It's painted!!
#1
Burning Brakes
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It's painted!!
Since I don't think a lot of guys that frequent the General and Tech/Performance area's visit the paint and body area, I thought I'd post a few pics here of my 81 project. It's been about a year since I posted last, work, life, stuff made progress a bit slow, but it's back on the street and I'm really happy with how it's turned out. Here's a basic run down of what I've done (including the body work, though I did have friends who paint for a living do the final blocking and had them shoot the color.). Most of the mechanical stuff I've posted in the Tech/Performance forum, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Engine swap - stock 350 to nicely built BB 402 punched .030, with a serpentine belt system
Trans - to a 2004R
Rear - 71 iron differential mated to the aluminum batwing, 3 1/2 inch half shafts
All suspension bushings replaced (front and rear) , steering cylinder, and valve replaced
Brakes, O-ringed SS sleeved and Hawk pads
Stereo up graded
L-88 hood installed, modified and LOTS of body work.
The front left corner was hit and repaired by some schmucks, the door gaps were a mess and the hood could only line up the right side, front and about half the left side.
So a few before and after pics...
The front corner before
And after:
The Hood before:
After:
And the car. As soon as it gets sunny again, I'll get better full car pics...
Engine swap - stock 350 to nicely built BB 402 punched .030, with a serpentine belt system
Trans - to a 2004R
Rear - 71 iron differential mated to the aluminum batwing, 3 1/2 inch half shafts
All suspension bushings replaced (front and rear) , steering cylinder, and valve replaced
Brakes, O-ringed SS sleeved and Hawk pads
Stereo up graded
L-88 hood installed, modified and LOTS of body work.
The front left corner was hit and repaired by some schmucks, the door gaps were a mess and the hood could only line up the right side, front and about half the left side.
So a few before and after pics...
The front corner before
And after:
The Hood before:
After:
And the car. As soon as it gets sunny again, I'll get better full car pics...
#2
its fantastic !!! love it !!
#3
Safety Car
SWEET !!!!!!!!!!! What did you do for rear speakers ???
#7
Race Director
Looks great! Nice transformation. Lots of work but worth it when you get that type of result.
#10
Burning Brakes
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Thanks for the compliments!! In going back through the pics for the before and after, it reminds me how much work is in the car...a ton!! But I'm very happy with the results. Diehrd, you asked about the speakers, here's what's in the back. I did this because I wanted a sub, and as we all know, there's very limited space and I wanted to keep as much room as possible for trips (one day...). I could have made enclosures for the 6X9's but then the sub box would just kinda be hang'n out there so this is what I did:
Put the amp behind the passenger seat:
Oh, and this is what's under the hood:
Put the amp behind the passenger seat:
Oh, and this is what's under the hood:
#11
Safety Car
Nice set up ,, all the way around...And the amp placement well whoda thunk ... Great idea ... Thanks for the pics to bad I ordered that c-3 speaker box I like your set up better .
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Is there any way that you can buff out..................................... .....
all those reflections------I'm having trouble seeing that great Paint!
Thanks for posting in this forum!
all those reflections------I'm having trouble seeing that great Paint!
Thanks for posting in this forum!
#13
Burning Brakes
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Thanks Mark! Gotta tell ya, the advice you and Zwede gave was incredible, thanks very much. I can tell you this, if I ever have to or want to do this again, it won't take nearly as long because of what I learned!! I updated the post in the paint and body section showing a lot of the detail of the repairs that had to be made, and included a post on how I did the hood if you're interested:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/pain...s-of-pics.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/pain...s-of-pics.html
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