Well, I got the car back from the boys in TJ. I love how it looks, Mike(Dr Evil) did a great job shepherding it thru the process for me. What a great resource for everyone in the club. The whole thing body, paint and interior was less than 2500.00 about a third or less than in the bay area. It may not be perfect but it's pretty damned good....I'm glad I didn't decide to paint the rockers and valences in yellow, but it was close to happening. BUT. as I've always bragged up the reliability....I had to borrow a shift console from Mike to get the car home, mine sort of...desintigrated...the glue failed, all better now tho....THANKS AGAIN MIKE!

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Damn man! I wish I could drop mine off!

Like the color.


M

definately gonna need a # next wcc...

jim - i hate you!

way to go!!! looks bitchin! howd the qtr panel come out?

OK last one

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jun 5 2005, 07:57 PM)

jim - i hate you! way to go!!! looks bitchin! howd the qtr panel come out?

Like it was always straight, and the other "noogies" all went away too....

QUOTE (redshift @ Jun 5 2005, 07:56 PM)

Damn man! I wish I could drop mine off! Like the color. M

Thanks, its the original Zambezi green...

WTF Jim? your car has now lost all its character... hell, i could go as far as saying it's 'beautiful'...


you're just another pretty face, now.

Did you like the "artsy" pics where I tried to show the oil "consumer" near the "oil sources"? WOW, watch out Andy Worhol, Brer, watch your 6....NOT>

I love the green "sail panels", roof, rockers, and valances. Way to keep the sail panel chrome too. I plan to do the same, but have panel and roof gloss black, keeping the chrome.

Hey jim that looks great! You should have stopped by on your way back so I could check it out. It looks fantastic.

Brasilia looks great!

Nice Jim bob.....

This is the artzy foto I like...it looks like a cable from the 'crane' is gonna pick that bad boy of the ground...

Jim,
You are soo very welcome. I was glad to help and to be a part of this. I know how much you love your car. Your car gives me hope that mine will look and drive as nice.

QUOTE (Brent @ Jun 5 2005, 08:02 PM)

I love the green "sail panels", roof, rockers, and valances. Way to keep the sail panel chrome too. I plan to do the same, but have panel and roof gloss black, keeping the chrome.

Actually....I had intended to delete the "chrome" from the sail panels but I didn't tell Mike in time...but, I like the way it turned out, big time....

QUOTE (skline @ Jun 5 2005, 08:02 PM)

Hey jim that looks great! You should have stopped by on your way back so I could check it out. It looks fantastic.

Wish I could have but my sweetie wanted to get to SLO for a massage and a meal at MO's BBQ....not the worst idea she's ever had..maybe next time.

I saw this car over at Mike's on Thursday.

As nice as it looks in the pictures, it's better in person.

QUOTE (jimtab @ Jun 5 2005, 08:49 PM)

Wish I could have but my sweetie wanted to get to SLO for a massage and a meal at MO's BBQ....not the worst idea she's ever had..maybe next time.

I'll have a rack of ribs and a deep tissue massage...

darn... that's nice!
is that the same car you brought to the WCC 2004?

that does look good!!!! and i'm not a big green fan....i think the sails do it for me

looks swell jim!! glad you found a dirt road to drive down with the new paint job . $2.5k, value pricing to be sure. i wish los ponchos wasn't 1k miles away from tacoma.

k

So they obviously hung onto it for a while. How long did it take? Total time?

Would it be possible to go on an extended vacation down to Baja, while their doing the paint?

dang jim and you didn't call me while you were here in SD?
???

I thought you were going to buy me a beer.

Hey Jim,

You're killing me, car looks great . I really like the body color valances. My Zambezi green has been at the paint shop for 3 months now, one of those fill in jobs.

What size tires do you have? They look nice.

Us green guys need to stick together. All that yellow is faster BS , Green is ____________ ?

Greenie

The car looks great, Jim. The only way we'll recognize you at club events is the beard. OK, the beard and the laugh. Well, maybe the beard the laugh and stories of paint in TJ 'cuz it won't be about Brazil without those yellow rockers!

Looks great! I love that green!

Looks very nice Jim, you need to show a before and after pic

I saw it in TJ 10 days ago. Definitely looks even better in person....

QUOTE (Jeroen @ Jun 6 2005, 03:49 AM)

darn... that's nice! is that the same car you brought to the WCC 2004?

YES....believe it or not....

QUOTE (rhodyguy @ Jun 6 2005, 05:31 AM)

looks swell jim!! glad you found a dirt road to drive down with the new paint job . $2.5k, value pricing to be sure. i wish los ponchos wasn't 1k miles away from tacoma. k

DUDE? Road trip....you drive down, fly back and 2 weeks later fly down, drive back with food and massage stops....what's the problem....

QUOTE (rogergrubb @ Jun 6 2005, 05:38 AM)

So they obviously hung onto it for a while. How long did it take? Total time? Would it be possible to go on an extended vacation down to Baja, while their doing the paint?

I think you could, with the interior, mine was 2 weeks, with no pressure on them.

QUOTE (greenie @ Jun 6 2005, 07:55 AM)

Hey Jim, You're killing me, car looks great . I really like the body color valances. My Zambezi green has been at the paint shop for 3 months now, one of those fill in jobs. What size tires do you have? They look nice. Us green guys need to stick together. All that yellow is faster BS , Green is ____________ ? Greenie

Green is AS fast and Prettier, the tires are 205-50x15. And yes, we do have to stick together....

is this what the democrats refer to as "outsourcing"?

QUOTE (jimtab @ Jun 6 2005, 12:16 PM)

Green is AS fast and Prettier...

Jim, it looks great But don't ever think green is as fast
Good 'before' pic of your car.
Yellow intimidates Green!

QUOTE (Howard @ Jun 6 2005, 11:50 AM)

QUOTE (jimtab @ Jun 6 2005, 12:16 PM) Green is AS fast and Prettier... Jim, it looks great But don't ever think green is as fast Good 'before' pic of your car. Yellow intimidates Green!

Howard that car of yours isn't yellow it's cream corn ivory.....like the butter you put on GREENS.

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Jun 6 2005, 11:41 AM)

is this what the democrats refer to as "outsourcing"?

Yes, the Repubs have taught us many things....

Howard! For the last time, that person driving Jim's car was ME! Wasn't I great? Thanks for the footage

Jim let me use his car for a few laps because he is such a great guy. I can't let him take the fall for my 'extreme' driving

Later, during lunch, I drove the loaner from Joe Sharp and lost it at the same spot. But, his tires were not warm and I left the track for a trip into the dirt

who's gonna run the cars through Los Ponchos when Dr. E is gone? I'd like to get whitey done when I move back to the land of the la's.

I have officially taken in a new apprentice. I will call him Darth Albert. More on this Axis of Evil later


Like I would leave you all hanging if i didn't have to

Holy shit, thats the same car you drove at WCC04?

Lookin Good!!!

Thanks man, it has been great, lots of thumbs up, ok signs...even a few taildraggers flashing lights....so different from the averted eyes.......

QUOTE (Dr Evil @ Jun 6 2005, 05:37 PM)

Howard! For the last time, that person driving Jim's car was ME! Wasn't I great? Thanks for the footage Jim let me use his car for a few laps because he is such a great guy. I can't let him take the fall for my 'extreme' driving Later, during lunch, I drove the loaner from Joe Sharp and lost it at the same spot. But, his tires were not warm and I left the track for a trip into the dirt

Dude, you are a standup guy for taking the rap. Forget the $5 you owe me and send it to Easton. BTW, who's this?
Nice!

I don't know, I spun once but I think the car in the video is black, not green, besides if I'd spun, I have gone all the way round....I mean, what the hell....

Howy,
sweet, I'll add $5 to the total. This doesn't mean that you can't try to extort $5 from my homies telling them that I will pay them back

Do they do the body work or just the paint,and if so how is the body work craftsmanship.??

QUOTE (spunone @ Jun 7 2005, 05:35 AM)

Do they do the body work or just the paint,and if so how is the body work craftsmanship.??

They do it all, and interiors too (seats, dash, etc.) and in my opinion the work is great, I'm sure that a high end body shop would do better work but at 4-5 times the price. Jim

I saw the picture and thought, "That's my car! Where did he get it?" Then I looked a little closer and saw the green sails and knew it wasn't mine. Beautiful car, much prettier than mine (although I love mine - it has character)..

Mike

QUOTE (jimtab @ Jun 6 2005, 08:22 PM)

Thanks man, it has been great, lots of thumbs up, ok signs...even a few taildraggers flashing lights....so different from the averted eyes.......

The car looks awesome. Still waiting for before and after pics. I never saw the "before" version.

Speaking of thumbs up...I had a guy in an early 911 make it a point to catch up with me on the freeway so he could give me a thumbs up. Pretty cool. His 911 was spotless. Love those pre-impact cars.