71 'Cuda restoration

[anlauto]

Car is looking great 

[Tunis]

Thanks Alan, that means a lot to me!

[pink aar]

Nice work Tunis
I feel your pain lol. I've done the same work that  you have been doing to your car.  There is light at the end of the tunnel. Keep the pictures coming.

[RUNCHARGER]

Nice work: Those lines look nice and straight.

[Tunis]

Thanks guys! It has been a lot of hard work and long hours up to this point. Can't wait to be able to drive it. 

[Shane Kelley]

Looking good!  I know sometimes it feels like there is a endless amount of work do and you wonder if you will ever get to the end. Even when you get to this point you look it over and realize there is plenty more work to go. Just stay on point and get moving. One day you will look it over and think. "wow I'm really done with it"
Keep up the good work! 

[soundcontrol]

Looking great! You got a baby and still got time to work on the car? Damn your'e good! 

[usraptor]

You have mad skills there.  Car looks great.  I love that red paint.    Makes me almost wish I had painted mine red instead of black.

[Chryco Psycho]

Amazing workmanship 

[soundcontrol]

Makes me almost wish I had painted mine red instead of black.

I thought the same when I saw that, I like red and black, and mine is gonna be black... think the next one will be red.

[Tunis]

Thanks a lot for the high praise everyone!

@soundcontrol

You got a baby and still got time to work on the car? Damn your'e good!

Well, it's all about prioritizing.. It was almost 4 months between the red interior paint and the trip to the painter..

I have been building a transmission in the mean time. Passon 4 speed 18-spline OD.



Really tricky to get the counter shaft inplace. Took several hours of fiddling. Damn gears are sharp as **** as well.



Shifter is also being rebuilt. I have sent the parts out to be zink plated.



@usraptor @soundcontrol then you will like this. I know I am... 

I went to the painter today, car is painted and ready to be picked up. They did an amazing work. I'm really stoked. Pictures don't show how good it really is, especially since I could hold the phone still. 
Theses are the first pictures I took while there. Enjoy!







I know, the tail panel black paint is supposed to extend down the entire tail panel. They forgot about that. I had a lot of instructions for them... But it's ok. It's beautifully textured, nice shade of black and it won't show when everything is in place.

It will be a real shame covering that roof with vinyl and I almost regret going that route, but it's the way the car was born and it will break that red really nicely.

To be continued.

[usraptor]

 

[soundcontrol]

Wow, nice!!!!
Hope to see it live at some car show this summer.

[ledphoot]

Gorgeous red on that fish! What an awesome ride this is going to be.

[YellowThumper]

Very thorough details and exceptional workmanship.
Enjoy your little one the 4 wheel project will wait as long as needed.