Restoration of my TSO car

[baadgn]

After the year we had last year and accomplishing all that we wanted to it was decide to take this year off and redue the car. There will be some significant changes in effort to capture our next goal and my plan was to create this post and document the progress as we move along. Miguel who owns pats autocare is handling all of the bodywork/paint he did the car 9 years ago when it was painted that it for know stay tuned....

 

[V6RACER]

WOW... Think you'll be done by Bowling Green?

 

[JOHNDEEREGN]

Best of luck Tony, congrats on an awesome year in 2009. Cannot wait to see how she turns out
Ty

 

[87granny]

Wow i thought that car was perfect you do work fast can't wait to see the finished product good luck with the resto

 

[SGRIM]

Great! Please keep the pics coming! I still want to do the detail right up on you and the car for the front page:biggrin:

 

[HighPSI]

I still want to do the detail right up on you and the car for the front page:biggrin:

Great idea!! Tony is certainly deserving.

I can't wait to see Miguel work his majic!

 

[HOT ROD-GN]

Great idea!! Tony is certainly deserving.

I can't wait to see Miguel work his majic!

Cal what you need to do,by your self a GN and I'll give the same majic to you..:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: can't wait were taking the car to a new level

 

[ghostv8]

Dang Tony, Good luck with what you are doing!

 

[baadgn]

Getting ready to stiffin up the frame in the middle so here is a before pic

 

[charlief1]

Looks good Tony. I want to see what you do to it now.

 

[baadgn]

While the work on reinforcing the frame is still going on, Work has begun on the underneath of the car removing what wont be necessary getting it all smoothed and straightened out here are the before/during pics.

 

[NUTS4LC2]

Your roll cage is removable? I always thought @ that level it had to be welded to the chassis. Keep the pics coming...it's always nice to see cars with the go to back up the show counterpart.

 

[baadgn]

Your roll cage is removable? I always thought @ that level it had to be welded to the chassis. Keep the pics coming...it's always nice to see cars with the go to back up the show counterpart.

My roll cage was welded to the frame, we cut it out so we could do the frame off and install the new safer up to date cage. Here are some new pics of the frame starting to get reinforced.

 

[GNBRETT]

I can't wait to see Miguel work his majic!

Me 2

 

[Turbo Indian]

reinforced fram is a very wise move Tony. I am sure the car will look & perform top notch when it makes it's new maiden voyage.

 

[HOT ROD-GN]

Me 2

thanx guys, frame looking awesome floor is coming along great to.we should have some new pic of our work in porgress soon.

 

[gnfanatic]

Hey Tony, longtime no talk may I ask what are you going to do about the accessibility of the body mounts since you closed up the C channel??

 

[baadgn]

Hey Tony, longtime no talk may I ask what are you going to do about the accessibility of the body mounts since you closed up the C channel??

Hey What's up

The new body mounts are made of delrin, so it will just be a bolt up from the bottom of the frame thru the delrin bushing into the body. The body is going to part of the frame/cage all tied together.

 

[baadgn]

New parallel bars installed

 

[V8Assassin]

That is a HUGE undertaking........Good Luck!!

I gotta say that car was as close to perfect as I have ever seen one, true attention to detail!!!

I know where mine is coming when it comes time for a re-paint!!!!