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Old Sep 24, 2008 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by phantazn
any chance you could take some pictures of the edges along the door, and how it fades under the sail panel? im planning on building a widebody for the ta once i finish moving, and theres a few things im still not sure on how to go about doing.

Sure, I think I already have some at home, but if not I can take a couple when I get home from work tonight.
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Old Sep 24, 2008 | 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by phantazn
any chance you could take some pictures of the edges along the door, and how it fades under the sail panel? im planning on building a widebody for the ta once i finish moving, and theres a few things im still not sure on how to go about doing.
As requested..........These are the best I have, what I did was cut the fiberglass about 1.5" short to give myself room to smooth out the blend so I am using the original line from the door jam. The "new" quarter tapers right to the original line. Same thing under the sail panel, the fiberglass ends about 1.5" earley to provide room to blend the shape in.











Hope all that made sence.
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Old Sep 24, 2008 | 11:43 PM
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awesome, that helped a lot! thanks!
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Old Sep 24, 2008 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by phantazn
awesome, that helped a lot! thanks!
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 02:20 AM
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take off the side molding and fill in the door/fender channel. ive seen it once and it looked SICK
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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Cant wait to see this thing done.
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 01:27 AM
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You, sir, have an overweight car. What a fatty fatty fatmobile.

LOL. I like your ride.
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 10:30 AM
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i think this is an awesome build.....it totally goes against the grain!!!!....GOOD luck on the rest of your build....i hope everything goes through for ya
btw what drivetrain is going to be in this car as final product
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 10:35 AM
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i've done my little share of body work and i know how hard it is. The car looks good
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 10:54 AM
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i agree....i dont have the patience for such a long process....i filled in the berger panel on my car and that was all the sanding, priming and painting i will ever do again
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ls1leadfoot
i think this is an awesome build.....it totally goes against the grain!!!!....GOOD luck on the rest of your build....i hope everything goes through for ya
btw what drivetrain is going to be in this car as final product
Not sure, I will probably run the LS1 (full bolt-ons + cam) until I grenade it, then hopefully go bigger.

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i agree....i dont have the patience for such a long process....i filled in the berger panel on my car and that was all the sanding, priming and painting i will ever do again
I have done several fairley large scale body work projects and at some point during each one I tell myself "this is the last one, I wouln't start this crap up again!" But I can't help it, I want things the way I want them, but I don't want to pay someone to do something I know I can do, plus body work is fun when you get to stand back and be happy with what you have done.
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 10:02 PM
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I'm not feelin' the hood of the camaro.. but that 240 is amazing.
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 12:48 AM
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the more i see that hood the more a like it...flows a lot better now with the blown out fenders. But i really think itd look better painted
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 03:08 AM
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Originally Posted by unSStoppable
the more i see that hood the more a like it...flows a lot better now with the blown out fenders. But i really think itd look better painted
It is painted
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 11:15 AM
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I love it dude. It looks bad *** man. Love the hood, love everything.
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 05:53 AM
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McNord, any new pics??
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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Post up some new pics of the car then.
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by The Crazy Sweed
McNord, any new pics??
Originally Posted by HIPER-Z
Post up some new pics of the car then.
I haven't done a whole lot on the car lately, at least not the exterior. I have been working on getting the interior ready for an autoX cage & redoing the whole interior with racing seats, 5pt. harnesses, and all that good stuff. I am also shacing the cup holder & ash tray. I am hoping to get the car in for paint by Feb. but I am not in a big hurry to get it done, having a project keeps me out of trouble.
Right now my wife is pregnant with our 2nd child so that has slowed my progress as well. Once I have the interior a little more presentable I will post some pics of that aswell.

On a side note- If anybody in the Phoenix AZ area has some TA door panels for sale I would appreciate a heads up.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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any progress? Havn't seen this thread up towards the top in a while. Work looks great so far.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 08:22 PM
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I would love to see just the wider fenders on a car with the 6litereater splitter... *hint*hint* that would be a cool harrell kind of look without making an exact clone.
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