I Found The Original Chassis For My '63 Split Window Corvette!
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- čas přidán 18. 11. 2023
- Although brief, this video is full of good stuff because not only did I pick up the frame but also the front and rear suspension and original IRS rearend for my Vette. Episode 274 of Mike Finnegan's Garage asks the important questions about this project car build, in particular what direction do we take it? Should it be a nostalgia drag car with vintage paint and lettering or a modern Pro Touring build with big power, huge brakes, and wide rubber? We could go vintage road racing vibe or with the right parts this could be a mild resto-mod type deal. I'd love to hear your opinion about the subject so feel free to wax poetic in the comment section about what to do with this collectible hot rod. Thanks for watching!
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Use the stock parts and do a fun build. Kinda like your wife's El Camino. Not stock, and not outwardly crazy. Just a cool looking driver with big power.
I'm with you. He needs to build something reliable for a change. There are plenty of bolt on aftermarket suspension components for C2 Vettes that will greatly enhance the ride and handling without going to an aftermarket chassis. The stock frame will always be to spindly for a crazy engine combo, but they can easily be beefed up to handle anything a naturally aspirated SBC will throw at it.
I second this comment
A nice cruiser for you and the wife . Something that won’t give the police a reason to read your new t shirt.
This. Classic looking vette with performance upgrade.
I like your idea. It's a solid concept and would be a great car after it's built.
OG Chassis with bolt-ons to enhance it. Already lots of crazy builds in the fleet, a "sane" street car would be cool to see.
Keep the OG chassis and make it a nice cruiser that you can take out every weekend. You've got enough crazy builds
My 15 year-old son and I think anyone fortunate enough to own a 63 split window should retain the stock appearance with the original frame and body, while achieving a modern driving experience through suspension, engine and trans upgrades. That car retains exceptional value and a level of respect from a much wider audience than the pro touring approach. When you walk into the garage 20 years from now, you won't regret the choice you made, but the pro touring car even money says you may no longer own by then.
i agree with these sentiments
I agree! 63 split window is worthy of no cutting up. Original appearance with modern upgrades to enhance the experience.
I dig upgrading the stock frame with bolt on goodies, throw the whole catalog at it. Bolt it together in a week and do burnouts and have fun.
I like the stock frame route. It's what most guys watching are doing. Specialized stuff isn't as interesting as Ill never use it on any of my projects. We have to connect to the build!!
Most do that because that is what their wallet and mechanical skills allow. As a C2 owner I can tell you that if you can swing a nice chassis for something you want to drive, do it. 9 out of 10 times people say keep it stock etc. they have no experience with the stock C2 chassis. Even with bolt-ons it pretty bad. The C2 chassis is not something GN is remembered for.
I say stock frame with Added strength big motor with mini tub and have fun.
ya i can see a roadster shop frame for camaros n mustangs but this is a split window that's the holy grail to vette ppl! get a 427 if you dont have the original engine and man that would be sweet
Use stock frame, enchance with modern parts and hardware. Not everything you need to do has to be bananas. Make a good car like others are saying, like El Camino. Something both you, the wife and an occasional friend can enjoy. You got plenty of hopped up extreme projects.
Do the stock chassis with top notch bolt ones. Keep the value up and it would be a lot of fun driving.
I love the resto mod idea, anyone who has ever driven a C2 would want modern suspension
For sure.
And top notch A/C.. they kinda warm
I own a 62 FI car and a 63 split window. I disagree. There a lot of fun stock. Nothing like raw power and white knuckle steering. Especially the 63. The irs is really makes the carfun.
USE THE STOCK CHASSIS, Then pro tour the vette with aftermarket parts.
What is your personal experiences with stock C2’s?
Use the stock frame. It would be cool to see how far you can go with a stock chassis. I love the week build with friends idea.
Definitely use that stock frame. New suspension and drivetrain components, but not something over the moon crazy. Just please don't make an altered wheel-base or a stock restoration. A cool little hot rod is what I would love to see.
My vote is to just use the stock frame and upgrade the suspension, and dont get too crazy. Just make a fun driver
If I had the chose I for sure would put it back as close to stock as possible. The value of the 63 Split window cars is insane. Now you have the frame and the original rear end. This is a build date code on the rear end housing on the bottom I believe that would help in knowing it was built near the year of 63.
Frame, body and motor are the most important... the rear end is pretty meaningless unless you have the engine.
Have you driven or ridden in a C2? They ride and handle like crap.
@@danmyers9372 I own a 73 same frame.
I would use that original chassis. BBC, tremec, rebuilt rear end , good wheels. It's got so much value all original that it's seems hard to justify cutting it up. It can be super cool without ruining the ability to restore it when you're 60..😊
It would be good to see a basic build as you've got lots of year long builds already
Big block and lightly pro touring. Something that one day Mike’s kids can drive to school. My high school girlfriend’s parents had a 71 454 car we got to drive to school and just felt like the coolest kids in school. In the late 2000s, a loud burbling big block was way out of place in amongst the modern econoboxes and it was awesome. They even let us drive it to prom. Setting of limo car alarms was hilarious.
The split window is pretty special. It at least deserves special consideration.
Old school gasser build, hilborn injection, fender dump headers, solid front axle.
Not gonna lie, would LOVE to see you Drag Week a C2. It's kinda my dream project car so I'd be living vicariously through you lol. But that being said, I look forward to any level of rebuild process to follow. If pro touring makes the most sense, go for it!
Big Block, Stock Chassis, lots of upgrades. Badass street car, nothing crazy for the track.
the 327 owned the streets
Stock chassis
Bolt it up getting it going
Get it driving and in the road!!
My vote would be to put the stock frame back underneath it and do pro-touring suspension and build a cool 327ci engine with some upgrades that let it scream and just have fun. No LS engine, but old school SBC with port EFI, etc.
This is one car that needs to go back to original. Mike do it for your kids. Well into the future it will be worth so much more.
Get as far as possible with the stock chassis and new front suspension parts and make it as fun as you want!
Definitely pro-touring. Put the 711 in something else you stumble across you can go mental with
To do that where it actually enhances the vehicle you lose the character of it. You also risk fading in to the crowd by doing what everyone else is already doing.
What birdman said. Wait for the Hemi in Blasphemi to shit the bed and put the 711 in it with a 14/71 blower and show the world what a gasser really is! It's still a Hemi!
All aluminum big inch small block, rowdy hydraulic roller with side pipes, 6 speed trans, stock chassis with tubular everything, coil overs and 18 inch salt flats. Love LS but it’s done to everything. Think an split needs to stay old school. Just my opinion guys. I’ll love it know matter what y’all do. Love the channel and all the content! Keep it up and I’ll keep watching
Stock frame, bolt on suspension, flat boxer (maybe turbo) Porsche engine up front! That’ll throw in enough of a challenge for you guys to make it more fun to watch for us lol!
They only made that body style for one year I would put it back stock
Dollar dollar bills. Be worth some coin
There are 48 1963 Split Window coupes on hemmings for sale. For comparison, there are only 25 1964 Impala 2 door hardtops. Most of the 48 split windows are stock. There are plenty out there. Who cares about resale if it turns the car into something the owner doesn't care for?
Keep it original, do not cut it up
Such a pretty design. Even in pieces, it’s gorgeous!
Finn, put a Raodster shop chassis in it and make it a super high horsepower corner carver Pro Touring C2
It’s yours brother. Do it like you want. I just finished a off frame resto mod of my 68 SS/RS Camaro. I love driving it as much as possible and taking friends and family for rides. I do love your 63 and can’t wait to see more.
Whatever you do to it, it will look awesome. What an amazingly styled vehicle.
Personally, I’d enhance the stock chassis (budget build but cool). The pro-touring route would be more fun/usable.
Ok- I’m on the mild pro-touring wagon.
My thought is to keep everything original, but just enhance it with aftermarket parts because there’s not a lot of original 63 Corvettes around. I’m kind of a purist I would like to see it stay original. Maybe do a roadster shop chassis with a fiberglass body for the pro touring
I'd like to see the stock chassis under the Vette. Make the build more relatable for us low buck guys.
Do whatever you think will be fun for you Fin, its yours. Make sure you are happy with what you do. Otherwise you will just let it sit.
I think the idea of a build like the wife's el camino would be cool. resto mod that's got some power, but still reliable-ish
Use the stock frame to show that you could still build a great pro car with a big block
Restomod. 427 big block fuel injected, 6 speed, disc brake conversion. A fun, beautiful car with new day driveability. There's nothing like a nice, clean build to be appreciated
Daily driver Plus, big inch small block, six speed, side pipes, suspension upgrade and stock looking wheels with great tires. Also if you can fit 235 "tiny tire" in the back that would be awesome. Go do that class in drag and drive
That’s a tough one because It’s a real ‘63 split window and they are soooo valuable. So the first question you need to ask yourself is do you plan on keeping this long term. If so do what excites you. If you build it into a restomod are you actually going to drive it much? If the answers no then I would say do something radical, something fun that is going to put a smile on your face every time you look at it like put the 711 in it, that be sick. If you plan on sending down the road eventually then obviously it behoove you to do what ever gets the best return on investment.
Pro touring big block all the way!💯 Keep as many original parts as possible while modernizing it. Keep some soul.
I personally like to have the old car but the performance and handling of today with a fee creature comforts. I think that is called a resto-mod? So you can take it anywhere and track it, drag it, sunday cruze it or to special occasions where it is still comfortable and reliable. Whatever you do, just enjoy yourself. It was meant to be driven!❤
Thanks for sharing.
Restomod, make it look stock but make it nice. And it never hurts to do a nice set of wheels, even if they do hurt the stock look.
I was hoping there would be fsm video today!! 👍🏻
I say do a pro touring with a 2j!! Piss off every corvette enthusiast on the planet!
Finnegan's one week wonder!!! Definitely stock chassis and rear end! Lots of modern bolt on parts available for a quick build! BBC or LS....toss up! Great highschool starter car!! So many possibilities with that car!! I'm so jealous!!
Make it crazy bro! New chassis, big block, big drag radials... hell yeah
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The word you are looking for is restomod!!! Upgrade brakes, suspension, a/c, and a big block 572 or 632 would be rad in that thing!!!
Awesome that you got the frame and rear end can't wait to see the build
I was a kid in the 60's and that Vette was so cool back then. We are getting to the point where the only originals are going to be in museums collecting dust instead of on the road collecting miles. It's a '63 Split Window Vette. It doesn't need a bunch of fancy new parts to make it cool. Change isn't always better. Just my two cents.
The week long build sounds like it'd be fun, you could do a youtube event where you're live and have fans choose like an option a or option b. You'll make it awesome no matfer what you do!
Maybe he should try not to rush something for once and do it right the first time. If he does that one week build, that car will end up mediocre at best.
Enhance stock chassis with aftermarket upgrades, keep the car easily returned back to original.
Dude you guys can tell a story like nobody else. Great stuff man
Pro touring, do a week build, maybe a roadkill episode? And then road trip it to Iowa and do the good guys event with him for another episode. Good for the channel, entertaining for us, and motortrend will pay for a chunk of it! Who won’t win with that?
I would definitely build that into just a nice daily driver. Upgrade the suspension and maybe a few other little tweaks,and an old school big block chevy
I would use the original chassis. Build it to look like an old road race car. Side pipes, big meaty tires all around, mag wheels, but with modern suspension upgrades and a comfortable interior. Get a retro inspired finnegan's garage race car wrap and take it to events, track days, or maybe just auto cross. (nothing too crazy since it has no roll cage), and cruises.
Ah the hardest part of a build, deciding which direction to go with it. You already have tons of different style builds from fun wacky beaters to awesome go fast bad asses. I personally would do a stock frame "resto mod" which seems to be the modern term for a light pro touring build. Something you can drive everywhere, will "decent" horsepower, and a wheel/tire combo that you don't have to worry about hitting a pothole with. I mean, you do have the Elco, but that's the Wifey's Whip ;) . I went the Resto mod route with my 70' Chevelle and it's a great driver. I recently picked up a 69' Torino Fastback bare roller with the intentions of building a "not TOO fast" Drag and Drive car, but when I started to dig into it, I'm finding its even more rust/rot free then I though so I'm not sure how I'm going to proceed with it.
PRO TOURING!!! That would be awesome
An original looking Split window with an LS and suspension, and brakes upgraded would be COOL!
Yeah but it’s kinda been gone to death. I also don’t think that Mike would be into it and drive it that much. Mike is a drag racer at heart, not a roundy round guy.
Rally car!!!
Fun engine and crazy suspension!
Stock appearing, four wheel discs from a later C2, stroked small block with EFI and a 5 speed! Something fun, fast enough and driveable in the same color as the El Camino.
Protouring sounds like the best deal, the one week build sounds like a good watch as well.
Do the stock chassis pro touring thing. Just make it fun, fast, and reliable.
We all know you wanna throw the 711BB in it. I personally love seeing you go alittle left field and create something different with your builds instead of playing it safe. Either way your content is always A-class 👌
Fab party! Get all the stuff to make it PT, but have all guys come down to help, then drive back to where Roadkill started! For some of us that would be Rick's house in AZ and for others that would be ElPaso 😊
Make it OG!! Those things are rare and are worth a mint. And, it will come with a great set of videos and a story!
Glad to see u back on that car wanna see wat way it goes for u
That thing is gorgeous
Crazy street car that makes you happy!
I’d use the stock chassis also it would be awesome to see a thrash video with buddies building this thing! Such a cool car.
Pro touring with your ideas would be killer!!! I’d like to see it done and being towed by the c10 to a auto cross event lol
I think you have a lot of good content at your disposal right here. Use the stock frame get good parts see how fast you can get it. While redoing the front end and getting the new frame ordered. The motor and all the other parts.
Original, factory "spin-off" wheels in a larger diameter, updated suspension, and just make a nice cruiser out of it. New brakes, LS swap, Tremec T5...Could be nice! Thanks for the episode, gentlemen! ✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦
I don't know what age Mike's kids are or what they're in to but rather than going pro touring like every joe schmoe i'd make this into a nice driver that he can enjoy driving around. If it is also something his kids would be proud to own one day, even if it is just the memories of spending time with dad going for ice cream or whatever then even better.
Use as many stock parts as you can. Make it awesome with small add ons.
I've always wanted to do a split windows as a old school gasser with blown 392 hemi... Just because it would upset some of the purists and not something most would do these days.. lol
Definitely would like to see a hot resto-mod style build. Keep it sorta original update all suspension components and drive axle. Original style engine with aluminum block and the best aftermarket support… maybe a 5 speed… make it nice it deserves it!
Don’t go stock, 711 that bad boy!
Something other than another LS powered cookie cutter car. I know you don’t have many LS powered vehicles, but that’s what I like about your channel. You build what you like and not what is mainstream. A 632 big block sleeper would be cool. No matter what you do it will be different and I will always be watching
Nice simple build.
Little upgrades to suspension and drivetrain.
Stock looking, but nice cruiser.
Something anyone can hop in and drive.
Well mannered on the street.
Historic road course build. Regular for the time drivetrain. Modern performance tires. Modern dampers. Can still be driven on the street possibly, but geared towards track.
Would be cool to build it with the legendary grand sport vibe to it
I like the stock look with powerful things hidden underneath 😂
Stock frame, enhanced suspension, NA all aluminum big block, 5spd., big brakes, pro-tour stock-ish appearance. Street thumping hot rod!
use the chassis!! big block cruiser w/AC ,,63 is coolest of all vettes,got that Jetson look..what beautiful car too nice to alter
Hotchkis is supposed to be releasing their c2/c3 coilover suspension setup soon. I am sure they would like to see their parts on this! I like the idea of a week build, fun auto cross protour that isn’t as extreme as the c10. Something to rival the el Camino you know… reliable, fun… fiscally resp… nevermind add turbos.
Restromod this thing. Complete modern suspension, modern engine, modern brakes, but make it all look period correct from an onlookers perspective. They have some nice digital gauges and radio that look just like the old ones, so for all intents and purposes its a completely modern car but with an original period correct look.
The vintage class runs an Enduro at Road Atlanta in April at the Mitty. Basic roll bar, 5 point harness, fuel cell and wheels 1.5" wider than stock. Take it road racing!!
I agree pro touring,if you use the old chassis it will always be the under dog. With the modern stuff the car can grow with upgrades,and also reliable. You have more than enough toys lol. All the best Danny UK 🇬🇧
I like the idea of Roadstershop chassis and making it drive and handle well
I think you should absolutely put the Sonny engine in it and then turn it into a bad azz kind of clone of the 1964-65 Grand Sport from the Sebring Corvette grand sport cars
Stock chassis and body, bolt on suspension upgrades, larger stock appearing wheels and tires, n/a ls motor built to rev for glorious 8000+ shifts, tremec 6 speed, stock interior as much as possible.
A nice blend of old and new that would be a blast to drive and be comfortable and reliable.
The stock frame will fit 18x10 in the rear, with detroit speed rear end and suspension. Front can fit 18x8 fine, 18x9 easily. And you can bolt/weld all new modern c-arms and coilovers. Big brakes by wilwood and your set for pro touring. Good luck!
thease 63s with the 365 horse 327s were very fast decent handling cars stock........................they owned the streets
I've been waiting for the 63 to come back. I'd love to see you just put it back to the way it was. Maybe throw in a spicy engine just for funsies n enjoy the car
I say you go basically stock with a built engine that fits in the factory mounting 😊
I'm in the bolt-on pro touring camp here. Take a couple weeks, bolt it all together, put a nice drivetrain into it, drive it around. It's a perfect example for that kind of thing, because there's no matching numbers to worry about saving. I know it sounds crazy, but imagine for a moment a car you can drive 400 miles without earplugs. Lord knows I've done enough of "Well I went full bananas on this and it's awesome but I can't stay in it for more than 30 minutes without my ears melting or my bones vibrating out". Hell, stuff a late model Z06 driveline up in there and be like "what, I got it in pieces and now it's got all factory corvette stuff in it" lol
One week build would be amazing!!
Big block pro touring sounds like a lot of fun.