It was time to move on to the body work. This is a picture of the roof of the car. I ALMOST passed on this car due to the roof damage. I have fixed them in the past, and they are not the easiest thing to do. So, I sanded it down, put some epoxy primer on and took it to a professional. The took care of the problem, and I was pleased with my purchase once again.
I know, I know... dirty picture alert!
Here is a picture with the engine sitting in the car and running. I need to get the mass air finalized and that upper intake cleaned up. The motor is basically all stock from a 91 fire recovery car. I replaced the heads with GT40 ones and a relatively small cam from Crane. I am going for a good daily driver and I can always add more power later.
As I continued on with the body work, I was able to get the doors started. This is what they looked like, and then I sandblasted them inside and out and worked the front corner. It was not rusted through, but it sure was thin. Again, simple replacement of those parts goes a long way.
In the mean time, I was able to get the new fenders cut in and installed, the completed doors installed including paint (but no pics yet) I will update those soon.
The newest work completed for 2006 was the rear end floors and trunk area.
Remember the rust bullet... good stuff!
I also sanded down the complete trunk and sprayed in in there.
This is with the rust bullet in the trunk. I will complete the paint in the trunk once I replace that drivers side quarter. No reason to mess up the trunk paint early.
NEXT.... installation of the 8.8 rearend
