65 ragtop
 

Hi all! I recieved this Tuesday and am not sure what I need to do with it. It's a '65 ragtop, non-matching numbers, modified body, 23714 original miles, 327 engine. First question is what should I insure it for? Second question is how do I track down the specs of what it had originally?And before anyone gives me grief over the paint, yes it did belong to Captian America, 6'-4" of ex-marine!

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Welcome to CF! :)
I'll look up some sources for ya and get back. ;)

Nice Vette!

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Thanks for the welcome C3S, I was starting to wonder if everyone thought my post was an April Fool's Joke! Really, my ex-husband purchased this in 1967 when it was two years old and it was his baby until he passed away in January. It still has the 1970 parking pass to U of New Mexico on the window, his running joke through the years was he used to chain it up outside the student union and reel it in when it was full of blondes. I first saw it 12 years ago and it was love at first sight! Isn't there a spec plate somewhere on the body that has the options and paint codes? I appreciate the help.

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I would'nt change a thing on it, THAT'S an AMERICAN car.

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I understand that there may be a "build sheet" up around the fuel tank.
Not sure, just heard some guys talkin' about it.
www.mortech.com can give you info on any part numgers that you may have.

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Hi C3S, I've spent too many years out in the field to get jerked now, "heard some guys talkin'about it". lol, you think you funny! Is it next to the upside down bolt? Seriously thanks for the website on part numbers, things are getting more interesting as it comes apart. Husband number #2(hereafter referred to as H2) pulled the engine and tranny Saturday and thinks it might actually be a matching number. Bad news is a broken piston and the clutch plate ate its way thru the bell housing. So highho, highho its off to the machine shop we go. What does 4:11 and Fuelie mean????

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I stated "I'm not sure", because I have not found a build sheet on mine. That doesn't mean it wasn't there at some time. The ones talkin' about it were on this forum, and they are prob right. There was a pretty good conversation about it, and the topic comes up from time to time.
I wish I could give you more than a deffinate maybe. :D
4:11 to 1 is the rear end gear ratio. Fuelie heads have a slightly higher comp ratio, and larger valves. You'll find a double hump casting on the ends of the heads. It'll be a rectangle about 2" x 1", with a hump and each end, of the top side of the rectangle.

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Hi C3S, I followed the thread about plastic/margerine, who you been sliding up to recently? H2 has been using me a grease monkey and grease rag, I have officially been promoted to "Parts Washer", of which there seems to be an amazing number of. The ragtop now has 2-327 engines, the original was/is marginal even bored out, so H2 got to bench racing with the machine shop owner and he helped track down a block.And, yeah, found the camelhumps on the heads, learning new things about this car is fun! If only I can get the black out from under my fingernails..........

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".....If only I can get the black out from under my fingernails.........."

gojo does a good job of that. It even comes in orange flavord for that citrus fresh feeling. Have fun with the car.

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Before gettin' into the grease, scrape your fingernails on a bar of soap. The soap keeps the grease out from under your nails, and washes away at clean up. For that black staining grease on your hands, use any clean oil. It will remove the dirty grease and make cleanup a lot easier. :)

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Hey Toots, any suggestions on how to get my wife interested in the Vette, I do all the things she asks for her horse, trailer ,and tow vehicle but not much recip. when it comes to the boys toys.

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Let me get this straight, she'd rather ride ONE horse? What's wrong with that woman?! I've got to confess to some heathly self interest, I want it back together so I can run it down the road like a scalded dog! Got a quiet little question though, how often do you "allow" her to just go play with it and do you check it for damage when she brings it back, it's off putting gentlemen, just off putting.

Blueshark, pickup up 1.5 gallons of Gojo this morning, I is prepared!! Interesting way you make a living, I checked out your website, tre cool to be able to stretch both mind & body. Which came first, the affinity for rolling fiberglass or floating fiberglass?

And C3S, oh great font of knowledge, the stamp on the rear end is AP2265, I get the numbers as date codes but I can't find what the AP is, does this translate as posi? Soap under my fingernails and off to the garage I go, have a good Saturday all!

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Actually...Fiberglass sucks.....I hate fiberglass.I would much rather build things with wood.I love boats and building any number of things from my imagination and others from scratch. It's fun to take a pile of lumber and an empty space and build something that people will actually pay good money for. Have fun working on that beautiful C2. Cheers

Dave is a smart guy ain't he. and my wife loves driving the '87 but has no desire to get dirty. what a priss huh?

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Toots, run that number at www.mortech.com.
You can run other numbers there too.

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Hi all, I've been greasy enough to go twist the original block around until I found the HN code, so it was originally a L84, 327-375, Rochester Fuel Ignition which H2 says is missing. 4:11 posi rear end. Doing the research, am I reading it right, there were 771 of these made? should I be getting excited or do I have to hunt down the "right" part/system? (H2 is laughing at me, I confused the carb set up and had to comeback in and edit this) Guess I am excited!https://www.corvetteforums.com/image/s10.gif

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does this look right?

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