eddiejb

car was painted and cleared this week

SonnyAK

Looks great! That's going to be fun!

Andy Tuttle

Looking good!

cv67

Wonder if some stock C5Z06 wheels wouldnt look better?
Black kinda played out your car though

lvmyvt76

car seemed to have a lot of interior wear for only 12,000 miles on it.

MRANT212

Nice project! Looks great and I'm sure you'll enjoy it as will accelerate, handle and stop better than any other C3.

eddiejb

update:
ended up having a custom parking break cover made. It's fiberglass over the rubber then covered in matching french stitched leather.


Firewall is also done now. I'm also going to have them pull the body and powder coat the frame. At first I was going to just leave it but when you're this far in might as well go all the way. Should have more pics soon.

eddiejb

my dad let it sit in his garage with the windows down and our barn cats would hang out inside of it when it got cold out...which really wore out the interior.

eddiejb

Just figured I'd revisit and update this...as things go i've change a lot since this project was first started.

all still the same so far...fuel rail covers painted match the exterior but otherwise all the same
Ended up getting mostly a custom interior done by AL Knoch. Leather dash, doors, arm rests, center console, and masonite board wrapped in leather...all custom designed by me. Replacing the plastic interior bits seemed to make sense when possible. New carpet was bought rather than dying the old.

All the same here
decided to upgrade to a vintage air system


Added the custom firewall, a hydroboost, frame off for sandblasting and powder coating, electric headlight conversion, LED bulbs for headlights and tail lights, new horns, and probably more stuff I can't think of at the moment.

I'll probably look to replace the steering wheel and I'm still deciding what rims/tires to go with.

cagotzmann

Wheels won't fit with a +40mm offset. Stock wheels are -12mm offset.

on 8" wheels you would need a 52mm adapter to bolt on.

eddiejb

They make then in +15mm offset too

F4Gary

Gorgeous car. Only thing I would have done differently is I would have gone back with the SA paint job. Done better of course.

I had one of the last SA's built. Ordered it through the military in Holland (the country).

eddiejb

Thanks Gary! I thought about going with a 2 tone silver paint job but the extra cost made it unjustifiable. It would have been 3-4k extra and that money was better spent elsewhere.

TheSkunkWorks

There having been more than 15,000 SAEs produced, tho today I might hesitate before modding a survivor so far beyond recovery as mine has become, I've had no regrets for having joined the dark side long ago.

Stephen Irons

My SA was re-painted red back in the US before we bought it. But, not sure I'd be keen to re do it so differently now.

BUT, I love the colour you have chosen! I like the light interior (ours is Oyster), but the re-done leather on yours looks fab. The only thing I wouldn't have done is put a later rear bumper on it, I just prefer the original style. But a super looking car that's going to look fab when it's all done!

I'm envious!

MIKE80

Looks awesome! Love the mods.

F4Gary

Wow, I don't blame you.

hpxt

Nicely done. I have a 78SA and am also looking to change my steering wheel. Let me know what you come up with.
Mike

eddiejb

will do

eddiejb

clothes are off