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Thats a nice tribute!

Saw this today it made me think of this build! http://www.facebook.com/#!/stanceiseverything?fref=ts

Hope so! Thanks!

Thanks Ace...off topic but seriously where did you find that gas lid?

Dude...Scuderia...I just realized you are at exactly 1000 post!

I'm getting ready to start the paint and body work on the C5 Z06 I'm workng on. I've been reading and searching all the tech articles I can find. I was wondering if you guys could post links to your favorite suggestions for paint and body tips. As of now I plan on shooting 2-3 coats of primer, sanding with 600 grit in between while scribing out the body lines. Then blacking them out on the last coat....Its going tobe metalic blue paint so from what I read I can't sand and polish the base coat. I assume my only option will be to clear coat then cut and buff the clear. This concerns me because I have had clear coat ruin several paint jobs in the past. Its just a pain for me because I never know how much is on there till its too much...LOL! Thanks in advance for your time!

Thanks Scuderia...they are already off! I'm already looking foreward to doing something more my style...Something I can sink my teeth into with some wires and plumbing! But I need to stay focused. I'm really nervous about the body. I've never really put the kind of work into a paint job that you guys do, but I want it to be really nice!

Thanks for the comments and tips guys...Got some more interior done. Still no flocking but I'm proceeding, I've been realizing after I tint the heck out of the back window you won't be able to see squat in the interior. Still however I'd like to get it done. I painted a 6 speed shift patern on the top of the shifter, and an H on the side as its a Hurst shifter. It came out pretty cool. I got the suspension pretty much wrapped up, about to start the body work, including the hood I went out and snapped some shots of my dads cars for refrence on the hood. It will be a big challenge for a guy who hasn't done something like this in years! I'm going to have to work on the rear exhaust exit the pipes are very crooked. If I cant fix it then I'll be making new tips! I'll attach some pics of my dads hood and the window tint as refrence! Any tips and tricks are welcome. Thanks again!

Anything built by PureVision is good inspiration for a model because its spotless! I'll be watching this one!

I love your color choice...What wheel and tire are you gonna use?

You better hurry up...I wouldn't want you "to get Munsoned out here in the middle of nowhere"! Seriously though nice work!

Made a little more progress last night. I still don't have the flocking for the carpet so the interior is just mocked up for the time being. The shifter looks too large but my dad has a Hurst short throw shifter and shift knob in his car so its not that far off. I'm plannin on engraving an H into the top of the shifter. I need to get to the hobby shop and get some flocking, and flat or semi gloss red paint for the engine covers. I'm probably going to start the primer on the body today. Oh and these tires suck! No lettering at all, I'm going to have to look around to see what I can find. Thanks for looking.

I got a little more done over the last few days. The wheel argent looks about the right shade, so I'm gonna clear em this afternoon and try to knock out some more detail on the engine compartment. I was a little dissapointed to see the heater controlls don't match the real car. I can only assume they may have been different on the 02 than the 04, I'm not sure if I'll try to fix it or not. I need to start on my hood soon, thats gonna be a real challenge for me. I'm hoping to get the paint for the body Saturday so I'd like to get the body primed soon too. Hopefully I'll have some updates this evening!

The RIT die sounds like a good idea, I guess if I screw it up I could always paint the window. My only concern with the RIT is that I've tried to use it before on fabric and the black came out blue?

I"ve also been wondering about using solder. I've got a large roll of solid core solder. I think it would be the perfect size for 3" exhaust. I was wondering if you guys did something to connect the headers to the flanges at the block, or mufflers. I would assume you could just heat it for a second and connect it. I was also wondering about using solder to make a roll cage/roll bar, could you cope the solder and heat it to connect the pipes, or do you just glue it? Thanks guys!

I'm building a C5 Z06 kit and I would like the body panel gaps to be nice and crisp. How do you guys normaly do yours. I have scribed mine a little deeper, but do I need to do something to make the lines darker. I was thinking about painting them black so that after paint they look deeper. I also need to tint the windows. The only thing I can think of is to buy actual window tint. The car I'm replicating has very dark windows pretty much limo tint, but I don't want to go so chincy as to paint them. In all actualitly I only need to tint the back window and possibly a strip across the top of the front. Suggestions?

Check these out! Just some food for thought!

WOW...good looking re-build!

Does anyone have any tips on how to make the body pannel gaps look better (deeper and or darker)?

Great looking project...this kit is litteraly my favorite of all time, great parts in that kit for sure!

I think its gotta be the spinner bars, or the ones on the right, are those caddy? Most likely the spinner bars would be best! Keep up the good work!

Yeah I used to go out there every other weekend when I was growing up they are still there just moved down the road a bit! I'll probably get started on the interior today.

Duntov...thats a dream car man! Ive always said a 66 or 67 is the best looking vette of all time! My dad had a hunter green 427 4spd w side pipes and the BB hood! Awesome cars!

WOW...I dropped the wheels in some Castrol Super Clean (I left my purple power at my dads when we resto'd the engine compartment in a 68 Vette last year) right after I read Scuderia's tip. I just went back out there about 10 min ago, and found the wheels perfectly cleaned! Now I've just got to de-burr them and get some wheel argen paint I've got out there on em!

I never would have thought of the Corvette wheels! Whats your paint/interior plans?