WOW! Like a mirror you gotta like it. Gerry

 

Roger

Yes, it's barely presentable...

You should look up "Wolfdog" in the C6 Section. He is a Zaino fanatic and drives a black C6 that looks like a mirror - just like your hood.

He would freak if he saw your thread on your car...

 

His CF handle is "Wolfdogs" (plural).

Let me introduce you to WD- check out the pic in his first post...

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...hlight=wolfdog

 

I just wiped the dust off for the tenth time... No, just kidding... But it does already have some dust...

Thanks Gerry...

That is awesome!!! Love a car guy/gal that is proud to show off their hard work!!! My kind of guy... The camera makes the hood look "a little" better than it actually is... Of course, I stare at it all day under about 50 fluorescent lights, so that makes a difference as well...

Thanks on all!!!

Rogman

 

Rog,
I've followed this from the beginning, and just let me reiterate, you're work is an inspiration. To accomplish this in a home garage --even with your impressive crew -- is an absolute WOW. Your attention to detail is beyond impresive... Now, enjoy it.

Great stuff, Colonel.(I think) Definately great stuff... Colonel, I think.

 

Looks great Rog. Much much better than "presentable"

Jim

 

Thanks Leigh and Jim...

Rogman

 

The car is looking great It looks almost like the hood is chromed
Very nice job

There is one thing i wonder about and that is why you did paint all the all the red on the car and not black?

 

Roger--

Thanks for the comments... Knowing the colors I was contemplating for the exterior and knowing I was going with a red interior, I decided that I would use the red interior color to provide accents in the engine compartment and under-carriage... One thing I wish I would've done was to paint the engine in the same color red not the traditional Chevy Orange...

Rogman

 

That is a real mirror finish. Looks like your pretty good a buffing.

 

Those "outside" pics are incredible! Fantastic job. I can't wait to see it completed, I can only imagine how you feel.

Rodger

 

Thanks Roco and Rodger...

Rogman

 

A little more cutting and buffing got finished today... Cut both rear quarters, rear deck and passenger door... Buffed rear deck and pass door...





Time to install rear grills and gas lid...



I have a small audience...





Pass door...



Thanks for following, looking and commenting...

Rogman

 

Lookin sharp dude! I may have missed it earlier but where did you get that cool gas lid?
Evan Q

 

Thanks Evan!!! Brett (Mooser) made the custom gas lid for me... It looks awesome and he did a remarkable job... I need to polish it up a bit...

Rogman

 

I've followed this posting from day one & must say the quality of work is pretty dam impressive. That will be one sweet ride when completed.

 

Thanks Marty, really appreciate it...

Rogman

 

Still working on cutting and buffing... ALso, when I get a point when I can put something "back on" the car, I do... Getting ready for rear bumper installation after I finish buffing rear of car... Ordered two rubber "bushings" (as the AIM calls then) for the front bumper mounting hole... Low and behold, the bushing is "way" too large for stock-sized holes... What to do??? They will fit in the trough from inside the car, but no way they will even begin to fit "within" the diameter of the original holes... Is there an easy way to make them a bit smaller??? If there's a way to secure them to my cordless drill, maybe I can cut them down with some 80 grit...

Here you can see the original size on the right, size I needed in the middle, and an old air fitting that I secured the "bushing" to spin it down...



Here it is on the drill...



Here it is against the sand paper that I stuck to the inside of my shop trash can to catch all the little pieces of rubber...



Needless to say, the garage smells like I just did a burnout!!! Still have some work to do on the car before I am ready to attempt that, but the smell of speed was nice... Sure the family will hate it!!!

Here it is in place and with the new bumper bolt sticking through... Not a bad 5 minutes to get it down to size...



Oh yeah, the side marker light looks awesome as well...

Thanks for looking, following and commenting...

Rogman

 

Hey Roger how did this turn out in the end i see you have the vent covers in. Gerry

 

Very cool!

Now comes the putting everything back together. When I got to that stage on mine so many of the parts that were OK before paint suddenly didn't look good enough anymore. But eventually after redoing the whole suspension and most of the interior it was back together. Funny how that works.