Replacing A 1963-1967 Corvette Door Skin. How To Install 63 Corvette Coupe Roof Scallops.

Welcome to my KZbin channel. This channel is the home for all your vintage Mid-Year Corvette content.
I just finished restoring a 1963 Corvette Split Window and I am starting another split window build but this time its a race car build. I will be making videos every Friday. I will be making videos on my 1963 Corvette Split Window, my dad's 1965 Corvette, my race car split window build, my friends 1960 Corvette, and other projects that I find along the way. Let me know what you think about the video. Enjoy!!
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[@aluckyboy]

Golden Age of Design. Flamboyant designers like Bill Mitchel ruled at GM. Style was everything. You are doing a great job keeping other wise junk icons on the road.

[@MidYearMitch]

Those were the days. Bill Mitchell was on top of his game. GM was definitely in the forefront of design.

[@bobdavis3389]

Your work amazes me Mitch , I am looking forward to seeing this vette completed.

[@ulyssesvazquez387]

love seeing you using clamps on fenders instead of screws.. very nice.

[@bobdavis3389]

You are talking about design Mitch , I'm so happy that Harley Earl had more say then the bean counters back then .Styling was everything !

[@bobdavis3389]

I'm wrong , it was Bill Mitchell ,Earl retired in 1958

[@WheelchairGear]

Another fine Saturday morning-coffee n this video. Thanks.

[@MidYearMitch]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@johnkelly6942]

Slowly but surely getting there.

[@MidYearMitch]

Absolutely. Every little bit helps!

[@DMUSA536]

Amazing build. Just incredible

[@Frontireadventures]

Awesome presentation.

[@MidYearMitch]

Thank you kindly! I appreciate that!

[@dintexas2095]

LOVE to watch you work and explain the job. This car is coming together nicely. THANKS !

[@MidYearMitch]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy it!

[@carguy0000]

Great job Mitch , would be great if they had a video of the c2 corvettes on the assembly line .

[@MidYearMitch]

I’m 100% with you there. I would love to find stuff like that. They have a promotional video on making prototype vettes or hand made C2’s. But they don’t have a real time assembly line video. We could learn so much if we had those videos.

[@doug2078]

Lookin Good !!!! I was born in 63 . The split window has always been a favorite of mine.

[@MidYearMitch]

They are awesome cars! It was a great year for a lot of manufacturers and music as well.

[@doug2078]

@@MidYearMitch It sure was !! keep up the great work !!

[@jimrains8314]

Mitch you are living your dream and helping us dream as well. You have a very steady set of hands to hold a small part in one hand while using a grinder on it with the other hand. Oh the door squeak? Keep it, it is so common to the midyear that it must have been part of the original plan. Any idea as to what the owner is planning? Thanks for the look inside the door and another great video. Stay safe and remember those who didn't come home that made it possible.

[@MidYearMitch]

It’s a blast for sure. I never thought that I would get to this point. It’s pretty incredible. I appreciate that! It comes with practice. I try to be detail oriented and precise. That squeak is definitely classic. I leave it on all the projects haha. Maddy can’t stand that sound. I’m not sure what colors he’s thinking. I’ll have to find out. It will be exciting see it come together in the final stages. Absolutely that’s what this weekend is all about. Remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep us safe. Like great uncle Nick. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 thank you to all who serve to keep us free and we cannot forget all that came before them.

[@MrTexasDan]

Hey there Mitch, Pretty interesting look under the door skin. Between the patch and the rivet replacement, that should be ready for another 60 years. Take care, Dan

[@MidYearMitch]

Absolutely it’s freshened up and ready for more service. Thanks Dan you too!

[@anytractorman]

When i was a kid. There was one sitting in a yard in enfield ct. Fast forward 40 years. Its still there as of last year. The guy would not sell it. The house is empty now and a fence around the property.

[@MidYearMitch]

Oh man that’s awesome! I wonder if it’s still sitting there. They are still hiding out there.

[@mikkokuorttinen3113]

Great and inspiring work Mitch! I wonder how do you decide whether to repair a cracked part of fiberglass, as you did here with the door or to get a new piece to be replaced all together?

[@alansemple2015]

Do you think early on, they may have wanted to make those gills functional ? Kind of like an early ASTRO Ventilation?

[@timbrady6473]

Those roof vent scallops require a lot of finger tip sanding to clean them up . Would it be easier to cut the roof to fit the larger vent insert footprint after the edges are trimmed and attached utilizing butt joining ?I don’t even know if butt joined fiberglass patching is possible and it’s a scarier process cutting the larger hole in the roof rather than the scalloped vent panel .

[@MidYearMitch]

Absolutely it’s definitely a lot of small refinements. It would probably quicker to cut that piece out and fiberglass it in but then you are introducing a new seam that could come back. If you do it like I did in the video which is similar to the factory way, then if it shows up later it looks original. That’s my goal with spliced and repairs on the exterior. You want it to look original so if it shows seams years later it won’t jump out.

[@timbrady6473]

@@MidYearMitch You the man ,Mitch. I’ve never done fiberglass work and your explanation illustrates your experience dealing with it. When are you going full scale production with ‘63 Split Window reproductions like Backdraft and Factory Five does for A/C Cobras? Think there’s enough interest in them to justify the efforts to pull that off?

[@josephselva872]

Mitch, may I ask why you choose Dynamic Corvette fiberglas? I need a L88 hood for my '69. The toaster comment was funny as heck.

[@douglaslambert579]

Who plays the banjo in your closing minutes?

[@MidYearMitch]

It’s another gentleman off of KZbin. I’ll have to find his channel. He had a couple unique tracks that worked perfectly for this kind of thing. He was just testing out a banjo and recorded a video.

[@douglaslambert579]

@@MidYearMitch thanks

[@qf4543]

Hi Mitch, I'm restoring a C2 Corvette in Cape Town South Africa. Are you open to giving the odd bit of advice by email?