Not a G, but probably the nicest thing I've done so far. Of course, 10k miles and some track runs have soured it over the years.
ATTENTION to detail
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This was is my baby and my last major effort that was done 15 years ago. Kids sports and college will slow you down! The 79 cutlass purchased 3 months ago is the 1st toy since then
Motown 400 race block stroked 427 ci
Brodix heads , Jessel rockers, 11.1 650 hp N.A backed by a TCI400 1.76 1st gear with a break this sat in 63 Chevy II ran high 9s .at E- town .
Motown 400 race block stroked 427 ci
Brodix heads , Jessel rockers, 11.1 650 hp N.A backed by a TCI400 1.76 1st gear with a break this sat in 63 Chevy II ran high 9s .at E- town .
Really need to get back to the Monte so that I can show off my interior
I sometimes hobby-grade restoration specific decals for folks. I'm no professional. There's nobody out there I'm aware of, except maybe ECS, that makes really great, specific repros for our cars, and nobody makes the correct underhood emission decals.
Did a silver (NOT gold) emission decal for someone restoring a 79 Chevy truck. His got all mottled and torn over the years. The repros out there weren't correct. Imagine that.
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And what I did for him below. He was very pleased with the final product and that was a few years ago. That made me feel pretty good. He came back later and wanted a visor decal for 4x4 operation, and an underhood jacking decal. His gripe about the commercially available decals was they were paper decals and would dissolve in no time. My shiit is made from polyester with laser printing and it's VERY water resistant. Nobody's complained yet. The mystery decals were bonus personalized decals I made for his shop that he owns.
And I do them for myself too for my 85 and 87 442.
85 Catalytic converter decal. Sticks right on the heat grille.
And for the 87, I dabbled in making new underhood decals and window stickers. Here's some prototypes I made.
And here's something that's just cool to share. My 87 still had the original, but cruddy, distributor cap paper decal barely hanging on it when I bought it so I made a new one. This is the one that's stuck on the cap itself, not the barcode on top of the coil cover. Anyone ever seen an original distributor cap decal before? They're rare to find because they're gone after the first tune-up.
Did a silver (NOT gold) emission decal for someone restoring a 79 Chevy truck. His got all mottled and torn over the years. The repros out there weren't correct. Imagine that.
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And what I did for him below. He was very pleased with the final product and that was a few years ago. That made me feel pretty good. He came back later and wanted a visor decal for 4x4 operation, and an underhood jacking decal. His gripe about the commercially available decals was they were paper decals and would dissolve in no time. My shiit is made from polyester with laser printing and it's VERY water resistant. Nobody's complained yet. The mystery decals were bonus personalized decals I made for his shop that he owns.
And I do them for myself too for my 85 and 87 442.
85 Catalytic converter decal. Sticks right on the heat grille.
And for the 87, I dabbled in making new underhood decals and window stickers. Here's some prototypes I made.
And here's something that's just cool to share. My 87 still had the original, but cruddy, distributor cap paper decal barely hanging on it when I bought it so I made a new one. This is the one that's stuck on the cap itself, not the barcode on top of the coil cover. Anyone ever seen an original distributor cap decal before? They're rare to find because they're gone after the first tune-up.
YOUR HIRED!!!! WOW!! Beautiful job!!
As i'm looking through all the awesome pictures everyone posted, i'm just taken back at the ingenuity and talent of our G body family members here. Thank you so much for sharing your pride and joy workmanship, VERY IMPRESSIVE!! In posting, your getting the recognition you DEFINITELY deserve, AND may help others by giving them ideas on their own projects, its a WIN WIN!! So looking forward for more posts to come!!!
not really talented but i like the way this turned out. hated the wood.
I'll bite. Not a G-Body but one of the projects I'm proudest of. This is the engine compartment of my brother's 78 Z28 that we LS swapped, We weren't going for the hidden wire, show car look. Instead, we just wanted a clean, functional install. We wanted it to look like the LS "belonged there.".......
There was a lot of research involved and some hand built pieces to accomplish this installation. We did this in late 2013/early 2014. There was a lot of parts available back then but not as much as nowadays.
--Jared
There was a lot of research involved and some hand built pieces to accomplish this installation. We did this in late 2013/early 2014. There was a lot of parts available back then but not as much as nowadays.
--Jared
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