Final panel installation and alignment.

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Alignment is great on the passenger side everywhere. Driver side is another story. We are tight at the cowl and wide at the header. We have decided to put the car on a rack and check the subframe alignment and see if the cowl could be off on the drivers side. We could make everything fit with the sub and cowl in their current position but I am not comfortable with that. If the car is apart...do it once...do it right.

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Looks great. Good work.:thumbsup:

Had the frame guy come and look at the cowl but everything seems to be pretty close. Ended up relief cutting and doing some adjustments to the fender mount locations and that has given us a lot more adjustment than the factory ever allowed for, which in turn has helped out the gaps a ton.

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Some of the smaller parts and panels into primer.
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Very good. Good job on the gap adjustments.

Is the header panel aftermarket?? It looks like in picture 2 that the hood peak is not center with the header peak. Anything aftermarket I would question. Some of this stuff is absolute garbage!!!! I'm pulling my hair out with this crap

Nice progress..

The header is aftermarket. They wanted to get the fender to hood gaps perfect and then were going to do some adjustments to the header. It needed some relief cuts and welding to get it to fit properly. It was that or put 2X as much labor into the original that was twisted and beat up pretty bad. We did put a gauge on the nose of the hood and the heel of the header and they were pretty close.

It's looking great !! Your guys obviously know what there doing!!

Looks like your doing big progress in your project. GJ!!!! :thumbsup:

Finally all the body work is done!! Some good pics of the overlap weld repairs to the lower fenders where we hide to splice in new lower sections. Everything in slick sand and ready for assembly for the final boarding. Blow it apart after that and do final prime and prep for color.:thumbsup:

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Very good.
I can't wait to see this bad boy in paint!:thumbsup:

You and me both!:D

Final assembly today to set the gaps. A few last adjustments and the car gets blown apart for the final primer.

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You must be excited! Good for you.

Very nice. Looking good!

A little guide coat and the first round of boarding in progress.

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Getting close to paint?:_paranoid

Once they board out the whole car in the assembled stage, they blow it apart for final prime, board out everything again, and then to paint.

Very cool. Will be on the lookout.:yes:

All the edges and pin holes have been taken care of. Car being blown apart today for final 3 primer coats tomorrow and then let it sit and dry over the weekend.

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Getting there!:yes:

Ready for 3 coats of primer Saturday morning!!

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Looking good, so what's the verdict? Garnet Red and a wet sump LS7? :unibrow:

Getting exciting now! Sweet.

Well....... it will be an aluminum 427....just debating on which. :)

Moving right along! I'm sure your are dying to see color on her...but to be honest they are moving at a pretty good pace! Almost there!! :thumbsup:

^^Very nice.
Car is looking good man.:thumbsup:

THREE CARB FTW!!!!!

Out of the booth for 5 days of dry time. Re-assembly and final boarding out to get everything laser straight at the end of this week.:D

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Very nice. Will be on the lookout for re-assembly.
:cheers:

That looks sweet! Must be nice being this close.

Sure is.....starting to get excited!!

A few pics before the final prime when the seam sealer was going on and after all the panels were shot.
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Very cool. Getting there.:thumbsup:

Re-assembly prior to final boarding before paint. Just needs a couple of tweaks to the top edge of the grill on the passenger side to even it out.

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Sweet! Nice to get to this point! Still going Garnet Red?

It looks good . I like when someone takes the time to fit the grill to the fenders it makes such a difference.

Garnet Red is the color. I toyed with burnished brown for a bit but decided to go original.

Very good! :thumbsup:

Very cool.
Burnished Brown is a killer color. Rare color indeed. I've only seen that color once in person and it looks great. Garnet Red is awesome as well.:thumbsup:

Put the car up on the hoist prior to final prep to deal with some rocker dents that the car had. While it was up in the air I had the 4 link welded in place. I never was super confident in having the cradle just bolted in place....especially if the car is getting more power. :thumbsup:

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