, some interior and the wheels and tires. if anybody can help me find parts such as rear end or entire drivetrain or suspension conponents it would be a great help.

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wheels look like they are a bit 2 big

but hmmmmm for the drivetrain you could always try the engine kit revell makes, i think it's 1/10 (i dunno, i just think it is)

or you can always makes everything from scratch! :biggrin:

I think this car is 1:8 scale. I have the 1:8 scale kit, 1965 Corvette by Monogram. Sorry no spare parts though.

It realy looks like the 1/8 '65 Corvette by Monogram. I have one extra, PM me what parts you need and I'll check if I can find them.

i was wondering what should i use on this a can or an air brush and isf so what kind, any of you guys have an idea on what color might look good on a car like this because i dont have much of an idea.

you can try to use/buy 1/10 rc parts such as suspension, axles and drive hub.

I love this car in a red similar to a ferrari red. Or a black. This will be a build I will look forward to!

if it is 10th scale, then Parma/PSE makes a 1/10 scale hemi engine. that would be a good starting point for an engine, and as joecwlaw said try out the R/C suspension parts

Looks like the 1/8 scale Monogram to me.

yeah..that seems to be the consensus of the group. my check out the dimensions of that 1/10 motor....it might make a good starting point still

If you paint that bad boy anything else then red i'm going to come looking for you and hunt you down :chair:

If you paint that bad boy anything else then red i'm going to come looking for you and hunt you down :chair:

Powerful words you got there!

ive finally got some work done, the vent windows are gone and i built hinges for the hood, does any one know what kind of body filler im supposed to use and where can i get it?? il post more updates later

im going to strip the body soon and i heard of a product called CSC, anyone heard of it, or any warnings before i do this? will it take paint of thats nearly 30 years old without damaging the body?

Lot's of easy off oven cleaner in the heavy duty can. I use it on my ABS plastic 1/10 Tamiya R/C car bodies.

does any one know where i can find a set of chrome 1/8 rc wheels that would go with a classic vette like this and dont look like they belong on a honda. they can have lo pro tires to, thats what im going for

parma made an rc car called the hemi coupe, you could use the wheels off there. its 1:10 though so might be a bit small....I think i have an 85 corvette somewhere also in 1:8.

i was wonderng, does anyone know how to build windows for this car, i does not have the original windows and i have no idea on how to make new ones, any one who can help, please do

Tape up the window openings and trace it from the inside. REmove the tape and use that as a template to cut some clear sheets with. I haven't tried it with complex front windshields like that but I don't see why it wouldn't work. Put the strips of tape from top to bottom so that you can preserve the curve.

Lets hope it starts going well for you then, you've got alot of stuff to do on this one!

lexan maybe? or the plastis from tha back of a modifier container

i started to make the and it does not look bad so far, il try to post some pics soon.

il be posting some pix of it in a day or two, so far ive taken it all apart and removed all the putty someone else put it, i also shaved the vent windows for a smoother look. if you guys have any idea on body mods, (NOT MAJOR) or any other ideas please post a reply

finally got around to posting some pictures, so far ive started the sub box and cut out the vent windows, im going to strip the paint soon, il post more pics later.

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come on people, is my thread really this boring, please comment

pics would help ;)

Looking good. Hey, you can model? (sig)

I have two of those models, Corvette 1/8 1985 and Corvette Pace Car 1/8 1978. Nice work.

What did you cut the sub box out with, it looks very jagged. The body is looking good, but more pictures would help increase replies.

i scored it with an exacto knife and the simply broke it off but i had to file it to get it to fit right and thats what made it a little jagged, but im going to make a custom council and putty all the edges on the box so you wont even notice them, whats funny is that those small computer speakers inside your case and perfect for this scale of model, and yes i model(sig) check it out, http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=326545

Progress looks good so far. I can help you on the engine if you want. Small block, big block, blown, injected, tri power, dual or single 4. Manual trans. or soon maybe an automatic. Can probably dig up some wheels, but they would be more like vintage drags. Can also do a hood and side vents to turn it into a '67. Just a warning though, 1/8th scale taint cheep.

here are some update pics, yeah it has a working stereo

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And it dus not even look :screwy: on a 1/10 scale! Good idea!

Sweet! awesome idea!

actually i later found out that it is the revelle 1/8 scale 65 vette, not a 64, just for those who want to know, i bought a set of labtec com speakers to sacrifice for this so it actually sounds really good

Thanks for sharing some more updates with us.

very nice keeo kepping us posted

well went to walmart and got some csc, started to strip the body and some other small parts, that stuff works great, i have a couple days more work ahead of me since it is such a large body though, il try to post up some pix later today