Meet "Blue Nose" by DIIRTY-30

8 minute(s) of a 417 minute read

So haven't been on here in a min; work has been eating up all my time. 

I ended up having to fall through on the m52 stroker swap cause it didnt solve my issue. Still looking for an m52 with low mileage or an S motor.

Started prep work officially today since all the body is finally done. Started on the larger areas and working my way into the details before stripping everything down. 

Day 2

Day 3 

Slowly making some progress; swapped on bottlecaps for the time being. 

7-6-2014

To the guy who sold me the hood; I hate whomever your previous owner was who decided to re-ghetto-spray your hood. This thing has proven itself to be the toughest thing to sand down. 

8-9-2014

Mannnnnnnnn its been a while... Finally got things situated, car passed smog, finishing up the last of the prep work... 

Stay tuned

I am, but at the same time that doesn't exactly mean I know everything. Everything I've done has been nothing but pure trial and error along with a TON of research, reading, and watching videos.

Anyone can do it, it's just a matter of how detail-oriented and how determined you are IMHO. If you want something bad enough, there's no limit to how hard you'll work to achieve that goal.

8-21-2014

So now its down to the small little things; 

Window trim and pop out windows are out, almost finished sanding down the door jams. Still need to pop out the front and rear windshield but I'm gonna wait till everything else is done since I'll have to transport the car via car carrier. Can't believe how bad the hood was makes me wish I used a DA instead of hand-blocking. Overall have about a good 45-50 hours give or take into prep work so I'm hoping its well worth it. 

Here's some lovely shitty iphone photos lol, oh yeah and I bought a Civic for work

9-22-2014

Sneak peak.. (This is the color coat not a primer btw)

I was a little worried once the color coat was on; how it appeared silver. Thought it looked pretty badass as is. The color popped out once the clear was on and it baked.. I'll post a few more pics later on.

9-22-2014

10-7-2014

Wet sanded and buffing finished up, need to give it a good wash once the glass is all back in. Headliner should be finished up tomorrow I'm hoping. 

Slap some seals, grommets, and all the bells n whistles and we're in business. 

In the meantime, I've been working on something else on the side.

10-9-2014

It's all in the details..

10-12-2014

So I've switched over to a Galaxy, not really feeling it compared to the iPhone. The "in the process" photos didnt really come out the way they looked on my phone when i uploaded them. So after killing myself spending about 14 hours the night/morning before SoCal Vintage heres where it sits..

10-16-2014

We rolled in a little late to the show since I spent all night and a good majority of the morning putting it back together. I'll be breaking it out a lot more now since its almost finished up. 

Disregard the buffing compound lol

Gonna get around to doing a nice lil shoot with my 5D or my A1 when I have a bit more energy.