Project pics..we got em'

[J P Stein]

Where to start?


And since the paint is coming off in sheets.....

....at least the top .01.......the other .03 may as well come off also.....while I'm here...

[J P Stein]

I'm afraid to get near the tail lights as the bondo gets thicker the closer I get

[skinnerd]

JP:

Any more recent pictures?
You aren't going to paint that dawg all the same color or someding?

[J P Stein]

Doug:
Sho nuff. The body ain't good enuff to leave it bare metal.
I think I've found a job that's worse than sheet rocking, roofing or insulating.

[HarryD]

JP,

Ya got a tiger by the tail. I hope ya wrestle her to the ground before she eats you.

Makes my planned project look like a cake walk.

Sadly, I'll morn the passing of your charturese beast... .

What color will we see upon ULF's triumpant return?

[MichiganMat]

oooo, yummy Triad...

[J P Stein]

I'm thinkin' yellow.

[skinnerd]

JP you be a crazy man.... but that's how us old guys get.... crazy.
I will need to come see you car soon, so I get the full affect.
I'm drinking my and your share of beer at this very moment. burp

[skinnerd]

JP: did you finally run out of sandpaper????

know anyone who'd be interested in a slightly used 9eleben, color green of course..............

[J P Stein]

Originally posted by skinnerd
JP: did you finally run out of sandpaper????

know anyone who'd be interested in a slightly used 9eleben, color green of course..............

I'm agin' it.

If you're serious......don't be....but, if you are, you'll have no trouble selling it. It *is* an icon, after all.

I gotta buy more sandpaper.....thanx for reminding me

[Zeke]

Yikes! Where's your fender? You had a lot of hours in that puppy to go and lop it off......

[J P Stein]

Originally posted by Zeke
Yikes! Where's your fender? You had a lot of hours in that puppy to go and lop it off......

Yeah, well....***** happens, ya know?

I tried stretching them out some more, but could only get out to bout 11 inches and they looked like hammered shi....not gud. The HPH flares give me 12.5 wall to wall which should keep me happy. 11 inch slicks are as big as I can go in my class.....a 10 X 16 wheel, actually. R35 Hoosiers ought to be enuff to rip the rear suspension right off the car.... which will give me somethin' else to do.

[J P Stein]

More pics.
I'm getting off track a bit.....more of the customcarcraze than wannaberacer.....breathing too many slovents, me thinks.

[HarryD]

JP,

What's up with the Targa Bar?

[Zeke]

He's gonna seam weld the entire car for rigidity is my guess. However, I don't see the purpose of seam welding the Targa bar unless you need practice.

And by the looks of his welds, I don't think he needs the practice.

Anyway, I can't see what type of roll bar/ cage is in the car, but many tie the cage to the shoulder belt mount mid way up the bar. If you trianglelate down to the longitudinals in the footwell, the doors should open and close perfectly in a 60 MPH hard turn.

So, I guess if the bar is stronger, mebbe it does something.

[J P Stein]

Originally posted by HarryD
JP,

What's up with the Targa Bar?

It wasn't broke, so I fixed it

[J P Stein]

Nothing so sensible, Zeke.
I've never liked the cloth or chrome on the Targa bar.
when it all comes off, there's the pinch seam....which is even ulgier. So, cut it off, welded it back up and slathered bondo on the whole mess....got a coat of primer on it to make it pretty

[skinnerd]

I'm pulling Kermie up to your garage tomorrow....
How much Viper green paint ya got???????

I drove a 330 XI beemer today.
Not bad if ya like a 4500 lb slug of lead.
Wouldn't be bad for a daily driver with 4x4, stick and pseudo M qualities. I guess I'm just not yet beemer material.
I sooner be in that R32 people's car than this buggy.
Probably if I had some gold chains, it had been cool.

Maybe I'll let some air out of my tires tomorrow, so I feel like I'm working on the car or something.
You going to be home all day, JP?

[J P Stein]

Originally posted by skinnerd

You going to be home all day, JP?

Whall sure...all weekend, in fact...I'm beginning to love the smell of solvents.
Lacquer thinner is my current favorite

Come on by iff'n you have a chance.

BTW, I am slowly but surely banishing Green from my shop.

[HarryD]

Man,

Last year the sound and this year, the look. That's gonna be one mean machine!

Maybee I shud buy yer old sliks so's I can keep my place (about 20 places actually) behind ya!

BTW: Don't let that Kermee fellow see ya, he may do sumthin' slimey!