A little backend story:
The project started as a "paint, wheel, suspension and stereo job" and as we got into it ... it grew DRASTICALLY. The body wasn't too bad but was rough, we found some surprises. Went with an OEM style exterior and a "new school" interior, motorized tonneau cover to follow in stage 2 (which starts Monday). The OG deadline was mid-September, which as it was made it tight since we started the car on May 1st, so we broke it down to 2 stages. The "primary body/chasis/interior" and then the motorized rear section. We did some research and a resto of this level averages 12-16 months ... with paint and body itself taking 3 months at most places, I gotta give thanks to Dlight and Ryan Miller for joining forces to bang out the body work in 2 weeks (this was done at CCT) and the full paint in 1 week.
About 4 weeks into the project they requested the car for the Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit, this event was yesterday. The Cruise occurs on the streets of Detroit for 22 miles, 8 lanes wide ... cars everywhere ... over 1 million people ... check my myspace for pics its was the best event Ive ever attended. http://www.myspace.com/wrmx6 (friend request ill accept anyone)
Phoenix contact is suppling us with there product to integrate to the car, the center console holds a 7 inch touch screen monitor that controls the PC mounted on the rear sub enclosure. When finished that screen as well as a wireless one will control all electrical features in the car, including a motorized tonneau cover that will hold all of there control boxes (some really trick ****),a 32" tv, some speakers, nintendo wII, a Tracvision Satellite dish and a second motorized section to hold a grill. They are planning on using this to demo company products at various trade shows, trainings and even take it to multiple football games to tailgate with ... ill let everyone know when its gonna be at PSU.
Enough BS heres the pic, if u want more of the back story stop into the shop
One of the shots of the beginning
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The Engine Before
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Some of the Engine restoration ... factory GM Orange
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Some of the paint/filler we stripped off (Pile 1 of 4)
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Front Control Arm Stripped before restoration
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Gas tank being stripped for a new coating
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Rear axle pulled so we can re-paint it
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We had to sandblast the undercarriage with the body on ... so Joe got creative hahaha (video will be posted on youtube)
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The project started as a "paint, wheel, suspension and stereo job" and as we got into it ... it grew DRASTICALLY. The body wasn't too bad but was rough, we found some surprises. Went with an OEM style exterior and a "new school" interior, motorized tonneau cover to follow in stage 2 (which starts Monday). The OG deadline was mid-September, which as it was made it tight since we started the car on May 1st, so we broke it down to 2 stages. The "primary body/chasis/interior" and then the motorized rear section. We did some research and a resto of this level averages 12-16 months ... with paint and body itself taking 3 months at most places, I gotta give thanks to Dlight and Ryan Miller for joining forces to bang out the body work in 2 weeks (this was done at CCT) and the full paint in 1 week.
About 4 weeks into the project they requested the car for the Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit, this event was yesterday. The Cruise occurs on the streets of Detroit for 22 miles, 8 lanes wide ... cars everywhere ... over 1 million people ... check my myspace for pics its was the best event Ive ever attended. http://www.myspace.com/wrmx6 (friend request ill accept anyone)
Phoenix contact is suppling us with there product to integrate to the car, the center console holds a 7 inch touch screen monitor that controls the PC mounted on the rear sub enclosure. When finished that screen as well as a wireless one will control all electrical features in the car, including a motorized tonneau cover that will hold all of there control boxes (some really trick ****),a 32" tv, some speakers, nintendo wII, a Tracvision Satellite dish and a second motorized section to hold a grill. They are planning on using this to demo company products at various trade shows, trainings and even take it to multiple football games to tailgate with ... ill let everyone know when its gonna be at PSU.
Enough BS heres the pic, if u want more of the back story stop into the shop
One of the shots of the beginning
The Engine Before
Some of the Engine restoration ... factory GM Orange
Some of the paint/filler we stripped off (Pile 1 of 4)
Front Control Arm Stripped before restoration
Gas tank being stripped for a new coating
Rear axle pulled so we can re-paint it
We had to sandblast the undercarriage with the body on ... so Joe got creative hahaha (video will be posted on youtube)
