My 74 Sport Coupe Project

[bad436z28]

probably both the bumpers would be about a hundred dollars maybe cheaper if u know someone that does it.

[cubangt]

Only know 2 and one is on here, but shipping them for me would be out of the question. But the other lives within 2hrs of me.. so that MAY be possible depending on his cost..

[rydeer]

Thats way too cheep!! I would'nt touch that for less than $400.00

[Sean 74Z]

Mr. C- my dad and i went down to the aluminum. Looks good, but I know it will be upkeep. We want to powder coat someday, but for now we got ours with a nice shine by going smaller and smaller grit sandpaper down to final hand sand.-Sean

[cubangt]

yea im thinking of doing the same thing.. but if i do go that route, will give it a coat of clear to help with maintenance..

I have already contacted the guy that does powder coating to see what it would cost.. so i know my options..

sean keep up the great work, your car is def going to turn some heads when your done and driving it around town..

[cubangt]

Not much to update, got the back window retinted again and looks alot better and if it looks good next few days of sitting up and drying, i may be able to focus on the inside again.. have put off the inside because didnt want the soapy water all over my interior.

[cubangt]

Picked up some headliner material to do my 2nd go at it.. last time i used material that was to heavy.. so this time sticking with actual headliner material so dont have the sagging problem again..

[cubangt]

Removed headliner again, removed previous material.. need to do some repairs on the board with fiberglass and then work on applying new material..

Any suggestions on what to use to prep the surface for the fiberglass? i noticed one patch i did before peeled away from the board.. maybe didnt apply enough last time, but dont want to take the chance..

thanks..

[cubangt]

well been very slow progress last few months or longer.. but with the purchase of a 68 GTO, and further investigation of its true condition, wife is deciding to use the money we were going to put into the GTO now toward the 74 to finish it ASAP..

[Ole Blue '74]

Originally Posted by cubangt

Dash seems to look in good condition, havent worked on the front part of the car yet, so not sure, but as it stands, looks good just needs a good cleaning


Nasty steering wheel, all sticky, but wife is looking around for a new steering wheel


Motor Shots:

Ya My steering wheel is sticky as well. Apparently its from it deteriorating. I just bought a grant steering wheel and instal kit but lost the instal kit somehow before i got around to installing it and have yet to get another one.

[Z28PILOT]

sorta amazed a repop steering wheel hasn't been made yet.

[Ole Blue '74]

also bilsteins are good shocks.

[cubangt]

Well seems that the car will go or try to go to paint and body within the next 3 to 4 weeks, so as much as i wasnt on speeding up my progress we are discussing sending the 74 to get painted and done, so we can finish it up and make room for the GTO..

So been working on a list of items that i need to make sure to take to the guy and also a list of thing that need to happen and get finished before giving him the car for a month..

Fenders, inner fenders, bumpers(if i chose to paint same color), trunk spoilers, light buckets, hood
is there anything else im missing?

Also having hard time deciding on color.. we both agree some sort of metallic color, but not sure which of the 3 colors..
black with charcoal strips, charcoal with black stripes, or yellow with black stripes(since we arent sure if the other yellow car will ever be on the street again)

[Ole Blue '74]

Charcoal with black stripes imo!

[cubangt]

Thats kinda the way im leaning.. printed out a few of the coloring book pages on the main site page to try different schemes..

Most of the family is saying black with the charcoal stripes..