Project car... DONE!
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Project car... DONE!
ill keep it short and sweet for now...
Owners son at work bought this car from California and shipped it up to fix it and sell it
Its a 1973 Trans Am
and it got a almost full frame off restoration
Here are some pics (have 150+, but desided to stick with one one angle i have the most pics of through each step )
MikeCsT-A024.jpg
MikeCsT-A042.jpg
MikeCsT-A045.jpg
MikeCsT-A049.jpg
MikeCsT-A052.jpg
MikeCsT-A065.jpg
MikeCsT-A4.jpg
MikeCsT-A9.jpg
MikeCsT-A115.jpg
MikeCsT-A137.jpg
MikeCsT-A151.jpg
MikeCsT-A144.jpg
So yeah thats what i have been doing all winter, and thats why MY car didnt get done faster
i have many more pics, from different angles showing somne of the Issues with the car (rust/old damage)
I will upload them later.
Owners son at work bought this car from California and shipped it up to fix it and sell it
Its a 1973 Trans Am
and it got a almost full frame off restoration
Here are some pics (have 150+, but desided to stick with one one angle i have the most pics of through each step )
MikeCsT-A024.jpg
MikeCsT-A042.jpg
MikeCsT-A045.jpg
MikeCsT-A049.jpg
MikeCsT-A052.jpg
MikeCsT-A065.jpg
MikeCsT-A4.jpg
MikeCsT-A9.jpg
MikeCsT-A115.jpg
MikeCsT-A137.jpg
MikeCsT-A151.jpg
MikeCsT-A144.jpg
So yeah thats what i have been doing all winter, and thats why MY car didnt get done faster
i have many more pics, from different angles showing somne of the Issues with the car (rust/old damage)
I will upload them later.
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Noticed the Solstice body work on a GXP already ??? tomorrow when i get home I have some pics of my sisters new car at the body shop already.. with less then 400 miles
but not the jack
haro bite it "should have left it that way boohoo....
peter chem strip it ?
but not the jack
haro bite it "should have left it that way boohoo....
peter chem strip it ?
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Noticed the Solstice body work on a GXP already ??? tomorrow when i get home I have some pics of my sisters new car at the body shop already.. with less then 400 miles
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Originally Posted by ReallyAGXP
Noticed the Solstice body work on a GXP already ??? tomorrow when i get home I have some pics of my sisters new car at the body shop already.. with less then 400 miles
but not the jack
haro bite it "should have left it that way boohoo....
peter chem strip it ?
but not the jack
haro bite it "should have left it that way boohoo....
peter chem strip it ?
that Solstice was a pain in the *** let me tell you, nothing was going right the day i painted that, so it ended up needing a 5+ hour watersand/polish job
but now im confedant i can make my car look like GLASS, with ZERO texture in the paint
And yes, it was Chem striped
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well we finished it up, Boy was it a stressfull built. but the results were fantastic!
And it almost made the $50K resurve at the auction, i got to $48500 but the owner didnt pull the resurve :?
Anywho, heres the pics!!
MikeCsT-A167.jpg
MikeCsT-A168.jpg
MikeCsT-A173.jpg
MikeCsT-A170.jpg
MikeCsT-A182.jpg
MikeCsT-A180.jpg
MikeCsT-A178.jpg
And it almost made the $50K resurve at the auction, i got to $48500 but the owner didnt pull the resurve :?
Anywho, heres the pics!!
MikeCsT-A167.jpg
MikeCsT-A168.jpg
MikeCsT-A173.jpg
MikeCsT-A170.jpg
MikeCsT-A182.jpg
MikeCsT-A180.jpg
MikeCsT-A178.jpg