Introducing Project Sabre, 1971 Cutlass S Pro-Touring car

[SparkyRnD]

Thanks! We are loving this project, and itching to hit the road with it soon.

[SparkyRnD]

We are quite a bit behind the original release date of March 2012, and the later updated date of mid-summer 2012. But, we are chugging along and hope to be done in the next few months. That will give us seat time before next year's events, which we will need.

Bulldawg was shooting for having the engine and trans painted, and reinstalled in time for our upcoming Meet & Greet at their shop, this coming Saturday. Haven't heard from them in a few days, but hopefully they were able to get that tackled, and we'll get new pics this weekend.

Dark Dog Customs is handing the shell back to the body shop, as they have all the measurements and mock up pieces they need to start the interior. Hopefully the shell will leave their shop tomorrow or Saturday morning.

Body work: they are estimating about 2 weeks worth of work on finish body work. But based on his current schedule, that may take 4-8 weeks to get done. Once it is finished, it will be ready for paint, and then back to reassembly.

LED update: Spaghetti Engineering has finished the prototypes, and we are getting the first production unit! It should be here next week sometime, and we are very excited. Here are picture of the kit that they emailed to me:

[SparkyRnD]

Here are some updated pictures I took at the meet & greet yesterday morning:

[Rick D]

Wow just went through the whole thread nice work guys! Nice to see something other then a Camaro (especially since I see one every time I go in the garage)

[waynieZ]

The frame came out great. I like the wheels too. Nice work.

[SparkyRnD]

Originally Posted by Rick D

Wow just went through the whole thread nice work guys! Nice to see something other then a Camaro (especially since I see one every time I go in the garage)

One of my buddies is building a '67 Camaro and I rib him all the time about it, but I will say that most every one comes out different, and most all of them are great looking (even if they are more popular to build than other makes / models).

Originally Posted by waynieZ

The frame came out great. I like the wheels too. Nice work.

Thanks! We love this project and can't wait to see some progress / updates.

[garyb]

So will those LED tail lights that Spaghetti Engineering is building eventually be available to the public?

I'm slowly (going on 5 years) doing a frame-off on a 71 Cutlass Supreme.

--GaryB

[SparkyRnD]

Absolutely. They should have them available for sale shortly.

[SparkyRnD]

Update: Just got tracking for the LED lights, which should be here early next week. The body is also now back at the body shop, and they are getting started on finish body work. A little hiccup is that the car needed floor pans up front due to miniscule pin holes. I ordered pans that arrived, but unfortunately Summit sent one of the pans for a '64, and not for my '71. So that is going back and I'm waiting for the replacement to bring to the body guy. Hopefully, he can have it all finished in about 6-8 weeks, as he has a lot of other projects ahead of mine. In the meantime, the interior guy is going to work on the seats and panels.

Joe also got the transmission painted (pic below) and the engine painted (waiting on pics). Hopefully he can get them put together along with all the clutch parts, and permanently install it in the chassis. Once that is done, I will measure for and order the driveshaft. I will also be ordering the brake lines and fuel lines. The goal was to have all of that (and possible the exhaust) done and installed before the body is finished and ready for paint, and I'm hoping now that Ben is at Bulldawg, we can still achieve that.

Here is the painted transmission and bellhousing:

[SparkyRnD]

I also just updated our website gallery:
http://projectsabre.com/Gallery.html

Click on the August image, and it'll take you to the August Gallery with more pictures