That kid's got a pretty cool dad. :icon_tup:

hopefully your son is helping you turn wrenches. i would have loved to work on my FD with my dad in as garage like that. the car is looking great!

great project.

question: i'm curious about the fender vents you were working on. what exactly did you do, and why?

wow that is awesome...I can do just about anything mechanical, but paint I've never had the nerve (nor patience) to tackle.

I was in your neck of the woods again on Friday Fritz, Let me know when you pull that set of BNR's.

As to the first part of your question, What you see is what you get, I glued the vents into place and then filled the area in around them to remove the seam. It's was done purely for esthetics, as far I I am aware there is no addtional added benefit to doing this. It's a subtle difference. I considered a set of Feed knock off fenders from Shine auto but from what I have seen around the forum lately they have been beat to death. I'm not knocking the guys who have them. I think they look awesome but I am interested in creating my own look to an extent. While I would be surprised if I were the first person to have done this I don't recall ever seeing it.

Nice find Dave. Glad to see you are back into an Fd.

-Austin

Tell me about it, This kid has been in rx7's since the day I met him. I was on my second Fd in 1999 when I met his mother. We were married the week before Rotorfest 2003. I even cut my honeymoon short one day to get back in time to drive up to Rotorfest. My wife & I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary earlier this month.

2003
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Maryland BBQ 2004?

Scrubs car in the background.

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Ernie T's car

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Engine rebuild down time 2004
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This wise ass now thinks he is getting this car....

NO. ;)


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Hey bud! Nice to hear from you. How you been?

So after the car was prepped, the worst of the dents filled and sanded down through 240/400 grit it's ready to be primed. I put on 4 good coats here...


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The fenders look good so far. They do need some more acrylic fill and block sanding before i get ready to seal them.
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This is going to look great, love the color. Im not a fan of molding most things but those fender vents are going to look awesome.

Couldn't help but notice the rolled front fenders. Was that done before or by you in anticipation of wide wheels?

The fenders look sick. I can't wait to see it buttoned up and painted!


Haha, I have a few pretty classic ones too of my daughter, too. Some people were born into it...

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Great Photos Nate!

Good eye,
I did that as well to make sure I didn't snag them with the wheels. I did the same in the rear.

The car is coming along great Dave..... I like some of the subtle tweaks you're making :icon_tup:

Maybe I missed it, but please tell me you're removing the rear wiper :lol:

Thanks for the supportive words Rich! I do intend to remove the wiper arm. I have to go out and get the aluminum attachment for my welder. I have a Hobart hander 190, so no sweet TIG set up to stick weld aluminum with. They make a winding gun attachment for aluminum wire though.

Work has been crazy busy for me though so I have not been able to update my progress yet.

That fender look really good, I like that blue on your old FD.

nice build!

Love it. My car is about the same mileage but it's been 6 years and countless dollar trying to restore it to former glory. Wish I had the guts to try some more stuff myself.

Looks great, keep it up!

Well for better of for worse I have been absolutely swamped with work these past three weeks. This has prevented me from making any real progress with the car. I marked today (Sunday) off to get time in on the car. I have worked the past three Saturday's and Sunday's combined so this we necessary.

So the most notable thing for this post is the brand new PFSupercars bumper. I called Ray and he had a new bumper made just for me.... I feel special Raymond. I ixnayd on the stock bumper and was happy to get the new jonta!


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Here Is what is left of the old one after I snaked all of the mounting hardware off of it...
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New one some more...
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News flash,
Running a 3/16" drill bit straight through your finger is no fun!
Here is the entrance wound.

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This was the exit wound..
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A word to the wise. Don't drill holes in your fingers. It sucks. I'ma professional too, you think I would be able to watch out for this shit!

Okay I am lucky enough that my father who used to own a body shop will still come and help me on occasion. This is my pop helping me sand out the primer.
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A closer look at working in the new bumper.
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Fitting a greddy 2 row front mount IC....
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Lining up a legit set of Feed side skirts...
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