Hi Vidal.
Who knew that just like building cars, landscaping can take on a life of it's own. Had to take a little break from the car to work on the honey do list. I did manage to get the headliner in. Replaced the front hood latch. Got the a/c fixed and charged and I'm working on an electric front end lift. Then we can put the body on. I hope to be back on path in a few weeks.
Thanks for checking on me.
Thanks for the info. I thought it was the yellow shocks that had the cavitation problems? The car will probably wind up with a set of springs and shocks from LS Man to compliment his sway bar system.
Congratulations on being this months calander picture. I look at your car at least 10 times a day. Our goal is to have our car back together before September rolls around.
Made a little progress today. Things don't fit as nice as they did before paint, So it's slow going and every where I look there is more to do. But there is a certain gratification to putting something on for the last time.
BoostAddiction and ArtGirl, thanks for the comments.
My wife was out of town so I had some time with the mistress this weekend.
I aligned the doors and rear hatch. Installed and adjusted side windows, regulators actuators and speakers. Installed and wired Amp Crossovers and Sub woofer. It sounds awesome even if it is playing into a tin can without a windshield. Can't wait to hear it once the interior is in. The doors close great but I still have some work to do on the door seal.
I wish the forum had the newer software so you could just "like" a post. I like it overall, different and interesting. When you're done, you should have the gauge panel repainted by Speed Hut to say GTM or whatever you want to name your car, 'cause this isn't anything like a 'Vette. Plus, GM didn't build that, somebody else made that happen. Sorry, couldn't help that last comment.
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-Joe
"Autoholism: An incurable addiction medicated daily with car porn."
"It's loud, smells like gasoline, and shakes, shudders, and bucks. It makes your arms tired and your feet hot. You nearly crash about once every ten minutes. It's so damn wonderful you can’t believe it." -Automobile Mag. Oct. '04
LOL. You're right. It's a good thing the auto industry was regulated into bankruptcy and then saved or I would have never been able to have a car like this. Lucky me.
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I wish the forum had the newer software so you could just "like" a post. I like it overall, different and interesting. When you're done, you should have the gauge panel repainted by Speed Hut to say GTM or whatever you want to name your car, 'cause this isn't anything like a 'Vette. Plus, GM didn't build that, somebody else made that happen. Sorry, couldn't help that last comment.
I upholstered the engine and console cover, cut down the dash to fit with the body on, fabed the door seal lips and all the interior panels. I plan to
Dynamat the stock FFR panels on the passenger side, and with a thermal barrier on the engine and tunnel side. Then I'll put another thermal layer on the engine side of these aluminum panels and landau foam on the passenger side before stretching the leather. I know it's too much to ask for a cool quiet interior. I just hope this strategy gives us a less hot and less noisy interior.
Nice progress. You should start putting all of the pics into a large binder, so when you're done there is a photo record of the build. Then at shows, people can skim through the whole thing.
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-Joe
"Autoholism: An incurable addiction medicated daily with car porn."
"It's loud, smells like gasoline, and shakes, shudders, and bucks. It makes your arms tired and your feet hot. You nearly crash about once every ten minutes. It's so damn wonderful you can’t believe it." -Automobile Mag. Oct. '04
From looking at the pictures all I got done was Dynamat the passenger side and upholster the dash and reinstall. I did start laying down the carpet pad and cut the passenger carpet. Doesn't seem like much for probably 20 hours work. Good thing I don't get paid by the hour.
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-Joe
"Autoholism: An incurable addiction medicated daily with car porn."
"It's loud, smells like gasoline, and shakes, shudders, and bucks. It makes your arms tired and your feet hot. You nearly crash about once every ten minutes. It's so damn wonderful you can’t believe it." -Automobile Mag. Oct. '04
Steve, Frank, your car is turning out phenomenal. My vote for best GTM ever, Steve is the master craftsman! Thanks for letting me be a part of your build. Let me know when you want to work on the last electrical gremlins.
Hope to make it down for Frank's big bash next month!
I talked with Frank and asked if I could send an invitation to all our west coast GTM brothers. and he said " Please do". My partner Frank throws a Car guy party once a year for about 500 of our closest car buddies. There has been everything from a Pierce Arrow to the original 1977-9 Rain for Rent top fuel dragster in attendance. Frank serves hamburgers and hot dogs. Guests bring all the side dishes so it's a huge potluck. There is the "Cacklefest" were we start up a Top fuel car or two. A 50s band plays music in the Gazebo. All cool cars park on 3 acres of finely trimmed grass. Street cars park on the street. then the grand finally. Frank brings in some cars and drains all the fluids, puts a cinder block on the gas pedal and starts them up. Everyone who wants to bet puts $5 in a bucket. The person who guesses closest to the time it finally blows up wins the pot.
I hope to have the upholstery mostly done in our GTM. So this will be kind of it's debut showing. The past three years have shown the guests three stages of completion. I think two years ago Justin Panneda brought his Beautiful red GTM out and wowed the crowd. Ron was supposed to hold down the spot last year but motor troubles left us with and empty spot.
So I thought it would be really cool to have a GTM section this year. So if you are anywhere close to Bakersfield on the weekend of Oct 13 we would love to see you and your American Supercar!
But man.......I hate you guys with these surgically clean work areas. Doesn't anyone have a garage with a grease-stained floor that's buildnig one of these???
Worked on interior this weekend. Made some ABS covers over the seat belt reels. Finished the bodywork, foamed and upholstered the roll bar covers. Sewed the edging onto the first piece of carpet and ordered our Red leather.
Worked on interior this weekend. Made some ABS covers over the seat belt reels. Finished the bodywork, foamed and upholstered the roll bar covers. Sewed the edging onto the first piece of carpet and ordered our Red leather.
Hi Steve,
The interior makes the car and yours is one of the top ones. On your rollbar covers, is the cover fiberglass covered with foam or is it foam around the roll bar cut to shape?
The interior makes the car and yours is one of the top ones. On your rollbar covers, is the cover fiberglass covered with foam or is it foam around the roll bar cut to shape?
Thanks for the compliment. It's funny you should say the interior makes the car. I have noticed that regardless of the paint and body work most people will comment on how nice the car is as they are making a bee line to stick their head in the window and spend a majority of their time looking at the interior.
For the roll bar covers we originally bought the ones that Ted at QRP sells. But with the modifications I did to the door openings to allow for the use of window frames and the drop I did in the roof to allow better air flow, I decided it might be better to start from scratch than to try and modify the beautiful pieces that Ted makes.
I made our roll bar covers by forming pieces of 1/8" polyurethane foam sheet around the roll bars. It forms with heat sort of like ABS plastic. This allowed me to get a very intimate fit to the bars. this is important to me as I'm 6ft. While headroom is not really a problem, I want all the room I can get in case I feel the need for a helmet day at the track. After I formed the urethane foam to the bars I was able to remove the entire unit in two pieces. I then laid on one layer of fiberglass cloth on the side of the foam that is closest to the bars. After that cured I was able to sand any ripples out of the exposed 1/8" PU foam. The strength came from the FG. I used the PU foam as a filler. After smoothing the PU foam I applied an 1/8" sheet of closed cell foam to the passenger side of the covers and then stretched the grey vinyl over that. So when you bump your head on the bar covers there is a little padding there and it feels nice when you touch it. It's held in place by the dash and push on door molding. There are two screw in the front that will be covered by an overhead console and two screw in the rear that will be covered by the side panels.
Sound pretty confusing when I read it but I hope it answers some of your question?
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