Initial plan might not be the best way to word it either. We're an indecisive bunch; Ron just happens to be the most vocal about it. :lol:

My initial plan lasted between three and four weeks. Bought the car in April, and somewhere around the beginning of May I went into a hot rod shop to get mini tubs, coilover conversion on a stock sub, and Global West leaf springs. I left with half a DSE catalog having spent 60 percent of my budget :faint:

Man it's nice having your own shop and equipment!!!!:rofl: :rofl:

current PT personal car took 4 years from the time I bought till I was driving it still sorting out though ( first Mopar ) must be the tax. already started next car 69 camaro bought at unique performance auction few years ago been collecting parts for a while now


already have
LSX 376 CRATE ENG.
autokraft oil pan
DSE engine mounts
DSE frt sub ( INSTALLED )
DSE ford 9 inch mini tubs and 4 link ( installed )
DSE frame connectors( INSTALLED)
DSE guage cluster
IDIDIT column and DSE SHAFT
Ricks tank LSA PUMP
PRC radiator with fans

STILL NEED QUITE FEW big things maybe whipple charger- T56 magnum just to name a few

I love this style car maybe one of these days i will learn how to drive LOL:cheers:

no doubt about that.

Guilty. We all pretty much suck in our own way. :lol:

I would suggest the length is not the question. It might be more appropriate to ask compare to your expectations, what is the multiplier to actually get it done:wow: Mine was about 4X, some do to my optimism for things to get done and some to my changing of the vision or plan and some to redoing work I sourced from the wrong person.

Well said.

Two "Old Farts" and 5 months
 

Like it says, Two Old Farts plus 5 months and here we are. Just Exhaust and fuel tank left and fire it up. Not a major crazy P/T build but not easy either.

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Wow! :wow: 5 months...you guys must be retired and I'm betting you don't play golf.

Very impressive! Love that Red. :unibrow:

Beautiful car and I agree someone has little to do but work in this car. Having said this the real questions is not the pretty pics, and oh just one more this to do.... send the post when it is on the road or track, push, held up and you say **** yes I am done....really around this stage of putting it together.

You are absolutely right. For it to roll under it's own power vs. perform at the highest possible level is another ball game in itself. I've alway said that a show car guy can get away with murder in comparison to a top performing pro touring car around here.

8 months and learned as I went
 

https://lateral-g.net/forums/atta...0&d=1343977985


Ripped out 307, found out where the motor mounts needed to go and threw the ls1 in this pig... Learned as I went, Had mechanic do the completely custom wiring so everything original works properly, right down to the oil pressure gauge. But Id said an average of 4-5 hours a day it was a long 8+months. Got it done and this winter, supercharger, new pistons, new semi-tubbed rear end. prob a new transmission as well...

I spent 2+ years with some of the best known and respected people on this site helping build my ride plus a lot of my own BST. Today after finally having ti together for a few weeks I spend my week-end alone in a gargage getting to this.....photo below. I LOVED it that is why we build them...no one fault just the challenge of bringing together a lot of cool, custom and stock stuff to make my car. Vegas69 your friend Dead Cat knows this car to well! And has been a great help. It is not cost nor commitment. Just takes time...

^^^^^^You forgot the picture?? You said see picture below! I don't see no pictures, we need pictures!! :cheers:

Yes we averaged maybe 4 to 5 hours a day on the car and while it's not an all out track car, it is nicely tweaked and should be on road in a week. We had no intention of completely hacking up a pretty rare 1st year Firebird 400. At the same time we were also trying to finish up the restoration of a '78 Trans Am Gold Special Edition.

The '67 wasn't a "Quickie". It was completely stripped and put on a rotisserie. I'm even surprised how fast it went. Must have been the Beer! :cheers:
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That's Funny... NO GOLF! We have a Golfer friend that did a Chevelle and took him 2 1/2 years to do his.

The color is basically the same as "Boyd" Red We used a good high end clear, cut it with 1500 and 2000 grit and buffed it.
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As long as you're having fun that's all that matters. Great way for you and your buddy to pass the time and have some laughs. The TA looks great by the way. Nice to see one those being brought back.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

To date my car has been apart for 2.5 years. I have no idea when it'll be drivable again. It'll be done when I sell it.

Pictures?
 

http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/.../camera085.jpgGasket issue, my avitar shows the intake manifold so this was a two day project to get here. I have the manifold cleaned up now for the heads.....

My Mustang project was officially started in 2005, but there was a 4 year break in the beginning as I got sidetracked by a racecar that took over my automotive ADD. Then there was the 17 month debacle that was getting sheetmetal work done. Lately there was a 3 month delay in having to go back and fix everything that the previous guy screwed up. Thankfully things are back on track and moving forward. I imagine there will be another years worth of work between final body work, paint and assembly. Not that any of it takes that long, but saving up the extra penny's to pay for it does :yes:

I think this is a good thread to see all that you guys go through and it lets all of you know that these things take time you cant do them over night. We as builders have all kinds of builds going and the time to finish all depends on the clients.

We have done cars from 4 months start to finish yes 4 months of build time on our Project Blaze
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Some take just over a year it all depends on what the client wants and how much he wants to pay per billing cycle.

Some people want us to space out their builds to help off set the money so we work cars in around them and come back to them at least 2-3 a month and these builds can take 24 months to do but I dont like cars in the shop that long they take up working space.

The longest project we did from start to finish was the 66 Mustang, just over 18 months but every aspect of the car is hand built steel.
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