some more update pics from the weekend. sorry about the quality but you get the idea.. Bay shot looks really dull but was just a crap photo i was in a rush to get to work lol It came up as nice as the underneath (see above pic) reason why its not all painted is because the undercarriage / bay needed to stay on the rotisary. The rest can be done on its wheels and im now going to focus on building the suspension and diff setup and getting the rest painted later. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking great mate, i love the under carriage!

diff ready for paint. Took fair bit of time scraping old paint and degreaser, but has come up a treat. pulled out old springs and arms from the garage today so aiming for some paint on the diff this week then i can dummy assemble it in the car for the short term along with the front end so it can be moved around. Will finally be back on its wheels again lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

nice work man, any reason youve gone away from the standard borg-warner diff?

Quote: Originally Posted by Psi_Wagon [View Post] nice work man, any reason youve gone away from the standard borg-warner diff? cheers man. the cars going to be rebuilt as an 8 an had a v8 diff spare. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

ah, you realize you have to run a different tailshaft now? as thats a vb-vk v8 diff. just trying to save you some trouble if you didnt realize!

Quote: Originally Posted by Psi_Wagon [View Post] ah, you realize you have to run a different tailshaft now? as thats a vb-vk v8 diff. just trying to save you some trouble if you didnt realize! dw cuz. got a great mentor in my old man. but yeh cheers. Motor and gearbox going to be different anyways with the LS1 setup so im prob going to have to modify the tailshaft length to suit. That will be the least of my mods tho if youve seen the pics lol. Cant wait to drop all the gear in ay Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Looks awesome man, slap a GT42 on that LS1!

Quote: Originally Posted by xAsh- [View Post] Looks awesome man, slap a GT42 on that LS1! hahaha thanks champ! naa no boosting for this badboy. just some kickass straight up oldschool ITB trumpets out the top with the mods im doing, I want this thing to scream oldschool race style.. (besides the paint haha) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Photos as promised

progress... next is to finish painting the body now its off the rotisary, then i can start building the 'proper' suspension and diff components.

I was going to say! Looks balls with the rough old suspension in there! Good to see you're going all the way. That diff looks so small.

Looks mad!

Been meaning to finish this off but put it aside while the body gets back on its wheels. Understandable and I kno alot of people arnt going to agree with this look, but with this car being so heavily modified on the exterior and planning for it to be slammed with big rubber stickin out the guards, I thought why not lol! Would you believe the curve of the scoop is an actual cutout of a bonnet of an EA ford lol I knew exactly the curve I wanted an ruined a perfectly good ford bonnet (lol) to do it! Aiming for the weekend for it to be in primer

i think that will look pretty decent actually, way better then the standard vl walkinshaw bonnet, thats for sure.

man of my word Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

noise oine maiyne Might be my biased love of hemi's, but im not sure about the sides of the scoop, maybe fillet the corner, or chamfer it? sorta like that? i know yours isnt a scoop tho

hey thanks man. yeh I love that style too, but its not quite what im goin for with the bonnet. think of the new ford bulge an how it kind,of adds a bit of an extra muscle look. I didnt want a front on open scoop as im goin for more a new age hardcore race style look rather than an old school thumper cause its guna be injected, slammed and have massive wheel offset. knowones really done anything like that yet, cause vls are so assosiated as straight line cars, but im trying hard to get away from that. but jus basically an add on to make the front look different an hold the itbs.

Update, car will be going to the painters to get the rest of the shell painted. Will be getting done before christmas, just gotta wait for the call to take it down. so when its back ill throw some pics up Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

epic build Some original photos have not been recovered yet.