Goldmember 78 T.a. For Ousci & Sema

[tellyv]

HA, HA, cant think of a name for her yet but I thought this was funny anyway heres my speal, Hello I'm Telly Violetto I own Violetto Autoworks in Montello, WI its a collision and hot rod shop. I was picked to go to sema and to the Optima Batteries Ultimate Street Car Invitational the Sat. following the sema show. It's a petty cool thing 50 cars in the world are picked to attend, it consists of a road coarse event, autocross and a speed stop challenge and there will be an hour long tv show televised on the speed channel a couple months after the show. The car were taking is a 78 y88 gold special edition 1247 of these cars were built with a 4 spd and mines one of them, I completely tore the car down and it has a Jakes Rod Shop c6 style front subframe and rear torque arm, Wegner Motorsports is building a 415'' lsx engine, bfg is doing the tires, forgeline wheels 18x10 and 18x12's, big baer brakes, the first ever set of carbon fiber front fenders from Carbon Kustoms. Plain and simple this car is going to be one bad ride! Heres a link to when I was picked http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=433330&id=283142505077&op=6 So I will start posting some pics soon but I want to get a leg up on this thing so its not so boring. I am looking for posible sponsers if you want to get on board let me know I still need alot of parts from body panels, gauges, wiring, weatherstrip, decals you guys get it. It's a big deal and I will promote the hell out of everyone's products p.m. me or call if interested (608)297-7910 Thanks alot Telly Violetto

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/faceoff8.jpg

[srh3trinity]

This should be a good build. I have always liked your Cuda.

[tellyv]

Thanks to Mascoll Designs for hooking me up with a killer rendering!
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/PromoWM.jpg

[tellyv]

I'd also like to thank Albert from Carbon Kustoms for busting his but to get me my fenders! Ok heres a little sneek peek I'll post more soon I should be started on the paint very soon! Thanks Telly
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/brd1.jpg

[Mascoll]

It was a pleasure working with Telly and Violetto Auto Works. Here is the non watermarked version. We will be updating the render as more sponsors come on board.
http://a.imageshack.us/img299/8239/promodw.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/i/promodw.jpg/)

[coolwelder62]

Telly; I will be tuned in to see more of this build.Scott

[tones2SS]

Thanks to Mascoll Designs for hooking me up with a killer rendering!

That is a killer rendering. Car should be really nice!:thumbsup:

[Van B]

Jimi, Cam and the guys really know how to stimulate the economy. :rofl:

[tellyv]

Jimi, Cam and the guys really know how to stimulate the economy. :rofl:

Thank god I sold the cuda! Or when I came home we would have to live in the trans am.

[tellyv]

Ok heres a couple of updates, the car is bolted back together to check fit and then final blocking and it will be painted by next friday. The motor should show up late next week and then it's ready for final assembly.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/mock12.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/mock6.jpg
Heres the Carbon Kustom Fenders there the first set and the fit is awsome and these were blems! They fit as good or better than the originals.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/mock4.jpg

[tellyv]

Heres Jakes front end mocked up, he'll be sending me some tubular control arms soon!
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/mock9.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/assbl1.jpg

[fleetus macmullitz]

Very cool project Telly. :thumbsup:

[Josh69]

One word, AWESOME!

There is a new pop dance song out that references a gold Trans Am. Heard it on one of my wife's stations, reminded me of that! The 70's T/A's are getting a lot of love lately. :thumbsup:

[tellyv]

One word, AWESOME!

There is a new pop dance song out that references a gold Trans Am. Heard it on one of my wife's stations, reminded me of that! The 70's T/A's are getting a lot of love lately. :thumbsup:

My cousin told me about this, no I dont listen to this music but she's hot so it's worth it. If you cant stand the music foward it to 1:20. :thumbsup:
http://www.videocure.com/video/209855.html

[tones2SS]

Looking good Telly. Keep us posted.:thumbsup:

[skatinjay27]

My cousin told me about this, no I dont listen to this music but she's hot so it's worth it. If you cant stand the music foward it to 1:20. :thumbsup:
http://www.videocure.com/video/209855.htmlyeah that video has one in it but the one i think he was referring to this one (its the one they play on the radio right now) its withing the first 40 seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edP0L6LQzZE

[coolwelder62]

Lookin goodTelly,can't wait to see it in Puhrump.Scott

[89 RS]

Great project Telly. I have always wanted a 70's Trans Am, actually had a chance to buy one when I was in college. I regret never buying that car.
Keep the updates coming.

[awr68]

Telly, you gonna be sportin the head band when you roll into Optima!! :lol:

[tellyv]

Telly, you gonna be sportin the head band when you roll into Optima!! :lol:

No headband but maybe a mullet and a a black fake leather coat with trans am written down the arms! Oh yeah a mustache and cowboy boots too! :lol:

[awr68]

No headband but maybe a mullet and a a black fake leather coat with trans am written down the arms! Oh yeah a mustache and cowboy boots too! :lol:

There ya go!! Can you pull off the muscle shirt? I sure couldn't....now days!! :captain:

[Vegas69]

I like it but you better get you butt in gear!:unibrow:

[tellyv]

I like it but you better get you butt in gear!:unibrow:

I am! These 16-18 hour days are getting old real quick.

[tellyv]

Ok after a long long saturday I got the torque arm mocked in, finished welding and painted the rear stuff it's a roller again yeah.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/rear1.jpg

[tellyv]

Ok this is in real time! Just finished painting so now its time to get this thing put together I plan on having most of the wiring and plumbing done by the end of the week, wheels and tires should be here next week and I think the engine will be on the dyno tomorrow. I'd like to get this thing on a track before I get to sema so I hope everything goes well.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/p1.jpg

[awr68]

Right on!! Looks good! Now hammer down!! :thumbsup:

[tones2SS]

Right on!! Looks good! Now hammer down!! :thumbsup:

X2!:thumbsup:

[ja.stoner63]

:wow: Great looking paint & car.

I'll look forward to seeing your car at SEMA.

[tellyv]

:wow: Great looking paint & car.

I'll look forward to seeing your car at SEMA.

Thanks! Your going to crap your pants when you see yours in person.:thumbsup:

[89 RS]

Lookin' good man.

[Fitz78ta]

LOVE the project man, looking real good.

do you have a contact and phone number on the fenders? those things are badass!

[out2kayak]

do you have a contact and phone number on the fenders?

x2

:thumbsup:

:cheers:

-- Joe

[tellyv]

Well how about 3x's the power of the old pontiac motor! It should help a little, I forgot the dyno sheet but It made 651hp!!! Gotta love the valve covers!
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/en2.jpg

[TreySmith]

To you guys earlier, that gold T/A is actually hers. :D

[tazzz2_ca]

Looking good Telly

[Fitz78ta]

What type of throttle body setup you going to do? 4150 TB or an elbow with a traditional LSx TB?

[tones2SS]

Did Wegner build that engine?
Looks very nice.:thumbsup:

[tellyv]

Did Wegner build that engine?
Looks very nice.:thumbsup:

Sure did!

[tellyv]

To you guys earlier, that gold T/A is actually hers. :D

I'm not sure what that means?

[tellyv]

Looking good Telly
Thanks Al can't waite to buy you a beer!:thumbsup:

[srh3trinity]

Fitz,
Any pics or a build thread on the car in your profile picture?

[tellyv]

What type of throttle body setup you going to do? 4150 TB or an elbow with a traditional LSx TB?
I'm not sure the # but it's a normal tb not the ls type.

[tellyv]

Fitz,
Any pics or a build thread on the car in your profile picture?
http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=13378

[srh3trinity]

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=13378
I've seen that one. One of my favorite Cuda's and one of the reasons I was glad to see what your take on a second gen 'bird was going to look like. I was talking about Fitz78TA's car in his avatar.

[tellyv]

I've seen that one. One of my favorite Cuda's and one of the reasons I was glad to see what your take on a second gen 'bird was going to look like. I was talking about Fitz78TA's car in his avatar.

oops I was'nt paying attention.

[Fitz78ta]

Fitz,
Any pics or a build thread on the car in your profile picture?

I won't go into it in this thread, but I am going to start a build thread, i just need to get some pics better than cell pics. I plan on snapping some tomorrow and try to get a thread started over the weekend.

[Josh69]

I'm not sure what that means?

The Gold T/A in the video is her car.

Any progress?

[tellyv]

The Gold T/A in the video is her car.

Any progress?
I got it now! I might have to trade my wife in for her lol.

[tellyv]

Well heres the almost finish product, under the hood at least. I'm running a little behind schedule!
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/fbengine2.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/fbengine1.jpg

[OnEdge]

Engine compartment is hot! What kind of paint was used for the black?

[coolwelder62]

Telly look's real good.Hope thing's come togather smooth.Scott

[tellyv]

Engine compartment is hot! What kind of paint was used for the black?

The base is made by upol its called gravi tex then you shoot over it, I used charcoal insted of black with mat clear. Thats a little tip Mike Ring told me about.

[tones2SS]

Very nice Telly. That engine bay looks great.:thumbsup:

[tellyv]

It made it so I can finally relax, I couldnt get any really good pics but heres a few.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/ta005.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/ta003.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/tellyv/ta001.jpg

[awr68]

Looks great Telly!! Where's it going to be parked at SEMA?

[tellyv]

It's in the parked with the rest of the cars in the ousci, I'm under the optima rig!

[awr68]

Sweet! See ya there! :cheers:

[skatinjay27]

you we right telly, those wheels are f-ing sick!!!

[Vegas69]

Yep, she turned out really sweet. :thumbsup:

[KPC67]

Very cool, its nice to see the later second gens getting some attention. Although they were never my favorite my first car was a 79 ta, and i still have it.

[tones2SS]

Looks great Telly! I like the hood locks.:thumbsup:

[MaxHarvard]

Very nice telly! :)

[4mm]

The car looks awesome Telly. Do you have a link to more pics? :unibrow:

[coolwelder62]

Look's awesome Telly.Can't wait to see it later this year.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:Scott

[nvr2fst]

Thats probably the best looking TA Ive seen lately. Looks great Telly and goodluck on the course.

[tellyv]

Thanks everyone!! I'm really happy the way it turned out I just wish I had some time in the car. If anyone wants to me up call me and we can meet by the car. (608)547-1618

[ccracin]

Very nice Telly. The Bandit would be proud to drive that one! LOL Good luck this weekend!

[tellyv]

Well as many of you already know we had a little bad luck on the track, which sucks I'm sure the car would have done very well. I was running a jerico and the p.o.s. would'nt shift down into 2nd gear no matter what I did I even was using the clutch it would slam into gear and act like an emergency brake sliding the whole car out from under me, I was pretty damn lucky we were'nt at speed I'm sure the car would have been destroyed, I almost shot the rear out of the car and I was going slow so I can imagine what would've happened at full speed. So alot of people looked under the car and came to their own idea what happened but I'm 99% sure the trans was the key problem and I'm sure thats what made everything back there break.
Now my bad luck did'nt end at that, we landed last night in milwaukee around 11pm when I turned on my phone I found out that my truck was broken into where they stopped for dinner, smashing out the drivers side window and taking just about anything they could, luckily most of the stuff was locked in the trailer but they managed to get my new garmin wtf. I kinda wish they would've just stolen the whole rig so I could collect a big insurance check!
On a lighter note the car got alot of attention, we were one of the 7 cars feature leaving sema and we'll be on the cover of phr with some pretty awsome cars. And I'm sure my interview with me breaking will make tv so dont laugh I didnt know if I was going to throw up or cry! Over all it was a great time and I had a blast thanks to Jimi, Cam and everyone else at Optima they are truely a class act. Telly

[Rybar]

Just heard the car in the video from the other thread, thing sounds badass.

[tellyv]

Just heard the car in the video from the other thread, thing sounds badass.

wheres that?

[Rybar]

wheres that?

Fya7L3vToAA

around 1:54

[redfire69]

Sorry if I missed it, but where did come up with the CF front end? Awesome finished car BTW! :thumbsup:

[ProdigyCustoms]

Telly, that thing is gorgeous! What a great looking car and in a short amount of time. I would probably never think of gold as a color for a project, but you killed with it with that theme and color!

Really sorry about your bad luck but I think your still a winner just having the car done. I get a lot of people looking for referrals that are out of my area and do not want to ship a car. I do not throw those referrals around losely.

You my friend are on my referral list!

[Ron in SoCal]

Well as many of you already know we had a little bad luck on the track, which sucks I'm sure the car would have done very well. I was running a jerico and the p.o.s. would'nt shift down into 2nd gear no matter what I did I even was using the clutch it would slam into gear and act like an emergency brake sliding the whole car out from under me, I was pretty damn lucky we were'nt at speed I'm sure the car would have been destroyed, I almost shot the rear out of the car and I was going slow so I can imagine what would've happened at full speed. So alot of people looked under the car and came to their own idea what happened but I'm 99% sure the trans was the key problem and I'm sure thats what made everything back there break.
Now my bad luck did'nt end at that, we landed last night in milwaukee around 11pm when I turned on my phone I found out that my truck was broken into where they stopped for dinner, smashing out the drivers side window and taking just about anything they could, luckily most of the stuff was locked in the trailer but they managed to get my new garmin wtf. I kinda wish they would've just stolen the whole rig so I could collect a big insurance check!
On a lighter note the car got alot of attention, we were one of the 7 cars feature leaving sema and we'll be on the cover of phr with some pretty awsome cars. And I'm sure my interview with me breaking will make tv so dont laugh I didnt know if I was going to throw up or cry! Over all it was a great time and I had a blast thanks to Jimi, Cam and everyone else at Optima they are truely a class act. Telly

Telly - so sorry about your run of bad luck. I will say, Goldmember is BAD A**! It looks great, was prob the third loudest of all the Optima cars (sounded awesome) and an overall beautiful build! I was the lucky guy driving the camera car in the parade, so here's some early eye candy...

[tones2SS]

Sorry about your bad luck Telly. Still an awesome car man. Hope you get that problem resolved. Good luck!:thumbsup: :cheers:
Glad to hear the car grabbed a lot of attention.

[Flash68]

That car looked and sounded so badass! Def one of my top favorites amongst a lot of badass cars. :thumbsup:

[skatinjay27]

yeah same for me^^^
i really felt your car was one of the baddest sounding cars there also and was so bummed that you were able to really beat on it!

[tellyv]

Thanks guys, I know I have alot to be proud of it just stings a little. It will live to fight another day so watch out!!! Frank nice meeting you and thanks for the props!

[Cris@JCG]

Awesome car Telly! Car sounded wicked :thumbsup:

[tellyv]

Ok I've been dealing with all this bad **** kinda ok until know, my brother just called me due to me putting a violetto autoworks sticker on my trailer it seems you need a us dot # well who the **** new that not me this whole deal just put me past the breaking point, how much **** can one person take. In all add another $500 bucks plus to this whole ordeal. So the car is for sale as of right now!

[ProdigyCustoms]

Got nailed on that one myself but Lisa was driving and we somehow got off with a warning.

FWIW, I have a trailer that is completely wrapped, SCREAMS company names, has renderings. Just so you know, the only thing that trailer ever got me was a stalker trying to get me to pull over and show him what was in the trailer.

So all my trailers are black and no logos now

[nvr2fst]

Telly, You've had such an up and down year so far. The good, the bad the ugly so to say. The TA turned out awesome, too bad on the tranny but there are always races. Considering how quickly you got this together and being invited to Optima you should be proud of your accomplishments. Pat reself on the back and crack open a cold one:cheers:

Not sure if Im reading this right. Did the truck get broken into at Mitchell airport?

[GregWeld]

Telly ---

I was at Hot August Nights (Reno) -- Sister borrows the truck to run to the mall - broad daylight -- 50 feet from the main entrance to a Macy's store... they walk in and the security camera catches some DB's pulling up alongside the truck -- about 3 minutes later -- they have my dash ripped to shreds - GPS/Stereo out - the controller for my Banks crap - all the CD's - 3 iPods... ruined the back seat (It's a King Ranch interior) by jumping in on the busted glass that was all over the seat.

We drove home from Reno to Seattle with the plexiglass from my "show" sign taped over the window and the dash all exposed.... NONE of it except the seat and the glass was covered by insurance...

I've never been back to HAN since and won't go again. That town is a dump.

I feel for ya man! When it rains - it pours... but all your bad luck is over for about the next 5 years! (keep my fingers x'd for ya).


http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad33/gregweld/Trailer/IMG_0088.jpg

[tellyv]

Telly, You've had such an up and down year so far. The good, the bad the ugly so to say. The TA turned out awesome, too bad on the tranny but there are always races. Considering how quickly you got this together and being invited to Optima you should be proud of your accomplishments. Pat reself on the back and crack open a cold one:cheers:

Not sure if Im reading this right. Did the truck get broken into at Mitchell airport?


They were somewhere in NM, the bad part is they just stopped for dinner and 2 squads were there so they thought it would be an alright place to stop.

[tellyv]

Well guys I'm up in the air right now do to the huge over budget I went over I find myself in a difficult time I really don't want to sell this thing after all I put in so much work and really did'nt have very good luck and I know the car will be outright fast as hell so I am going to put her up for sale, no I'm not going to give this car away the bre year one cars start at 125k which is crazy and I think mine would blow the doors off of any of there t.a's so the price will be 80k firm I may consider partial trades on complete driving cars. The car is in the process of getting fixed and the stuff that broke at ousci and will be reinforced so they wont break again. Jakes Rod shop suspension, Wegner 651hp 416''ls, fast injection one bad ass car for the money. Again no lowballers thats the price! Thanks Telly

[coolwelder62]

Telly,post up some photo's of the car now that it is finished.Would love to see more than what I saw of the sema photos that were posted.Scott

[tellyv]

I will once its back on its feet, then I'll post it up in the for sale section also!

[pablowest]

Jimi, Cam and the guys really know how to stimulate the economy. :rofl:

haha. Yeah right. They can also make a boom economy someday. :D