Project finally finished!
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From: Detroit, MI - Camp Pendleton, CA
Originally Posted by 1dirtyZ
john , you are are an inspiration to all of us!
the car turned out like work of art!
just amazing.
the car turned out like work of art!
just amazing.
-Alex
Very nice job. I only hope my work in the future will turn out as nice and clean. I admire the level of detail you have in there. I would get it running and want to drive it rather than finish the little details. Gotta be patient. Again, nice work.
And maybe I am biased, but I hope the next car is Orange!
And maybe I am biased, but I hope the next car is Orange!
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Originally Posted by vipex70
It must be nice to have lots of money for this.
I still manage to keep the costs down to a reasonable level on my projects by sending nothing out to be done that I can do myself. The entire drivetrain is all junkyard stuff, the body ended up costing me almost nothing after I sold all the boxes of extra parts that it came with. The chassis set me back a few greenbacks, and S&P does not give their parts away, but all-in-all, I was pretty pleased with the final cost. There is a huge ammount of time spent standing in front of the buffing stand, grinding and polishing all those parts, but what the heck, it is only time. I got a whole lot more time than money!
About the only things that I sent out was the reprograming of the PCM and the rechroming of the bumpers and trim. When it comes time to sell, I will surely make a profit on the car, but only if I don't factor in the labor. I figure that I have in excess of 2500 hours in the car.
The worst part of a project like this, where you have everything apart, is the tendency for "Specification Creep" to set in. You start out with a set budget and set objectives, but you find yourself saying,"well, I might as well do this while I have it apart", or "it is only a few more dollars". Before long, those few more dollars can really add up.
Regards, John McGraw
Last edited by John McGraw; Dec 21, 2005 at 12:13 AM.
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Originally Posted by 70 LS1
Very nice, John. I like the gauges you used. What are they?
Jeff,
Those guages are Classic Instruments. The series is American Classic, and is a real nice looking set of gauges aren't they? I really like Classic Instruments, their guges are not the least expensive out there, but they sure build a nice guage.
Regards, John McGraw
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Originally Posted by jlm44
What all did you purchase from SRIII? And how much did it set you back?
I bought the bare chassis from them only. It was about $5K for the chassis.
The suspension is all junkyard C4 corvette suspension that I dismantled and polished. The coilovers are QA1 shocks. Mike makes the chassis with all the motor mounts, rack mount and trans mount, but I had to fabricate all the bumper mounts and weld them myself. The 65 chassis that I just bought from them has all these mounts already welded on.
Regards, John McGraw
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Originally Posted by 70 LS1
I really like the Classic Instruments. I am going with the G/Stock series and posted on them just recently, but no one knew anything about them.
You will not be dissapointed with either the quality or the great customer service at classic instruments. They can build just about any gauge you want.
I buddy of mine builds C1 resto-rods for a living, and they build electronic spedometers into original C1 housings using this same Americn classics gauge face. It is truly a work of art!
Regards, John McGraw