VERY interesting Garage Find Today, NOT a Camaro

[BULLITT65]

I think even if that Vette is an original fuelie car it is special.
On the rivets. I am am not a corvette know it all, but have inspected some C2 vettes and I was skeptical after seeing those rivets on the first couple of cars that I saw. You would think they would have used a special rivet, but that is the same one I have observed, and understood as original.

So you have 2 68Z cars and This bronze may be # 3! wow

[dannystarr]

I am trying to catch-up with all you guys... ha ha  Like I mentioned before, gotta pay a loan for 6 or 7 more years on the blue car. So who knows, but I have friends that can afford these cars NOW. Then I can buy them off them in 10 years... 

 Here is the last VIN digits picture matching fuel injection.

[Everett#2390]

Nice find! at any rate.  Nice ride and I'd get it in a heartbeat.

[bertfam]

Done and done Danny, but you may want to ask the owner if it would be okay to post the VIN. Like FASTED stated, these were built in batches, so the VIN would at least confirm that.

Ed

[68camaroz28]

Danny, forwarded the info to a C2 NCRS judge friend and asked him to take a look and then forward to anyone who might be able to assist.

[maroman]

I reread your comment about plastic blocks on the hood. All early '63's, until about 10,000 in Jan/Feb, had four alignment blocks, then they switched to two for the rest of the year.

[dannystarr]

Thanx Chick.. We will see what happens. The key to this is to just not care about your future   

 Maroman, good to know. This car does have 4 alignment blocks. Hard to see in the pictures but they are there. ... Danny

[dannystarr]

 Wow!! BIG MONEY master and brake drums!  ... Danny
 
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-1964-Corvette-RARE-Z06-J56-Brake-Master-Cylinder-Excellent-Condition/273465717839?hash=item3fabd3b44f:g:1ngAAOSwjIVafz9f

     https://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-CORVETTE-Z06-MASTER-CYLINDER-FUEL-INJECTION-BRAKE-DRUMS-ID/302595672171?epid=658438926&hash=item46741b886b:g:6tkAAOSwU91aVCBo

   

[bcmiller]

I don't have any RF code stamps for comparison, but that one seems a little odd.  It may be 100 percent correct, I won't say one way or the other.  But for that car, the components will tell the story.

Good luck if you decide to purchase.  My outlook right now would be to not go into debt to buy a car from the 60s. If you have money laying around, that is fine.  But it's your life, I am NOT trying to tell you what to do.

One thing I always try to remember to stay in perspective is that "The most important things in life are not things."

[maroman]

IF it's a real Z06 it's probably going to be way north of 100,000, like 200,000.

[suturb110]

All 1963 Corvettes did not have hood blocks.
Early cars up to around vin 6500 had no blocks or wedges and no provision for them. From around 6500 up to 7300 there were nut plates on the hood fore and aft but holes were plugged. From around 7300 up to around 14000 vin all four wedges were present. From around 14000 to 16000 vin on coupes and 14000 to 19000 on convertibles only the two rear wedges were present. The forward holes may or may not be plugged. Coupes after around 16000 and convertibles after around 19000 usually had no wedges, except if they did...

Thanks

[suturb110]

Danny,
Measure the front stabilizer bar, it should be 15/16 ".  They used 15/16" on 1964 F40 suspension.  In 1963 they only used 15/16" on Z06 cars. It is possible it could have been switched sometime in its life. Look at the front brakes to see if it has vented backing plates, fans and front scoops which were Z06 items only. Check to see if the springs were painted black with blue checking daubs on the lowering mounting rings which are Z06 only.

Good Luck.

 

[maroman]

I stand corrected, don't remember seeing no blocks.

[Kelley W King]

Without docs I would consider it a clone. Not many of those would have been dealer stock or traded at a used car lot. The second ebay add looks like a clone a Z06 kit, add body and frame and stir well. Before the clone a Z and L78 camaro, the clone a vette was the big thing. I have never driven a Z06 but my 64 with the metallic power brakes is borderline dangerous until they warm up. A owner would know and remember having it. But even if, the car has big value just in the parts.

[firstgenaddict]

Dave Beem and I pulled a 63 Z06 Big Brake Fuelie out of Colorado back in 2016.
The master the finned large brakes with the 1-3/16 wheel cylinders