Carl's 20th Anniversary #8690 - Graduated... 15,000 miles

[Railroad]

I have considered one, but for some reason have not gone that route.
Originally, I did not like the idea of not adjustable by lever.
I might change my mind when I pull the seat and see what kind of hole alignment I am seeing.
Thanks for the suggestion.

[BadAsp427]

Have you considered the Breeze seat mounts? The put the rear of the seat on the floor, the front elevated about 2", and give you about 3" of front to back adjustability. The front to back isn't slider "convenient", but allows you to reposition the seat without drilling new holes in the floor.

That is where I got the idea of tilting the front. But I wasn’t gonna pay all of that money to do something I could do with literally three dollars worth of Hardware. I do not need to move my seat forward or backwards for any reason that I know of. So at the moment anyway I’m pretty happy with it.

[Rook]

BadAsp427,

Thanks for putting together this build thread! Your speedy progress is inspirational.

Regarding your chassis dolly, the 21" lift seems like it would be a convenient height to work at. This may be a dumb question, but how did you get the car off of the dolly when the time came for the first start?

[BadAsp427]

BadAsp427,

Thanks for putting together this build thread! Your speedy progress is inspirational.

Regarding your chassis dolly, the 21" lift seems like it would be a convenient height to work at. This may be a dumb question, but how did you get the car off of the dolly when the time came for the first start?

Thanks for the comments...

Do you really want to know the true balancing act that I went through? LOL.

It was a combination of wood blocks under jack stands and floor jacks. It was a little bit of a hassle, but it was only one time.

Just remember, if you build the dolly as I did, use wood glue and several 8" long lag bolts. Mine was solid as a rock when it was done.

Carl

Or maybe it was just my anti-gravity device I have in my garage.
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[Rook]

Haha, I figured that might be the case. Thanks for the reply!

And let me know where I can get one of those anti-grav devices!

[BadAsp427]

I had the opportunity to visit my build up in Bloomington IN today at Jeff's shop. He has completed a lot of work on it and while the body was off, I needed to do some minor work. Here are a couple photos of the build as it currently sits. Seeing all the work that Jeff had completed actually made me excited to see all the dust on everything, knowing it was only a few steps away from being beautiful. Shouldn't be long now and I'll be making the final decisions on color, stripes, etc. Exciting times.
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Thanks Jeff for taking the time to talk with me and allow me to work in your shop...

[Railroad]

You lucky rascal. I look forward to that day for me and my roadster. I too want to pick Jeff's mind on some things.

[Pat427]

Carl,
That’s awesome. I’m excited to see it all done!

[BadAsp427]

It looks like only a week or two more before I will be able to show the world my completed and graduated 20th Anniversary Mk4. Based on my most recent conversation with Jeff on Oct 25th he said it would be about 10 days before he would have the final sealer/primer on and ready for color. I can only guess that I should be getting it around next weekend, November 13th or so. I'm not 100% sure yet... It's been a long patient 120+ day wait since it was dropped off on July 10th. Final colors have been selected and based on my last conversation Jeff should have the final sealer/primer on it by now.

During that Oct 25 conversation, I asked Jeff to send me my Roll Bar beauty rings so that I could polish them up. He sent them right away and I did my thing and sent them back. Here are a couple before/after photos of those rings.

This is a photo of the rings as they have been for the past 10,000 miles
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This is a photo of one polished, and one prior to polish
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Here are all 6 after polishing and just before returning them to Jeff for installation after paint.
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[Railroad]

Those trim rings look good. Did you put a clear coat on them, after polishing?
I might look into that, before the car leaves for Jeff.

[BadAsp427]

Those trim rings look good. Did you put a clear coat on them, after polishing?
I might look into that, before the car leaves for Jeff.

No clear coat. Just polished them on the bench grinder/polish wheel. I figured the clear coat would not look as good. When are you thinking you will have your car to jeff?

[RBachman]

Long wait!

I'm sure you're anxious to finally get it back home!

It looks like only a week or two more before I will be able to show the world my completed and graduated 20th Anniversary Mk4. Based on my most recent conversation with Jeff on Oct 25th he said it would be about 10 days before he would have the final sealer/primer on and ready for color. I can only guess that I should be getting it around next weekend, November 13th or so. I'm not 100% sure yet... It's been a long patient 120+ day wait since it was dropped off on July 10th. Final colors have been selected and based on my last conversation Jeff should have the final sealer/primer on it by now.

During that Oct 25 conversation, I asked Jeff to send me my Roll Bar beauty rings so that I could polish them up. He sent them right away and I did my thing and sent them back. Here are a couple before/after photos of those rings.

This is a photo of the rings as they have been for the past 10,000 miles
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This is a photo of one polished, and one prior to polish
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Here are all 6 after polishing and just before returning them to Jeff for installation after paint.
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[VAHokie]

Look forward to seeing the car in paint and nice work on those trim rings.

[Railroad]

No clear coat. Just polished them on the bench grinder/polish wheel. I figured the clear coat would not look as good. When are you thinking you will have your car to jeff?

I am optimistically looking at late winter.
I plan on hauling up there on an open trailer, getting a couple of new spare tires and gathering up all the trim pieces.
Undecided on how to get it home.

Thanks for the reply.

[BadAsp427]

Today, Jeff K was able to get his camera over to the office to upload some photos of the work he has completed over the past 4 months. Looks like he will have some paint on it in the next week or so. Fingers crossed, Thanksgiving completion. I may be a little optimistic on that timing, (not the first time) but one can hope.

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One of the challenges that Jeff encountered was some issues with the fiberglass not being done properly and having "blowouts" along the door jams. Here is one of the photos he sent me of this problem before he did his repairs.

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[Papa]

It's gray -- getting close now!

[cv2065]

Looking good Carl. Won't be long for color now!!

[Railroad]

Moving right along. Update me on your color choice.

[BadAsp427]

Moving right along. Update me on your color choice.

Carmine red, pewter gray metallic stripe with black pin stripes and center stripe. Similar to this, but better.
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[BadAsp427]

Here is a sneak peak at my car. Close to finishing up the paint and body...

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[MSumners]

Beautiful

[Papa]

Looking good Carl.

[460.465USMC]

Nice, Carl. I really like your color choices and layout for center stripes!

[KDubU]

Here is a sneak peak at my car. Close to finishing up the paint and body...

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Oi! One tiny picture of the nose???

[Railroad]

BOY, that thing is slick.

[BadAsp427]

Here are some photos that came in from the painter today.


Here is the body with the Catalyzed Primer Surfacer after being dry sanded with 320 and wet sanded with 600
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This is the 2K Urethane Sealer Applied
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This is the Ford Raven Black applied for the pin and middle stripe
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This is the main stripes laid out.
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Here is the Gray Stripes painted. They are silver/gray, color matched to the FFR Halibrand wheels
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Here is the Masking off of all the stripes in preparation for the Porsche Carmine Red
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Here is the first photo of the Red after being laid down.
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Here are the first photos taken out in the natural daylight. It was overcast when these were taken.
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[Railroad]

Car is gorgeous! You are going to make me regret not painting mine red.
Finish looks like it was dipped in pure gloss.

[BadAsp427]

Car is gorgeous! You are going to make me regret not painting mine red.
Finish looks like it was dipped in pure gloss.

I was actually just discussing it with the painter. He hasn’t even done the cut and buff on it yet.

[cgundermann]

Looks fantastic! Big fan of accent striping to the large stripes.

Chris

[BadAsp427]

Here are some progression shots... starting with the 1500 grit, 3000 grit and then the buffer... followed by some progression shots of the body going on to the chassis, the windshield going on, the hood, followed by the hood scoop and so on. Really starting to look like my vision. Can't wait to see how it looks with the final buff and in the sun.

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1500 Grit sanding


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3000 Grit Sanding

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After some time with the buffer and the headlights installed

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Body back down on the chassis and just about in place.

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[cv2065]

Doesn't get much better than this for a Cobra build! Love the black accent stripe. Really fine job Carl!

[MSumners]

Historically haven’t considered red but I love that color combination and the accent. Awesome.

[Papa]

Looks great, Carl!

[BadAsp427]

As the day approches that I get to see my completed paint and body work I've been tinkering around. Tonight I was packing the trailer for the trip and thought, what the heck, let's polish up the wheel knockoffs and take them along so I can install them for the pickup photos. I would say I spent about 10 minutes with each one of them at the bench grinder with the polish wheel.

Here is the before photo. And for the record, I thought they looked pretty good at this point.
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and here is an after photo taken in the exact same position and lighting.
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I found it really hard to take a photo of them and do them any justice so here are a couple photos that really show the mirror finish I was able to obtain. Notice the reflection of the towel and the Sharpy.
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And one last shot with a before/after together in the same photo
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And a couple more photos received from the painter today with the rear over riders in place and showing the inside of the trunk lid. Now I have to clean up that truck and finish it out. Still trying to decide exactly what I'm going to do there. Most likely just some simple short pile gray carpet with the aluminum cover plates over the top of it.

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[cv2065]

Work of art with those interior stripes aligning with the outside. Can't wait to see it Carl!

[Ed Mc]

Carl,

Looks great, it will be home in time to put it Under the Christmas tree

Ed

[wareaglescott]

Looks great. I really like how you did the stripes.

[BadAsp427]

This weekend will mark the end of a long 23 weeks. I'm getting my car back from the painter. I'll be making the drive up to Bloomington IN from South Carolina to load it up and bring it home. The paint and body work on it looks amazing. I've looked at all the photos I've posted on several different computer and phone screens and the Porsche Carmine Red looks different on all of them. I can not wait to see it in person. The plan is to also have Chad's (CV2065) car and mine side by side for some photo ops on Sunday... Chad's car is painted with the same color, but with different accents and stripes... Should be a great opportunity. More to come...
The strip is actually a metallic gray that was color matched to the Halibrand wheels. The lighting on these photos do not do the stripes justice.

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and a photo of Chad's
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[nuhale]

Very cool Carl! Really like that color combo! Looking forward to the pics of both carmine reds' side by side.

[Railroad]

Car is gorgeous. Congrats to you and Jeff.