Originally posted by demonx
I bought the Billstien shocks from an American ebay seller (saved a heap) Can't remember the name of the seller - sorry.
Originally posted by demonx
Oh yeah - one more point of frustration.
When I was out the shed today looking over some stuff I noticed there was a heap of fluff under where I had been storing the brand new carpet I bought for this ride.
Bloody mice had chewed through the new carpet and made themselves a nice cosy nest in the middle. Bloody rodents. Mice sh*t everywhere too.
One more thing on the list.
Originally posted by mick
Very Happy with my 383!!!!!;46
Originally posted by silver1QuoteOriginally posted by mick
Very Happy with my 383!!!!!;46
me too ;35
Originally posted by 69 DIRTY RAT
Nice! Is it coming off ok?
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So, you have patched the spot where the rear vision mirror goes? Are you intending to put a mirror on each side as I thought it was needed for a LHD car on the road?
UPDATE:
NOT HAPPY
Was out the shed today doing something else and a odd looking mark on the windshield caught my eye.
Yep - my brand new, never been driven on the road windshield is already cracked. I am so p#issed off.
No idea how it happened. I know it was not like it when installed so I can't blame them. It's happened sometime over the last day or so - thing is no-one goes near the car except me. Nothing is stored close to it that could have fell. I'm way out of ideas. No one to blame.
Is it small enough to be fixed by those windscreen crack repair guys?
Does your insurance policy cover you for 1 free windscreen per year?
Looks good. What did you end up doing at the upper rear top corners of the doors? You know, the bit that is usually broken on a lot of C3s?
He didn't charge me full price for the time he was there today and he said when I go back to him, as the job didn't get finished he won't charge me labor he'll only charge me for the soda bags used.
I dropped them off today at Cruiser hot rod and smash repairs. $350 for them to straighten out all the bumper mounts that are squashed from a rear end smash. Straighten and repair the dings in the bumper and then rechrome.
PPG tech support is the BEST I have EVER encountered.
Impressive support indeed, given that you aren't a big commercial customer of theirs.
Hi
I noticed in part one of this thread you have coated headers fitted to your vette and you said they fitted better than your old ones.
What brand are they. ?
I am looking at some Hooker ones at present for my 71 SB.
Regards
Craig
The other job done was installing the ceramic coated headers.
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The first side went on fine. The second side was a bit of a pain. I had to remove the oil dipstick and tube to get the header in place, then knock it back in when I was finished.
The new pipes look much better than the old ones, and as a bonus, they don't hit the firewall :hammer: unlike the ones that were on there...
I'll have to try modify the exhaust a little to fit the new headers now. And replace the cut fuel lines.
Question re the wheels you just sold.
Were they 17" or 18" and did you notice much change in drive quality when you changed from the original 15"s
Looking great demonx, any pic's of the rear :pepper:
Is there a 'before' pic of the door gaps? Looks pretty right now.
I bet you were just excited about spraying colour, even if it was the wrong colour. Good to see work progressing :)
Quote from: Scott link=topic=7212.msg1045937827#msg1045937827I bet you were just excited about spraying colour, even if it was the wrong colour. Good to see work progressing :)
Yeah - till I found out yesterday that this particular orange cloggs up sandpaper more than any paint I've ever encountered! Won't be spraying a thick coat of that again.
Im thinking of:
502 with a 4 speed semi auto (ie a auto that is full manual shift)
With the 502 I'd have to change the hood so I'd prob be looking at a L88 long hood and do away with the wiper door and grill.
With the 502 I'd have to change the hood so I'd prob be looking at a L88 long hood and do away with the wiper door and grill.
I've never though about semi auto's before but the HQ ute I recently bought has a 350 chev with a full manual powerglide and it's damn fun to drive but a couple more gears would be great!
I still have several months till decision time but thats where I'm sitting at the moment..
So, you're no longer broke! :wink:
Ah! The age old delima of where do I stop comes to mind.... if it wasn't for the money I'be be going for a 454 crate motor straight out of the states....:grr::grr::grr::grr::grr:
In another turn of events:
I'm getting closer to pulling the motor, I've been thinking of taking Dirty Rats advice and turning this thing into a rat rather than a mouse. I called an engineer this morning and the largest donk he'll ticket me for is a 502ci. Must be fate as I was actually thinking of a 502 before I called him.
At the moment it's a L46 with a M21 muncie 4 speed.
Im thinking of:
502 with a 4 speed semi auto (ie a auto that is full manual shift)
With the 502 I'd have to change the hood so I'd prob be looking at a L88 long hood and do away with the wiper door and grill.
I've never though about semi auto's before but the HQ ute I recently bought has a 350 chev with a full manual powerglide and it's damn fun to drive but a couple more gears would be great!
I still have several months till decision time but thats where I'm sitting at the moment..
About 10k US for a 625hp 540cuber! by the time you get it here plus postage it lands for about $12k ozzy!!!!
This is what I'm looking at. It should squeeze in under a modified L88 hood (risen a couple inches). It's fuel injected 502 crate motor that I can run with the stock corvette driveline and then make driveline changes down the track.
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You wouldn't even consider buliding a motor, would ya? Just can't see why he's be runing a belt driven fan instead of thermo's?
Hi Demonx, good to see some progress.
I like the look of this (http://www.compperformancegroupstores.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=FS&Category_Code=EFISystemEZIEFI) EFI set-up. Maybe not as good as a Ram Jet EFI but it allows the use of a standard air cleaner.
Heres a youtube walk around at the primer stage.
I did find a few pin holes I somehow missed so I'll have to fix those tomorrow.
Can't wait to see some colour on it :pepper::pepper::pepper:
Can't wait to see some colour on it :pepper::pepper::pepper:
Quote from: Jethro
Can't wait to see some colour on it :pepper::pepper::pepper:
I was hoping this weekend but I just spent the day sanding till my fingertips bled. Whole rear is 320 sanded and I had to shoot a few spots with primer where I filled the pinholes I missed. I was going to go straight 600 grit but as I had a few big runs in the primer I decided to 320 as I'd never get them out going straight to 600.
The battle plan:
1) Tomorrow - 600grit.
2) Through the week - pull the masking paper etc as it's full of dust
3) Clean the floor and get as much dust out from around the car as I can
4) Remask with fresh tape
5) The fun part - red and clear
Hey not you late to change ya mind and spray it YLLA:bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana:
As much as most people think Black is a cool color, it is the worst to maintain and shows every swirl, mark and blemish.
Oh, and it collects dust like you wouldn't believe......
Too many black (and red) cars out there already. You already have the red so use that but next time choose something different like "steel cities gray" or "jetstream blue"
I've had two black cars and I would not think twice of having another. In fact when the vette's finished (one day) I'll be cutting the rust from my HQ ute and painting that black.
As far as there being too many Red cars - yeah - but mine will be Viper Red! It'll stand out in the crowd!
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....black oh and a smiggen of off white
Quote from: 69 DIRTY RAT link=topic=7212.msg1045937907#msg1045937907mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....black oh and a smiggen of off white
Yeah, like this:
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:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :pat: :beer:
(I tried to add a youtube box, but the forums spellcheck eliminates any swearwords and the random code given to my video by youtube starts with the letters s h i t !!! Great, they're evaluating my car for me before it's even finished!
After 2 Coats of clear... 2 more to go. It's flashing off between coats as I type.
And 4 coats of clear:
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Tried and failed twice now. It's still noticable - just.
Going to have to sand back and respray the whole panel.[/rquote
Bummer!:grr::grr::grr::grr:
Spent a bit of time yesterday and today messing around with the inner skin of the drivers door.
Heres a few pics:
Epoxy - 2 coats
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Primer - 3 coats
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I sanded the primer back with 320 and then 600 ready for color and then decided I wasn't going to be happy with the appearence of the factory seams etc, so I then used PPG A661 PE Stopper (A filler specific for fibreglass body work) to neaten up the messy factory look.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w95/vettesofballarat/17012010307small.jpg)
I then reprimed and sanded back to 600 before shooting the PPG Viper Red - 3 coats
The color doesnt turn out real great in this mobile phone pic. I'll have to take some more in sunlight once the paints cured
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Waited an hour after the last layer of red and masked off the black section, shot 2 layers of PPG Black and 3 layers of PPG 800 clear with a mattening agent in it so the black area will have a satin look.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w95/vettesofballarat/18012010310small.jpg)
Tomorrow I'll unmask this and tape off the black area to shoot 3 coats of 800 gloss over the red.
Hello Demonx, Your door looks good. I did the same with my doors and filled the gap between the skin and steel frame. Also filled the spot weld divets on the frame to smooth things out. I have left the inside of my doors body colour and also painted the hinge bolt covers body colour. I am not sure how is is going to look until I get the doors back on!!! I may end up doing what you have done and paint it satin black.
Its good to see you have cleaned up the forward jamb area. It makes a big difference in appearance from the standard factory bonding adhesive mess.
Brad.
Only update I can add is that I have the ability to destroy everything I touch!
Yesterday I finished the 2000 sand of the quarter I repaired. ( I had to respray another section on the same quarter last weekend) - It came up pretty good and you cannot see the repair at all. Completely blends in at every angle I stand, even when I get right up close I cannot see the merger.
I then commenced to wash the entire rear with water to remove dust and then polish it with a 3M polish called "Perfect it" which the paint shop told me was the best they have.
My waffle pad was a bit old so I bought a new one and went with the 3M pad reccomended on the tub of polish which turns out to be a bit more abrasive than the old one I was used to.
Somehow due to my lack of polishing experience I managed to polish through a couple of edges back to the primer which on a bright red car stands out like dogs balls and I think I may have slightly damaged the clear in a couple spots.
In a nut shell: After the polish it looks great in the majority but some areas it looks crap.
I guess unless I respray it's now a "looks great from 1 meter away" paint job.
Add another "Not happy" to my painting thread!
About an inch long line near the drivers side door (on the edge) then about a two inch line on the same side wheel arch.
It's only on the sharp edges.
I'm undecided if I'm going to leave it as is - or sand the whole rear down and paint it from scratch. Thing is if I do it all again whats to say I don't stuff it up again!
I was meant to spray the color and clear today but I wasn't happy with the flash times for the base coat due to the cold weather, so I sprayed the base coat today and I'll shoot the clear tomorrow just to be safe.
So sorry about your situation mate! hope things get better soon, such a shame about selling the Vette