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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 10:48 AM
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We chromed a few more parts under hood and I re-painted the fender wells and the engine compartment



And check this out, while we were at the Trans Am Nats we met up with High Performance Pontiac. They wanted to do a photo shoot of the car....this was way cool.....every hot rodders dream





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Here is a few pics of the underside finished, this is looking at the Watts Link :





When I took off the parts to paint the inderside of the car, I took the time to take off all the clamps on the exhaust and tig weld every joint to try to have clean look.



Thanks for looking and we love all the great comments
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Very nice! What wheels are on your car?
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Very nice! What wheels are on your car?
Thanks...They are MRR GT-1 19''

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you sir are awesome!

spot in a magazine with home brewed parts over manufactured ones!

sweeet!
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Originally Posted by bad_408_vert
you sir are awesome!

spot in a magazine with home brewed parts over manufactured ones!

sweeet!
Thanks for the kind words......we have a ton of fun with this car!!!

Bill & Brenda
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that is absolutely amazing work and skills you and your wife have Bill. It must be great to have someone that actually enjoys the car hobby as much as you do. Mine goes to the paint shop in the next week or so, I'm going to have the front spoiler molded to the car to clean up the lines on the front, then onto the chroming process. One of these days I hope to be in the same league with you and Robbie.
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The only thing I would change is to get a chrome oil cap to match!
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The only thing I would change is to get a chrome oil cap to match!
^^ this

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Originally Posted by YellowTA1
^^ this

I need one of those......badly
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Originally Posted by YellowTA1
^^ this

You know a owner of car can put in *** loads of time working on a car just to make it right......sometimes you can't see the obvious ....I havn't really notice this untill I seen that pic, well I just ordered one and can't wait.

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wow...simply amazing. Out of curiosity, did you continue to make parts to sell to members here on tech since this whole thing started?
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Originally Posted by L3THAL_Z28
wow...simply amazing. Out of curiosity, did you continue to make parts to sell to members here on tech since this whole thing started?
I'm not at the same job now so making parts is very hard at this point.

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Originally Posted by Old Blue
You know a owner of car can put in *** loads of time working on a car just to make it right......sometimes you can't see the obvious ....I havn't really notice this untill I seen that pic, well I just ordered one and can't wait.

Thanks guys
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do you already have the chrome dipstick as well Bill? I couldn't tell in the pic, if not, shoot me a pm if you're interested in acquiring one as well.
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holy crap awesome how are you measuring up all this stuff old school measuring and planning fab or and computer aided simulation to plan it??? thats amazing stuff!
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Originally Posted by KLaBZ28
holy crap awesome how are you measuring up all this stuff old school measuring and planning fab or and computer aided simulation to plan it??? thats amazing stuff!
Hey I'm an old guy so we did it the old way....took some measurments and prayed a little and turned on the saw........hell I can weld and machine so I can fix all my ooppps and start over lol

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Damn good work done here.
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