Hi ya all, just wanted to give you guys a brief overwiev of what's been going on lately. First of all the engine is out again!!! Why? Simply because the guy who's painting the car wants to do A+ job, this means painting the engine compartment to meet the rest of the car. It wasn't actually too bad to take the engine out, took only about 45minutes! So it's been all about getting the car ready to be painted, so I ordered and installed new fiber class bumbers from Eckler's ( :rolleyes:) and now have been test fitting them. The front is a perfect fit, but the rear piece will need some work to be perfect.

So, the car sits now with out bumbers and engine, looks like I'm doing it all backwards now! :D Another thing I've been working on lately is the interior. I was supposed to make all the gauge clusters out of aluminum, BUT it went sour because of the guy who was supposed to make them... Not gonna go into details about it. :nonod:

So I made new cluster to accomodate the Autometer gauges. Friend of mine also made me a VERY COOL handbrake! This piece is one off aluminum showpiece. As for now all the electric are done, except the electric headlight conversion, which Chris should send me anyday now. So now it's time for some pics, let me know what you think.















That's it for now, hope that all of you guys and gals have the best Christmas and all the best for the New Year ahead! :cheers:

 

Oh, forgot I still need to polish everything.... So this is still in the middle of the progress stage... :lol: :cheers:

 

sweet job on the guages and the emergency brake handle is incredible,awesome job. :yesnod: :cheers:

 

patsnitrovette: Thanks Pat, been watching your video clip a lot lately, that sure is one sweet ride you got there! :cheers:

 

Wow Jay, really nice work! You definitely have some talented friends. I can't wait to see the interior once you get it all together.

Happy Holidays to you too!

-Joe

 

Flareside: Thanks Joe, Yes friends can come very handy. I try to do as much work by myself as I can, but I leave all the CNC stuff for Pros. :cheers:

 

Excellent job, that looks awesome! :cool: :cheers:

 

Jeez! i might copy your interior jay. that looks grrrrrreat! the aluminum is awesome. Hey monty, can you do my speedo/tach like jays? :D

 

Wow the aluminum looks great in there Jay :yesnod: . I've been toying with the idea of new gauges too, just that they got put on the back burner for the new engine now ;) .

Don't you just hate having to undo something that you thought was finished :cry . I'm sure after it's painted it be worth the extra work :thumbs: .

 

It sure does look good!

I know how you feel though. I am starting my 79 project. It isn't the same car, but it DOES feel like I am strating over. And THIS time, with a much shape starting point

 

Twin_Turbo: Thanks Man :cheers:

'79ProwlerOrange: Thanks, be my guest to copy it, clad you like it. :cheers:

SmokedTires: Thanks Mike, how's the motor project coming along? That is going to be a killer set up when finished. :yesnod: It didn't bother me too much to take the car apart again, when I knew it is for good cause :lol: :cheers:

 

Chris@VetteFinders: Thanks Chris, what type of restaration are you planning to do this time? Bone stock or a street fighter or something in between? :cheers:

 

Well, orignally, we were going to just do a basic once-over and make a few bucks on the sale. Since then, my brother moved down to FL and he wants to fix it up and drive it. He looked at the rusty frame and couldn't just restore the parts that a reachable with the body on, so we are going to remove the body in the next 2 weekends and go from there. (He's definately a lot like me)

Anyway, there may be a 400hp motor in the 79's future.
http://vettefinders.com/index.cfm?fu...n=projectvette

 

Yes, very nice looking. I liked the custom made panels, they
will look great when you finish polishing them. Also, the
handbrake is awesome. Good job. Thanks for sharing the pics.
:cool: :cheers: :seeya

 

What? Only a 200 MPH speedo ???

Hey, very nice gauges and design!

 

Man, that looks nice :thumbs: With all that sparkel your going to need sunglasses in the shade. :cool: That's going to be one Sweeeet 20" ride. :crazy:

 

Really nice set up. :cheers:

 

:iagree:

That's gonna look GREAT :cheers:

 

Chris@VetteFinders: That's gonna be another fine 79 I'm sure of it! :yesnod: :cheers:

DMONSVETTE: Thanks man for the kind words :bb :cheers:

GWilliam: :lol: Thanks, I know I should have gone with the 250mph... :D :cheers:

Stingraycrazy: Thanks buddy, I think when it's all done I need to invest on pair of Ray Bans :lol: :cheers:

smokin75-427: Thanks man :cheers:

Daves_rusty_75: Thanks Dave, when are we gonna see another project update from you, you've sure been doing lot of work man! :cheers:

 

Looks good, are you calculating any wt. savings.

:cool: