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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 06:43 AM
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Default 86 TA Finally painted
Finished it yesterday, so new 5.3 with a cam, TH400 and stall, new paint, it is really coming together. The wife didnt know i painted it and was totally shocked at how nice it looks now, so she loves me a bit more i think:



Then i added a firehawk emblem i had laying around for a few years:





Nowhere near perfect or a show car, just a daily driver that will be getting track abuse. It is the wifes daily and just another toy for me to tinker and beat on.


getting harder to find these on the road, especially like this. A set of wheels and a 4th gen spoiler and the exterior will be set.

Here is a engine pic for those who have not seen it:


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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 07:10 AM
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Nice ride Zones
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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 09:02 AM
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Looks good zane. What kind of paint did you use?
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Bad *** I just got my 88gta running again with a 91 tpi and now I need work on the body also.
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Looks good post up some more pics.
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wait so you swapped a ls into an old car and it drives and doesnt look like poo under the hood? hrmmm
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Originally Posted by NemeSS
Looks good zane. What kind of paint did you use?
It was shop line brand, i just did dingle stage for simplicity and it turned out better than i thought it would.

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Bad *** I just got my 88gta running again with a 91 tpi and now I need work on the body also.
What you waiting for!

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Looks good post up some more pics.
Waiting on new wheels and a 4th gen spoiler and i will update.

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wait so you swapped a ls into an old car and it drives and doesnt look like poo under the hood? hrmmm
LOL, this is what the engine bay looked like with the old 5.7 SBC:

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Youre gettin real good at painting. That paint brand looks real good for single stage. I thought it was cleared also. I know some clear will really set it iff
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In the future i will try 2 stage, i could have taken more time to perfect this car but i was in a hurry to get back down to just working on the GMC 4.8 swap.
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Good looking car. You done a good job painting it.
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Very nice- wasn't a fan of that hood until now. Looks really good with the black trim
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looks good zane, next will be interior work lol, before long you will be my hero ahhahaa, see ya soon.
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Originally Posted by 1965GP
Very nice- wasn't a fan of that hood until now. Looks really good with the black trim
Yea, the little i did to that hood made it work better than i have ever seen. It is one of the few i have seen without the louvers in it, i hate those. So far only one guy has stated the hood would have to go, so you cannot please everyone, LOL.

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looks good zane, next will be interior work lol, before long you will be my hero ahhahaa, see ya soon.
Well, i am thinking of at least 4th gen seats if i dont stick with the black buckets from my RS, and a new dash pad.
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Lookin good, my third gen brotha from anotha motha! I have someone doing paint work on my IROC in my garage right now as I type this up. I'll post pics later!
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Sweet man, i am glad i went witht is color and the silver did not work out, thats for sure.
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Oh wow - I'm doubly impressed. I didn't realize *YOU* painted this. Great job!
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Looks pretty damn good!
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Oh wow - I'm doubly impressed. I didn't realize *YOU* painted this. Great job!
There are spots that need to be sanded and buffed still, like i said, it is not perfect.
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