I have for sale a Jewel Blue with White Coves 61 for sale. It is a matching numbers car with a base engine 283 with a4 speed transmission. It also has the optional heater and radio. It is an original Jewel Blue Car as I restored the interior over the winter and under the dash pad, carpet etc. was original jewel Blue paint. I have no reason to believe that the coves were not white from the factory as well. Over the winter I completely restored the interior of the car. While restoring the interior I also replaced all of the reinforcing plates for the interior that are underneath the car. The plates help reinforce the fiberglass where the seats, seat belts,fuel tank etc mount. I also replaced all of the body mounting bolts/body cushions/shims etc. at the same time. I took everything out of the interior and dash area. I removed all gauges, radio, heater controls, windshield, dash pad, etc. I also removed all of the wiring from the car. After the interior was completely stripped the interior fiberglass was repainted in original jewel blue paint. All the gauges were sent off and professionally rebuilt, the radio, wiper motor, heater motor, generator were also sent off and professionally rebuilt. I did have an I-pod hook-up put on the back of the original Wonderbar radio. It nice to have some music while you are cruising around in the car. I replaced all heater cables and controls as well as the dash plate they mount in. A new heater core was also installed along with correct hoses and clamps. I replaced the hood latch cables. The hood latches were sent off and replated in cadium plating as original. The seat tracks were also disassembled and sent for new cadium plating. I replaced all the cables and switches in the interior portion of the car. I installed a new headlight switch, dimmer switch, cigarette lighter, wiper/washer cable and control, ignition switch, The brake and clutch pedals as well as their mounts were removed, repainted and rebuilt with all new bushings, The park brake was removed, painted and put back together with a new handle, All items in the interior that were originally black were repainted in the correct semi-gloss color. While the windshield was off I disassembled it, sent the side posts off for new chrome plating and installed a new gasket around the windshield. All of the dash wiring was replaced with a Lectric limited wiring harness. All of the wiring from the tailights to the headlights and everything in between was replaced with Lectric Limited Wiring harness's. The correct T-3 headlamps were installed, All new Al Knock interior was installed, Carpet, kick panels door panels, dash, grab bar. I also installed a heat/sound barrier underneath the carpet. It works great. A new steering wheel was installed also. The seatbelt hardware is restored original, New webbing with tags was installed by seatbelt solutions In Florida. The engine compartment was detailed out also. I still need to put the 230HP decals on the valve pan covers. The trunk was also painted and detailed. I tried to put everything back as it originally came on the car. There are 2 areas of previous repair on the car. A small area on the left rear quarter panel and a small area on the left front fender. All of the bonding strips appear to be intact. The car has 205/75R15 radials and drives and handles great. The car is alot of fun to drive and I drive it every chance that I get. I finished the restoration work about a month ago and drive it every weekend. I would not hesitate to drive this car anywhere. The paint is an older repaint but shows fairly well. I would consider it 5 to 10 foot paint. I think this car could be judged NCRS and with new paint I think it would do pretty well. The frame is in great shape. Not rust issues, dents or bends. The underside of the body has been painted black at some time in the past. I removed alot of the paint from the fiberglass while I had the car on jackstands replacing the reinforcing plates. There are no issues with the fiberglass underneath the paint. I just ran out of time over the winter and could not finish removing the paint. I had too many other things going on. This is a great car for anyone wanting a straight axel corvette. Jewel Blue with white coves is rare with only a little over 400 being built in 1961. This is also the only year that Jewel Blue was offered on the Corvette. This car get alot of attention everywhere it goes. I If you are looking for a nice numbers matching straight axel car this may be the one you are looking for. I did alot of work on the car over the winter. I'm sure there are alot of items that were refinished or replaced that I am forgetting about. If you have any questions about the car you can reach me at 606-633-1214 or on my cell at 606-634-1245. Ask for J.R. My E-mail is
hartcamp@hotmail.com Price is 60K OBO I can send additional pictures by E-mail
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