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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 
Well,
Getting my car ready for the body work and paint also gonna have a 10 point and some frame ties installed and prolly have the WOLFE anti roll bar welded in at the same time. My buddy is a body man and is doing this on the side, on the cheap. See how the budget goes, times are a little tough right now for everyone but im still kickin, thought I would share because it is always fun to see the before and after pics of peoples builds. I can do pretty much all my own work except body work and weld, but Ill learn that too as I go along.

BOUGHT THE CAR CLOBBERED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR AND QUARTER. RATHER THAN TRY TO FIX THE HAMMERED DOOR I FOUND ANOTHER NICE DOOR OFF OF A LOCAL ON HERE FOR $40. COULDNT PASS IT UP. I HUNG IT AND WILL ALIGN IT BETTER ONCE I GET THE FENDER ON BUT THAT IS JUST HANGING THERE SO I CAN PLUMB MY COLDSIDE OF MY TURBO.



REAR OF THE CAR, GONNA DRILL THE REINFORCEMENT OUT WITH A HOLE SAW ABOUT 100 TIMES TO LIGHTEN IT UP



GOT NEW 6 PIECE HEADLIGHT AND TRIM KIT, GONNA LOOK NICE WHEN INSTALLED. THESE ARE GONNA BE FREEBIES TO SOMEONE CONVERTING TO LATE MODEL SO I CAN HELP THEM DITCH THE GAY 4 EYE LOOK THAT EVERYONE IS TRYING TO COVET NOWADAYS....GO FIGURE.



DRIVERS SIDE WAS/IS PERFECT WITH A TINY DENT ON THE FRONT DRIVER FENDER. BODY MAN WILL BE TAKING CARE OF ALL OF THAT AS WELL.



that is about it for now. more to come once i get the wiring out of the engine bay and the tubular k member in and the block/heads mocked up with my turbo parts...

stay tuned...but it will be awhile.

[ July 18, 2008, 12:21 AM: Message edited by: turbo50 ]
 

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Posted by racsirx (Member # 1710) on :
 
You are lucky to get John Paul to help you, what did you have to do to get him to work, LOL?
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 

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You are lucky to get John Paul to help you, what did you have to do to get him to work, LOL?

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You are lucky to get John Paul to help you, what did you have to do to get him to work, LOL?

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I promised him a date with my sister in law..lol..

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You are lucky to get John Paul to help you, what did you have to do to get him to work, LOL?

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I promised him a date with my sister in law..lol..

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ur probably serious. i know people that have actually done that with them not even knowing. haha it pretty funny

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You are lucky to get John Paul to help you, what did you have to do to get him to work, LOL?

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I promised him a date with my sister in law..lol..

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ur probably serious. i know people that have actually done that with them not even knowing. haha it pretty funny

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Nah, John is a pimp and he has a hard time keeping the hoes at bay...lol.

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 

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That was my guess, he called my wife about hooking up your sister-in-law to take my wife's class in the Fall.

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Originally posted by 925GT50:
Lookin go so far but hey who is going to do the body work? im looking for a good source to do some work on my car. few small dings etc.

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Originally posted by jayl:
lookin good buddy! keep at it! this has been a good couple weeks for progress on all the cars over here too!

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sweet keep the pics coming..you have a Idea of when it will hit the streets?

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lookin good buddy! keep at it! this has been a good couple weeks for progress on all the cars over here too!

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Sic! Post some pics, I get a kick outta builds...

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Mine is all apart right now, new power adder/motor getting freshened/ 6spd to auto conversion....Rorys is done, just puttin the miles on before the tuning.

Here is our back yard





Thats just a few shots of mine and his right now. Nothin special, dont want to clog your thread! Good luck with everything!
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 

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lookin good buddy! keep at it! this has been a good couple weeks for progress on all the cars over here too!

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Sic! Post some pics, I get a kick outta builds...

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Mine is all apart right now, new power adder/motor getting freshened/ 6spd to auto conversion....Rorys is done, just puttin the miles on before the tuning.

Here is our back yard





Thats just a few shots of mine and his right now. Nothin special, dont want to clog your thread! Good luck with everything!

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Sic, dont worry about clogging a thread.

Your cars are light years ahead of mine!

Looking good !
 

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Posted by jayl (Member # 185) on :
 
Mine could've been back running quite easily. But I can never leave shit alone. I just think I got serious with the wrong chassis. But fuck it who cares, there have been much faster drop tops than mine! see you around! tell JP whats up too

Jason
 

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Posted by Pittsburg Mustang Owner (Member # 6100) on :
 
cool.

JP installed my h pipe, and he kicked my ass in go kart racing
 

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Posted by 92stangLX (Member # 3252) on :
 
Nice project What motor and turbo setup are you planning to run?
 

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Posted by 2stangs69-91 (Member # 1951) on :
 

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sweet keep the pics coming..you have a Idea of when it will hit the streets?

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It will never hit the streets, as I have discussed previously, BUT I plan to try and get it up and runnng by next summer, unless the wifes plans to have another kid next year come through, then it will be another two years..but good things come to those who wait, I suppose.

Ill post pics of all the progress tho.

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Nice project What motor and turbo setup are you planning to run?

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sweet keep the pics coming..you have a Idea of when it will hit the streets?

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It will never hit the streets, as I have discussed previously, BUT I plan to try and get it up and runnng by next summer, unless the wifes plans to have another kid next year come through, then it will be another two years..but good things come to those who wait, I suppose.

Ill post pics of all the progress tho.

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lol it was play on words...I ment when will it be done. Hopefully you will have better luck with yours then me on my 69.

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Thanks.

I hope to atleast have it running 8/09.
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 
My buddy started the body work on the car today.

I learned alot and will tackle some small dents and what not on my car, but I was not ready for the metal reshaping that took place.

You can really see just how bad the prior damage was to the door and quarter panel, right on the quarter panel lip and rather than replace the door, I just bought another and hung it myself.

Prior damage to door:



Closeup after some work had already been done:





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right before the bondo:






 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 
bondo rules!!







Some finishing touches by my son, Diesel!



Work I started doing myself on the door, while my buddy tackled the quarter:



Still more to do, but done for the day:




I thought this was an interesting tool, which my buddy used to pull most of the lip and quarter out. It just welds these pull sticks on and then you slap hammer it out and cut them off. He says he has far superior tools at work, but these made due in my garage:




What I get to work on while this week passes and before he gets back out to my house this upcoming weekend. I get to try and get the dents outta the door.
I was bummed about the factory moulding, but he took it off pretty clean. A lot cleaner than I have ever been able to do.

Guess it just takes the right tool?




More to come. LOTS of body work going on then off to paint.

Thinking about a color change now, however.
 

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Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
dan can you ask where he got that puller, what brand and how much? I want to get one of those myself. Bought a MIG welder this weekend so my toolset is almost complete to take on a few paint jobs I have planned.
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 

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dan can you ask where he got that puller, what brand and how much? I want to get one of those myself. Bought a MIG welder this weekend so my toolset is almost complete to take on a few paint jobs I have planned.

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Ill ask him. I know that he said it was about 300-400 dollars.

It is a neat tool. You will also need the slap hammer attachment that grabs the pull sticks.

I am going to get a MIG with gas and start trying to weld, myself.
 

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Posted by BlueOvalRacing (Member # 1531) on :
 
Nice Hood!

Eastwood sells the puller - http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=1676&itemType=PRODUCT
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 

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Nice Hood!

Eastwood sells the puller - http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=1676&itemType=PRODUCT

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Thanks hahahaha! Gonna take hours to fix it tho...
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 
Well, its been awhile, but with other people posting pics of their progress, it got me a little motivated.

Scored some casters to move the car around easier in the garage (thanks son)

Here is the updated pic.

I got the paint and supplies for next to nothing, all PPG BC/CC ( I think I already posted this, but just in case) and here the car is ready for the final sanding I guess about 420 then up to 600.



Antenna hole got filled




More from the back!


 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 
Since I am going with a BMW montego blue metallic, I decided to change the interior color to black. This was hard for me, since my interior is/was in great shape, but grey tweed.

I am going to run a kirkey seat with black cover, so I wont need stock front seats anyway...therefor I went ahead with the deal. Oh and arm rest delete, tho I did pick up a cherry black arm rest while hunting for black interior pieces.

Here is some of the black interior I picked up. Dusty, from laying around bondo land, but it blows off and cleans up.






 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 
I have been welding up the engine bay holes and going to finish cutting off the sway bar mounts then clean it all up with some bondo and have it sprayed to match the car.

Should be a clean deal once I get the new tubular k member flaming river rack and coil overs in along with my 5 lug conversion.




That is the hold up as I havent had the time and when I do it is hot as the desert out here. Once I finish tho it will go in for paint.

I just have the stock steering rack and suspension in it so that I dont get over spray or welding spackle on it.

Well a little progress.

Remember I dont know how to weld and am kinda learning as I go, which sux but I am hanging in there thanks to JP.


 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 
And of course my helper was out today!






 

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Posted by 1SLOWLX (Member # 558) on :
 
I know that rack and bump steer kit anywhere looking good man
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 

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I know that rack and bump steer kit anywhere looking good man

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Who cares about the car, lets see more pics of the girl!!!!!

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Who cares about the car, lets see more pics of the girl!!!!!

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I know that rack and bump steer kit anywhere looking good man

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Thanks, man.

I hear you are gonna be firing your beast up for the first time in a long time now that you got your heads and what not back??

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Who cares about the car, lets see more pics of the girl!!!!!

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Thats my wife you queer.

If you want to stroke your meat to her, feel free.

Plenty of cats probably do it since she works for the california dream girls.

http://www.cadreamgirls.com/cheyenne.html

Anyway, thanks for the props on the car.

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Who cares about the car, lets see more pics of the girl!!!!!

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Thats my wife you queer.

If you want to stroke your meat to her, feel free.

Plenty of cats probably do it since she works for the california dream girls.

http://www.cadreamgirls.com/cheyenne.html

Anyway, thanks for the props on the car.

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Sheesh calm down man!! Looks like an all american barbie. Different strokes for different folks and I wouldn't be stroking it to her she's not my type and the look doesn't do anything for me. I like em dark and built like Vida. I gotta give her props on one thing though, she said her car is a 69 maro so she got good taste in cars!

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No harm, no foul. One day we will have a 69 camaro. Right now they are just priced too high.
 

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Posted by PurpleNotch (Member # 2902) on :
 
Hey bro that body work on the quarter came out real nice you guys got some good talent there! Keep up the good work cant wait to see it all ready for paint! And than finished! Keep us posted...
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 

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Originally posted by PurpleNotch:
Hey bro that body work on the quarter came out real nice you guys got some good talent there! Keep up the good work cant wait to see it all ready for paint! And than finished! Keep us posted...

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