That's an awesome color!!! Oh yeah, I'm Irish...

I keep sending Scooty stuff to paint green and it comes back Orange?

Thanks everyone. The oil coolers were VW small oil coolers and one was mounted behind each fog light grill. All stainless steel hoses and AN connections. Turbo thermostat mounted on passenger side firewall. Kept the car nice and cool- never overheated. That system may have not been in at the time of these pictures as I can see the actual fog lights still installed in the car.

The 3.0 with CIS ran perfect and never skipped a beat. We had to shave the ribs on the air-boot down a bit and we removed the engine lid cross brace and stiffened it up and moved the latch. It worked perfectly and still utilized the stock cable and latch.

Irish Green is a beautiful color- no doubt.

Gold is also beautiful.

looking like a car again

It doesn't show well in the pics, but the pass rear 1/4 is the last major metal obstacle. It's pretty mangled up from it's prior damage, and has some lousy repairs around the taillight opening. Most likely I'll be replacing the whole panel with another from a parts car. Unless someone has a NOS one laying around getting in the way That will be dealt with in a couple weeks

Happy to see the front panel is correct for the car.

Well it is 2:00 AM and I am getting ready to leave to catch a flight to Virginia to meet Scotty and see my car after 2 years. I am looking forward to meeting and talking with Scotty and seeing all he has done. We will also be talking about the next hurdle, after the rear quarter, which will be the oil cooler system and how it is going to look. I am sure there will be some pictures.

Have a great trip.

Thanks Mark. Looking forward to checking out your car too. Scotty picked me up at the airport and we got a chance to talk over some Arby's....one of my favorite fast-food places which happened to next door to Marriott. He will stop and grab me on his way to the shop in the AM so we can grab coffee and then I can go see my Six. Looking forward to seeing it again.

The good news: Your car is all done!

The bad news: Scotty painted it Gold!

Arby's Horsey Sauce puts serious Orange Peel into Paint - just sayin...

It's all good. I Prefer Arby's sauce. Sweet, spicy and smoooooth

So here ya go, after 2 years I get to see my car again and check out all of the work Scotty has done. Car is looking real nice. One last hurdle, the passenger side rear quarter needs to go. So we need to find a NOS quarter....anyone have one hanging on a wall collecting dust?

Scotty and I sat down and went over the entire build, front to rear and know what direction we are heading. I hope to have the car back in my garage in August of 2015.

Oh, as you all know Scotty has an aversion to being photographed (duh) and apparently a fondness for monkeys. I still don't get the monkey thing, something about just like little humans or something.Click to view attachment

So what about the early car Rick is using for his 6. He's pulling the front fenders, how is the rear. Obviously isn't nos but that will be a real long shot. And rick will be able to remove it properly. Just a thought.

JRust has both right & left NOS quarters. I bet he will sell.

Check with peteyd. He had a NOS quarter for sale some time ago. Not sure which one but it's a one in four shot.

Well I posted a WTB and sent a few PM's - thanks for the tips guys.

I saw it in Scotty's booth last week. Not sure who's car that is on the dolly in the pic above


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Wow! That looks surprisingly nice. Gold hhhhmm

OH - and for anyone getting any ideas, Scotty has a most excellent watch doggie, Kudzu who prefers to go by "Zu". This dog is on the job, protecting my car 24/7.
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So far we are striking out on the NOS pass. rear quarter. There are at least 2 NOS driver's quarters available but nothing for the passenger side so far. The search continues.....

Its hard to tell theres any damage on that pass quarter from your picture. I trust you and scotty when you say there is, but its just hard to see. Is it dented all over or is it real thin in some spots?

Pete

It's hard to get it in picture, but that 1/4 has been beat all over, and there is some major hack work that has been done around the taillight opening. If it were only the external damage I would repair it, but in order to do a proper fix on the light opening the back half would need to come off anyway, so with the that, the front being out of whack, and all of the bangs it makes the most sense to replace.

Absolutely. Believe me the tail light opening is really not pretty. No point in trying to cut and patch that quarter when it is an all around better solution to replace the entire quarter. Now we just need a reply nice clean quarter and Scotty will the old one off and the new one and we will be

Sweet dog....all bark and no bite

Oh sure... tell that to the poor "Metal Recycling Technician" that (used to) come(s) around the complex there.

He is now missing a leg and he foams at the mouth!

That's why Scotty has to wear one of those Hannibal Lecter masks in public now. Court order.

Eagerly awaiting an update to the progress of my car.......

after not being able to source a NOS panel we ended up deciding to just use a solid, rust free used one. I still have a little metal bumping to do, then I'll slice Michael's original panel to get the door gap correct

Great work Scotty !!!

last for now

SWEET!!!! I am so happy to see that panel corrected. What a mess that was. Now all that remains is the door gap and that should .... end the major body repairs. I think the oil cooler system will be next. Thanks for the pictures Scotty

Scott - can the foam be removed without pealing back the fender. I would like all the cancer causing foam out of my car.

What a hunk of junk. Cairo needs to sell me that car for cheap!

Great work. What an awesome restoration.

Yes. It takes a lot of chunking with a long screwdriver, but it can be removed that way. I think I may have done that already but if not, I certainly will

Oooo, I spy a sweet little Mercedes

I don't mind doing it if it's still there. Sounds like a project equal to my abilities.

Valance next week

(wolf whistle) Nice work Scotty! Soon the gold paint will flow...

Nice work on the bumper. Exactly what I want for mine. So I guess we decided to do the front cooler?

That is exactly what I wanted for the front bumper. Terrific work Scotty. Oh, yeah, gonna have a GT front cooler to keep the 3.2 happy in the summer. After looking at the tons of different cooler designs out there I finally decided the GT cover was the best solution for me. Gotta get some of Shea's GT oil lines now......

Why not use a GT fiberglass bumper and valance?

Terrific question really. I am not a fan of fiberglass as it tends to develop cracks and just does not fit quite right. Additionally, weight is not an issue for this car as it is not going to be tracked at all.

If I were building a GT bodied car, and had plans to race it, maybe then I would consider glass for some of the parts.

steel for crash protection, fit, durability, ect.

I was afraid to say the C word......

Dumb question, but are you planning on having a front license plate?