Fresh from the paint booth! (56k beware - big pictures)

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:41 am

After a long and drawn out 3.5 years in a body shop...

We pulled it from the shop Saturday night, and I proceeded to finish the assembly and detail work around 2:30AM. I took it to a car show the next morning (8:00AM) and we won "Best of the 60's" out of 300 registered cars!

:):):):):):):):):):):):)!

dit: - filesizes fixed to less than 1/4 of previous. -Clutch

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:52 am

Nicely done! Did you do most of the work yourself?

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:10 am

I did all of the mechanical, Engine, suspension, steering, ie.. every nut and bolt.

I don't really have the knack for body work, so I turned it over to a body shop that proceeded to leech cash out of me over the next 3.5 years (The car was originally supposed to be done in 6 months)

This June we pulled the car from that shop under threat of a lawsuit and turned it over to a more professional buisness. The new shop corrected the previous work, and laid down a coat of metallic charcoal grey in only 30 days. It's so nice to work with pros!

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:12 am

You're not allowed to drive anywhere near my girlfriend

Nice car.

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:15 am

Awesome! I'm like you, I do everything myself but I give out the bodywork and repainting to a professional. However, since I want to limit the costs as much as possible, I'm sanding down the current paint entirely myself with my home garage equipment

Not quite finished, but I'm slowly getting there... Although I've been prepping another car for the track the last week. I'm driving on Spa-Francorchamps next weekend

bash · Post by **bash** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:24 am

:thumbup: @ Clutch!

KompresZor · Post by **KompresZor** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:36 am

Nice Stang Clutch!!
Engine?
Numbers matching?
Want to sell it

It is a labor of love, is it not

I think framing the paint out to the pros is the best way to go, sure it costs more and you have to be carefull about who you pick (as you found out). But in the end the paint is so much better.

Scratch · Post by **Scratch** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:30 am

Very nice car indeed! Exactly, I'm curious as to how that puppy sounds and runs

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:38 am

Engine: 302 cid
Trans: C4 3-speed Automatic
Rear End: 3:73

All numbers match.

NOT FOR SALE!

I've had this car for 15 years, and my wife gets jealous of it sometimes!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:39 am

So, how much rubber do you burn when you hit the gas?

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:02 pm

Sound: A couple of years ago I had to convince a guy at Midas to install a set of Thrush Super Turbo mufflers (12.95 @ K-Mart) to replace a set I blew out while I was tuning the car (backfire). After 1/2 hour of convincing, he welded the puppies on. After I started the car and gave it a test drive he had to ask:

1) Where did you get those mufflers?
2) How much were they?

It sounds Sweet! In fact when I first pulled into my driveway at 11:00PM my neighbor across the street flung open the door and shouted "Oh my god! You got your car back!" It has a very unique musclecar rumble that's not too loud when idling, but roars when you give it the gas!

After I cleaned up the plugs and timed it in I was barking the tires in 3rd.

Well, tire burnouts... I had my wife in the car with me and I let it loose at the light. I laid a nice patch of rubber from the light to the first street in our subdivision (about 300ft). Kind of a mistake, as she proceeded to b1tch me out for the next 20 minutes

You guys have no idea how freaking geeked I am right now!

C!

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:15 pm

Very nice...

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:21 pm

You're the man dude, that's one sweet piece of a$$ you have there.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:25 pm

llClutchll wrote:Well, tire burnouts... I had my wife in the car with me and I let it loose at the light. I laid a nice patch of rubber from the light to the first street in our subdivision (about 300ft). Kind of a mistake, as she proceeded to b1tch me out for the next 20 minutes

You guys have no idea how freaking geeked I am right now!

C!

hahahah

Just give her the in one ear and out the other treatment.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:36 pm

What Stress said ... awesome ...

KompresZor · Post by **KompresZor** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:55 pm

llClutchll wrote:
NOT FOR SALE!

I figured as much, but you know I had to ask

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:50 pm

SCHWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNG!!!!

thats sweet

HaAGen DaZS · Post by **HaAGen DaZS** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:20 pm

haha, aweome, all you need is a personal plate:

"$w!ng3r"

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:13 pm

Damnit but that is hot.

WTF happened to cars since then, they're so "meh" now...

BTW, but is that an entire garage wall of ATX cases? I see atleast 5 monitors.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:27 pm

Mr. Perfect wrote:
BTW, but is that an entire garage wall of ATX cases? I see atleast 5 monitors.

Bartender, I'll have what he's having....

pATCheS · Post by **pATCheS** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:01 pm

look in the third pic...

I count 4 monitors and >= 8 cases.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:48 pm

oh...
yea, Clutch has a lan room as a garage, with pre-configured machines for guests to use... you didn't know that?

noob

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:09 pm

Thanks guys!

I just finished the "Shelby" stripe on the lower door of the car. You will definatley know it's my car when you see it!

I'll post a pic and resize the others in the morning...

And yeah, that's my LAN room... what better place to store a sweet ride, full alarm system with 24hr video monitoring... Now if I could just get some "Descenters" to show up during a LAN party...

C!

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:48 pm

Xciter wrote:Nice... but pics are about way large... You could resize those pics to a fraction of what you posted.

LOL, some never give up

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:00 am

Damn. Nice color too.

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:36 am

Here is the "Shelby" stripe. And no, I didn't put the LeMans stripes over the car.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:58 am

can i drive?

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 11:23 am

AceCombat wrote:can i drive?

HA! HA! HA!

For the last 15 years I am the only one who has driven this car. Even the bodyshop had to push it around to work on it. My wife has never once in the entire 8 years I have known her even bothered to ask that question!

Actually I take that back, one person has driven it... I had the car hooked up to an engine analyzer at the local Goodyear Dealership to check it out after I had finished rebuilding the motor. When I entered the place, I made the manager write down on the work order that the car was not to be driven at all (primarily because I had yet to have a mechanic double check all of my suspension work) Well, everything was fine, and the test was going well... Then I heard my car haul ass down the side street!

I looked over, and sure enough, the car was no longer in the tester bay. I grabbed the manager and asked WTF??? He said he didn't know, so I grabbed the phone and dialed up the police to report a stolen car.

The guy was gone for over 45 minutes, and the police had arrived, and were taking statements when he pulled up in my car. I immediately noticed that the hood was sitting funny... Turns out that knucklehead didn't secure the hood, and it flew up on him at 60 or 70MPH! Well, the hood was trashed, the passenger hood hinge was torn from the firewall, and the hood obviously no longer closed properly!

After the manager fired him on the spot, he was arrested for GTA (He got probation and had to fork over some repair cash)

The Goodyear dealership also provided a full set of tires, and $500.00 for my trouble.

So now whenever someone asks, I have to reply...
NOBODY DRIVES MY CAR!!!"

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:08 pm

i knew thats what the answer would be, i was just poking some fun at ya.

very interesting story aswell

knowing me, i would have beaten the senseless poop out of the SOB

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:16 pm

Holy crap owned! Busted his asterisk good clutch.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:56 pm

Clutch: So....can I drive?

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:01 pm

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:23 pm

So now whenever someone asks, I have to reply...
NOBODY DRIVES MY CAR!!!"

I wouldn't trust myself in a car like that, I'm used to a ford escort LX(aka ford POS

) Even my dad's cavalier seems like it's too much for me.

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:31 pm

Nice one Krom!

No they don't make it go faster, but they will confuse the crap out of people since I have an automatic transmission

I love to mess with people!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:33 pm

I would like to drive a car like that, but I would probably never drive it if I owned it heh, be too paranoid with all the deer and idiots on the roads around here.

KompresZor · Post by **KompresZor** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:56 pm

omg!! Clutch that stripe is awesome!!!

LunchBox · Post by **LunchBox** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:15 pm

Sweet car man.. You run it at the track??

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:39 pm

So it actually says Clutch? It was looking like photochop.

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:12 pm

No track for this one yet, My wife has some limits

Yeah, it does look kind of like a photochop! I assure you it's real

I've had this color and stripe combo in mind for many years now, It's surreal to actually have it in my garage!

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:51 pm

other than local police and what not....how much protection you got on her?