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Painted to match the wheels would be a nice detail...
Noticed you don't have a breather in either of the V/C's -- I see a PCV in the drivers side and an oil fill in the passenger -- is that temporary? You need a breather in there somewhere... can't have vacuum (the PCV) without some replacement air... :thumbsup: |
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Ordered some new Arizen Racing seats several weeks ago to replace the stockers. I had them done to match in Ivory vinyl and deluxe houndstooth. I should have them next week and will get some installed photos up. Here are the actual seat pics from Mark at Arizen. Should really help with my sliding issues out of the stock flat bottom units under hard cornering. :)
Also got a set of Eddie Motorsports billet aluminum hood hinges in machined finish. Should help with some slop I have in the original stockers. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...tPics009-2.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/P5262344.jpg |
Those are really sweet. I love that Arizen does the houndstooth in their seats. That's going to look really sharp and be functional to boot!
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Very cool. I like the fact that you had them done in houndstooth. VERY NICE!:thumbsup:
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those look sweet!
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Thanks guys. I wanted to stay with the stock interior theme and tie in with the stock rear seats. I think they will look pretty good once they are in the car.:cool:
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I also ran into an issue with the original starter a few weeks ago. I had the car running for about 10 minutes and the starter suddenly engaged like I was turning the key to start the car!! Luckily I was in the driver seat and turned the key off......but it was still engaging! I ran around the front of the car to the battery and pulled off the negative terminal and everything stopped. I thought it might be a solenoid issue so I decided to switch to a mini starter to be safe. I pulled off the header, installed the new unit and everything seems fine now. There was no flywheel damage at all. It ended up being a bit of a blessing. The clearance was really tight on the header tube with the factory starter and I was having heat soak issue with the stock unit anyhow. The new starter is lighter, smaller and seems to crank the BBC over no problem. :thumbsup: Any excuse I can give my wife for parts upgrades is fine by me. :)
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Got the seats installed this weekend. Came out pretty good. Sorry for the photo quality. The wife and the next generation both approve!
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Seats look great :thumbsup:
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Looks awesome. :thumbsup:
I like your little one's THRASHER shirt!!:thumbsup: |
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Got my new Eddie Motorsports hinges installed yesterday. Pretty nice pieces and well priced. :thumbsup:
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Nice job. Car looks great.
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Looks very nice
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Thanks! It's coming together...slowly, but as everybody knows there's always little crap that pops up here in there when swapping out the old for the new.;)
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Looks awesome! Very nice.:thumbsup:
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I finally got some more under hood details sorted out that had been bothering me for awhile. I pulled the hood off and did the underside back to the factory semi-gloss black. The orange was peeling in a few spots and it needed to be cleaned up.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/100_3650.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/100_3651.jpg Mid point in the repaint process. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/100_3653.jpg I found some new billet valve cover breathers on the net from a motorcycle shop and they worked out great! http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/100_3671.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/100_3672.jpg I also installed an Anvil satin carbon close out panel the clean up the front a little. Quality was very good but I had to get some extra hardware to make everything fit correctly. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/100_3665.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/100_3664.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/100_3673.jpg |
Wow, that close out looks very nice, I like it alot!
It's nice to see how your project has evolve, congrats :thumbsup: |
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Thanks! It looks great. One more thing to add to my list. Sweet...
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Looking good man!:thumbsup:
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Got the Dakota Digital LED tails installed today. Very happy with the results!
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Very nice. Looking good.:thumbsup:
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its interesting to see how the Camaro was restored. Great job and good luck to more improvements. I would love to see it here. :)
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Back to Garnett Red.:_paranoid I really liked the Hugger Orange, but it is your car. lol
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Got the last of the stuff off the car Sunday and Monday nights. I wasn't sure if the 15" corvette rally wheels would fit the back but they cleared the Willwoods by about 1/4" on the caliper. All thats left is put one of the original seats back in and deliver to the body shop next week. :)
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Any word on how long the body shop "may" hold it there before you get it back? Hopefully not too long.
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Thanks!! Car is booked for next Wednesday to go in! :thumbsup:
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That will be a great time table. Plenty of time to get it together.
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Got the car into the shop this morning. Got a call around 4:30pm after they put the wheel to it in a few suspect spots and typical rust areas on these cars. Rear quarters had a ton of brass repair work in them...very bizarre stuff. Roof and trunk were all good with no filler to speak of. The strangest things were on the doors, hood, front fenders, and quarters. It was almost like the last body man was too lazy too align everything. The filler was on the panels and got progressively thicker, the lower you went down the car...on every panel. There was no evidence of damage on the insides of the panels that you could see or feel. When the wheel was put to it, the metal underneath the filler was straight and rust free. The hood was the same...no damage on the underside but about 3/16" thick filler skim coat on the whole hood. It goes tomorrow for media blast to get the rest of the car stripped. I guess we will then see what else is there. :question:
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A few cell phone pics from the body shop visit today. We were lucky we pulled out the headliner. When they did, a huge mouse nest and 2 dead mumified mouse corpses dropped on the guys. I guess thats what 20 years of storage gets you. Apparently the mouse poison that was in the car worked!:captain:
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Very cool man. Mice sure can pick cool cars to build their nests in!:thumbsup:
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Dude!
There's a reason they call those RAT MOTORS! :rofl: |
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