[1_Wild_Cat]

Fun thread -- lots of history with that car. Following along now.

[R 70 Judge]

Cool build! I’m liking the updates. I’ve always found the Brewster green cars to be striking. Nice job on the subwoofer enclosure

[HWYSTR455]

Thanks!

When I was going to training in Memphis (Millington actually) I would be on a 3 days on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off schedule. So I would drive home on the 4 day stretched in the 'bird, to basically, DC. I could do it in about 11 hours. It had 256 gears in the rear at the time, and coming out of the mountains before nashville, downhill, it would bury the 160 speedo. With bullet type glass packs. WOT. Yeah.

Since it was usually a weekday, and I would leave at like midnight, it was pretty wide open the whole way. I would usually hit that downhill straightaway at about sunbreak. Breathtaking. In a number of ways!

At the time, TN cops only had radar guns that went up to 99mph, and didn't share records with other states' DMV. You literally paid the cop the fine on the side of the road. My glovebox was packed with tickets. Wish I would have saved some of those, the notes on some of them were hilarious!

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[HWYSTR455]

I was assigned to that command for training, and like just about everyone else there, was only there for about 3 months. I was one of the few people that actually had a car, and being like 45min from Memphis, kind of away from civilization, everyone was pretty much stuck going to the base 'club'.

I had a notebook and would book seats in the car to take people off base. I paid for nothing, gas, food, drinks, and even oil changes & tires. I would be booked out for weeks. Weekends usually was for going to Memphis, and knew all the hot spots. Weekdays were for closer 'excursions', and a favorite was going to hang on the banks of the river. The banks were packed with people sitting around fires, grilling, and swimming in the river, you could look up & down the banks both sides and see fires everywhere. Many songs have been written about that stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHUIoaJ-j8M

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[HWYSTR455]

Progress om Body Work:


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[HWYSTR455]

Couple more pics.

The nose had to be redone, had some adhesion issues, and was able to have him talk to Paul at FAST regarding.

He got it all straightened out, is ready to shoot. The pic of nose was in-process of redo.

He shot the cowl & firewall too. Couple tough up areas to be done on the core support, and will shoot that too.

I know I will have some work to do on the subframe, but can do that once I get it back. It's not worth paying for the hours to have him do it, and should be cake.

He will be spraying the whole car soon, he may have already done it, and just hasn't touched base with me yet. I will ping him next week for a status update.



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[HWYSTR455]

Body work is progressing quickly, was a couple minor hold ups, nothing serious.

Here's a couple pics...


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[HWYSTR455]

Couple more, and a vid of the final color coat the body guy sent me.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/08f1f...?feature=share



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[kingbuzzo]

deep metal flake? Is it green? can't tell...

[HWYSTR455]

Originally Posted by kingbuzzo

deep metal flake? Is it green? can't tell...

Yes, green, it's a 2015 Jag color (maybe 2016), can see the code in attached pic.

My understanding is that it's a 1 year only color, due to EPA banning it for the mica or other content. It was actually replaced mid-year, during the production run.

You can still order, but only for 'repair or restoration'.

That info is from 'internet chatter', so no verified. But it is difficult to get.


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[HWYSTR455]

Still curing, awaiting wet sanding/cut/buff...



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[kingbuzzo]

What wheels?

[HWYSTR455]

They are ROH RT wheels, had them for a while, not even sure they make them anymore. They are 18x9 in the front, 18x10 in the rear.

They are the regular silver ones, but did think hard about the black ice ones.


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[kingbuzzo]

Ring of Honor hey...very nice

[HWYSTR455]

Wet sanding commencing....


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[HWYSTR455]

UPDATE:

Body guy got a rush job out and is back on my project. He did the final clear coat on hood, doors, trunk lid, scoop, and air dam/spats, and is in the process of cut & buff. Final buff/polish after that.

Once those are done it's just final assembly and done! Without any interruptions, he's saying @ 2 weeks.



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[HWYSTR455]

Here's a short clip the body guy sent with a light on the paint, gives you an idea of the color:


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/08f1fnP4BVA


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[HWYSTR455]

Final stages of paint jail, polishing, spats & air dam/spoiler mounting, should have it done in next couple weeks.

Body guy finished painting the trunk. He uses truck bed liner, then OE type splatter paint with a coat of clear.

Couple of pics of the trunk:



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[VCho455]

Wow! The trunk almost looks like it is upholstered. Really nice.

[HWYSTR455]

I wish I would have removed all the jack and spare mount brackets, but oh well.


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