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Bought the car in July 2008 (my softmore year in HS), after it being a Wisconsin winter beater most of its life, for $1,875 shipped to my door. Arrived in rough shape for 94,414 miles with lots of rust and the engine seized. Sorry for some of the crappy pics; some are cell pics and some illustrate my shaky hands.
The day it arrived:
My father and I rebuilt the engine with him telling me what to do and leaving it all up to me to do it right. I did a MILD P&P on the heads from what I had learned on the internet. Sorry, no pics.
Next we started on the exterior issues(big dent in the left quarter, lots of rust on the quarters just in front of the rear wheel wells, bad paint on the deck lid). Soon I will re-doing some of the paint because the rapid pace at which we painted it has taken a toll. We did all of the body work in the week leading up to prom, sprayed color the night before prom and let it sit over night, then sprayed the clear on the morning of prom, then drove it prom
.
This is how it looked after(dont mind the F/S sign
)
Next I tackled the rust that was on the floor pans of the car. I cut out the areas that where bad, formed up some steel replacements by hand, welded those in, then my dad and I fiber-glassed over the patches to make sure they are water tight and smooth. We then painted the whole floor of the car with POR-15 to stop the surface rust. At this time I do not have any after pics, but the next time I take the carpet out I will get some.
Next where some wheels I bought from a board member(JOHN_DEERE_ls6) that had lots of pitting behind the face that I ground off and painted with POR-15.
A few small thing I have done over the years:
Windshield Banner
Chrome Antenna(should have just saved for a power antenna)
Driving Lamps
Stereo
Interior "Accents"
New Passenger Mirror from SWEETRIDE98(Before)
After
Some things I have done to the car but do not have pics to:
BBk Shorties from ICEPICK
Flowmaster 80 series
3.23 Gears
Switching exterior light to clear instead of Nightshaded
New Carpet
Removed Air/EGR
MSD Cap and Rotor
Polished the door handles
Coming Soon:
New paint
LS1 Intake
Now that I have my own "good" camera, I should not forget to take pics while working on something
The day it arrived:
My father and I rebuilt the engine with him telling me what to do and leaving it all up to me to do it right. I did a MILD P&P on the heads from what I had learned on the internet. Sorry, no pics.
Next we started on the exterior issues(big dent in the left quarter, lots of rust on the quarters just in front of the rear wheel wells, bad paint on the deck lid). Soon I will re-doing some of the paint because the rapid pace at which we painted it has taken a toll. We did all of the body work in the week leading up to prom, sprayed color the night before prom and let it sit over night, then sprayed the clear on the morning of prom, then drove it prom
.This is how it looked after(dont mind the F/S sign
)Next I tackled the rust that was on the floor pans of the car. I cut out the areas that where bad, formed up some steel replacements by hand, welded those in, then my dad and I fiber-glassed over the patches to make sure they are water tight and smooth. We then painted the whole floor of the car with POR-15 to stop the surface rust. At this time I do not have any after pics, but the next time I take the carpet out I will get some.
Next where some wheels I bought from a board member(JOHN_DEERE_ls6) that had lots of pitting behind the face that I ground off and painted with POR-15.
A few small thing I have done over the years:
Windshield Banner
Chrome Antenna(should have just saved for a power antenna)
Driving Lamps
Stereo
Interior "Accents"
New Passenger Mirror from SWEETRIDE98(Before)
After
Some things I have done to the car but do not have pics to:
BBk Shorties from ICEPICK
Flowmaster 80 series
3.23 Gears
Switching exterior light to clear instead of Nightshaded
New Carpet
Removed Air/EGR
MSD Cap and Rotor
Polished the door handles
Coming Soon:
New paint
LS1 Intake
Now that I have my own "good" camera, I should not forget to take pics while working on something
357ci LT1, cammed, stalled, and driven. 
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