rpowell25 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Got my bumpers back from Shagy today: Overall pretty happy with the end result. The license plate light looks new! Also added a few more gauges. Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment
Z chopper Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 maybe a sleeper look, stock rims and caps. Quote Link to comment
Just Joel Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 What's your impression of the gps speedo? I was looking at their site and other than the price, it seemed pretty awesome. Later Joel Quote Link to comment
rpowell25 Posted August 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Body work has begun. The front was in the most need of attention. The PO was a bit of a pot head and didn't always remember to use the brakes. Front fenders, hood and valence were repaired years ago....badly: Looks like rust from the inside out. Anyone else experience this on their car? New valence: This is as far as I got yesterday. Still working on lining up the body panels. the core support is a little tweaked so I will be spending some days on that. For the back: I an going to weld up all of the trim holes on the fenders, do a skim coat of filler, sand and prime for now. It is my intention not to drive the car until the body work is complete and i would like to have the car stripped out before taking it to a body shop for final prep and paint. Going to do the OE white with burgundy interior as that how it came from the factory. 1 Quote Link to comment
510T Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 This Dime is looking good! I think the rust coming through the front lower framerails is pretty typical. There are like 3 layers of sheetmetal there trapping in moisture. By all means repair it, just don't go too far or you will end up with a door dragging zombie 510, wink wink. Quote Link to comment
carterb Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Great looking project! I have a 72 4dr in the back of the garage waiting for VG power. Keep us up to date with the progress. --carter Quote Link to comment
rpowell25 Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Valence has been replaced and the fenders and hood are fitted. Using a spot weld drill bit I removed the old valence. I inserted 5mm rivet nuts into the core support in order to attach the new valence: Fitted the new fenders and hood. Had to massage the core support as it was a bit tweaked out of shape. Also, my core support brace was pretty screwed as well...got a nice one form Hobbes: Now everything will come back off to have the trim holes welded in, thin coat of filler, primer, and a lot of sanding. Quote Link to comment
510sAreHot Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 MORE! this car is way to cool.. i love everything about it Quote Link to comment
NCLNDYM Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Oh come on, thats not the right hood..you know what I'm talking about.. UNLEASH THE BEAST Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Where did you get the dash pad? Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 this project is looking good look at boatys thread on here. speed hut he installed a gauge where the factory temp and fuel went it looks sweet car is looking good Quote Link to comment
rpowell25 Posted October 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Eric, the hood cut for the supercharger has already been fit (and if you remember it has the hole already) so it just needs paint. Draker, I believe I got it from someone on EBay if I remember...NOS and it cost me a pretty penny. Ranman, I did see Boatys install and I am awaiting the gauge from Speedhut. I am going to try to do the same. Quote Link to comment
rpowell25 Posted December 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 I have gotten a few inquiries as to how I mounted my Speedhut gauges. Here is a quick and dirty synopsis. I haven't mounted my gas gauge yet so can't help much there but here are the speedo and tach: I cut a hole out of the metal mounting plate behind the OE speedo for wire and GPS cable access. Also cut out a hole in an OE tach housing for wires. Modified the inside of the tach housing by removing the 3 light ports to make it essentially hollow: I epoxied the mounting collar for the speedo to the back of the main bezel. I had screwed the collar all the way to the new speed bezel which leaves a little sticking out the front I did the same for the new tach. I then screwed the new tach w/bezel on the assembly using the OE screws that were used to mount the bezel and clear cover. 1 Quote Link to comment
510sAreHot Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 please update this build.... 1 Quote Link to comment
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