Re: Restoring #97-00012
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:50 pm
This thread is full of win. 
Hopefully some aircraft stripper or something can take care of the black paint. Mimicking the orange paint may be a task. I have some orange left on mine. I don't think it's enough to reproduce a actual color code. If you want I can send you the pics of mine. Dc231 sent me a pic of icb 's advertisement for their oem block. That picture has a really heavy red color compared to the orange on my dot block . I have never sprayed water on the orange but moisture did remove some on the one wash I gave it. Even with it covered up. I can't describe how smooth and nice my dot motor is compared to nearly every itr motor or car I have driven.Dc2-ProductionS wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:49 am So not ready just yet to come home, but boy is she looking good!!! Not a dent, ding, or bubbled seam on the caR! Lots of time getting heR perfect while using the least amount of material possible. I'll have some cleaning to do on heR underside Im sure from being in the body shop for almost 2 months,but super excited to see that NH0 shine in the coming days.
On to the pictures!!
The bare rolling shell will come home with no doors, hood, glass, fenders, bumpers, etc. This will allow me plenty of room to get everything put back together. Once everything is complete, I will bring the caR back to the body shop to re-trim and insert all the glass, hang the doors, and put all bumpers and trim on to make it complete.
In the mean time I have come across a few finds that I couldn't pass up..... Best one being this puppy
USDM C5 complete swap minus headers and axles. Annnnnnd shes out of a '97!! 67k miles on engine, 15k miles on replacement RDOT OEM trans. This is scheduled to arrive on Friday, so I will have some updates on it after the weekend when I can tear it down for inspection. I know it needs some serious cleaning and attention bc the previous owner sprayed the block and head black for some STUPID reason.....
. In for seeing some reassembly progress.