We tried to stay as close to the rendering as possible, thats what the customer wanted. You can't build a house without a blue print. Not saying that you can't build a car without a rendering, however it just helps to get a good vision and to get everyone on the same page.

Welcome aboard. Very cool car....super nice design. Will it be at SEMA?
Did you guys do the moldings in house?

Thank you...Yes the car will be in Wilwood's booth.
We built all the trim around the top of the body in house. The only thing on the car that we didn't make is the trim around the cove on the side of the car and the tops of the front fenders.Those pieces were built by Little Louie in San Bernadino.
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Alan there's nothing I can say that hasn't been said already! Is the Stang in the back the one that was at GNRS? THats also was a killer Stang with a similar color paint scheme. Can you post some picture for us of it. I think the Stang could have been a contender for tho year SMOY also.:thumbsup:

This thing is wicked!

Yeah that looked like Louies handy work. Great car..Ill stop by and see it at SEMA

That is the Mustang that you saw at the GNRS. We finished that car a few days before the show. It will be at SEMA this year. The owner of the car called me yesterday to let me know that he got the car in the main lobby. Thanks again guys for all the compliments on the Corvette.
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Very cool to see the build on here! Cant wait to see this car at SEMA!

Nice:D

I can't wait to see more of this Corvette build. Thanks for sharing it. :)
Do you have a build thread for that car too? I love it!

Just got back from dropping the Corvette off with Ron Mangus to have the interior done. Not only are Ron and his crew good, but they are also very fast. I should have the car back with complete interior in two weeks.
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ShaWing!!

Pretty amazing :hail:

Wow, that thing is nice looking. I love the colors scheme. Crazy stance as well.

Looks great, Alan! Good to see it all come together.

Amazing car! Do you have any images of your work on the bumpers?

Did I see the mustang at Wheels and Waves in Santa Barbara and the Father's Day show in Carpinteria? Cars look great!

Dave

Do I see an IPad mount in the dash? What cable are you using to hookit into the audio system? Great work by the way! :cheers:

Awesome job. I love the charcoal grey trim and the white. looks great!

Ya, the Mustang was at both shows, and thank you for the compliments.

That is an ipad mount. We had a the bezel custom made. We made the bezel move in and out so that the ipad can be removed when the car is not being used. We designed it so the ipad can slide in from one side, once all the way in place it connects to the plug. Now you can play music or use any apps.

You sound so computer savy when you say that.

Sick build.. how was the rear bumper made if you dont mind me asking..

That almost took ten minutes to write.

The sides of the bumper are part of the original. The complete rear section is made from 16 gauge sheet metal and was mostly made using a planishing hammer and a shrinker/stretcher.

I just read the whole thread again. Amazing build quality.

I thought I would show you guys just a little bit of the painting process on this car. After hundreds of hours of bodywork, block sanding, and prepping one of the greatest moments is when you finally get it in the booth to start laying down some color.
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Since this car is three different colors, the first step is to lay down the main color. I put down two coats of clear to protect the white base color when it comes time to stripe it. In most areas in California we have to use water base paint. It's just as good and in some cases better than solvent, but when it comes to running stripes or graphics it's not as user friendly so you need to seal it up in between colors.
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Once the car was prepped, it was time to lay down the smaller red stripes. Since this car is completely apart I spent a good amount of time measuring the body because I wasn't going to put the car back together. It's a little scary striping a car in pieces, but with simple straight stripes this one wasn't a problem.
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After four coats of clear, we color sanded and polished the body. Once the polish was complete we masked it back up again to put on the matte black stripe.
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Not done yet, we made a few repairs to the underside of the body and yes, once again masked up the body so it could be undercoated. The underside was nice enough that it could have been painted, but the owner wants to drive the car a lot and didn't want to worry about scratching the bottom.
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Finally ready to set the body on the chassis.
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wow amaizing work to say the least. over the top!
quick question will it be a big bother to ask what welder are you using for the aluminum, aluminum gauge, and what tools are you using to grind those things so nice and even on the fine lines. because im sure some of those inside corners might be a pain on the butt to get into and make a perfect edge.

thanks

That is awesome work!

Thanks for the compliment, the type of tig welder is a Lincoln sqaurewave 275.
The tools we used were basic hand files,3" and 5" air sanders with a step process from 36grit to 80 grit to 150 with hand files in between the roughing and 80 grit stage.
Material used for the window frame and interior moldings were made of 5000 series solid aluminum bar .750" x 1.500". flame bent and then shaped and radius all edges as talked about prior.
All the sheet metal fabrication i used .063" 3000 series aluminum. with varying processes of shaping and metal finishing:D

Wow, what an awesome build. Your quality of the build is top notch for sure. Thanks for posting it.

Question on your matte black stripe. Is this a matte clear over a black basecoat or an actual matte black paint? Also are you able to lay this "flush" with the red stripe or is it on top of the other paint where you can actually feel the matte black layer on top?
I'm building a Mopar and most had some kind of flat black accents over the years and looking to do a similar accent with minimal ridge/rise over the basecoat and clear.

Thanks-Wes

Thank you Wes. To answer your question, the matte black is single stage. You can see and feel an edge between the black and red stripe, I don't know of any technique that would allow you to have a gloss and matte finish next to each other without feeling the edge. I chose the single stage to try to minimize the thickness of the edge. It only took two coats of single stage black. If I did it with a base coat clear coat the stripe would have been thicker, (two coats color and two coats matte clear). I'm not much of a fan for matte black stripes because of the edge it leaves, but the owner insisted on the center stripe being matte black and now that it's all done it was definitely the right call.

Thanks!
Wes

thanks for taking the time and giving insight on to the process

As others have said, great job on the build. I love the color combination (mustang too)

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