My Cars Home!!!

[awr68]

Thought I would start a new thread since the car is back home from Race Rodz. Chris did an awesome job on it and I'm very stoked! He drove all day to deliver it but got stuck in traffic and by the time we unloaded it it was dark out so today you get garage pics. He's on his way home now...300 more miles and he will be home!!

The color is awesome and I can't wait to roll it out into the sun! It needs a bath as there's still some compound here and there on it...but it looks awesome anyways! As you can see we couldn't wait to put the Fikse's on! The gaps on the car are awesome as well as the spoiler!

Thanks Chris for an awesome job! :thumbsup:

BTW, that's Chris' dad and I in the first pic and Chris and I in the second pic...great guys! Also, Rob (96z28ss) stopped by, his car will be heading down to Race Rodz in a couple months...I think '08 will be a great year for Chris!

[Tom.A]

Very cool! I am sure it will be great to put it back together for the final time.

[camcojb]

congrats Tony, looks great! :hail:

[awr68]

A few more pics from tonight! :D

[zbugger]

Very nice Anthony!!! I bet the camera just doesn't pick up the true color of that paint though. And I am really diggin the three piece spoiler!!!

[KPC67]

Ha I just posted in your old thread...
Looks killer, I can't wait to see it go back together.

[awr68]

Thanks guys! The positive feedback means alot!! I rolled the dice with this paint code...but I'm glad I did!

Allen you are absolutly right, it's truely a color you have to see in person! I think it's going to be crazy in the summr sun!! :cool:

[KPC67]

The paint is cool. I think your car is unique, and will be timeless!

[awr68]

The paint is cool. I think your car is unique, and will be timeless!

Thanks! Timeless is exactly what I wanted/need as I'm not a rich man and need a car that will 'fit in' for many years to come! We figure that I can change the wheels if styles change...but the main car is timeless enough to last a very long time.

Here's a pic of me with my son Bryce seeing it for the first time, I was asking him if he liked it...the answer, YES!! With a big grin! :D

[youthpastor]

right on, looks awesome...:D

[Spiffav8]

Wish I could have been there for the home coming, but I'm stuck in Venezuela. Looking forward to seeing that Bad Boy up close soon.

It looks Awesome!!:thumbsup:

[Ricochet]

Congrats Tony!! Looks awesome!! Nice job Chris! :thumbsup:

Brent

[Rybar]

Anthony, your car looks freakin sick. :thumbsup: Love it with those wheels!! It's all downhill from here :cheers:

[jannes_z-28]

A late xmas gift of the greatest magnitude :cheers:

Now you have many many fun hours ahead of you putting it all back together.


:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:


Jan

[redfire69]

Congrats! Pictures can't do it justice.... love the stance! :thumbsup:

Ron

[bigtyme1]

Looks Great Tony, oh what a feeling.

[trapin]

Tony the car looks fantastic, awesome work. Congratulations. Now to get the mill in the engine bay and fire this bad boy up. :bow:

Damn I wish I had mini-tubbed and went with 18's. Damn!!!

[Stuart Adams]

Looks great. Nice color. Bet your stoked.

[mark smith]

Car looks awesome,got to be very happy

[XcYZ]

Awesome! I'm stoked for you. :dance:

More pictures, please. A lot more. :D

:cheers:

[Sales@Dutchboys]

Anthony,

Your car looks great :thumbsup:Congratulations!


Paul

[CarterHickmanDesigns]

Dude I am excited for you. I can hear the excitement in your typing! Congrats

Carter

[awr68]

Thanks guys for all the kind words! I gotta go to work now...going to be a long day waiting to see it again...but at least it's Friday!! :D :cheers:

[Payton King]

I am digging the blue and the rims look killer. It will be a long day at work and a short weekend. so much to do and so little time

[DOOM]

Anthony
The car looks awsome!!!!!!! The color looks like my 96 GRAND SPORT, (CLOISONNE BLUE) . Is that the color ?? Hope to see more daylight pics. CONGRATS!!!:thumbsup:
Mario

[jimhamptons]

Looks great! :thumbsup:

[ProdigyCustoms]

Happy, happy, joy, joy! And Way to go Chris, I know you went above and beyond the scope of work, and it could not happen to a nicer guy!
Congratulations!

[chrismoe]

Tony,

The car looks great. Very cool color.

Chris

[Autokraft]

Looks great there Anthony:thumbsup: Can't wait to see some outside shots when its all put together. Nice job Chris, awesome color:D




Kurt

[Musclerodz]

Very nice Anthony and Chris. I am sure the pics don;t do it justice.

Mike

[Jr]

Very cool! :thumbsup:

[DRJDVM's '69]

Congrats Tony !! It looks awesome......

Cant wait to see it all finnished..

[mazspeed]

Looks great Anthony, nice color too. :thumbsup:

[rwhite692]

Congrats Tony, keep the photos comin'!

Chris, glad you made it home safe, we are getting some pretty wild weather right now...

-Rob

[monza]

Cool looking color nice work, that thing is going to pOp in the sunlight!!

When are you planing on getting it all done?

[awr68]

Ok I'm home from work and it's still here looking hot!! :)

Mario, No it's not that GM color you are talking about...in fact it's not even domestic.

I hope to get it drivable this summer...but it has to be done early fall!!

Thanks again everyone for the kind words, Chris and I truely appreciate it!! Hopefully this car will put Race Rodz on the map...Chris is very tallented and deserves much success!!

I hope to get some outdoor pics this weekend if it has a break in the weather.

Also I will put my pics in my photobucket so you can see better images.

Thanks again everyone!! :lateral: :cheers:

[aany001]

Anthony congratulations on the return of your car and I must say it looks awesome to say the least.I would have done the exact same thing as you did by wasting no time and putting on the wheels and stand back. You must have drooled for hours when everyone left.Congrats buddy now lets get it fired up!!!!! :thumbsup:

[zbugger]

Why do I think that Jen is gonna be feeling lonely soon, being that both her boys are gonna be hiding in the garage all the time.... And then she'll shock you by wanting to be the one to start the motor for the first time.

[Spiffav8]

Why do I think that Jen is gonna be feeling lonely soon, being that both her boys are gonna be hiding in the garage all the time.... And then she'll shock you by wanting to be the one to start the motor for the first time.


Jen is going to love having all that space to her self. Her only worry will be that Anthony fell asleep under the car again. :yes:

[awr68]

Her only worry will be that Anthony fell asleep under the car again. :yes:
I never should have told you that happened a few times while building the rear suspension!! Those were some very late nights!! :lol:

[awr68]

Why do I think that Jen is gonna be feeling lonely soon, being that both her boys are gonna be hiding in the garage all the time.... And then she'll shock you by wanting to be the one to start the motor for the first time.
Yeah Bryce loves to be out there...but to be honest it's hard to trust a 3 yr old with a painted car...simply gonna have to limit his garage time I guess?

I think she deserves to be the one to start the motor the first time...she's been one hell of an understanding wife threw all this! :)

[jack67rs]

I never should have told you that happened a few times while building the rear suspension!! Those were some very late nights!! :lol:

That's funny same thing happened to me, wife found me sound asleep under the front end. Good times!! congrats, let the fun begin.

[67Sally]

Very cool! My 3 yr old son loves going into the garage to work on "the broken car" too. Your car is going to look great.

W

[Lenie]

Very nice.

[mdprovee]

Anthony it looks great, my wife loved the blue. I know you are excited.

Congrats!

[awr68]

Well it stopped raining for a little while so I rolled it out and hosed off some reamaining polishing compound and spray mask that was on the black surfaces. I must say this is a crazy color to photograph due to all the pearl in it. Looked killer sitting outside...happy days!

Also I want to mention that we used Prodigy's SS fastener kit on the car, it's a very nice and complete kit!

I took more pics yeasterday before I hosed it down and it started raining before I could take more...so these will have to do. http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/IMG_02351.jpg
Ready for assembly!!

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/IMG_02271.jpg
The deck lid wasn't latched so the spoiler gaps aren't as tight as they really are.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/IMG_02421.jpg
Nice work Chris on making everything line up!

[awr68]

Here's a few more....need some now that's it's cleen!!
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/IMG_02081.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/IMG_02471.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/IMG_02491.jpg

Thanks for all the kind words!! :) :lateral:

[Rybar]

Once again it looks awesome Anthony! :thumbsup:

[Sales@Dutchboys]

wow! looking great Anthony :thumbsup: that color really pops outside!

[awr68]

we cant forget to thank travis and the KD crew for the 3pc flush mounted spoiler idea... i tryed to give it a lil change by making the "gaps" angled.

car does look good outside with the wheels on it:thumbsup:

sorry i didnt have time to get it all cleaned up, thats one of those things the customer should never have to deal with..... good thing your pretty much family at this point:unibrow:
Word! KD and Travis do need to be mentioned...thanks guys!!

I didn't mind cleaning it a little...gave me time to get to know it!!! :)

[tjbruning]

:woot:

5 months of rainy weather to get it finished (so you can drive it for 3) :lol:

Looking forward to updates.

:cool:

[DaveO]

Just got back from visiting with Tony and have to say pics don't do this car justice, the depth of color even sitting in the garage is awesome! Congrats Tony, the car is looking :thumbsup: :cheers: :woot: :yes:

[awr68]

Thanks for stopping by!! And I appreciate the kind words!! :cheers:

[MODO Innovations]

Looks awesome. Keep up the good work.:thumbsup:

[waynieZ]

Looks nice I like that color !
Wayne

[nvr2fst]

I agree on the color great choice goes perfect with the black rims The split spoiler idea was great. Do you plan on going nuts on the interior of keeping her pretty much orig.
dave

[awr68]

Dave the interior will stay semi-stock with exception of Sparco seats w/ back seat recovered to match, custom dash, Lokar hand e-brake, vintage air, cut pile carpet w/ matching floor mats from ACC, ect.

Thanks for all the kind words guys! Haven't done much to the car yet waiting for some more parts to roll in...but they are showing up just about daily now!!

Here's a mock up pic.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/DSCF19241.jpg

[67turbostang]

im loving that color:thumbsup: your interior is looking great! your project just gives more and more motivation on my project

[deuce32]

i cant believe i missed this thread ,,,looks awesome man :thumbsup: congrats

[Jr]

Car looks great. I like your gauge placement

[XcYZ]

Car looks great. I like your gauge placement

x2. We need more pics, Tony! :woot:

[Jr]

x2. We need more pics, Tony! :woot:

True. How about some pics of the ame cage installed :thumbsup:

[Payton King]

area. Very sweet

[awr68]

I didn't want to loose the styling of the dash, but had to package more than stock would allow. I cut the whole center out and started over. The unpainted area is all new and hand build...then butt welded in. Notice there isn't an ash tray and I moved the head unit up for an easier reach. It's all painted now of course, but will be a while before I install all the parts for the final time. Here's a close up of the work area. I'm sure a pro could have gotten more creative, but I'm happy with it!! :)

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/DSCF15401.jpg

I'm thinking the blue on the harnesses will match the body color well! Got to coordinate!!
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/68Camaro0051.jpg

[Sales@Dutchboys]

I like it! :thumbsup: How do you like those seats?


Paul

[awr68]

True. How about some pics of the ame cage installed :thumbsup:

I'll find some, I know I have some. It did fit well, very pleased with it!

BTW, today I'm starting in on a little project, I'm changing the street rod style 4-bar links over to DSE Swivel Links...should help with any binding I might of had!

Ok, I'll look for those pics now....

[awr68]

I like it! :thumbsup: How do you like those seats?


Paul

Thanks Paul!
I love the seats! Very high quality, they recline using an infinate dial, and flip forward...a must with kids!

I got all my Sparco gear and seat mounts from Jim @ http://www.motorsportseats.com/ He gives all our members a nice discount!

My first trip to SEMA I was on a mission to find a seat for this car...at the end of the week I found my self back where I started, the Sparco booth...go figure! But at least I felt better about the purchase!

[Kendall Burleson]

The car look GREAT:hail: with the black wheels how wide are the wheel

[awr68]

The car look GREAT:hail: with the black wheels how wide are the wheel

Thanks very much Kendall!
The wheels/tires are:
18x11.5 W/ 315 tire
18x9 w/ 245 tire

[awr68]

Ok, figured it was just easier to take new pics of the AME roll bar. I opted for the bent down bars and I used a Chris Alston swing-out kit on the harness bar. I actually ordered an 8 point roll bar but decided against using the door bars and tubes that install at the rear passenger's feet...this is a family car after all...got to keep it comfy and usable...yeah right! :_paranoid

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/IMG_02641.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/IMG_02611.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/awr68/IMG_02621.jpg

[Jr]

Very clean install

[tjbruning]

Very clean install

X2 :thumbsup:

[Steve1968LS2]

I love your center gauge placement.. I will be stealing that idea for my next car.. :yes:

[awr68]

Very clean install
Thanks! The main hoop is tilted a little and inline with what would be the 'B' piller and is very hard to see (froma side view) when the quarter window is up...owe that idea to Stielow! And I wanted full use of the trunk so I installed the down bars as far forward as possible.

[awr68]

I love your center gauge placement.. I will be stealing that idea for my next car.. :yes:

Thanks Steve, that means a lot! I thought about angling them to the driver a little but that makes it harder for a co-pilot to read, this way everyone has good visability.

So, another '68 in the near future? That a boy!! :thumbsup:

[Vegas69]

Looks great....Frank and the boys are finishing my roll bar up later this week and I am not sure about the cross bar yet. I am thinking it would be nice if I ever want to road race it and use racing harnesses. I, like you wanted to keep the back seat usable incase I do want to go out to dinner with a friend and the ladies. I also think it's a plus for resale. I like your idea about the bar lining up with the quarter window trim.

[mdprovee]

Looks good Anthony, keep it up.

[rwhite692]

Looking Good, Tony!! Keep the pics comin'!

[formula98]

Man I love that blue! Great progress.