No Blu yet! I am behind schedule.. We had to block & primer the car two more times till if felt it was good for paint.. The boys have been @ it all week.. They even came in @ 6 AM this morning to get the car undercoated & painted on the underside.. next paint the interior & trunk.. then paint firewall.. then the top dash.. wet sand & paint.. Tuesday! I hope..

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We got all our parts from powder coating yesterday.. Gotta thank Kevin from Pacific Coast Powder Coating.. He picked up all parts last friday & delivered yesterday..

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It looks great. They did a nice job on the parts.

Cris,:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I got the A/C compressor adaptor block from my machinist today.. he made them out of stainless & aluminum.. options for which one will be easier to make.. Notice that the service port fittings are threaded to mount on top..

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getting ready to send all machined parts out to hard anodize..

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Schaa-wing! Love those machined parts Cris! I'd p-coat 'em clear and call it done.

Also admire the floor bracing under the tunnel that the subfr connectors run through. Combined w the vert brace is one slick set up. Nice job all around Boss...:cheers:

Cris,

I would think it's got to be way more rewarding putting this rolling jigsaw puzzle together using parts you designed. :thumbsup:

Thanks Ron! I am sure we will be using some of these billet pcs on your car.. We have set a batch aside for clear or black anodize aside..


Skip I am so damm anxoius to get this thing assembled! It will be nice to proof all designed components ASAP! Got a new salesman starting in the next few weeks.. He will be marketing & selling JCG components with a few handful of vendors components.. I just don't have the time to market & sell.. got to much going on with running the business, projects & designing components.. Next position I will be trying to fill is a project coordinator to help with projects, parts list, & wrenching on the cars for final assembly.. I am going to have a very hard time giving that up to somebody else.. but need an extra hand in that dept..

Fender washers
 

We will be assembling front sheet metal on this car here pretty soon... So we spent tonite desiging a some fender washers for 3/8 & 5/16 bolts.. I will have some samples machined in the next few days..

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Plus you oversee all thrash barr-bee-q's, right? :D

Like the (unfinished) movie title says...'Something's got to give'.

Sema
 

I got the call for my SEMA spot! :D

We will be a feature car for HRIA( Hot Rod Industry Alliance).

Gotta thank Rick Love from Vintage Air & John McLeod from Classic Instruments!

Let the SEMA crunch begin! :unibrow:

Awesome. I cant wait to check this car out!!!!

Sweet set of parts on that table right there for sure!

Congrats Cris! You sure earned a spot there!

Congrats chris! I can't wait to see the car in person! :thumbsup:

Sounds like a good location! It's on now :thumbsup:

Thanks Guys! Make sure to stop on by if you attend SEMA!

WE are in the spray booth today!

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WELL were waiting!!!! lets see some painted pictures :yes:

Not yet Rick.. We had some issues with the spray booth.. We are going to have to go in their tomorrow morning & get the booth cleaned up..

How about a pic of the firewall in the mean time?

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In the mean time I got my parts back from anodizing & began assembly tonite..

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These little clamps work great on the rear end for holding brake lines..

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OK OK not bad :lol: Looks freaken awsome Cris.:thumbsup:




Oh wait it's tomorrow Wheres the painted pictures :D

Cris my parts list keeps growing!!!!!!!!!!!:bow:

Sweet !

its painted..but I will show something when it is cut & buff.. I have never been a big blue fan.. But that JetStream Blue is an awesome color!

When you are ready Mario.. just let me know..

Looks great!

Where might one find said brake line clips????

Thank you.. We custom make those clips..

Looks great! Love all of the custom parts.

And sell? I think they'd work well with the Fab9

I am sure I can spare a few.. PM me..

Wanna Thank Mike & Brad from QMP Racing for a quick turn around on rebuilding our LS7.. Got it masked last nite & painted this morning...

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Rat boy and Bubba Brad do nice work

What was your process for cleaning and painting the block?

Yeah they do. I'm gonna have to speak to them about putting Blue Balls ahead of me...:lol:

Scrub the engine with simple green.. Clean all surfaces with Acetone... Etching primer.. Paint..


They like me better than you down their!! :lol:

I can send the boyz over to have a chat LOL

I'm in the midst of prep work on the block for some color @ home so I can get the bbc back into my DD/tow pig. I use a similar prep approach (simple green & acetone) but use typical 'home' materials to wipe away dirt & oil residue. This typically means recycled shop rags or those 'blue' shop paper-towels.

My issue is the 'lint-free' p-towels leave behind way more material than desired if any cleaning chems are used & the shop towels (clean as they look) still typically have an oily residue not good for helping paint products adhere.

What would you guys recommend for the driveway builds?

After you get it clean with the blue shop towels, blow any lint off with compresses air, and then tac rag it.

JCG Nameplate
 

One of my machine shops called me today to come & proof the first piece off the machine.. We are good to go.. I will even be putting a set on my Snap On tool box & shop truck..

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Also got the the fender washers proofed.. Got a small production lot in the works.. Then I will send out a few to get anodized in different colors..

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Wow!! Very nice.:thumbsup:

Cool logo. R u going to fill in the letters with something?

Yes sir! Carbon Fiber.... I just got the sheets on Friday.. but have a few parts that I have to water jet in CF.. So I want to nest it all in one run.. I will be similar to the wheel stand on the pic..

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Very nice:thumbsup: