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[chevyrestoguy]

My neighbor has a sister to your Corvette. It's a '64 roadster, 2 tops, white, red interior. His is a 365 horse, 4-speed, 3.73 gear with A/C. Numbers matching from front to back. He bought it for a whopping $2700 in 1976, and he drove it for years. I helped him do the frame-off about 8 years ago. I have restored many cars, and there is no challenge quite like a C2 Corvette. Not an easy restoration to do.

Love your cars and trucks!

[rusty76]

That's a beautiful car.

[Bomp]

Been thinkin' bout ya & could use an update.
Pic for attention:
Sincerely,
your son Bomp

[northern 85]

Just checking in for updates

[Modges'66]

Me too, Clem!
Tell me something that I want to know!...Or, something that I don't!

[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Sure was a honor siting in the drivers seat last Oct. Will miss it greatly.

Thanks bro… I miss those times too.

Originally Posted by oem4me

A roadster with air. Nice! Love the color combo too. I had a '63 coupe with the same combination and always loved how the red interior glowed within the sexy white envelope. The first gen Stingray: A style icon, no doubt about it!

A fine car whose time has passed.

Originally Posted by mjh1965

Clem if that was mine I would still be driving it till the day they took my driving license off me . Old guys driving sports cars just makes youngsters look and think one day I will own one of those. Mind you that might be because I also own a sports car as well as the truck .

Thanks Martin, and I hear ya buddy.

Originally Posted by chevyrestoguy

My neighbor has a sister to your Corvette. It's a '64 roadster, 2 tops, white, red interior. His is a 365 horse, 4-speed, 3.73 gear with A/C. Numbers matching from front to back. He bought it for a whopping $2700 in 1976, and he drove it for years. I helped him do the frame-off about 8 years ago. I have restored many cars, and there is no challenge quite like a C2 Corvette. Not an easy restoration to do.

Love your cars and trucks!

I appreciate it pal.

Originally Posted by rusty76

That's a beautiful car.

Thanks buddy...

Originally Posted by Bomp

Been thinkin' bout ya & could use an update.
Pic for attention:
Sincerely,
your son Bomp

Originally Posted by northern 85

Just checking in for updates

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Me too, Clem!
Tell me something that I want to know!...Or, something that I don't!

Apologize for being distant guys, but as they say… life gets in the way occasionally.

Will post up the Tuba news as soon as I can

[clemdaddy]

OK here comes an update on Maude…
She got the front clip retro fitted. First time that I ever used repro fenders and inner fenders and core support. You would think that at least their parts would fit together but NO, nothing fit without tons of grinding, drilling and welding… but such is the exercise.
Maude is, in fact, an economy build. Everything is scrutinized for cost and necessity and quite frankly some of the decisions made were not what I personally would have done but I am just the builder of someone else's dream. So here's Maude, close to starting up...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

OK here comes an update on Maude…
She got the front clip retro fitted. First time that I ever used repro fenders and inner fenders and core support. You would think that at least their parts would fit together but NO, nothing fit without tons of grinding, drilling and welding… but such is the exercise.
Maude is, in fact, an economy build. Everything is scrutinized for cost and necessity and quite frankly some of the decisions made were not what I personally would have done but I am just the builder of someone else's dream. So here's Maude, close to starting up...

In a word....

Amazing Clem.

Your builds really do speak for the quality of Tuba Trucks' work.

I am so gutted that I could not make it to you this year, and a broken down car and dealership that has not touched it since it got there on Wednesday late, does not help either.

[mjh1965]

That's the trouble with repo panels , but a good panel guy can make them fit with time and patients . The picture of the truck says it all

[flashed]

Maude is looking good .

[Bomp]

I remember seeing the alignment issues, I may be the 'Doc' but you Sir are a Wizard. A Kick A$$ Wizard at that. Lets not forget the Killer interior too.

[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by mjh1965

That's the trouble with repo panels , but a good panel guy can make them fit with time and patients . The picture of the truck says it all

Thanks a bunch Martin… Bout time for you to make another trip over here?

Originally Posted by flashed

Maude is looking good .

Thanks, progress is slow but steady. We have 5 active projects and juggling a little time for each is the hard part, seems nothing ever gets finished.

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

In a word....

Amazing Clem.

Your builds really do speak for the quality of Tuba Trucks' work.

I am so gutted that I could not make it to you this year, and a broken down car and dealership that has not touched it since it got there on Wednesday late, does not help either.

No worries mate, we will have other years. I'm very jealous of Murphs travels though.

Originally Posted by Bomp

I remember seeing the alignment issues, I may be the 'Doc' but you Sir are a Wizard. A Kick A$$ Wizard at that. Lets not forget the Killer interior too.

Thanks brother, I appreciate it. By the way… it looks like the toy-drive truck party will indeed happen. Shooting for the 14th of October. Kim said I couldn't not do it because of the kids… don't we hate it when they're right.

OK… here's the sweet heirloom 64. Completely blown apart. The cab has minimal rust and we should drop kick that next week. The chassis has been taken to a commercial powder-coater for blasting and gloss black color, first time to do it this way but if it saves a bunch of time and doesn't cost too much, well good then. All the other parts were stashed out back awaiting their turn.

We got a new friend. A baby black and white is living in the bamboo. He's wild but starting to trust us. It took a week before we even saw him but his cries let us know he needed us. Now he comes up to get pets as well as the milk. Cool little kitten, Kim named him Barney.

[Bomp]

It'll be nice getting back the frame & components back ready to bolt on. Only issues I've seen is threading/fitment.
In time will Barney be joining the others at the house?

[Grizz1963]

Barney (insert middle mae here) Johnson ?

Pretty guy.

Just got home today and my two are around me nonstop.

They were fed while I was gone, but not loved.

Cars do need that too.

[dwcardfan]

Glad to see you checking in. Maude is looking good

[clemdaddy]

Hi Guys,
Yep… it's about that time of year again. Tuba Truck's Toy Drive and Cruise-In. This year the party will be on Saturday, October 14th, mostly all day but the music will be in the evening. Join us if you can and give me a buzz or pm if you need sleeping arraignments. See the flyer for more details…

Originally Posted by Bomp

It'll be nice getting back the frame & components back ready to bolt on. Only issues I've seen is threading/fitment.
In time will Barney be joining the others at the house?

Just got the frame back and they thought to mask all the threaded parts… it looks great, I won't blast and paint one again. Barney is probably going to live at the station, until further notice anyway.

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Barney (insert middle mae here) Johnson ?

Pretty guy.
Just got home today and my two are around me nonstop.
They were fed while I was gone, but not loved.
Cars do need that too.

Barney is fun but he's definitely a fighter not the lover type. I come away usually bleeding from his encounters… ha

Originally Posted by dwcardfan

Glad to see you checking in. Maude is looking good

Thanks Donnie, Looking forward to seeing you in October...

[clemdaddy]

This last Saturday, a buddy and I went to Waxahatchie TX to the biggest truck show ever. "C10's in the Park" the last count I heard was 660 Chevy and GMC trucks but they were still coming in. Didn't get a pic of her but Boasted Bertha was there and drawing quite a crowd. This was by far the most variety of building styles I have experienced in one place. If you can, you've got to go to this one next year… see ya there.

[clemdaddy]

Some more…

[clemdaddy]

And finally some for Rian… I know how much he likes door art.

[Bomp]

Looks like great times.

[rusty76]

Cool trucks

[Grizz1963]

Thanks Clem.

Dang, I live in the wrong country.

Like the Esso, as it was a brand I grew up with.

[Low Elco]

Beautiful work, Clem! Been a minute since I've been through here. Glad to see things are going well.

[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Looks like great times.

was indeed... worth the long drive for sure.

Originally Posted by rusty76

Cool trucks

the last count I heard was over 700 cool trucks and all Chevy or GMC, Wow

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Thanks Clem.
Dang, I live in the wrong country.
Like the Esso, as it was a brand I grew up with.

wish you were here?

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Beautiful work, Clem! Been a minute since I've been through here. Glad to see things are going well.

Thanks, Oct 14th? more than welcome to join us.


This is Otto. the newest member of Tuba's Team. He is just 8 weeks old and already starting to take over...

[mjh1965]

Even more reason to come to your party Clem . We all know everybody loves a puppy . Wish I could make it this year .