Lapis Blue Metallic (finally).

She'll be home in a few hours. More will follow:

If I may quote you "Yeah, Now THATS what I'm talking about."
:PERMAGRIN: Joe

Helll YA ! that's fricken awesome! Can't wait to see this project really get going now! Joe your my hero
Eric

Hurry up and finish that! I hear there is a line forming for your work!

OK here goes!!!

"Erika" (she now has a name....) is back at Joe's house.

Mike is paid in full, so far. Little bit of remaining work on decks and doors, but the big part is finished. Mike does not get paid for decks and doors until they are delivered. He seems to be pretty motivated with the "carrot" approach, rather than the "big stick" approach. Just ask him to do work right before the house or Harley payment is due, and you get results.

Anyhoo... it seems that he did a great job, and the car (ahem... Erika) is beautiful!!!

I have 9 pics to follow:

post buff in the sun:

OOPS! That was Mike buffing...

HERE is post buff in the sun:

(ok. Don't try to post stuff when you've got a 6 year old pestering you about his stupid Lego Knights!!!!)

Attempt 2 on post buff!!!!

At the house:

On the dolly:

coming off the dolly:

In the garage:

Lapis Blue Metallic!!!

I STILL know what I want to be when I grow up...


(riding a little high... Looks like a Rally car, no?)

Sure looks nice

wow

Thanks Lou!!! Now the fun really begins... (with me cleaning tomorrow morning!!!)

wooooow, that's motivating Liz...

SWEEEEEEEEEET! Nice color!

Really nice Liz!

Does joe still think those rear tires aren't gona rub?

Yup. I've seen them in there. She'll go.

They're not seated properly right now. We rolled the fenders a little to give some more breathing room. I'll take some pics when we've got the car lowered and positioned properly. We've got a little work to do before I can get there, though!

QUOTE (TurtleGirl @ Jan 23 2006, 10:12 PM)

Yup. I've seen them in there. She'll go. They're not seated properly right now. We rolled the fenders a little to give some more breathing room. I'll take some pics when we've got the car lowered and positioned properly. We've got a little work to do before I can get there, though!

They'll rub you're fresh shiny paint on compression.

It looks fantastic. I love that color.

wow. that looks so good.

i wonder what lapis blue pearl would look like?
i prefer pearls to metallics...

Nice colour. -Lego knights

This thread is great! I am new here and my car needs all the treatment you've given to this one. Helps me not to feel so overwhelmed. I have a few questions. In an earlier post you talked about "tar" when you were stripping the interior of the car. What was that? You also covered the bottom of the car with something called SKS, and some undercoat, or are they the same thing? I am not familiar with these products. Your build looks so good, I want to use it as my guideline for doing mine!

Also, there was some "secret formula" for painting the suspension............

Thanks so much for taking the time to document your build for us!

Looks like your paint guy did well for you! Glad to see the car back home and can't wait to see it start coming together.

QUOTE (tdsmoonchild @ Jan 24 2006, 08:12 AM)

This thread is great! I am new here and my car needs all the treatment you've given to this one. Helps me not to feel so overwhelmed. I have a few questions. In an earlier post you talked about "tar" when you were stripping the interior of the car. What was that? You also covered the bottom of the car with something called SKS, and some undercoat, or are they the same thing? I am not familiar with these products. Your build looks so good, I want to use it as my guideline for doing mine! Also, there was some "secret formula" for painting the suspension............ Thanks so much for taking the time to document your build for us!

Hi and Welcome to the club!!!

#1 If you'll notice on the floor pan of your car, there is a 1/2 inch thick (or so) pad that is mostly made of tar. It was originally installed as a sound deadening layer, but it's main job now seems to hide rust underneath. It's best, if you're planning a full resto, to assure that all your hard work isn't for naught! pull up that tar pad to make sure that you don't have any rust pockets.

#2 SKS is a spray-on undercoating made by Worth. It's great for protection of the undercarriage, sound deadening, and not having to paint the wheel wells, etc! (easier to keep looking nice than paint!)

#3 (shhhhhh) the secret formula for painting the suspension, etc is Rustoleum Satin Black spraypaint! Muuuuuch less expensive than powder coating, easy to touch up, etc...



Again, welcome to the club! You'll find that this forum is a wonderful source of info and hilarity!!!

Liz

Liz, Erika looks gorgeous!

PS: Been there with the multitasking Lego discussions.

First bath:

I'm proud of the effort we put in to repairing the former crash damage properly.

From this:

To this:

Worked on the dash tonight. Liz is getting an RS-ish simplified dash, but with a normal dash pad:

next:

next:

I love felt.

Last. The Makita bit the crap out of me tonight:

Hey I recognize that remote control! We have that same TV.

Nice wound. Nice dash.

What a beautiful color!!!
Looin sweet!!!!!

QUOTE (914RS @ Jan 25 2006, 06:47 PM)

Worked on the dash tonight. Liz is getting an RS-ish simplified dash, but with a normal dash pad:

That would look great in body color!

QUOTE (McMark @ Jan 25 2006, 06:53 PM)

Hey I recognize that remote control! We have that same TV.

Me too....now that we have so much in common, how come my car isn't as cool as you guys'?

very nice. I like!

QUOTE (McMark @ Jan 23 2006, 09:04 PM)

SWEEEEEEEEEET! Nice color!

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That does have to be the best CAR color! Looks great!

That thing is drop-dead-sexy. Nice work, folks!

Tom

Nice work Joe. If you weren't so damn far away I'd send my car to you.

When you get your shop open I think you're gonna be a very busy man...

OK, so I actually thought about starting a new thread for this, and then decided that it was actually more appropriate here anyway. Sorry for the length of this!!!

Here's our rough schedule for the rest of the build:

February:

Week 1:
Headlight covers, eyebrows, engine deck stripped and sent to paint
Dash board
Order dash pad
Finish the wiring
Alternator
Steering
Get brake line T

Week 2:
Get flywheel & Clutch
Install brake lines
Clean Engine & Tranny
Engine painted and assembled
Modify oil cooler
Install/plumb oil system

Week 3:
Motor mounts
Install engine/tranny

Week 4:
Headlight/Turnsignal hardware cleaned & painted
Battery tray installed
Order thermostat
Get battery
Light, fog, hazard switches


March:

Week 1:
Install front sway bar
Install gas tank
Plumb fuel system
Fuel pump/filter

Week 2:
Install gauges
Install clutch, throttle & speedo cables
Tachometer
Pedal cluster
get throttle pedal

Week 3:
Shifting
Brake pads
Master cylinder
Finalize brake system

Week 4:
(By now we should get: remaining dzus hardware, rocker panels, valences)
Bumpers, rocker panels, valences & top to paint
CD box for ignition
Filler/dipstick for oil tank
Headers
Starter


April:

Trim Clips
Rollbar vinyl
Seats & Belts
Firewall HW for belts
Assemble doors
New door handles
Windshield trim
Order windshield & install (also install rear window)
Tail light assembly
Drain tray for header


May:

Rear struts & coilovers
Finalize seals
Window/targa trim
Carpet
Door panels
Inside sill trim
Window cranks
Speaker housings
rollbar interior trim


Sooo.... now that everybody knows, you all can give us crap when we fall behind schedule!!!!

Wish us luck!

Great detailed schedule Liz

I suggest you get all the miscl, hardware, fluids, gaskets, etc. including some you "may" need. It's the little missing crap that holds up the schedule and eats alot of time...

Dash in the car: