1965 CORVETTE CONVERTABLE FRAME OFF RESTORATION BY CORVETTE CLINIC

THIS BEAUTIFUL 1965 CORVETTE WAS A FRAME OF RESTORATION ALL WORK PERFORMED BY THE CORVETTE CLINIC CAR WAS RESTORED IN A METICULOUS MANNERWHITE ON RED 350 H. P. MANUAL TRANS CAR BOTH TOPS HUNDREDS OF MAN HOURS TO RESTORE THIS FINE EXAMPLE OF A NUMBERS MATCHING FRAME OFF BACK TO ORIGINAL CONTENT VEHICLEFULL BOOK OF DOCUMENTS. For its third season. the 1965 Corvette Sting Ray further cleaned up style-wise and was muscled up with the addition of an all-new braking system and larger powerplants. 1965 styling alterations were subtle. confined to a smoothed-out hood now devoid of scoop indentations. a trio of working vertical exhaust vents in the front fenders that replaced the previous nonfunctional horizontal "speedlines. restyled wheel covers and rocker-panel moldings. and minor interior trim revisions. The 1965 Corvette Sting Ray became ferocious with the mid-year debut of a big-block V-8. the 425 hp (317 kW) 396 in³ (6. 5 L) ("big block") V8. Ultimately. this spelled the end for the Rochester fuel injection system. as the carbureted 396/425 hp option cost $292. 70 to the fuel injected 327/375 hp's $538. 00. Few buyers could justify $245 more for 50 hp (37 kW) less. even if the FI cars offered optional bigger brakes not available on carburated models. [11] After only 771 fuel injected cars were built in 1965. Chevrolet discontinued the option. It would be 18 years until it returned. Four-wheel disc brakes were also introduced in 1965. The brakes had a four-piston design with two-piece calipers and cooling fins for the rotors. Pads were in constant contact with the rotors. but the resulting drag was negligible and didn't affect fuel economy. Further. the light touching kept the rotors clean and didn't diminish pad life. which was. in fact. quite high: a projected 57. 00 miles for the front brakes and about twice that distance for the rear binders. Total swept area for the new system was 461 square inches. a notable advance on the 328 square inches of the previous all-drum system. Per pending federal regulation. there was also a dual master cylinder with separate fluid reservoirs for the front and rear lines. Road testers rightly applauded the all-disc brakes. Testers found that repeated stops from 100 mph produced no deterioration in braking efficiency. and even the most sudden stops were rock-stable. The drum brakes remained available. however. as a $64. 50 credit option. but only 316 of the 23. 62 Corvettes built that year came with drums. [8][12] A side exhaust system appeared as an option as did a telescopic steering wheel. Also available were alloy spinner rims. at US$322 a set. [11] QUESTIONS CALL DAVE MAXWELL 714 348 0231