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| | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,398 old hand | old hand Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,398 | Man, I can see the energy this had to create. The van looks awesome. Thanks for the update! | | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 12,847 Maniac | Maniac Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 12,847 | totally awesome transformation ...I'm sure all that glass is in better place now ! Proud member: Shenandoah Valley Vans ............" REALITY IS JUST AN ELABORATE ILLUSION".................. | | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 Old Timer | Old Timer Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 | Looks great and the gullwings to. Love the no handles!
Jim & Lucy Newkirk 1965 Chevy Bad Influence 1981 Chevy-the Love Shack 2012 Chevy Van , 2020 chevy van 2020 Chevy van Sapphire Sweet. Club Vannerz. vanninvanner@comcast.net | | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 3,113 Likes: 2 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 3,113 Likes: 2 | i enjoy watching (pics) the work you are doing to this van. keep on chuggin | | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 868 Likes: 2 old hand | old hand Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 868 Likes: 2 | I haven't kept up on this thread for a while but it sure is looking sweet!!! I'm in serious progress on my own (the hard part, spending lots of money, haha) but I'll start my build thread soon too!!!
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1972 Dodge Van "Tigerlilly" - Blazing Copper/Sandstone Metallic - 3850 lbs empty 13.47 @ 97.53 mph N/A - 11.94 @ 113.33 mph N2O - old 360/727 + Nitrous (N2O)combo Viper V10 + 4L80E conversion in progress...
2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 "Leelu" - TorRed - 6.1L Hemi/6 speed - Supercharged - SOLD
1990 Celica Alltrac "Emma" - 2.0L 4cyl Turbo AWD - 327awhp - 21-22mpg freeway, 17-ish mixed daily use - 13.2 @ 108 best so far.
2007 Chrysler 300C SRT8 "Ruby Rod" - 6.1L Hemi - pretty much bone stock driver - With 425hp
| | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,207 Likes: 1 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,207 Likes: 1 | Thanks! For what ever reason, it seems nearly impossible to have both time and money at the same time. I'm really looking forward to your build thread. THAT'S going to be something!!! Lately I have been watching old Custom Car / Mod shows on net flicks. They make it look so easy. Dozen plus guys who all specialize in what they do working insane hours to blow a car out in weeks (boggles the mind). But I don't feel bad. I'm probably right on schedule considering I have to learn as I go, have a full time job doing something completely different, only worked on it in my "free time", and being a full time single parent there is a lot less of that these days Someday I'm going to drive it again - perseverance will prevail! Come to think of it, They never do show the guy on his hands and knees shopvac'n the shop floor over and over and over again... but suppose that doesn't make for very interesting TV ;-)
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| | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,398 old hand | old hand Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,398 | In every build there is a point when the free and fun part ends and the money must then be spent. The "look" usually develops early on in the initial stage of construction. You're excited, you have drive, support and very little investment. Then you hit the wall. These are the days when you spend a ton of money and cannot tell where it went. This was where I always made a huge mistake. I'd build rather quickly so when I hit the wall I'd finance the cost to complete the build using good old American credit. Once completed the bills come in and somehow the joy is gone. But like an addict I would sell the van, pay the bills and start building again.
The moral of story is to build slow and pay for everything as you go. Only then do you really enjoy the end result. | | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 Madman! | Madman! Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 | Dude! The van is looking awesome! | | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,207 Likes: 1 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,207 Likes: 1 | The SUPA-DUPA cool part about this door is the metal inside ;-) Masked it off: Cleaned it up: Epoxy primed: more Axle action... Got the tabs welded on and the welds smoothed out. Did a ruff smooth of the housing. I burnt through a LOT of the 3M zip zip disks. Hand sanding out scratches now, hope to start polishing soon.
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