ItsThePaint!

Those wheels look great on there, especially with that great paint. I don't get the hang-up with the big wheels, traditional or not, that's not what hot rods and customs are all about. It's PERSONAL expression. As a side note, cars with 15 inch wheels ride nice and cushy, but handle like an elephant on stilts. Again, nice job on your build.

this is incredible.

This is awesome. I can fell that Hemi thump and smell that race gas exhaust just looking at it.

This is incredible. Sooo clean! Perfect.

Love-and I do mean LOVE that Fury!!! It's all great work though!

Looks like you have a clean one to start with!! Hopefully all your interior plastic stuff is there, as that was the most time robbing(not to mention costly) part of that build-tracking down all that interior stuff(those dashpads that aren't "knee knocked" on the corner door frame are like gold). Good luck on your 1:1-Make it look like your model and I am pretty sure we'll see you in Hot Rod magazine!

I am amazed-like everyone else here with the overall appearance, and your perfect decaling and clearcoating of the exterior. It's just ridiculous. BUT what I am really blown away by is the appearance of the jambs and the way you wrapped the CF around the inboard panels. It appears seamless, and that is what makes it spectacular. I'd tip my hat to you, sir-but I look really stupid in hats.

freakin' beautiful!!!

Great looking car, and so right on. These cars are catching on strong-consider yourself a pioneer! I did one of these a couple years ago-the guy insisted on the big-block, I was championing for an LS-6. Great job!

Perfect. Absolutely beautiful.

The frames and suspension coatings are 60% gloss black(krylon semi-flat is the perfect match). The entire underbody is red oxide primer(try to find DuPont-that's who provided the original)however, it should have body color overspray around the perimeter, including into the trans tunnel, as well as the sides of the trunkwell. how much would have varied from car to car(these were painted by human beings after all!), but in the "biz", our general rule of thumb is about ten inches inboard of the outside. on a model, this is pretty easy to replicate with an airbrush. The most inaccurate thing I have seen is guys taking the chassis, laying it flat, and then fogging too much color around the edge-if you want it to look real, hold it as if it were the bottom of the car and spray coming in from the sides(as a side note, just about every car from this era had poorly painted lower rocker panels) it should just have a dusting of color- if you want it accurate. That's why we "over-restore" them, to make up for the factory's shortcomings-of which there are many.

Looks nice. Like the old school custom effects. If you are having trouble with runs, that tends to be an air pressure issue-the fix is to crank up the air pressure and open the fan control all the way. the fluid needle should only be backed out one and a half turns, 2 full turns for very high solids clear(assuming you are using a gun made within the last 10 years).. If you are using an airbrush to apply clear-that's your number one problem. If you don't have access to a nice mini gun(sata, devilbiss) or even a fullsize gun, head over to harbor freight and pick yourself up a gravity feed touch up gun with a 1.0-1.2 tip, as well as a regulator. If you are trying to use an airbrush type compressor(with no reserve tank) you will NEVER have enough air supply/pressure to lay down a smooth clear-job. You can always lay it on and polish it, but in the paint world there is an old adage-paint it like you're not going to polish it. I'm not trying to be a know it all, but I've been a professional custom painter for over twenty years, and have been airbrushing for twenty-five years. Hope this helps!

this is awesome! What kind of wheels are those?

Underhood of the monte was pretty boring-just the stock 305 painted cast blast grey, with some headers and an air cleaner with a mustache painted on it(it's nickname was the mustache ride), however here is a pic of a 502 we shoehorned into an 89' IROC, which I tried to keep somewhat of a factory muscle car vibe with.

I wouldn't say it killed it so much as disintegrated it... A bear?? Holy sh-t!! It's a shame I don't have a pic after rebuilding it after the crash, that's when it looked the best-to me anyways.

here you go Tyrone. Don't know why, but I never got a pic of the motor. I painted it about 6 years ago.also don't know why the show pics are so small!!

My 1:1 87 Aero-coupe, before lowering. An arab guy in Detroit bought it, supposedly to ship to Saudi Arabia, but I still get calls from people saying they see it running around Detroit. They know it's my car because where the nose emblem is supposed to go, I made a mold from a Darth Vader slurpee lid, and made my own nose emblem. I wish I had a picture of that!

that's 75 mph and a 150 pound dear, also known as a Michigan butcher shop

Wow. Talk about making chicken nuggets from chicken sh-t, that is awesome!

that's sweet! Looks dead-nuts right on. Love the right hand drive-looks like a Tokyo Severed Ties whip. Love it!

I've had a few of these over the years...no models though! Here's my flamed 96' SS 5-speed, circa 2000, My orange 94' SS, shaved, panned, custom one piece front bumper, composite blazer headlights, and 18" torque thrusts, circa 1999, and My Ferrari Silver and Black, flamed, bagged and shaved 01' 4 banger shop truck, circa 2008-09. I've currently got an 03' 2 door Blazer, slammed pretty good, color change to Jet Black, that mama rolls every day.

my 87 aerocoupe. Oops. saw you wanted 1970 pics. my bad! I guess at least I learned to use photobucket!!

that's beautiful!!

67 was small back window only,first half of the model year. The big window was an option for 68 and up. You could get the small window in later trucks than 68. 71-72 is big window only. I've built a few of these trucks 1:1. Everybody thinks the small back window is some rare 67 only thing. The rest of the cab is identical. The front clips are different. 67 and 68 use the same grille bars,fenders, and hood with different trim and bezels. 69 and 70 look a lot alike, 71 and 72 look alike. Just little differences in grille spacings, parking lights, headlight bezels, and ornamental bars(stainless strips). Your pro street truck project has a 69-70 grille, with the large eggcrate pattern. Cool project, whatever year it is!!

just fantastic. Nailed that fade!!!