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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 05:43 PM
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SC SA Bodyshop progress



















here are some pics of my progress

its got alot to have done but were making some more parts tomorrow



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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 06:57 PM
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Worlds shitty'est collage of pictures possibly????

How 'bout working that camera a little better!!!???
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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May want to size those down a bit, man. Kind of difficult to look at when they're all that big.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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yea i was using my phone nd idk why it keeps doing it like that
i posted them on another forum and they weren't as big?
but yea i'll take my camera to work today and get some better ones
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by dbssr1212
yea i was using my phone nd idk why it keeps doing it like that
i posted them on another forum and they weren't as big?
but yea i'll take my camera to work today and get some better ones
Sounds good....we would be interested in watching your progress!!!
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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yea yesterday my boss had to leave early so i didn't have time to get pics but i'll get some today
i think were cutting out the rocker panels and replacing them too
there gone....
bad on the passenger side
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 03:56 PM
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looks like you're making some real progress there. what are the plans for the car? restoration?
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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well yea sort of

im gonna have to cut out the rockers and replace them soon
were sand blasting soon

im going to repair the body completely back to good shape
rewire it
and get rid of the rats nest a little better
new gauge set up interior and exterior will be cleaned up and painted

and after a while of looking for a bumper idea to change it up without trashing the SA look
ive changed mine a little bit =]
no molding, no holes, and the dip where the molding is well i filled it in just a little

so its gonna be somewhat restoring it to stock
but im gonna change it up a little like no moldings
clean my rims up
the paint color is not your usual SA color
its one of our harder to make custom colors but its not flashy or anything
its almost like a plum but not that dark and not shiney or anything
and then ive made the decals

even had an extra to put on my wall haha
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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its actually Sam (Bad 83's) old SA
but im learning on that

took off my first carb the other day on my parts car =]
the haynes manual helps
only book i wanna read and well the only one i do and im in highschool so haha teachers get pissed but i just tell them i'm learning what else do they want =]
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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derrik, if u ever need an extra hand let me know.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 09:22 PM
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yea i will man
were actually doing really good on the body work
the roofs done bumpers done
valences almost done
ive got a lot done in the little time it bein at work rather than school
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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 11:53 AM
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heres the progress
hoods about done maybe 20 minutes more on the last few dents and it'll be done
fenders are both done except the bottoms where we had to sandblast
roofs done sides are done
driver side door done
nose piece sandblasted starting on it tomorrow
ummm started on the passenger door rust repair we have the parts made just need to weld them on

cutting the rocker panels out to redo them this week if i get the nose piece finished up
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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I thought that interior guage setup looked familiar, glad to see its still livin!
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