She's getting there!!!

[PaceCarBoozer]

Most people on here don't remember me except the old guys from ILGPC, but I smashed up my GP Daytona in Feb. and have been slowly piecing it back together as I go. I figured if I had to put it back together I was gonna do it like I always wanted it to be. So there are no seams in the engine bay, no holes that do not need to be there, and the port for the CAI is molded into the side.
Wasn't actually planning on replacing the rockers, but when I got the ground effects off to pull the fenders, I found out I didn't have any rocker left!! So the door jams got the same treatment.
This is as far as I have gotten, just saving to get the outside sprayed and I will be back cruisin.

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[PANDA]

I remember you CJ. Good luck restoring the car!

 

[Euro]

Very nice progress!!!! I saw from your previous post that you had an SLP hood on, is the car a GTX? I love the pace cars, which number is it?

 

[slowchevy]

NICE

that engine bay looks hott

 

[PaceCarBoozer]

no, not a GTX, just a 98 Daytona, haven't looked at the badge in a while, I think it's #518.
Thanks for the compliments, that engine bay took forever to get all the holes welded up and all the seams smoothed over...but it was worth it

 

[Euro]

I bet, it sure looks great. The color really pops with the polished wheels too!

 

[98GTPDriva]

Looks good dude!

 

[PaceCarBoozer]

the wheels I had chromed years back, they are just dirty as hell. The chicago winters have made their mark on those wheels though, 18's soon.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Lookin good so far. You've got some balls painting outdoors like that. The dust is bad enough trying to do it in the garrage. Good luck though, seems like you are well on your way to being finished.

 

[PaceCarBoozer]

it was painted in the garage, just pushed outside to clean the blue overspray off of everything else, haha.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

hah, alright then, makes a lot more sense. I cant even count how many times as a kid, that I would paint a model car only to have 20 fucking bugs land on it when I walk away

 

[PaceCarBoozer]

I had to spend a day cleaning the garage and making sure the door was not ever opened before I could even start spraying cause my neighbor has a bunch of cottonwoods that are blooming right now. really sucks, but it came out pretty dirt free, then everything got watersanded and buffed by hand.....now THAT sucked. too tight of spaces to get the buffer into.

 

[IDAFC21]

looks good so far! good luck finishing it up

 

[smug]

hah, alright then, makes a lot more sense. I cant even count how many times as a kid, that I would paint a model car only to have 20 fucking bugs land on it when I walk away

Ha ha I did that same thing so many times.
The car is looking good! What kind of hood are you gonna put on the car.

 

[PaceCarBoozer]

It had an SLP dual scoop hood that got split into two pieces and a couple cracks. I'm gonna break out the fiberglass and grinder and fix it.