Complete Restoration of ’68 Corvette Chassis!!

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A Complete Body-Off Restoration Back to Original Metal!!

Source: Dave Hagen
8 Jan 20

We are restoring the Chassis back to the original condition of the Wednesday, December 20, 1967 manufacture of 1968 Corvette Convertible VIN # 194678S40751. I’ll document here the disassembly, media blasting, Alkaline Electrolysis Immersion process (total rust removal), Powder Coating Process (Electrostatic Polymer Resin Deposition) and Chassis re-assembly process as it takes place. We respected all stencils, grease paint and Shop Work Order instructions to restore the Chassis to its exact factory specifications, improved greatly by the quality of the powder coating and the extremely meticulous craftmanship.

Alkaline Electrolytic Immersion completely reclaims Chassis

Alkaline Electrolytic Immersion completely transfers all Ferrous Oxide rust from the chassis to an Anode where it is removed and safely disposed of. This leaves the Chassis clean and white, including all internal surfaces inside the tubular frame.

Electrostatic Powder Coating protects Chassis much better than the Factory Process did!

The Electrostatic Powder Coating Process sprays Polymer Resinous Particles through an Electrostatic Field in a heated atmosphere to deposit the Resin firmly onto the Chassis, achieving a much greater protection to the frame than the Factory ever did.

Re-assembly of the cleaned, treated and improved components was done exactly according to original Corvette specifications and the directions of the Shop Work Order (Tank Sticker), including Stencils and Grease Paint.

Chassis is now ready to be rejoined with the body, which is being refinished, painted and reassembled.

Everything Is Coming Along As Planned, Though A Little Slower Than Predicted. But We Only Get To Do This Once.

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