93 Build...Finally giving in to the obsession
10-15-13, 11:46 AM
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Glad you're starting to get somewhere. I admire you're commitment to the rebuild and i'm sure that once done, and done right, it'll be worth keeping.
I think most of us are making our statements of getting a new shell to move stuff over to based on doing it ourselves, and not getting a shop to do it.
Please take lots of pics and give us updates, as i'm sure everyone would love to see this thing come back to life and learn some things from it!
I think most of us are making our statements of getting a new shell to move stuff over to based on doing it ourselves, and not getting a shop to do it.
Please take lots of pics and give us updates, as i'm sure everyone would love to see this thing come back to life and learn some things from it!
10-23-13, 07:54 PM
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So since I've had some down time and there hasn't been any progress at the body shop cuz they're back up like you wouldn't believe. They have to take care of their insurance work first which I can understand. I've been working on the motor, cleaning it up and such:
I used my dremel with a steel wire brush to get all of the corrosion off and kinda polish the aluminum. After that I taped everything up to prep for paint.
Then I started to spray away! One coat only took about 10% of the can, so I just kept applying more until it was all gone. This is only primer right now but since it turned out so nice I might to my tranny like this as well.
I used some Ultra high temp primer (2000 degree high).
I'm actually really pleased with the results, I honestly didn't think it would have turned out this good.
I'm thinking of going with an aluminum finish paint so it looks like a reman.
I'm picking up my oil pan from the powder coater tomorrow and I have a bunch of parts enroute right now:
Oil pan brace, bunch of gaskets, IRP soft motor bushings, steel motor mount, SS omp lines, more stuff from the powder coater
That's all I have right now but i'll keep updating this as stuff happens.
I used my dremel with a steel wire brush to get all of the corrosion off and kinda polish the aluminum. After that I taped everything up to prep for paint.
Then I started to spray away! One coat only took about 10% of the can, so I just kept applying more until it was all gone. This is only primer right now but since it turned out so nice I might to my tranny like this as well.
I used some Ultra high temp primer (2000 degree high).
I'm actually really pleased with the results, I honestly didn't think it would have turned out this good.
I'm thinking of going with an aluminum finish paint so it looks like a reman.
I'm picking up my oil pan from the powder coater tomorrow and I have a bunch of parts enroute right now:
Oil pan brace, bunch of gaskets, IRP soft motor bushings, steel motor mount, SS omp lines, more stuff from the powder coater
That's all I have right now but i'll keep updating this as stuff happens.
10-23-13, 07:58 PM
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If any of you noticed, I'm missing an exhaust stud and when I took it out, it damn near stripped all the threads in the rotor housing, the nut was stuck on the stud. I went and got a tap & die set to tap it and I was so worried about messing it up cuz the rotor housing is aluminum. But it all went perfect! The tap threaded it so well, I was actually able to put a die on the old stud and thread it back in the rotor housing by hand.
11-02-13, 09:15 AM
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So things have been rather slow lately....my truck needed a $1000 repair and the progress at the body shop is nil. I've just been working on the engine and getting a bunch of parts powder coated. This is what I've been up to, not much progress but it looks pretty good if I do say so myself 
Base coat of aluminum color:
Painted the OMP:
Then, all finished up, with black on the irons:
Still waiting on a bunch of parts to be delivered and the powder coated stuff will be done on Monday so I can start putting everything back together.
Base coat of aluminum color:
Painted the OMP:
Then, all finished up, with black on the irons:
Still waiting on a bunch of parts to be delivered and the powder coated stuff will be done on Monday so I can start putting everything back together.
01-03-14, 12:59 PM
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lil bit of an update...they started working on my car
should I be worried? I think I'm still in a kind of shock after seeing this
My body guy Mike in the background....he's doing a really good job
All in all, it looks like it's turning out well and the clip is damn near perfect and they are taking their time in making sure everything is going to weld up straight and tight.
I decided to get the paint done on the car at the same time so it wouldn't be nearly as expensive as it would be in the future since the car is already in pieces.
But mother of god, no one really wants to see this done to their car!! Nervous and excited
should I be worried? I think I'm still in a kind of shock after seeing this
My body guy Mike in the background....he's doing a really good job
All in all, it looks like it's turning out well and the clip is damn near perfect and they are taking their time in making sure everything is going to weld up straight and tight.
I decided to get the paint done on the car at the same time so it wouldn't be nearly as expensive as it would be in the future since the car is already in pieces.
But mother of god, no one really wants to see this done to their car!! Nervous and excited
01-04-14, 06:24 PM
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looks pretty good on the interior of the panels though... should be a nice straight car when they get it done...
This type of grafting can only be done in a shop with a frame straightening machine...
This type of grafting can only be done in a shop with a frame straightening machine...
01-19-14, 10:59 PM
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My "clip" was a whole car and my body guy wanted to use as much of it as he could because of the rippling on the tranny tunnel and in some of the floor towards the front. They didn't want to cut where there wasn't already factory welds/seams unless they had to like in the rocker panels and the pillars. The way they are doing it makes me feel comfortable and since I'm having them do paint at the same time, it'll be like it never happened.....hopefull, lol
respect 
. how much that work cost?
01-26-14, 12:23 PM
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Wow that's some crazy stuff. I hope it works out well for you 
Those boys must work cheap. I hate to think what something like that would cost at body shop in my town.
For the record I've sold nice clean title stripped chassis for 1k to 2k and rollers for 3k.
You should of contacted me
Those boys must work cheap. I hate to think what something like that would cost at body shop in my town.
For the record I've sold nice clean title stripped chassis for 1k to 2k and rollers for 3k.
You should of contacted me
01-26-14, 01:41 PM
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Wow that's some crazy stuff. I hope it works out well for you
Those boys must work cheap. I hate to think what something like that would cost at body shop in my town.
For the record I've sold nice clean title stripped chassis for 1k to 2k and rollers for 3k.
You should of contacted me
Those boys must work cheap. I hate to think what something like that would cost at body shop in my town.
For the record I've sold nice clean title stripped chassis for 1k to 2k and rollers for 3k.
You should of contacted me
02-05-14, 09:55 PM
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today I stopped by there to take a couple snaps of the progress....too late to upload them now but I will tomorrow
it's coming along nicely and everything is lining up like it should, they gave me copies of the printouts with the before and after off center measurements
it's coming along nicely and everything is lining up like it should, they gave me copies of the printouts with the before and after off center measurements
