Looks nice Mike, and I want those tail lights too.

Looking great!

-Paul

Looking good :thumbsup: .

David

Thanks a lot guys. It's almost done. Just the interior, stereo and alarm system is left to do. The car HAS to be done by Memorial day weekend so the wife and I can go driving in it. It will be at the Good Guys show in Pleasanton on the 3rd and 4th. I just can't wait to get the thing back.

Awesome color and very nice lines. Congrats!

Importkiller, the color year was 05 for both Silver and Blue colors. Your mail quota was full.

Looks great! Love the tail lights. You guys with the camaros get all of the cool parts! :mad:

Brian

Hey Mike,

I was planning on going to Goodguys in June also. Maybe we can meet up.

Yeah no problem. Ill be there with my Dad and you can watch as I pick on Allen. :thumbsup:

Looky looky what I did today.

Oh boy
Oh boy2
Oh boy3
Oh boy4

I messed up on these. Right click and save to folder. Maybe someone with computer knowledge can tell me what I did wrong.

Man, I thought I was crazy! :drive: I hope you changed your underwear after that!Cool vid :thumbsup:

Brian

Yeah, that was Jason in that one vid from gearhead that spin out. I almost had a heart attack when he did it. Was thankful that there was a roll up curb there.

You messed up by nearly drifting that beautiful car into oncoming traffic..lol..thank goodness you did not. That thing is awesome.

I plan on being at the Goodguys show both days next weekend. I would like to meet up. Will you be showing the sledgehammer?

-Tracy

Hey tracy, Ill be there both days. Ill contact you about where Ill be when it gets closer to the date. The guys at Gearhead will be bringing the car.

Nice vids Mike!! It put a big grin on my face...I need to get mine done!!

Yeah it was cool, scary but cool.

That was some good rotation on video number 3. Looks great Mike. Hopefully I get to see it someday.

Next weekend. :thumbsup:

Looks like alot of fun Mike.It must feel good to have a car you can go for a drive in!!

Yeah, those were shakedown runs. I had to tell the shop what I liked and didn't like. I'm going to have them get a hydroboost unit. I'm not happy with the 7 inch vacuum pump at all. The front end is a mess, but that will be shimmed better and aligned, and the interor will be done for the show. I agve them an extra week to sort out the small issues with it. I can't wait to have it home.

Few more pics

http://www.tri-phase-electric.com/IMG_0144.jpg
http://www.tri-phase-electric.com/IMG_0150.jpg
http://www.tri-phase-electric.com/IMG_0155.jpg
http://www.tri-phase-electric.com/IMG_0160.jpg

Well I have an update on the car.
I went to pick the car up last night from Gearhead garage and was driving it home and on the freeway I lost the left rear wheel. I was doing about 65-70 when there was a violent shake and the wheel broke all 5 studs and left. I was able to maneuver it to the side of the road, but there will be no show for my car this weekend. Thankfully the cal track bars saved the car. It used them as a ski so I was able to fight the car where I wanted on the freeway, to the right side of the road. Damage. There is some small crack on the body inner fender wall. The cal track bar is destroyed, the Wheel is destroyed, and the left axel is destroyed. I called Jason since I was so close and he came out with his tow guys and his crew, got it loaded on the flat bed trailed and we took it back to the shop. The diagnoses was that there was gear grease on the wheel itself and there was a lot of play in the axel. It looks like it broke a bearing. I'm more then curious how this could have happened. I bought the rear-end from "biggearhead" on the camaro.net forums, and it came without axels pressed in. Jason wanted them shipped that way, and then Jason had them pressed in. How could this have happened? Does anyone have a clue of what might have gone wrong? I'm afraid to drive the thing at this point. I'm very lucky that’s, all that happened, I thought that I was going to take someone out, as the car was going out of control, but I got lucky. I just need to know what the hell happened?!


Mike

Mike that really sucks but atleast everybody is safe.I hope you get to the bottom of this but everybody will have there opinion.

Hey Jonny I really appreciate that. Yeah I'm kind of looking for answers so if anyone has them, we will be sure to listen. This is also a credit to Jason. He was the first person I called and rounded the troops in really no time and came with a group of guys with parts and a wheel cart to get the car on the trailer in traffic. When we got back to the shop there were no less then 10 people trying to figure out what went wrong. In no way do I blame him, or really anybody for it, it's an accident that happened and as you say thank god no one was hurt. But I'm looking for answers as this should not have happened to a $2500 rear end set. I just can’t believe how little damage there was. He even told me they cold fix it that night and have gotten me to the show today, but I declined.

damn!

Good to hear your alright, but sure is a bummer for right before the show!

Im sure youll have it back on the road in no time

Sorry to here that man! Glad to hear your alright!

Thanks guys, the damage to the car is very minimal for going 65mph on the freeway and losing a wheel. It can be fixed in less then a day, but it's the parts that will take time. I have been e-mailing Johnny at baer, and the distributor that sold me the rear end and everyone has been great so far. I pretty much know what happened, but won't say till the rear is pulled and figured out for sure. The only thing I worry about is the boyd coddington smoothie wheels, but since they have been sold off, the wheels have came in a lot faster then they used too, so this is good news. I will keep everyone informed over the next few days on what happens. But after this wild ride, it's time for a cage. Also time for a light weight motor. I'm done screwing around with custom made parts! It's time to really open the wallet.

Thanks again guys
Mike

Mike, that's too bad about your little incident. The last time I've seen that is when my cousin had bad wheels on his old K5 Blazer. He'd usually lose two at a time. It would most likely be something to do with either the wheels or the studs themselves. Maybe the lugs weren't all the way seated or something? Can't tell without looking though. Glad to see it's gonna get fixed though.

Open the wallet sucker.................... :D

Sorry to hear about your accident, especially since was just finished. Just glad everyone is ok. Keep us posted.

Ouch, I am really sorry Mike. I have been following your car for a while now, and I know how bad it is when you are just about finished, and something goes wrong. One step forward, two steps back. Sucks that you can't make the Pleasanton show either, I sent my dad up there specifically to look at your car and take pics. Oh well, I'm sure he will find some other cars to keep him busy. Good luck with the repairs, and look on the bright side, at least you were safe and there was minimal damage.
Kyle

whoa man.. that car is something...

kinda scared me abit this is the second post today i read about 70 mph and loosing/breaking..

good cars and even better drivers when the good goes bad.. :thumbsup:

Thanks guys. We should find out tomorrow what happened. I have talked to the distributor about this, and he and Jason and the team are going to find out what happened. I'm thinking it may have something to do with the custom made brake brackets that were on my 10 bolt, and then shifted to the 12 bolt Moser. Although we don't know yet.

omg.. what color is your car?? It looks like the exact same color combo as my old '69.. especially the stripes..

Sweet ride man.. very very nice..

http://www.z069.us/69/Final_Assembly/Done1.jpg

Hey Steve, remember you gave me the color codes for your 69 ;)
Thank you very much BTW. I may have to put off vegas a few weeks though.

Mike,

Sorry about your car. At least you are ok. I looked for your car at the show this weekend...now I understand why I missed it. Keep us posted on the diagnosis. That is a scary thing to have happen. I had a similar incident in lifted 3/4 ton suburban at 80 mph with my whole family on board...I was lucky enough to make a safe landing as well. I don't blame you for being scared of driving it without explanations.

-Tracy

Damn Mike, this could have been VERY bad! Scary never the less though!!

I'm glad to hear basically everything is ok...paint damage would be a major setback at this point!

Installing a roll bar or even a cage isn't a bad idea for many reasons...and going with a lighter moter only helps too...I say open the check book!! :thumbsup:

The new seats are going to look great!!

All in all we're just glad you are ok!!

Thanks guys. Yeah I was lucky. Car might at worse case have about $1000 of damage. Those bars saved it.

Man I am so sorry that happened to you. Very scary. You seem to have a good attitude about the whole thing. A front tire shot off of the driver side of the nova I had before the one I have now at 80 mph. The car fell onto its brake disk and came to a controlled stop on the side of the road. The tire shot across the street ( Luckily no on coming traffic) hit the curb and believe it or not shot so high in the air the wheel went over the power lines lining the street. I am very glad you only have $1000 in damage because I had images in my head of a dented quarter panel from the car falling on the tire.

Glad you're ok.. and that your car has only "minor" damage.. scary stuff..

And yea, now I remember giving you the secret codes.. lol

looking very cool..