Glad she's home.

That's a great step Mario! Hammer down! Guess I better get to work. You'll all be having fun without us!

Way to go Mario! Such a good feeling to have your car home. Looks like Troy did you solid :thumbsup:

BTW, no excuses for lack of pics anymore :D

Awesome Mario, you've got to be stoked! Now you've got to find time to geterdone! Good luck.

Congrats Mario! :excited:

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new door jamb vent
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I get a lot of private messages asking what i use to sand welds.... here ya go....all this was used on the belly pan
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-troy

Great build so far. I look forward to seeing the finish. I've been a lurker for awhile and finally got my approval to post. Troy it looks like we have the same grinders and tool aresonal lol. Wish I was half as good but I need to find someone willing to teach and push me to the level as I don't have the shaping equipment to my expense and the place I work for doesn't really do much of that at all.

So what color are you going with Mario?
It's amazing how extensively modified this car is and yet it still looks like a 1969 Camaro.

I was just thinking the same thing. Friggin awesome!

Yeah, I know right. It's gonna be amazing when it all comes together.

Troy has done a ton of small mod's to my car that are pretty cool. Some things I had a hard time agreeing with but in the end I think Troys Ideas speak for them self. The color will be black with Lexus Tigers eye accents. This is the Lexus color on my wheels .

Are those 24's??





:>)

Mario...I'm going to fly out this Spring to visit. Up for lunch and showing Laurie and I the car?

Come on Curtis you know the answer to that!

What!:action-smiley-027:

She's pretty dang cute Mario.... sad that you'd say NO... I'd have definitely said HELL YES! :>)


Hey! You T'd it up....

Curtis knows better! Plus will be doing more than lunch when he comes out!

is that code?


car looks great.

Oh Yeah...it's game on!

Those wheels look great!
Can't wait to see this one done Mario.

So what's up with this??? Where's the update?? :poke: :D

it's to cold to go in the garage

Listen you quit worrying about my car and finish yours! And quit posting threads about starting another car!:D
And you just be quiet!

you do know me and that is pretty hard for me to do.

HAHAHAHA
:mock: :mock: :mock: :mock:
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:hello: :hello: :hello: :hello:

Aren't we testy today! :weld: :underchair:

You to!:twak:

Three weeks on just getting the headlights to close perfectly only to find out they won't open correctly with the new grill :faint: So we start all over again!

Dude, you've got more excuses than a White House Press Secretary. :mock:


:peepwall:

Can't tell you how many hours I've spent messing with Camaro headlight doors.... and when you add in the vacuum and canisters and hoses.. PRE DSE Electrics. UGH! Just shoot me.

On Rudy's - he wired his shut - because the doors are made to be able to use the lights without them being opened - and #1 because he doesn't drive his car at night anyway. Sounds stupid but it's actually correct. He drives it mostly during the longer summer days when it's light out til 10. LOL

To quote your mentor Mr. Weld,

Wait for it................................................ .................."That's Hot Rodding!"

Nicely Done!
 

Mario, your car looks amazing!! Congrats on getting it home! :thumbsup:

Tony!!!!!!!!!! Holy SH!T where you been!!!!!??????

I almost fell out of my chair laughing at this one.

Wondering the same thing, welcome back! :EmoteClueless:

Hey guys! Where have I been? Well, over the last couple years I started my own business and I can't tell you how much time and money it takes! Between that and spending time with family my time was more that used up! I finally got around to logging on the other day and it was super nice to see everyone's builds moving right along! Congrats guys!

Man, it just keeps getting better and better. One of my fav's by far. Congrads on keeping it moving forward bro!

DF

Not you to now!! :twak:

I thought about that Greg but I have to have them working the way they were intended. Its just me.

its a pain to get them right but its doable.
if you make the two wholes on the core support bigger it gives you some much needed wiggle room . you'll be surprised how much alignment gets better with just a slight movement. once you get them where you want them. place a washer (with correct ID )to cover enlarged whole, trace perimeter and cut it out, weld washer of correct gauge to match core support and you'll have a nice pretty finish with correct whole location.
also playing with shims ( adding / subtracting ) on door shaft I also used a washer / shim on the core support bolts between core and housing to tilt up or down.
its going to take some pulling and pushing on the rest of it.
hope this helps