Kennyboy Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 Love what you are doing with this! That engine looks amazing!
customsrus Posted February 9, 2013 Author Posted February 9, 2013 Very nice work on that engine. What are you going to use for the drive belt(s)? Charlie Larkin I make my belts from masking tape, I am in the process of making the belts for this motor will post pictures as soon as I finish
customsrus Posted February 12, 2013 Author Posted February 12, 2013 I have finished the motor except for some wiring and hoses.All brackets and pullies are scratchbuilt
Custom Mike Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 Man that is one nice engine John, great work on the pullies and brackets too!
customsrus Posted February 12, 2013 Author Posted February 12, 2013 Man that is one nice engine John, great work on the pullies and brackets too! Thanks Mike
customsrus Posted February 12, 2013 Author Posted February 12, 2013 I also work on the the inner hood/engine bay area. I cut out strut area and replaced it with sheet plastic bondoed and sanded. I also added some material to the bottom I am trying to make this area free of any clutter since this is a concept.
customsrus Posted February 12, 2013 Author Posted February 12, 2013 Last but not least I had to lay the decals on this to see what it looked like. I dont know if I will use these black decals or go with the white depends on what color I use onthis build. I may even paint the stripes!!!!
Alyn Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 What ever you do, John, you gotta have those stripes. They really complete the Retro Chevelle look for this car. It's gonna be a knock out with the stripes. P.S. It's a knock out already
Custom Mike Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 I've gotta agree with Alyn, it's a Chevelle, it's gotta have those stripes!
thom hoos Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 May I suggest a color I think this would look good in a color that grabs your eye and makes you have to look or even do a double take.A color like atomic orange this is a GM color and was used on the 2008 2010 corvette
MikeyB08 Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Great Build! Would really like to see your Dremel Lathe. The would really open up a whole new world of custom modeling for me.
nhra1625 Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Personally...the front end is too original to be a new concept. The craftsmanship is amazing though! I truly commend you for that.
Kennyboy Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Personally...the front end is too original to be a new concept. The craftsmanship is amazing though! I truly commend you for that. It is an easy fix though, he could just "eyebrow" out the headlights like on the new camaro and make the headlights themselves projectors.
customsrus Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 Great Build! Would really like to see your Dremel Lathe. The would really open up a whole new world of custom modeling for me. Its not what you think, Its just a regular dremel that I chuck a piece of plasic in and shape with files and sand paper. Here is a couple of pictures when I was making tail lights for another build.
customsrus Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 Still working on the engine bay area, I decided to cut out the section above the radiator. I then glued a piece of plastic in the same place,this will keep the section in place after it is finished. I also added a hole for the wiring to pass through and also holes for the heater hoses. I then drilled two holes in the section that I cut out made two caps, these will be the radiator and windshield washer fluid caps. Then I made a brake fluid fill and cap.
customsrus Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 More Pictures. I also started on the headlghts, being that this a newer concept, i decided to try to make some projector headlight for this build.I used some round tube and the lights out of a newer corvette.
customsrus Posted March 14, 2013 Author Posted March 14, 2013 I finally got to do a little work on this over the last few days. I drilled the gauges out of the dash I will put some decals on a backing plate once I get it painted. I also scribed all the dash lines a little deeper so they would not get buried with paint. did some work on these horrible excuses for door panels. I added material to the rear panels so they would be the same depth as the front. I cut the centers out and added a design similar to the fronts. I cut out some door grabs, and made a pocket for the inside door handle. I made the door handle from a flattened safety pin. Next I will start working on the chassis.
Duntov Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 This is a neat car... hope GM is watching!!! Maybe they will build this car???? But NOOOOO we get yet another front drive Impala for 2014......well at least the Super Sport is coming back.......
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