slowmaro87

im still reading your threads man
cars looking great !

DacMan

Thanks man,
I feel like this was the biggest thing of done so far, and was just suprised no one commented.

Thanks, DacMan

slowmaro87

yes and the paint is looking AWSOME! very inspiring ...my day off tomorrow is now dedicated to my car ...thanks
lol

FlippindaBird

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looks great man!

DacMan

Ok so I REALLY NEED HONEST OPINIONS!!!! I am contemplating painting my hood satin black, then painting the inserts were the louvers are supposed to go matte black. As you all know I cut out ports for a grill at the ends of the hood as depicted. I will insert my two grill peices in there (they will either be satin black or maybe chrome, although I doubt chrome) anyway I think that would look good as a hood, but here's were the conflict comes in. I have planned on cream hockey stick stripes from day one, do I do those with the radical hood or not? And if so do you all think maybe that will be a little much for a camaro, because I don't want to look like some distasteful little punk, but I also don't want to have the same camaro as everyone else. Anyway opinions PLEASE, be hash be brutal I don't care, just let me know.

Thanks DacMan

slowmaro87

hey what all did you do with your engine bay? got any pics?
thats my current project just looking for ideas...im going with black in angine bay any suggestion on paint? thanks man

slowmaro87

i think the stripes with the hood would look great...i think you said your car is an 83 but i kinda remember the original pics of the car having 85 up nose ....wich does it have again?

Andy Fanshawe

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I don't agree with you sir! Can I show you why?











From someone who has been through all this a few times before, you are doing a damn fine job! Look where I ended up eventually with my camaro above!!

Keep us posted on your progress

Andy.

Carlos773

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After seeing that, I gotta agree with Infernal.

DacMan

Andy I have seen your camaro a few times in other threads and have always thought it looked pretty good aside from the flames, and the berlinetta front end. Engine bay's a little red for me, but it's a lot better than mine. There's a pic of my engine bay, it looks way worse now then it did then, I ended up beating the crap out of it, with a 9 month ongoing trouble shoot lol.

Andy Fanshawe

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Bit of a cold response don't you think?

Don't worry about hurting anybody's feelings. So manners and subtelty have finally gone then?

In 1 year after a 15 year DIY build and loads of shows and charity events in the UK I have never received ANY negative responses like that. In fact the car has gone down superbly well.

And, yes, I can take criticism. But not like that.

Hope its made you feel better insulting other people's work. No doubt you can do better.

Thanks for making me feel upset and annoyed.

Andy Fanshawe

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Hi Dacman.
You're doing a good job though.

My car was designed to be a head turner and a top show attraction. Not for the prizes, but to show off my work and actually cheer people up! The brighter the better. The flames were overhaulin' inspired. Not to everyones taste but I like 'em.
The concept was a humble, lowly sport coupe without gfx or anything fancy (apart from a V8) and turn it into something that this country had never seen. Yours probably, but not ours. The SC/berlinetta simple front end just added to the basics of the car.

Z28's and IROC's with skirts are abundant but a sport coupe? No.

To me, painting things black that have taken time and care to restore/smooth out etc is hiding all the care and love that has gone into it.

But, each to his own. Reading about your battles with time/college is all familiar stuff to all of us. Makes fascinating reading. And brings back memories and hopefully similar times to come.

Good luck with the car and college.

Andy.

DacMan

Thanks andy, I see your point about the uniqueness your car has, and never thought of it that way. And you're right to each his own, if everyone liked everything everyone else did to eachothers car, we'd all have the same car, and this hobby would be boring. Chip foose inspired flames is certainly somthing to be proud of!!! Even though I've seen all the reruns at this point, I still can't help but sit down and whatch the master work every time overhaulin' is on tv. Just out of curousity do you ever drive your sport coupe on the street, or is it mostly a trailer queen? Thanks for the encouragment, I hope to hear more from you in the future.

slowmaro87

hey dacman is your bay satin ...that looks fantasic!

slowmaro87

hey andy flames on driveshaft=awsome lol
and the underside on that car makes me wanna cry ....nice work man!!!!!!

DacMan

Thanks, yeah that's just high build primer and rustoleum satin black, like I said it looks like sh** now, but it was a lot better back then.

Thanks, DacMan

Carlos773

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It wasn't mean as an insult, everyone has flawed opinions, mines just happends to be against flashy/chrome things. Besides the flames and wheels, your car is amazing. It is a masterpiece in every way but to me small things that don't match just takes away the final result.

Anyways, keep up the good work Dac, I look forward to seeing it all done.

DacMan

So today Dac took a trip to the junk yard, here's what I got: Rear electric hatch lift, switch, and lock core (for sale), T-top Headliner, Center Consol and shifter, Passenger side door molding (Isn't right for my car, would be happy to trade it to somone if they need it and have an 83 Z28 molding) Drivers and Passengers door covers, Spare tire, and Visors. Some pics are below. I Ended up dropping by napa and picking up some of their flat black vinyl and fabric paint, and as you'll see in the before and afters they turned out pretty well. I've never seen interior door covers like that, but they look good IMO.

DacMan

Here's some more pics:

slowmaro87

those door panels do look great!
how the texture on them does it feel matty or anything like they were painted
they look great for sure!

DacMan

Suprisingly they don't it feels soft and natrual like they were died, it certainly did cover up those nasty stains, and even if it was new, I still would have wanted the top to be all black.

Thanks for the compliment, Dac

slowmaro87

ya theres a gray set with the same pattern as those at my JY and youve just talked me into buying them lol you may have ended my months of searching for black door panels thanks man!

marekdennhardt

Hey dac, I think a nice shiny black hood would look good with your red car. Maybe do the hockey stripes the same black. I think that would look sweet.

slowmaro87

honestly dac thats not a bad idea

slowmaro87

hey what all have you done with your underbody ? any pics if youve gotten to it yet?

DacMan

Glad to hear it slowmaro, Good Idea mark, although that may be a little much for me, at this point I think I might just satin black the hood and forget the hockey stick stripes.

marekdennhardt

Yea the black hood would still look pretty decent I think. Depends how much work you do with the painting.

Awesome-X

Wow, Dac those door panels turned out great. What JY are you going to?? I can't find good parts around here for the life of me.

I did score a Z28 on craigslist the other day for $200, though. 350 TPI with T-tops, just need to change the nose cone and fenders and go through the interior a bit.

On another note, have you worked much with fiberglass? I have a whole set of 91-92 graphics but the nose cone has a little tear in it, and I'd like to fix it.

DacMan

I went to pick a part, really good stuff there, a running z28 350 for two hundred uhh PICS!!!!! I havn't worked with fiberglass much, and all I've learned from it is that is sucks big time to work with. I hate it. I have found that when laying a patch, using bondo hardner as an activator works much better than the hardner they give you with the resin, ans since both are compadible with eachother it doesn't really matter that the hardner is for bondo and not resin.

slowmaro87

hows the car coming dac?

DacMan

Been better lol. I am at collage now so nothings happening to it. However in the last three weeks or so I got a few things done, most of the interior is back in, the hood is on, and I bought a edlebrock 500 cfm carb so I don't have to mess around with carbs anymore. However I never got the carb on, but that wasn't a problem because my maro ran ok with the unhooked computerized carb a friend gave me to borrow, until I went to move it after sitting a week, I have no clue what happened it ran great when parked then it ran so horribly when I went to start it the next time around. No horribly in a sense that it wasn't smoth, horribly in a sense that it hardly idled, and backfired out the intake and exhaust, I even warmed it up, and it still ran like ****. I don't know what it was all about, but all I did was move it from an indoor location to out and leave it for a week, under a car cover.

slowmaro87

im telling you man she just didnt want to be parked outside



ever see the movie Christine.............something to think about

DacMan

lol yeah you're probably right, this thing has hated me from day one!!!!!

marekdennhardt

Its probs something with the carb.. try the new one