Everyone knows that when your wife backs into your door that you HAVE to get wider wheels, pull the fenders, fill holes etc. If it relieves her of some guilt, it is the least I can do.

I foresee a 3-amigos "Yellow is Faster" teener group shot at RRC this year.

Is there a RRC this year?

Yep. Durango Montana. Too far for me.

Just because I will bring My yellow six, Its a dog, But Yellow..

We could squirt the baby-shit green one. I'll bet Wills still has a quart left over.

Sage Green

Sorry... I keep forgetting that.

Eric,

This is why everyone hates you. FYI.

Is this thing painted yet

Sorry, I'm just the first to say it. the paint looks awesome and cant wait to see more!!!

You know it is at a body shop right? Take their ETA, multiply by 2 then add 20%, that is when it will be done.

That's only one of the reasons...

Baby steps....the tops of the decklids are done. It is officially down to just the body. Didn't get any good pics but I won't have to worry about Erc asking me if my rear decklid is fiberglass. It is straight.

your supposed to stay at the shop until you get good pictures to post

It's going to looks awesome

Ahhhhhh.......

That, sir, looks fantastic.

I am going have to see it in person.........

Jeff, don't you have wheels for him? I believe you tried to pawn them o.. sell them to him last year at RRC

Come see me in Durango in September. I'll buy you a beer and you can pick the car apart.

More...parts is parts...

Sanded and partially buffed front fender. No windshield sprayers, cowl vent, antenna hole or side markers.

Sanded. Not buffed.

Man... that comment from Jimmy at RRC musta really been gnawing at ya!

Looking good buddy. Let's see if Elliot will shoot his car yellow.

Those little 7's?? Errrbody knows you need at least 8's out back.

Glad I said no to those other wheels. Jeff treated me more than fair on these.

Which comment? There were several within about a 45 second window.

Only if I can paint the calipers red.

Yelloooooooooow

Looks great as all yellow cars do and the flairs are cool. I second the idea to have Elliott paint his car Yellow!!

Suzie is going to a wedding,, Nacho and I headed SE, We will bring a Yellow 914-6, BTW they were 7.5 x 16 Fuchs.... Mono Wiper

Lookin' good!

Man, that looks nice, Mike.

Noticed you had them paint the bodywork under the grille on the engine lid black too

I wish I knew how to quit you.






Jack Twist:

I have been trying my best to get a really good shot that shows the shape of the fender but it is tough to do...best I can get so far. The car behind me is killer too.

Drivers...

Nuthin' but wipers....

You pictures look good to me What wheels are you going to run on it? you mentioned 8's in back but those dont look like 8's

Those are some nice shop rollers and I know you have several options in your garage

Those are 8's with 245's on them. These are the wheels & tires I am running. They just need to be wiped down with a very high speed polishing wheel.

The fact they are hard to photograph, means they are perfect...
Really looking forward to seeing it in person..

Nice ass.

My turn, UPDATE NEEDED

My turn, UPDATE NEEDED

My turn, UPDATE NEEDED

MMMM What a beautiful, rounded sensuous curve. I simply cannot wait to rub my massive muscular thighs all over those rounded fenders. I hope I don't scratch the paint.

Hah! The car is done at the paint shop waiting for me to bring it home. I will as soon as we get back in town.

I'm starting to worry about you, Elliot

Nice, NICE paint, and fender work.

Welcome to the 7"/8" Fuchs club! Here's the body work on mine for reference -
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Rear fenders were painstakingly hammered out, no metal added (and inside of lip rolled of course). I think they came out pretty well, although yours are far superior - even maintaining that small outside ridge per original shaping - again, outstanding work!

Also, IMHO I think any of these cars getting any body work should have those front/corner marker lights removed. Esp for darker colored cars. I honestly didn't even notice this on mine when I bought it but really like the clean look it gives the car, over the original 'bulging eyeball' lenses.

My $0.02 / YMMV -

I assume you aren't still sitting on I-17 so whats up with the car?

Mike's 951-8x16's require a lot less effort to fit.....Time will tell....If he ever updates his thread

I really love the look of your car!

Hey Mikey!

Who did you have do the body work and paint on your car? It looks great!

Look what finally found its way home. Reassembly starts on 8/5.

This will give you a good idea of how far they pulled the fenders. These wheels had about 1/4" of clearance before.