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At first I bought a 90 GT that looked decent on the out side but once under the car I found 2 gaping holes where the rear trailing arms hook into the body thus making her non road worthy.
After finding that out I began the search for a decent clean shell that I could swap all the 90' parts into. Upon receiving a PM on another forum I made the trip to Virginia to pick up my 91 GT that I'm in the process of restoring/modding.
Once the car arrived home the long process began of tearing the car apart and starting the long process of sanding and painting. It took me about a month and a half to tear the car down and strip the paint down (thanks to my work schedule).
As of last night 09/08/13 at 9pm I was finally able to lay down the first coat of sealer primer onto the body. I still have other parts that need to be sanded down before they can be primed but I needed to get the body primed since I had some spots of bear metal showing.
The 90 GT parts car (looks can be deceiving):
The 91 GT:
How she sat for about a month before making any real progress:
What happens when a car isn't properly prepped for a new paint job (peels off with a razor blade):
The rust repair:
How she sits right now. Under the car cover in the background is the other project that I'm working on. It's a 2000 Saleen S281 Supercharged that had an interior fire (also being restored to original):
That's all for now. A few to many pics for a first build thread post but I'll update this as I make more progress.
After finding that out I began the search for a decent clean shell that I could swap all the 90' parts into. Upon receiving a PM on another forum I made the trip to Virginia to pick up my 91 GT that I'm in the process of restoring/modding.
Once the car arrived home the long process began of tearing the car apart and starting the long process of sanding and painting. It took me about a month and a half to tear the car down and strip the paint down (thanks to my work schedule).
As of last night 09/08/13 at 9pm I was finally able to lay down the first coat of sealer primer onto the body. I still have other parts that need to be sanded down before they can be primed but I needed to get the body primed since I had some spots of bear metal showing.
The 90 GT parts car (looks can be deceiving):
The 91 GT:
How she sat for about a month before making any real progress:
What happens when a car isn't properly prepped for a new paint job (peels off with a razor blade):
The rust repair:
How she sits right now. Under the car cover in the background is the other project that I'm working on. It's a 2000 Saleen S281 Supercharged that had an interior fire (also being restored to original):
That's all for now. A few to many pics for a first build thread post but I'll update this as I make more progress.
Its a beater with a heater.
Are you putting the red interior from the parts car in the red one? That would be killer! I like the wheels that came on the red one too. I'll be checking in to keep an eye one this. Nice job so far
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