TFchronos Posted July 28, 2013 Author Posted July 28, 2013 Here's a quick update before starting the body work I put some primer on it to better highlight all the bad spots. I also thought it would be neat to put it up along side a completely stock GTX I got off eBay a few weeks ago it looked really good and the price was right. Anyway I though it would be neat to put them side by side, stock and then mine to compare the changes. The dash board you see in mine is a mock up made out of cardboard. The truck lid is sitting on tape right now, I'll have to add some interior pieces before I can actually mount the truck lid. But I think I've said that before lol. The next time the body will be seen is after the body work is done. Thanks for looking!
TFchronos Posted August 1, 2013 Author Posted August 1, 2013 Thanks you guys! Here's another update on the GTX. The body work is proving to be a lot of work so nothing on it for now. Most of the trunk bay is done, I made the dashboard and am also trying to make my own seats. Thanks for looking, opinions and criticism always welcome.
TFchronos Posted August 9, 2013 Author Posted August 9, 2013 Very impressive work so far.... Thanks Carl! Very cool. I'm liking where this is going. Thanks Rob!
TFchronos Posted August 9, 2013 Author Posted August 9, 2013 Alright time for another update, I finally got the body work done, as near as I can tell at least, it was a tough battle but I think I won lol. It's now got it's base coat, silver, I've decided on colors which I will leave as a mystery for now. But if that fails (a high probability with me around) I'll just re-spray the same color it is now, either that or primer grey with a flat black hood. Anyway here's some pictures. Sorry guys no grill candy this time around, Well time to spray it. Thanks for looking!
TFchronos Posted August 13, 2013 Author Posted August 13, 2013 Alright some good news and some bad news. Good news is I got the first color on the car. Bad news is the doors and body ended up being different shades of red. It may not be really noticeable in the pictures but it's pretty bad in person. If that wasn't enough I dropped it while examining it. I had a pretty good grip on it but my hand just suddenly opened which is actually the same way I lost a 69 Daytona that I had almost finished. It was only needing two parts to be done. That happened this past May, it's damage was the noise and wing broke off, when the wing went it tore the Daytona decal along with it and it was left with a huge scare that went through the paint and into the body. Anyway the damage to this one wasn't quite as bad the driver side window post ended up breaking. In any case the paint is duplicolor Inferno Red which was a Chrysler color the paint itself ended up having a sandpaper like texture so it will need lots of polishing. Here's some pictures. Well that's all for now folks, thanks for looking.
TFchronos Posted September 4, 2013 Author Posted September 4, 2013 After a few re-sprays and a whole lot of sanding and polishing I finally got the paint done. I also got the custom seats finished up and started work on the roll cage. More pictures shortly.
TFchronos Posted September 4, 2013 Author Posted September 4, 2013 And here's the finished paint job. 2 weeks of worth of sanding a polishing really paid off I think. It's not perfect though, there is a small crack on the passenger side roof that didn't show up until after painting. A little bit of a bummer but I'm still happy with it, I can't redo it anyway I'm out of paint. The colors are Dulplicolor Inferno Red and Basic Black. With this being named Sinister's Snake I thought it would be neat to put the Viper emblem on the hood. And here's the back end with the light bar. And last but not least the engine with custom exhaust manifolds. I'll see about finishing up the interior next. Thanks for looking, comments and criticism always welcome.
Kennyboy Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Love the way it looks in the second picture with the sunlight hitting it just perfect The hood looks stunning with the Viper on it too!!
Bastardo Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 Wow, great work so far! Love the way you made those seats
TFchronos Posted September 5, 2013 Author Posted September 5, 2013 Love the way it looks in the second picture with the sunlight hitting it just perfect The hood looks stunning with the Viper on it too!! Thanks for the kind words Ken. Very nicely done! Tasty color combo. Thank you Rusty.
TFchronos Posted September 5, 2013 Author Posted September 5, 2013 Wow, great work so far! Love the way you made those seats Thanks Damir, I'm glad you like them.
TFchronos Posted October 8, 2013 Author Posted October 8, 2013 Wow it's been a month since I last updated this, I've been slacking lol. The roll cage is colored and ready for install and I've made a few pieces for the interior. I wanted the car to have a sort of brushed aluminum interior but I didn't want to just paint all the parts silver. That just seemed a little to simple. So while at Harbor Freight a few weeks ago I was wandering around (mindlessly like the fool I am) when I glanced down at one of the shelves and noticed something catch my eye. It was heating and air tape with a really nice blushed aluminum look. I thought to myself that should work nicely so I bought it and after a little trial and error (It's really finicky, easy to damage and really sticky) but I got it under control and started covering some pieces in it. Those window cranks were a real pain in the rear to get out of the original door panels. I'll be making a mat to lay over top the dash board so it doesn't become a problem driving into the sunset. lol Well I'm going to get into high gear now, it needs to be finished in a month in a half. My how time has just slipped by. Opinions, criticism, it's all welcome and appreciated, thanks for looking.
wrecker388 Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 This is so cool! Makes me wanna go work on my 69 Charger 500 drag car.
rv1963 Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Wow nice work on your GTX, the paint looks great.
TFchronos Posted October 9, 2013 Author Posted October 9, 2013 (edited) Very nice work. Thanks Ray! This is so cool! Makes me wanna go work on my 69 Charger 500 drag car. Thanks Riley, sounds like a nice project, get to work'in on it then. Edited October 9, 2013 by TFchronos
TFchronos Posted October 9, 2013 Author Posted October 9, 2013 Wow nice work on your GTX, the paint looks great. Thanks Robert, despite a few flaws I'm really happy with how it turned out.
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