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The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:11 AM

I'll start this post off by first giving out a huge thanks to my brother for this car. When new problems started arising with the white 97' cavalier, he offered me a 2000 Z24 that had everything i could ever want in it. A 5spd, power sunroof, everything. It needed some bodywork on it and an engine and transmission. We put a newish 30,000 mile motor in it out of a 2000 grandam and it ran great.

Now over 3 years ago I started on the white car and just couldn't get it finished due to various problems in my life, and especially with the passing of my father last year. I was going to give up on it altogether but made the decision to go for it and finally finish a j-body exactly how i envisioned it years ago. I have a lot more work to do this weekend to get it on the road monday.... but heres a little teaser pic before i sprayed the clearcoat this morning.....





Lots more info and pics coming later




Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:13 AM
Tits!





Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:16 AM
ooooohhhh i like it , now finnish it



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Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:37 AM
finaly lol...



Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:39 AM
Meck is back in town....

I hope this one will end up like some of your older posts, I spent hours drooling over your orange cav in the past.





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Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:45 AM
well this car will be nothing like the orange cav... i grew out of that stage

This one will be a lot like the white car except a few more subtle changes and a supercharger planned this coming winter



Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:51 AM
Good work man!

I have always loved that hood.





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Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:59 AM
Awsome dude. Congrats on getting a car that you will drive and show off with pride.
Keep this post going with the progress.



Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 9:37 AM
wooooot!!!!!

Lookin good man.


I <3 JGM
I think bigfoot is blurry,
that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra
scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster, roaming the countryside.
"Run! He's fuzzy!" "Get outta here!"

In Loving Memory of Phil Martin December 14 2005

Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 9:55 AM
sorry for your lose!


black on this car is gonna look so beautiful!



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Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 12:05 PM
Damn, guess we gotta find another car to write on at the bash











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Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 12:09 PM
Steve-O wrote:ooooohhhh i like it , now finnish it


Can he Finnish it for real? is there a way to Swedish something too?
lol
I couldnt resist this one...Im Finnish myself.



Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 12:29 PM
LOL, my bad



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Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Saturday, May 08, 2010 1:03 PM
i appreciate all the comments guys. After spraying i decided to take the rest of the day off from it. I've been working 10-12 hours days for the past month 7 days a week. Either at work or working on this thing so I'm effin exhausted. The car turned out great though.

I'll have many new updated pics by tomorrow evening so stay tuned



Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Sunday, May 09, 2010 12:18 PM
Now that is a teaser pic, I have been teased!! Looks great so far, can't wait to see the outcome!

I am kind of in the same boat... I just brought my J out of storage to re-do everything how I originally envisioned it.



Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Sunday, May 09, 2010 2:41 PM
hmmm where have I seen that hood before?


hehe



swooosh!
Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Sunday, May 09, 2010 2:42 PM




Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Sunday, May 09, 2010 3:40 PM
Well she's up on the trailor ready to go down to an enhanced inspection station for title work. The insurance company totaled this car after the owner blew the drivetrain up so it has a salvage title on it at the moment.

Here are a few pics, sorry for the quality, my cellphone was the only thing i had on me at the time








When it comes home tomorrow im putting my koni suspension in it so it will be dropped




Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Sunday, May 09, 2010 3:43 PM
Oh how I wish I picked up that hood

Lookin good man


I <3 JGM
I think bigfoot is blurry,
that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra
scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster, roaming the countryside.
"Run! He's fuzzy!" "Get outta here!"

In Loving Memory of Phil Martin December 14 2005

Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Sunday, May 09, 2010 3:47 PM
beautiful, any ideas on rims for it?



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Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Sunday, May 09, 2010 4:49 PM
MMMM, windows tinted and u got one clean looking car!




Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Sunday, May 09, 2010 5:53 PM
very nice meck!!! will this one see any autox action?



Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Sunday, May 09, 2010 5:54 PM
strat81 wrote:very nice meck!!! will this one see any autox action?


Yea daily the drive to and from his house


That road is a killer!!!


I <3 JGM
I think bigfoot is blurry,
that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra
scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster, roaming the countryside.
"Run! He's fuzzy!" "Get outta here!"

In Loving Memory of Phil Martin December 14 2005

Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Sunday, May 09, 2010 6:57 PM
I was going to say, i remember you from your orange cav.


Looking good on this one though!

keep us updated




Re: The day has come.... 3 long years waiting
Monday, May 10, 2010 3:16 AM
strat81 wrote:very nice meck!!! will this one see any autox action?


next summer i can guarantee it


satchmoe wrote:Yea daily the drive to and from his house


hey now, thats a fun drive in a car like this, although i hit a deer up here in the white car also



I have a few ideas for wheels.... that will come later on this summer. My main goal at the moment once its on the road is to get the interior done. I have a whole sunfire swap to do inside and im getting some stuff reupholstered.



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