Project Alchemy

[Ron in SoCal]

Parts are so sweet Bryan! I got a pair of Marquesz driving lights too. They're almost too nice to install...

[waynieZ]

Those are some sweet parts . I love thier stuff. More stuff to dream of.

[Bryan O]

The BOS men are working at light speed.

A confession is in order. I probably should rename the project Never Say Never.

For various reasons, too numerous to go into detail here, I decided to pitch the "sleeper/retro" look and go all in with an in-your-face PT car.

Assuming we can get the paint code for Aston Martin's new Magagascar Orange it'll be the color of the car. Wheels are 18inch Fikse Classic Mags from Driver's Inc. Thanks Jon! 9inch in front and 11inch in back. Nitto 555s with 265/35 in front and 305/40s out back. Still going to put on a lot of tire as the diameter are 25.3inch and 27.7inch.

The interior is still going to be stock simple. But, not plain. The seats are most likely going to be two-toned probably with orange stiching. I'm thinking black and gunmetal might be a good combo.

A DSE dash insert and AutoMeter carbon fiber guages are in transit and a black Budnik Sport steering wheels is on order.

Here's another rendering. But, there will be original chrome door mirrors and a Marquez front bumper painted body color. The grill area will be body color and the tail panel black.


And here's an Aston Martin Virage with the Madagascar Orange.

[Bryan O]

I've got about 150 pictures of the car in various stages of evolution. I'd like to show off some of the work all the guys at Best of Show have done so far; D!ck, Jon, Eric, Jesus and Chris.

Here's a few shots of the car after Jesus and Chris treated it with phosporic acid:

[Bryan O]

Here are some shots after epoxy treatment:

[Jr]

The rendering looks great! The guys at BOS are top notch.

[Bryan O]

Eric and D!ck had this to deal with as they crafted a new tranny tunnel and smooth firewall.

Before:




After:

[Bryan O]

The car needed a new right quarter panel:


And tail panel:


Installed :

[Bryan O]

Here's an impressive shot of work done on the left quarter:


And here's how she sits today after Jesus applied the primer. Notice the fine cars in the background. You all can see Matt and Steve's Camaros, but, that's a very nice 911S back there as well. Alchemy's got some fine company.




Minitubs and supports for the Quadralink were also installed as well as this nifty little alteration. Exhaust system installation should prove to be much easier.



I've left out quite a lot of details the guys have done and I'll try and post more later. Right now it's time to get some shuteye. Trevor and I are going to install the Quadralink tomorrow.

[Leadfoot1]

Very nice work and talk about a place where you dont have to call to ask if they have worked on the car!!!!

Bryan, if i may, i was wondering why you have planned ''Only'' 305's....At first i tought the car did not get mini'd, but since it is, why not get 12 or 13 inch wheels w/335-345's? Its such a biiiiig part of the cars personnality.... I just dont get it. Oh, and hey, remember before anwsering....never say never!

I also love the colour choice, going to be eye popping to say the least!

Lead.