Hey everyone!
Great feedback and comments, really appreciated and super motivating for me.
What a day. Went to see the painter/body guy, Paul, took a day off work to do so and of course Murphy's law strikes and I wake up to a goodly amount of snow on the ground and absolute bedlam on the roads.
Perfect for a 120 Mile drive out to see about getting my car body completed. This took a lot longer than I thought. Thank you Old Man Winter.
Get to see Paul in London Ontario and was greeted by a much older bow tie in the shop with a fresh coat of paint on it.
Here is some car p*rn for you gents:
Spent some time with Paul discussing my project and am very confident that he is the guy to paint my car. The fact that he has an 84 Monte SS kind of sealed the deal actually. Looks like the car is going in next week and should be finished in about 6 weeks or so. Should have lots of pictures once this process starts.
On the way back from London, Ontario I stop in Kitchener area to meet a guy named Ron to pick up one of my ubiquitous Kijiji part finds-Hotchkis trailing arm braces and cheap too at $100 in like new condition.
Spend the next 45 minutes engaged in some awesome car talk with Ron, who ended up being a real champ of a guy. Turns out he has an old tubbed and fast as hell Camaro (a 71 I think) and a really cool Buick T-Type G body! Is this nuts or what? 2 people in one day both fellow G body guys. Suffice to say he has a bunch more parts we are going to talk about and truth be told it was really nice connecting with him. He was a great source of knowledge and really cool as well. I told him about my build thread on the forum and it is my hope he will see this some day soon.
Got me thinking about waxing poetic on something for a quick moment.
Something that has struck me since I bought the car and started the build is that the thing I love most about this process is the people. Its so refreshing and nice to meet people from such different walks of life with a uniting and shared passion for cars and making them better. I am really thankful to have had such rewarding and enriching experiences with so many really neat individuals so far.
Makes me feel really glad about finally joining the forum and spreading the G Body gospel.
I also received a couple of pictures from the upholsterer today with my new bench seat held up together for me to take a peek at, figured I would share it:
My upholsterer also fabricated a new speaker board/rear deck shelf for me. This is much more sturdy and handsome than the piece of cardboard that was there from the factory. I ordered all new speakers for the car, Infinity 6x9's for the rear deck and a nice 4x10 for the single dash speaker. The 4x10's came as a pair, so if anyone needs a dash speaker and is local you are more than welcome to it. This is going to be paired with some fresh 16 gauge speaker wire and a Kenwood KDC-X997 head unit.
Here is how the rear deck shelf looks so far:
Clean8485, thanks for the questions. I am planning on keeping the chrome type grill and also plan on replacing or restoring all the brightwork on the car. Here is the reproduction Goodmark Grille I have:
I am at a bit of a loss for headlight bezels right now. I don't think I can re-chrome or re-finish the ones that are on the car right now and when I look for new ones for a 1978 Bu' all that seems to be listed at online parts places is the right hand bezel.. Perhaps this can be flipped upside down and used on the left side as well?? I feel rather silly saying that so not really sure how to proceed yet... and finding the lack of a left hand bezel available online truly perplexing.
Definitely keeping the 17's on the car. Really enamoured with the rims
Tire size I am currently running is a staggered 235/45/ZR17 on the front and a slightly wider and more aggressive 245/50/ZR17 on the rear.
Not exactly sure offhand on the exact rim width and backspacing, but I shall get that info for you and let you know.
Thanks all for the interest and support.
