1960 Corvette body swap to Art Morrison chassis with 495hp LS engine. Old Corvette, new chassis.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Here is a quick overview of our 1960 Corvette body swap project. This Vette was restored by a father/son team over 30 years ago, and it was time to take its performance to a modern level.
We body swapped the 60 onto one of our "ready for your body" Art Morrison chassis. We also performed an LS swap to a 495hp GM Performance LS3.
Future plans include fresh paint and upholstery, but for now we focused purely on performance, handling, and reliability.
MetalWorks Classic Auto Restoration
1045 Arrowsmith St.
Eugene, OR 97402
www.metalworksclassics.com
541-845-3933
MetalWorks is an A to Z classic car restoration shop that focuses on 1972 and older builds. We specialize in ProTouring builds and LS conversions. We have a fully stocked "walk-in" Speed Shop at our facility and we are Art Morrison chassis largest dealer. If you have questions regarding AME chassis and would like us to custom tailor a chassis for your specific vehicle, please give us a call.
It would be like picking up a brand new car 😍
Beautiful ride both inside and out
Fantastic!!!!
Awesome restomod.
Nice👍 Better than new👌
Beautiful
Nice! That is exactly how I would have restored my 60 if I still had it. Right down to the TKX 5 speed. Did you keep the original rear end gears that came with the auto transmission? My car had a 3 speed manual with 3.70 rear end gears, so I would probably have kept those gears in the rear end. I think the overdrive 5th gear in the TKX would have worked out well with a 3.70 rear.
Very nice.
After you restored the Frame what parts did you buy beside the engine the transmission and the mufflers I want to learn how to do this
You can see the full build here: metalworksclassics.com/portfolio-page/1960-corvette-body-swap/
Curious to know what product you used for undercoating the body? Looks very sharp. Picked up our Art Morrison chassis from our local shop yesterday, can’t wait to get started!
we use Raptor Undercoating
Question .... why not put the drive shaft on to the chassis before lowering the body on it?
We were waiting on the drive shaft to be built, and it's easy enough to slip in after the body is on...but yes, we certainly would have installed it before setting the body on ideally. Good eye.
@@metalworksclassicautoresto9583 - LOL. Thanks, and thanks for clearing that up. Excellent build!
the heat protection wrapping on the mufflers tho...!!??
495 horses of heat coming thru dual exhausts....hot...hot...hot...very hot!!! Right under the driver and passenger seats.....so heat protection wrapping....no A/C
Are there any panel gap issues when swapping out the chassis like that? Is it wiser to do body work after chassis arrrives?
Kinda both...we haven't had any major panel gap issues, but we always mock up and panel gap the body on the chassis.
@@metalworksclassicautoresto9583 in the case of a clean car like that I guess you just put it on the chassis and see how it lays and make adjustments?
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Wow 😳 how nice is that 😍