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Old 10-03-2017, 09:34 AM
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Wow, she's a beauty
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Love the color!
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Well you are ahead of me, so keep the pic coming !
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Don't have a ton to post but I had to share the brake calipers, they were a ton of work but I think they are going to look amazing!

These are 2010 Camaro Calipers, we had to make custom brackets for both the front and rear, we used C6 Z06 factory rotors. I laid out the graphics in Photoshop and sent over to local sign company, and had them cut the decals.

Painted the silver then applied the "corvette" then sprayed the charcoal for the "brembo" then shot the whole thing with red caliper paint. Removing the vinyl decals was very tedious! Love how they turned out, one of a kind like the rest of the car.

The rear tires showed up, wheels are still being made had to have the painted spyder wheels stripped to get them redone in black chrome, can't wait to see them on the car.




















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Here is the finished exhaust tip for the side exhaust on the '57. They turned out great, super clean install, we used the screen to mimick the screen in the vents on the top of the fenders.


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what kind of paint did you use on the calipers?

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Originally Posted by j_66chevelle
what kind of paint did you use on the calipers?

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Dupli-color Capilper paint, I think they are going to look amazing on the car with a custom touch.
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any updates?

I love this build!!
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Very Impressive! WOW!!!
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Rob, what product do you use as your primer/ filler coat?
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Well I haven’t updated in a while, we were planning on taking it to Barrett-Jackson, but we didn’t get the car finished in time to commit to the auction, so I consigned my ‘58 twin turbo car instead. We kinda put the 57 on the back burner for a little bit before and after the auction, but it back on the front again, and I’m looking forward to wrapping it up in the next few weeks.

Here are a few of the pics before we dropped of at upholstery, supposed to pick up the finished car in about 10 days, we still have some things to shake out to get it finished.

Planning on taking to Bloomington in June.








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Gorgeous, where did you source the steering wheel from, and what is the insulation barrier used inside the tub?
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Gorgeous, where did you source the steering wheel from, and what is the insulation barrier used inside the tub?
The steering wheel is from Flaming River, I don't recall the heat / sound barrier, but its very similar to dynamat, just less expensive.
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Thanks, steering wheel looks great with the original looking horn button- nice touch.
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The ‘57 is about wrapped up, the new Schott Wheels showed up last week, and they are what the car needed.











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Old 08-05-2018, 10:38 AM
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Wow, Very nicely done. Love the color combo. Wheels do make it too!
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Those wheels really set the car off! Really nice!

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Any finished interior photos?
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How does the hood latch? I don’t see traditional hood latches....

Also, I don’t see bumpers or something for the hood to come down against, what did you do in this area?

photos are great!
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That's some ridiculously good craftsmanship there. Just Wow!

I had to scroll back up to the "before" shots - what an amazing transformation it is.


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