It finally hit me why the car looks so much more aggressive to me , aside from the stance - No front bumper. You HAVE to leave it off!

Matt

gee ya think?

OH HELL YEAH!! :woot: :woot:

Love the stance man, glad that things are working out better now. Speaking of the position of the front wheels, I have got Speedtech front clip complete kit, and the front wheels on both sides are positioned farther back in the wheel well than center like yours. I don't know if it's an alignment issue or it is something normal with Speedtech front clip kit.

Hey man I woulda done the big RTTC 80 mile cruise if they woulda had it the day BEFORE the event like it shoulda been. :D

I'm diggin the 427 emblem idea. :woot:

So... once this thing is ready and delivered to you, how long before you schedule a track day? 1 week? 2 weeks? :unibrow:

Chad, Great work, the car looks awesome! :thumbsup:

Hmmm we'll see once everything is done. I always kinda liked having the front bumper and it hides all the paint chips in the lower valence lol :) But I'll consider it.

That timing would be pretty good if the motor was broken in. I'd say the day the motor is declared broken in is the day I'll be booking a track day!

Chad,

I really like the stance, and the 275s up front. Looks killer!!

holy crap that car to sooo f-in mean now!!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

The car went from good to great. Stance is everything when it comes to the look.

Man, that looks freaking awesome!!! You've got to be pumped! That thing has got some serious attitude going on. It looks hyper aggressive at that ride height and that much tire. That is sweet bro---congrats. I've been out of the office, but let's get together this Friday if you are free for lunch.

D

I hope you being out of the office was because you were basking in the sun on vacation somewhere. I am pretty excited to have the car on the ground again, even if it has to go back on the lift to finish stuff underneath. That rear shot was definitely my favorite that I took ha ha. Friday may be a no go. I'm trying to do a half day and wakeboard in the morning then go to work so I wont be around for lunch. Maybe tomorrow if you are around.

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/image...3270_large.jpg

Do you have this in a bigger image size?

BE CAREFULL!! A bigger pic may cause... Dizziness, Hyper ventilation, and an Accelerated heart rate :willy:

I'm stoked to see this car!

I was expecting to see an update......Whats the latest Chad..We gonna see you at Buttonwillow.....

Yup. Original pic is actually huge. How big do you want lol?

Nice! I'm hoping to reproduce those same symptoms when I drive it the first time!!!

Thanks man. I'll see about taking a page out of your playbook and getting some quick video once there is something to video lol.

Not much of an update Gaetano. Brett's been pretty swamped with work that was ahead of me and there turned out to be a lot more work to be done to my car than we originally anticipated when I dropped the car off. There is still work I'd love for Brett to do to the car but after a heart to heart conversation with Brett on timing I've decided to move some of the work to Best of Show Coach Works in order to speed up completion. The car has been down for OVER 9 MONTHS so where possible I want to speed things up to get the car to drivable again!!

Current plan is to pick up the car Monday and transport it over to BOS.

I'm sure there are a host of challenges between now and the car moving under its own power but I would really like that to happen by mid June at the latest. May not be done by then but it will mean a lot to me if I can get a bunch of the little stuff done I've scheduled for myself. I still need to fully plumb the cooling system on the motor, wire everything up which in some respects having a complete MAST harness makes harder. Not to mention reassemble a bunch of stuff.

2 things.

9 months ain't nuttin (but it sucks). :D

Is BOS able to commit to cranking this out? (I'm sure you discussed it).

9 months feels like an eternity to me lol. Especially, when I never dreamed it would take this long. I honestly thought at least as far as shop work was involved that I'd be done in December, worst case March. But then the wheel fiasco happened so much of the delay is due to that and not any of the shops I've worked with. This is the longest the car has been undrivable and out of my possession since I bought it in 2006 and even then I had the car drivable 7 months after purchase.

Dick hasn't seen the car yet so until he does I don't think its fair for him to commit 100% to anything. However, I asked him about removing the inner fenders and doing all the work on those, the alignment, finishing fabing the trans tunnel, notching the fuel tank. He seemed pretty confident they'd knock out all that stuff in a week. Everything I've seen and everyone I've talked to has had nothing but good things to say about BOS so I'm feeling good about it.

Chad, the car looks awesome. Congrats on the improvements. Can't wait to see it again in person. I'm going through my 2.0 build right now and you're way ahead of me. I've been following your thread closely and I understand your frustrations. Seems like you're getting over the hump now though and you're on the final stretch. :thumbsup:

Sounds good Chad, I'm wishing you the best of luck moving forward...Hope all moves smoothly :thumbsup:

I hear ya man.. you and Doug were the guys that influenced me in really trying to do the same -- keep the car on the road/track as much as possible. But then you went and broke your own rule. :D But any one of us would have done the same with your situation.

That's great about BOS. We all know their quality and abilities - I was just surprised they could jump on it immediately and knock it out. Best of luck dude. No matter what happens, you're almost there. :lateral:

Saw your car today. Awesome. :thumbsup:

Better keep an eye on your wheels. My son Trevor might put 'em on his '67 while your not looking. :lol:

Welcome to the family. :cheers:

Best of luck Chad. Car is looking great. I saw it at the GG show in Peasanton when you all road tripped up. Your car is looking awesome now. Way more aggressive. Stay focused on the prize brother.

That what I keep telling myself as I feel your pain. My 3 month repaint and minitubs turned into 6 months and now in Nov. will be 3 years. WTH? That's a whole other story. Anyways, just remember the wait will be well worth it once we have our babies back and the time away will be a distant thought as you are ripping through the road course.

Keep the updates coming as it is therapy for the rest of us. :willy:

Ha ha thanks for the welcome! You weren't there while I was dropping the car off were ya? I didn't meat everyone that helped unload it off the trailer. The wheels do look pretty good right now heh. Though they are the biggest reason my car has taken so much longer than expected. I believe the wheels are officially cursed so Trevor be warned!!

Whoa, 3 months into 3 years? Speaking of therapy it does help hearing I'm not the only one that gets way sidetracked lol! Doug and I were talking about that drive up to Pleasanton last week. Will have to do that again!!

So Chad, when you get it back from BOS, what will be left to do? It sounds like you will plumb the cooling system and wire the car? May I make a suggesstion if that's the case? Let BOS do that---have them get the car running since it's there. You'll be way, way ahead in my opinion. As much as I understand wanting to do that yourself, I would bite the dollar bill bullet and have them go all the way--and you know how it pains me to say that. Just my two cents brother. I think you will be much happier getting back a car that runs---leave it to the experts.

Glad your car is out of Bret's place, that makes room for mine--LOL.

D

Sorry to hear about your delays Chad. Wish I could help you out but BOS is a great shop.

If you had that in 1680x1050 that would be awesome!

Thanks,
Craig

You need the patience of a saint to build one of these cars. :unibrow:

No computer wiz here but

I just set it as my wall paper and it looks great

Aint that the truth...

:thumbsup: right on :) This is gonna blow up this page but here is the file in 1700 x 1133. Original pic size is 5184 x 3456 lol.
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5...342912021c.jpg

I missed that memo... Sadly, I do not have the patience of a saint. I know surprise right?

^^:yes:

INDEED!!!! It doesn't help being ADD either:lol:

Thanks - looks awesome on my dual 24" monitors!

Small update:

Best of show has finished reworking the trans tunnel, not that you can see much.
http://carphotos2.cardomain.com/imag...6326_large.jpg

They have also reworked the inner fenders to clear the 275's up front which required a repaint.
http://carphotos3.cardomain.com/imag...6327_large.jpg
http://carphotos4.cardomain.com/imag...6325_large.jpg

Haven't gotten to the bottom of yet but it's looking more like either something is off on my car or subframe. As you can see in this earlier pic the driver's side front wheel is not centered very well. Car is at the alignment shop right now to get an alignment done and see if further modifications are needed. More to come

http://carphotos4.cardomain.com/imag...3266_large.jpg

Not that it will probably end up making you feel much better, but I don't think the the problem is with your car. The black convertible at BOS had the exact same issue with its TCI subframe. Two in a row with the same problem seems like more than a coincidence, but then again these are 40 year old car we're dealing with.

Matt

Ha ha I'd rather it be the subframe than my car itself being that out of square. Dick told me about the other car and how they fixed it last week. Knowing that it is two in a row and that my previous subframe had the wheels fairly centered even with over 5* of caster also makes me doubtful that it is my car but I'll wait until it's back from the alignment shop and see what Dick says.

And the fun continues.... :)

I have seen a few TCI's do that.