How I spent my winter this year - fryguy's "street" criuser

[orangejuiced86]

1987 Buick Grand National:

I wasnt gonna make this thread, but I think Raj wants to get the talks going about this car so he has races lined up when its done in a few months. I have pics of the turbo mock up but I will let raj share those. Not sure on how tight the security is on that part.. Anyways, this was a complete strip down.


Starting Point:

Stripped down. The doors need some light patching in the corners. Worst rust of all was the entire drivers rocker had to be replaced. It rusted from the inside out:

Fiberglass decklid. Damaged from shipping. Was easier to just fix it myself. By time I noticed the damage my kids had already turned the box it was shipped in into a fort.

 

[orangejuiced86]

Priming and blocking:

wet sanded for paint:

 

[orangejuiced86]

painted:

engine bay clean up:

 

[mark468]

love those cars, nice job

 

[orangejuiced86]

Car is currently in the buffing stages. Should be complete later tonight.

I am going to hopefully shoot the remaining pieces this weekend. Had to modify the front bumper to what Raj wanted:

 

[red347lx]

Simply Amazing, the work you put out!

 

[supernotch90]

show/race car

 

[orangejuiced86]

Simply Amazing, the work you put out!

Thank you. I hope Raj puts some pics up of the turbo fab. LT1Pat did a pretty bad ass job on it.

 

[chunkybs]

amazing work, as usual

 

[mark468]

i cant believe you turned your shack of a garage into a paint booth lol nice, what compressor do u have ?

 

[orangejuiced86]

show/race car

I swear when I see your avatar I think that color is photoshopped, lol. The blue that Jason put on that car is flat out sick!

 

[orangejuiced86]

i cant believe you turned your shack of a garage into a paint booth lol nice, what compressor do u have ?

I wouldnt call it a shack. 17x25 lol! it does the job!

I have a quincy 325.

 

[orangejuiced86]

Sometimes you just gotta do the job with the tools ya got! I've been doing it my whole life! lmfao!!

 

[mark468]

I wouldnt call it a shack. 17x25 lol! it does the job!

I have a quincy 325.

really i dont remember it being that big .. thanks im looking into a bigger one now for small jobs out of the garage , but i need to get the mess in order , its like a tornado went through it..oh and more lighting

 

[orangejuiced86]

Its 5' deeper than a standard garage which totally helps!

 

[mdhmi]

Very sweet. Can't wait to see the car once everything is buttoned up.

 

[mark468]

Its 5' deeper than a standard garage which totally helps!

ahh , yes that extra 5 ft is huge..

 

[orangejuiced86]

ahh , yes that extra 5 ft is huge..

I plan on moving within the next 4-5 years. I figure I have the tools to make a big garage killer! I have it all planned out in my head!

 

[mark468]

I plan on moving within the next 4-5 years. I figure I have the tools to make a big garage killer! I have it all planned out in my head!

sweet, i just went out into my garage , i got disgusted and came back in lol

 

[orangejuiced86]

You gotta push through that! You should see the pics when I was "constructing" the inside of my little shack.