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Looks awesome!

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Few more progress Picts. 

Should have all the glass work done and in primer today.

 

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Amazing how they can turn strips of fabric and glue into stuff like that...

Without throwing ANY tools through a wall... :biggrin:

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great job.  looks amazing!

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Glassing in recessed pockets for the switch pro and the air bag controller.

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2 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

Amazing how they can turn strips of fabric and glue into stuff like that...

Without throwing ANY tools through a wall... :biggrin:

Just don't ask them to turn off the Banda!

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7 minutes ago, Grease Monkey said:

Just don't ask them to turn off the Banda!

 

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The nose piece to the hood was two different pieces. We were battling how these two intersected and how the rub between both would do over the years. 

Well we hot glued them together and tried to remove the hood as one assembly. It worked. So we decided to marry the two into one piece. Much cleaner look IMO and less chance of paint issues down the road. 

The top scoop panel is now one piece as well. This will be removable via Dzus fasteners and allow access to the DC wiring and fuses. I won't need access for a cooler or anything else as I'm moving all the air system up under the hood.

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All fitted and in primer. Now off for more tabbing then get them back for finish and paint.

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Looking great. 

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That looks bad azz man.

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Damn thats Cool

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BEAUTIFUL 👊👍❤️

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I rubbed my butt on the hood yesterday. Not going to tell you where.

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6 hours ago, matt86m said:

I rubbed my butt on the hood yesterday. Not going to tell you where.

Your going to be sorry considering all that fiberglass work that was just done on that hood lol 

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22 hours ago, matt86m said:

I rubbed my butt on the hood yesterday. Not going to tell you where.

Smells like crude oil now. 

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Figured I'd peel the vinyl to get one last look at what she was. 

I wanted this car so bad a few years back but couldn't pull it off. 

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Looking great good work 

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Nice, you are cutting it close for Vets

 

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And, its off for last bits of tabbing, tear down, strip and powder. 

 

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One month Bro..Lets getterdone

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Looking great! always loved the Hustlers. now its really unique. 👍

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Mix this post up a bit with some Outfront stuff. 

John's doing some updates and upgrades while the 3.0 is in for a health check. 

New bigger injectors. New fuel rails. New AEM ecu, new engine harness. 

Powder coating covers in satin black.  Ceramic coating headers, turbo etc black.

Water-cooling the turbo and upgrading all the fuel lines. 

I'll be changing over all the hoses to black as well. 

Here's some photos. Thanks John.

 

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Black Engines Matter...

 

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Looks like we can squeeze 3 of these in. So off to buy two more for the other side. 

Last bits of mock up and tabbing happening. 

 

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