Sneak peak at my 66 Cutlass

[radrambler]

car is looking really nice .good job all the refinishing


tom

[gearheads78]

Moving along..

Well a while back I had a horrible rechome job done Mr G's on a real floor shift gauge bezel I had picked up. I still have the stripped one I picked back up from them but I had an idea. My original column shift bezel is in excellent condition and I happen to have a junk dash out of a 67. After a little measuring I discovered there is one place next the the light switch thats just big enough to cut out a section of the groved material.

I cut it out was a little demmel saw and then got it close with a belt sander. Final fitting was done by hand. The very corners were into the smooth area so I cut groves by hand with a tiny file. Once I get a little touch up paint on it you will never know. 8)







I wanted a little bit of custom touch to the outside of the car and here is what I did. The factory light silver in some of the side mouldings was chipped up and rubbed off so it needed to be redone. I still had some of the dark gray the wheels were done in so that is the color the inserts of the mouldings now. The gray and black with polished stainless looks killer against the red.

[city_ofthe_south]

connecting the wheel color into the trim is awesome. The little details make all the difference man.

[thedude327]

The custom paint on the trim molding sounds killer. Any pics of the molding installed on the car ? Great build !!!

Paul

[gearheads78]

Thanks guys. I only finished the black thin stripe on the ones in the pic last night. I hope to have the mouldings finished and back on the car this weekend. Its a rare weekend where I will be both off work and the family will be out of town so me and the Cutlass have a weekend long date.

Originally Posted by city_ofthe_south

connecting the wheel color into the trim is awesome. The little details make all the difference man.

Originally Posted by thedude327

The custom paint on the trim molding sounds killer. Any pics of the molding installed on the car ? Great build !!!

Paul

[ScotI]

This is hot-rodding @ it's best 'cause you don't get stuff like this out of a catalog. Clever use of bringing what's already available up to date while adding to that 'detailed' element of the build.

[gearheads78]

Slight change ready for Goodguys this weekend. I think the red looks much better than the orange.

[waynieZ]

Looking Good You do some nice neat work .

[tones2SS]

Very nice.

[ScotI]

I waited while you were talking to the guys in the tech area of the autocross on Friday but I didn't see your car go around. Did I just miss it or??