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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 05:58 PM
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sick car I wish i had your skills. I'm playing with a 69 firebird.
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 07:15 PM
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Very nice work!
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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love it. dude I am with you on the driving your car thing to many trailer queens in the world. You are a good fabricator, like the front spoiler.
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 09:24 PM
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those lower links scare me

car looks sweet though
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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Sweet looking ride. I'm in to see the finished product.
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 05:07 PM
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You know what I like the most about this build? Your doing all the work yourself! That's awesome! Your car is a big inspiration to me. I got a 69 I started working on awhile back. I'm doing all the work myself. All sheetmetal work and all fabbing is done by me. Your build is sweet! Keep updating this! Have you posted on pro-touring.com forum?
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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Great job car looks sick ,the car is so low it makes the roof line look high I know your way beyond this point but did you ever consider chopping the roof down a couple of inches would add to the look. keep at it cant wait to see it done nice work.
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 06:29 PM
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I like the whole look and idea behind the car. I think your work looks good and like I said the overall idea is neat and should be very attention getting...

My only concern picture-wise is this one..



The car looks very crooked here...There is an obvious difference in the amount of space between the under window panel and the rear panel, looking like the left rear is sagging down. Was the car wrecked/ poorly repaired/?? or is this just the rear panel off that much after reinstalling it??

Criticism is meant to be constructive, and I will be the first to admit that I couldn't do 1/2 of what you have done there
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 12:57 PM
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you are completely right. the filler panel between the rear glass and trunk were welded in wrong and warped. it has since been fixed that picture was from atleast 4 months ago. and yes a more in detail build is goin on, on pro-touring.com. and yea doin all the work myself except for the motor build and sticking the interior. pro's of haveing your own shop is you have control of everything. the lower links are 1/4 in dom with 5/8 heims. there is no chance of them braking or bending, that is a satchell link design used by several road race cars.
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 05:12 PM
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 05:14 PM
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well little more work. slow goin since the shop is kinda busy with a few others and am in the process of building a new bigger shop so here ya go.

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new tubing bender i made to make the floor and tranny tunnel. makes a nice quarter size bend, i dont like sharp angles
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 05:17 PM
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motor placement after i fabed up some motor mounts and trany crossmember




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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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trans tunnel in progress

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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 10:06 PM
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looks awesome....goal of mine is to start learning metal / fab work...
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 12:48 AM
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hey i noticed in the last pic of post 19 your suns out guns out tee is on, you work out bro?
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 05:44 AM
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You know you would love to sell me that car as a roller. Beautiful setup keep up the good work.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 11:53 AM
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rssean i'll entertain offers, and extreme toy i've been to the gym once or twice. i cant wait for my new shop to get built and really get to work on this thing again.
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 01:05 PM
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is this project still in process? Looking sick!
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