1987 pro-touring grand national, from the ground up

[ZNix]

Is that the front inner fenders painted already? Wow, that was really quick!

 

[dsapper]

No. Those along with most other bits of metal are powder coated

 

[ZNix]

Wow. Very nice. If you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost to get an inner fender coated?

Zack

 

[dsapper]

Wow. Very nice. If you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost to get an inner fender coated?

Zack

No idea. I had tons done at the same time

 

[Pittsburghkid]

i'm curious as the why you didn't have the car painted while the body was off the frame?

 

[6togo]

I was concerned about painting mine with all the new goodies under it then decided to paint the body off the frame to make life easy on everyone and not have to worry about any overspray or primer getting on anything.
Chris

 

[dsapper]

Well the body was actually ok. I didn't plan on doing it actually. Then one thing led to another and the body kind of paled next to the rest of the work. Ideally I would have done frame off. It took me awhile to find a body guy that understood how much work went into it so it would be taped properly

 

[dsapper]

Work is still moving along fast. The couple of spots of rust turned out to be just surfaces and one damaged area turned out to be nothing just bad paint. Rear fillers have been fiberglassed together and I'm told there may be the first layer of primer sprayed today.

Car was in amazing shape overall. I cant say enough about how high quality the danko header panel and hartline fiberglass hood are.

 

[darbysan]

Dave, finally had a chance to go through your build. First Class! If you are still interested in doing the Electronic HVAC setup, give me a call or PM, and we'll get together. Now would be the time to do it, before you re-install your dash (if you haven't).

 

[dsapper]

Thanks! I do actually, but I've been slammed at work and haven't had a chance to call

 

[~JM~]

What kind of work do you do, if you don't mind me asking?

~JM~

 

[dsapper]

I'm the general manager of a hyundai dealership

 

[2GNS4ME]

I'm the general manager of a hyundai dealership

Awesome now I know who to contact when I need to by a Hyundai Genesis Coupe..lol

 

[dsapper]

lol, thats what I usually drive as a demo. The 2013 has a 5.0 V8, wait for that one

 

[2GNS4ME]

lol, thats what I usually drive as a demo. The 2013 has a 5.0 V8, wait for that one

Always wanted to test drive one they def look cool..I'll wait for the V8 to test drive.

 

[Instro84]

Dave, finally had a chance to go through your build. First Class! If you are still interested in doing the Electronic HVAC setup, give me a call or PM, and we'll get together. Now would be the time to do it, before you re-install your dash (if you haven't).

what kinda electronic HVAC do you use?
dale

 

[dsapper]

Blocked out the first time

 

[dsapper]

Primer

 

[dsapper]

Guide coat in patented smurf blue

 

[ZNix]

The beginning of this project (according to the forum) was June 28th, 2011. It has taken almost 7 Months exactly for this project to be where it is. That's pretty damn quick IMHO. You have one hell of a car!