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Exterior on day one
Exterior rear on day one
Interior on day one
Disassembly begins
Disassembly of the interior
Disassembly of the front clip
Almost disassembled
Stripping off the paint
Car is on the rotisserie
Exterior is stripped and ready for media blasting
All the undercoating is stripped off
Even the trunk is stripped down
18"x10" wheels in rear
The new wheels and tires will fit beautifully
Epoxy primer on fenders
Epoxy on the rest of the parts
Body in epoxy
Undercarriage in epoxy
Cleaning up the old body sealer and seams
Cleaning up and smoothing the jambs
Smoothing the firewall
Smooth firewall completed
Priming all the small pieces
Priming the nose piece
Priming the rear bumper
Reapplying seam sealer where needed
Bodywork begins on new cowl hood
Bodyworking the body pieces
Body is almost ready for mock up
Parts arrive from Detroit Speed
New fully assembled and powdercoated subframe
Wheel tubs installed to clear 12" wheels
New custom roll cage with removable cross bar
Roll cage welded into the trunk
Tight tuck roll cage from behind
New tires - 275mm front and 335mm rear
New carbon fiber gauge cluster with Autometer gauges
Close up of carbon fiber gauge cluster
New 4-Link suspension with new 12 bolt rearend mocked up
New crate LS3/480 HP "Hot Cam"
New 4L70E Transmission
New Camaro engine cover
Mocking up new subframe
Plenty of firewall clearance for the new engine
Ready for subframe connectors
Adjusting bodylines and fitting tires
Tires fit with ease
Compressor bracket made to relocate compressor
Hand bending stainless transmission cooler lines
Prepping for paint
Sharpening all the body lines and blocking primer
Prepping hood for paint
Modifying and prepping inner fenders
Prepping undercarriage for undercoating
Undercarriage undercoated
Media blasting and prepping the small parts
Applying sealer
Applying color
Color sanding the color
Recolored and applying first clear coat
First clear on and ready for color sand and reclear
We are about half way to final shine
Final clear on and ready for final color sanding
Final buffing
Prepping engine cover for paint
Engine cover finished
New Baer disc brakes
Front and rear bumpers ready for color sand and buff
Color sanding and buffing spoiler and small parts
Satin black firewall
New rear suspension and brakes installed
Parts are finished and ready to install
Now thats what a black paint job should look like!
Finished engine
Custom LS3 hood emblem
Custom exhaust system built and ready for HPC coating
Electronic cutouts to adjust the volume of the exhaust on the fly
Some real meat in the rear
Chip Foose Monterey wheels
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