Looks great. Love the color.

Looking forward to seeing it come together.

Thanks! How's you car coming along?

Oh buddy don't even get me going on that!
I have really had to put it on the back burner these past few years..
I am really digging the green though. :thumbsup:
:whenitsdone: maybe mine will be wearing the same color.

Great work! Looks amazing and coming along well.

Any updates
No Holding out allowed :)

Frank,
The car sort of went into a holding pattern for a little bit of time during our move and getting a new house and shop built.
I did pick up a new Vapor word tank with a ZL-1 pump and have a pile of cash to order a bunch of other parts nseed to finish it off. So hopefully will have some updates soon.
I have a date in my head that the car has to be done by so gonna have to get going!!

About time we heard from you!! Nice grab on the VaporWorxs tank and the ZL-1 pump!! What the status on the shop build?

Just found this thread and have read it from front to back. Looks great and lots of interesting touches. I know that these projects never go as fast as we want so keep at it. Hopefully the worst is over now that the paint is nearly done. Now it's time for detail work like the wiring.

Couldn't find mention of what engine you chose to go with of than an LS. Just curious on what configuration you decieded on for your car.

Rod is HB

I also just found this thread and read every page. WOW!! Great build! Every choice so far has been dead on IMO. I would also agree with the others on the color choice - perfect! I really like the subtle look of the fathom green. Well done!!! :cheers:

Chris is overdue for an update here. :warning:

Thanks! Your right on the time these take for the average guy! Trying to get rest of of the car finished up now.

I went with the GM crate motor LS3 480hp for now. After car is running, sorted out some and I have time behind the wheel learning how to drive it I will either swap for something else or build it up.


Thanks! Glad you like the color, I have had a ton of people comment that they like the color.

Curtis,
I will get some new pics posted tomorrow while I am at work and a good update!
Looking forward to seeing you in a week or so at SEMA! I got 3 days to spend there this year, maybe next year I can get all week and the weekend for optima.
I am flying the scarebus A300 out next week wish it was a 767 they are just a much better plane.

Thanks for the info on the engine. I have been considering that engine when I start my project. I think that it's a good baseline to learn the car with and still be able to later modify/update if the need for more power is there. I'm trying to take a page from Mark's build about weight though without the carbon fiber. It's nice but a little above my pay grade.

I like the color choice given how well the car turned out. I don't think Fathom Green ever looked that good back in the day. I hope to meet you at the Lat-G get together to get some ideas from you.

Rod in HB

Rod
Look forward to meeting you and spending some time talking at the get together. Glad you like the paint. I am loving it this time, the first time it was painted by the rip off hack shack the paint looked OK from 15ft but I was not sure about the green. But now it's amazing, even my wife told me she can't believe how much better it looks. We went and stopped over to Dutchboys the other day and she remarked the car looks "bad ass" in her terms from the back!

See ya in a few days!

Rod...if you run the same engine setup, please do me a favor. USE BETTER VALVE COVERS!! :lmao: Come on Chris, at least take the cheap route and paint those suckers like I did.

:action-smiley-027:

OK smart ass! I just can't figure out which valve covers to go with, I know the ones I want but as we talked about yesterday can't quite pull that trigger yet.:bang:
But I did spend some of the day looking and found out any good valve covers are not cheap, but what is!!

So next week Curtis you can help me find some "BETTER VALVE COVERS" :warning: :lmao:
And the first beer is on me!

Valve covers are a highly emotional decision on the same level as paint color...don't rush it!

lol

I have been bugging him about those as well...They have to go!


Here are a few new pictures I have taken the last few weeks. We are getting back on it after a short break on the car. Starting with some wiring and plumbing. Looking forward to seeing Chris use his car next summer.


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Billy did a great job bending up the bay bar tubes, With paint on them they really look cool.

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That car sits perfect, and the factory shade of paint is just icing on the cake.
Great job!

The paint on the car turned out great, I never would have thought fathom green would look that good!

We like to go the extra mile in some areas on the cars we do that some people over look. You will usually find the paint on the bottom of the rockers and quarter panels just as nice as the top of the car.


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Holy cow, that is beautiful and I HATE green. You will have an amazing car when this is completed and the artists that are doing the work are absolute TOP NOTCH!!!!!

Geez, that looks sick! Love it!

Looks great!!! The Fathom Green looks killer. Nice to see a different color than the norm. Of course with Dutch Boys behind it - you know it's going to look great!

I love Fathom green, but just could not bring myself to paint my 69 vert I had that color even though it was the original color. I was afraid it would hurt resale value so I painted it black. I like that you went for it and looks great.

Chris that thing looks awsome , it takes a brave man to go with a different color and man did you pull it off. Hope your new home has a nice garage to match it.
Funny my front passenger brake SS line is almost indentical.

I got to see this car in person a few weeks ago when I visited Dutchboys. It looks amazing. I think a lot of us might have forgotten how beautiful that color is when all fresh and new. I know I did. Of course, back in the day we NEVER saw the color on such smooth and laser straight surfaces either. The car is overflowing with attention to detail and craftsmanship. It absolutely pops in the sun too.

Outstanding!! Love the color! Dutchboys got it going on that's for sure!!:trophy-1302:

Wow, that is just gorgeous when the sun hits it.
Nice car guys!

Call Billet Specialties --- and order almost ANYTHING that will look better than the ones you've got!! LOL

Chris your car is absolutely outstanding,Paul and crew did an amazing job on the paint:trophy-1302: :trophy-1302: :trophy-1302:

Chris I love how the car looks, Dutchboys did an awesome job as always.

Yup looks killer but you knew that already :hello:

Thank you!!! Cause mine sure the hell ain't!!! But it will be on phase 19

Yeah Paul guess it looks ok :BlahBlah:

J/K!! :lol:

Hey everyone!

Thanks for all the compliments on the car! I want to throw out some big kudos to everyone at Dutchboys for everything they have done especially the amazing paint job! Also need to throw out credit to Billy Utley at B&B Classics for all the great fab work he did.
I wanted to be more involved with the build work wise but my job and work schedule did not allow it. So if this car was ever getting done it was by these great guys and me working overtime to fund the project, as I was not taking money from my family and our normal budget, and no loans or credit cards.
The car has exceeded what I envisioned, it's taking longer than planned due to having to keep the car fund stocked but there is light at the end of this tunnel! And it is going to amazing when done!

Next up is figuring out how to drive the car and maybe be competitive which I know will take a while. I see some driving schools in the future and lots of driving events. Power tour for sure and would love to get lucky and have the car go to SEMA somewhere.

And thanks to Paul for the updated pics, I tried to post a bunch last night but it keeps telling me pics are to big so need to figure that one out. Look forward to meeting all you at the Lat G party next week!!

That green looks stellar on that car!!

Valve covers?
 

Yes, the covers can be dressed up. But after looking at the pictures of the car I hardly noticed the covers. The engine bay looks really great in contrast to the exterior. Happy for you that the worst is over and you are on the home stretch. Curtis may have better valve covers but until he finalizes his exterior on his car you are out in front.

see you Wednesday.

Rod in HB

No shame in having the hands that you did work on your car, this thing rocks!
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Happy New Year to everyone!
I wanted to give a update on the progress of my car. It's been awhile since I had time to post anything. So here we go! I bought a Drive Junky front drive system, what a super nice piece! We got a ton of other little things for the car, all the material for exhust, plumbing materials, and wiring. Paul and his crew got the brake lines all wrapped up. Jason Mitchell (JMitch19) has started wiring the car and is doing a great job. Paul also has his guys wrapping up a ton of other things! Well getting late and eyes are killing me staring at this computer after my eye surgey! So here are a bunch of pics. Hope everyone likes the work.

And a few more pics!

Looking GREAT!!!!

Chris it looks great. How do you like the Drive Junky front drive it look sweet! I like that panel you have for the air intake.