Eric,
I've seen this car at all three events this month... It is quite the machine!!!

Thanks for checking in Wayne I hope you are making progress on your car. I agree the dash from Dakota Digital is awesome it is really nice to have more features like high speed recall,1/4 mile times,check engine light and still have the analog sweep style gauges we have all grown to love!
Thanks for the kind words. still alot more to do but my whole goal with this build is to keep driving the car and see what it is capable of and it has been just a blast to go play with it! stay tuned in for lots more to come!

trying to get caught up and get things up to date . it has been a extremly busy spring/summer and it has been just a blast to finaly get out and pound some miles on the Belair here is a little video that we put together to explain some of the updates we have in mind. please let me know what you think.I value your opinions good or bad.



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got to do some road racing with this big old boat.it feels great to get to put the screws to it and listen to the turbos whine!!

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WOW the lack of areodynamics really starts to show up at about 135!! I thought the hood was going to rip right off the car! looks like one of the next things on my list is to get some inner wheel wells and maybe some hood vents!

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Here is a video that we put together at power cruise USA. in brainerd MN. please check it out and let me know what you think.

score on Craigs list looks like I will be trying these out on the belair looks like the tires and wheels on the car will be for sale.

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machined some different centers for the wheels. this is what they will look like with the bembo brakes on the rear.

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Those will look nice. TSW makes some nice wheels, it would be great if they made them in more favorable offsets.

Thanks I can't wait to try them out and see what kind of tires I can get to fit under this beast. hoping to get a 305 35 20 and a 285 35 20 tucked in this was just such a awesome deal I could not pass up.

ok this just happened to fall in my lap and I just could not not pass it up so it looks like I got side tracked again! after alot of back and forth about fixing the car I decided to part the car out so I could use the front and the rear suspension for the firebird. so it looks like this will be taking my time for a couple of weeks.

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At that speed you might want to consider Hood Pins. They are known to fly off on these cars.

Nice - any chance to use the torque tube?

I think if it did not have pins already it would have flew off with out a doubt. I have no wheel wells and no air dam and a really un aerodynamic boat of a car still work in progress but enjoying every minute .ps. Marty congrats on getting your car out to Sema ! keep up the great work!
yes my plans are to use the front and rear suspension in my 67 firebird. not the motor going to part with that because I want to build another boost motor so going to start a Iron block build.making a kick azz video of the vettes last ride.so stay tuned for that.

I really have no idea how time could go by this fast but it sure does. we thew together a quick video of this years adventures with the Belair. we have some big plans for change this spring but for this winter I put the car out of my sight so I can focus on the Chevelle but stay tuned for big changes to come this spring to the Belair we will be going on the hot rod power tour this june and we hope to see some of you guys there. please check out some of our other videos as well and let me know what you think.

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ended up getting the car out of storage early to display the car for MSRA. at the MPLS. auto show. it will be on display there till next sun.if you have spring fever and need to get out of the house as bad as I do go check out some new and old cars there. It was a bit dicey driving the car there with freezing rain keep in mind that there is still over 3 feet of snow on the ground no heater,no wipers,no defrost and bald tires but we made it and it is there now. can't wait to do some major changes to the car coming up soon.:D so stay tuned for that.
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I was there yesterday! Seeing your car was one of the highlights, for sure!

LOL, towing a camper and road racing? Nice job, it's cool to see a car in use rather than project mode!

Thanks for the interest and the comments stay tuned in for more to come on this one lots more!

lol. the car is far from done just driveable mock up right now. just having to much fun driving it right now to tear everything apart to finish it. That is why I started the 70 chevelle that is mine also and I am going to build that one complete then I can finish this one after that.I may have taking on a bit much but lucky for me I can swim.:drowninga: lol.

Its looking good Eric. Must feel good to get out after all this crappy weather. The bike looks great too.

thanks Wayne I hope you are making progress on your car I really want to see that on the road this summer!

oh it has been a ass kicker of a couple of weeks! decided to jump back on the Belair and make some big changes finally getting to the tires and wheels it did not go quite as planned the 305's were just a touch to big for the rear and had to go back and the 285's would work in the front with some slight a arm mods. however the front wheels were only 8.5" Not 9.5 that the guy told me they were so I used the 285's in the rear on a 10" rim and ordered up some 255's for the front the tires that I was running on the rear were 275/35/20 and the new 285/35/20's were 1.5" wider each makes no sense to me but this is were we are now and it is going to have to work!http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps25e131f0.jpg
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the rims were pretty curb rashed and they were also clear coated so it took forever to sand the dings and scrapes out of them. and i kind of like the brushed look to them! even more after sanding them for days!

They look good Eric! I like the brushed look!

Thanks Greg I hope your new place is coming along great!

well this has been the biggest ass kicker that I have had in awhile! I have done a bit of research on a product called Plasti dip and some people are painting there cars with it and thought to myself hey what a perfect idea for this ugly paint job! you can spray it on then when your sick of it you can peel it off and the paint under it is perfect as the day you sprayed it! after lots of youtube videos I decided to give it a whirl flat black with black wheels sweetness coming up!
OR NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I spent weeks prepping for this removing emblems,lights,hood,trunk,tested the concept on a couple of test pieces.
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I don't understand..... are you happy with it OR NOT?? I don't get the "OR NOT" comment.

I paint with plasti dip all the time. This stuff is amazing I have been using it for a couple years and have painted all my cars with it including my 69 roadrunner

sorry I had to run in the middle of my post answers coming up.
did you use the pre thinned ready to spray or thin your own?

ok here is the rest of the story after spending tons of prep time and doing some test pannels that turned out awesome. we decided to spray the whole car using the recomended hvlp gun with a 1.4mm tip 2 of us started spraying the whole car shortly after starting we noticed how grainy it was changed the air pressure at the gun to only 20# and it was still drying in mid air and laying all over the car like sand so we figured spraying another coat will blend the first coat in or Not! ok now with the sick feeling in my stomach knowing there is nothing we can do at this point but spray more on to be able to peel it off there needs to be at least 3 coats. so after all 3 coats this is what the worst parts looked like.there is no sanding or fixing anything the way you spray it is the way that it looks.:bang:

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I always use the pre thinned dip. It has better coverage and also a uv protector in it for fading

The best results will come from the spray unit the Dipyourcar.com sells. I have never had results like that from dip. I always get a great smooth finish. Distance when spraying dip is a huge key plus the amount that is being sprayed. The spray unit DYC sells produces a very fine spray that lays down like butter

seams like this is the answer from the research that I came up with to. the airless sprayer works like a charm. Why would they put the preferred method on the instructions with a hvlp. gun if it works this bad???? thanks for the info maybe there is hope yet.

I just want to clarify I am in no way trying to bash the product I just want anyone else to go through what I just went through nothing like prepping,practicing,painting and peeling all in a couple of days!

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Let me know if you have any questions how to get the best results I have done tons of cars that turned out great. Just remember water is kryptonite to plasti dip. If there is any moisture in the gaps or cracks it will bubble. Also, not sure if you have already, but check out the forums on dipyourcar.com there is tons of info and senior dippers to answer any question

Man my infamous signature is getting covered up....

Thanks for the info I have been talking to Brad at dipyourcar.com and he has gave me some good advice on how to make things work better the next time. thanks for the insight and advice!
That was the idea for the plasti dip was to cover them up with the thought of bringing them back at a later date. so for now it is back again!

well it has been a azz kicker of a month but finally seem to be making progress! after having the plasti dip process go so wrong we peeled everything off and are going to give it a whirl again at a later time but for now it is back to the interior of the car to clean things up a bit.I have been driving the car for 6 years with no carpet and I think this is way over due!
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Hoping to get everything back together to hit the last couple of legs on the power tour in a couple of days!

Well I have no idea what happened but it is almost August and my spring list is not even done yet! life has been a blur this summer tons of stuff happening and lots of changes to the Belair have taking place and we have been driving the heck out of the car! tires and wheels are finally getting the abuse they were bought for! changes this year have been used tires and wheels off of a 7 series bmw.,and it looks like a 285/35/20 is the max tire with that you can possibly stuff in the factory wheel wells! carpet and under matting really made a huge difference in the noise in the car as did the new weather stripping,fan crapped out and was replaced with a Spal fan instead.,cpp master cyl. was replaced with a Wilwood with a 1" bore master, switched the car over to E85 fuel and my friend Carl of Lancer automotive re tuned the car with a more aggressive timing map and what a difference! and also pulled the camper on a couple of weekend camping excursions too! one involving road racing,drag racing and drove the camper there and back!
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I could not be happier with the way the car is going this year!

Love the bike rack shot

lol. I put that one up just for your Marty! I hope everything is going well for you! hope to see you at SEMA .

I have a hotel and plane tickets but not sure if I have the time to go. It's been crazy here at work. We are short one person and haven't decided if we are going to hire someone to replace him yet.

I know just how you feel this is the third year in a row that I was going to go and just got way to busy with work and this year I just said I am going to go and work can wait! hope to see you there!

Going like mad trying to get a huge list of s#!t to do done in order to make it on the power tour for the first couple legs anyways. some of the list consists of New transmission,new restalled torq converter,new 14" rotors,new calipers and mounts,wiper motor,A arms,shock mounts,sway bar mounts and tons more!

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