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Here is the latest patient to go under the scalpel. I expect this project to go on for at least a month or two, as this customer has requested some rather detailed work.



Is that oak?Test fit:
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From my reading on the Corvette Forums, it's a bad idea to remove the spare without putting in a spare tire delete bracket. The car was designed so that in a rear impact, the spare shunts the force down to the rear end. Without the spare (or a spare tire delete bracket) the car will not be as safe in a rear end collision.we are offsetting some of the weight gain by eliminating the spare and the jack.
I misspoke, it's just cheap CDX plywood. The box will be Baltic Birch though.Is that oak?
I will inform the customer on that one, thanks for the heads-up.From my reading on the Corvette Forums, it's a bad idea to remove the spare without putting in a spare tire delete bracket. The car was designed so that in a rear impact, the spare shunts the force down to the rear end. Without the spare (or a spare tire delete bracket) the car will not be as safe in a rear end collision.
Just a heads up.
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No Prob. I figure the last thing anyone needs is a piece of audio gear forcefully implanted into their body.I will inform the customer on that one, thanks for the heads-up.
Im sorry, but do you seriously believe an ounce of this.... Do you really think the fine folks at GM would engineer there ENTIRE back end of the car's safety around something as trivial as a spare tire???? I highly doubt it. And its actually just designed to dampen the crash, the car WILL NOT collapse upon impact without a spare in there.....The whole back of that car will collapse without the spare in there, It really doesn't take much to break a bolt in an accident.