Pro-touring style C3 vette

[exesivefire]

Great start Andy. What size do the wheels scale out to be?

If Revell got the tire size right they should be 19x10 and 20x20

[tyrone]

This is looking good Andy.. I love the stance...

[spencer1984]

Excellent work so far, the body mods look fantastic and the wheels are a perfect compliment

[exesivefire]

Thanks guys, I'm really happy with this so far

[TFchronos]

Awesome work, it's looking good.

[exesivefire]

Playing with the splitter. Obviously a lot of work left

[horsepower]

I like where you're going with this, in its current state that splitter looks like it came off a modern F-1. car.

[exesivefire]

Still tweaking.. With any luck it will make sense soon

[Reeves Racing]

Great work on the flares. Makes it looked channeled and low.

[exesivefire]

Still moving forward debating if I am going to fill in part of that lower bumper or leave it like stand offs...

[om617]

This looks awsome.

[Can-Con]

This is just too kool !!

[exesivefire]

Thanks guys.. Playing with the idea of just leaving the center open and making more of a lip.. I'll probably work on the grille a bit first before I decide though

[exesivefire]

More progress on the front.

Started by carefully separating the bumper and he grill area.

Then I bonded the grille to the body, cut out the rest of the grille mesh and started blending.

After building back up the bottom of the bumper and pinning it to make it easier later I now have a custom front that I feel keeps the lines of the car but ads that race car feeling.

Still debating about that lower lip area, I'll visit that later.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Nice work. Very unique look. Looking forward to more.

[Xploited]

Very nicely done! the progress is looking great !

[exesivefire]

First round of filler and primer, not perfect but a lot better than I expected actually

[horsepower]

Just an idea about a way to do some blending on the front splitter without a ton of work and hours of bondo. Round plastic tubing, cut to length to fit the area, then cut into quarters and sand the surface where it hits the splitter flat on the bottom of the curve so it sits on the splitter. You have a constant smooth curve from the top to where it blends into the splitter on the bottom, will require little if filler any if you work carefully, and a piece bent around a mandrel with heat for the corners can be cut and fit in the same way to save work.

When I was a bodyman with my own shop, I did basically the same thing with large diameter exhaust tubing and mandrel bends to make a front air dam and splitter on a full size '65 Impala convertible, used the same size diameter tubing in the rear but with the roll the other direction to make the main pieces of a rolled pan. But I have to give the basic idea, at least for the rolled pan to a Barris article in one of the small 35¢ Rod and Custom magazines, but he used '39 Chevy headlight buckets cut into quarters for the end pieces on a deuce roadster.

Yes I'm old enough to have read those little bibles and remembered what I read, even if I wasn't a teenager yet.

Edited April 6, 2015 by horsepower

[spencer1984]

This is looking great, nice work!

[exesivefire]

Used two different color primers to get an idea how that splitter looks

Rear shot. Far from perfect, but honestly straighter than I expected

[tyrone]

Fantastic work.... Keep it coming...

[Devilsnake98]

Wow that's such an aggressive look, love it man, keep it up.

Edited April 7, 2015 by Devilsnake98

[slusher]

Looks stone cold cool, love the look...

[hjracing]

Awesome!

[DumpyDan]

That is cool, a couple cuts and what a change. Very good.