Operation X

Daytime pic of the dash:

New progress… still not getting as much as I need to done.

G16 is 25 days away and I still need to sand over half the car as well as body work. Come on weather hold out for me…. Please!

I got a little deep on the rear quarter but shot some rattle can to keep the rust out.

(19 days till G16)

This weekend had lots of progress… dull progress, but progress.

I had some help.

Seats! Now the only thing that will be tan is the carpet.

UPS, thanks for sending me a nice square? :-\

Seats:

The breakdown:

The old driver seat: very uncomfortable.

Reinforcement:

Spot repair:

Passenger side, done!!

Calling it a night.

(16 days till G16)

More rain, less progress. I did make due with my time.

Driver seat:

I did a couple patch jobs. It turns out I’m pretty handy with a needle and thread. lol

This is where the electric controls were on the old seats:

And the driver seat had a couple of tears.

Front seats done.

Moving on to the rear:

It’s starting to pile up.

And called it a night.

I sanded some more.

Also the seat are in , or most of them.

Working last night in the fog and dew ended my shifter balls life. RIP

So I gave it a new life, stripped it and gave it a little scrub.

Despite the rain this weekend, I did get a couple little things out of the way. But not nearly what i planned to.

The back got some attention:

My bumper markers are crap.

New markers!

Clear won’t cut it. They got to be black!

I finally got to the rear seats and finished up the interior. I’ll probably get me some black floor mats, just depends.

And because it rained pretty much all weekend, I had to paint something to satisfy myself.

The victim:

I’m not even going to tell you. I’ll let the pics do the talking.

First coat:

Final coat:

Clean up:

A few imperfections, but over all a decent job.

More pics tomorrow

(6 days till G16)

Today was a very good day. The end result was a drive at sunset. Here are the pics. Enjoy!

Spoiler on:

Night Shade touch up:

I noticed under the hood is going to need some major TLC.

The front came together:

Starting to look sexy.

I saved the best for last and also because it was a pain in the ass to mask.

But it was so worth it.

Another side shot while I was waiting for paint to dry:

And Bam! The ass it tight.

Just a couple of maintenance things, but after a major clean up… she’s G16 ready!

Ok, G16 is over, but it was a blast. Here are a few pics as I was getting ready to head to the show, the clean up and such.

And here are a few of my favorite shots of the car during G16. Thanks to Kris, LeAnne, and Jim.

I took these on the way home outside Birmingham.