Ready for Race Rodz!

[awr68]

After I got the sub-frame media blasted I spent a few weeks of WAY late nights stitch welding the frame halfs together, A/C compressor notch finished, cleaned up factory welds, body worked, and painted. On the bottom of the car I cleaned up all the welds from the mods I did, body worked it a bit and got it into paint...this was after I stripped it all to bare metal by hand, I'll never do that again!

I then installed the frame and welded it to the DSE SFC's. Then finished mounting the last of the parts on the fire wall, hung the sheet metal and loaded it on a trailer just in time to take it to Chris (race rodz) for the Aug. 11drop off dead line. Drove 600 miles yeasterday, but I know it's in good hands!It was a ton of work for me to do in a few weeks, I'm tired and am looking forward to spending the rest of the summer with my family and hitting a few camp grounds. It's all up to you now Chris!!

[68protouring454]

Originally Posted by race-rodz

instead of calling it paint jail...we can call it summer camp

lol, when do you think it will be done? can't wait to see progress

[mazspeed]

Looks Good Anthony. Enjoy the rest of the summer.

[68protouring454]

Originally Posted by race-rodz

not quite as fast as the project your workin on, but should be pretty respectable turn around time.

i keep seeing all the horror stories of peoples cars stuck in the paint shop for many months and even years.... and i just dont get it. there will be a lot of updates on the progress so everyone can see how long a job like this "should" take.

i will officially start workin on the car monday morning, should have updates every couple days.

cool, can't wait to see the progress. you doin the full shanty on it? skim coat,poly,urethane? good luck

[ProdigyCustoms]

Well, I think it is in good hands.

[L8ONBRAKE]

You might think about putting some undercoating in the wheel wells and other parts. I know after having such a nice undercarriage the thought of undercoating probably makes you grim. I did the same thing and am definetly going to undercoat the wheel wells as I know the paint will just get chipped and plus it makes nasty tinny noises when driving through gravel or anything loose in the road.

Subframe looks killer! Whose rack and pinion kit did you use?

[awr68]

It's a Unisteer power rack.

[Garage Dog 65]

Congrats Anthony ! That's a major milestone. Get some rest and celebrate !!

[mdprovee]

That is cool Anthony, mine is going to paint next week.

How did the intercooler turn out?

[Steve Chryssos]

Congrats Anthony!! Pick a final color yet?