87GTS Turbo "Nemesis"

day 38
Today we assembled the rear e-brakes and cables, sanded and mounted the front bumper, did the necessary modifications on the side skirts, and ran more steel braid. Also I had to mount my NRG quick release.










I'll finally have a column with ALL the options: tilt, memory tilt, telescope, variable speed wiper delay, (had cruise), and removable steering wheel!

 

Day 39
Well today we began the final run on her. we've got very little time and a mountain of work to do.
After 4 hours of fighting and adjusting and prying, I finally got tyhe hood pins on and the latch, fenders, hood, and headlights to line up. I also got my new steering wheel in and mounted that up. Mike started molding the front end on and got the last 2 peices of the suspension off the grey car. We sanded 60% of the entire body to prep for paint and such. Then we cleaned up a bit.
groupies!!




quick release in action






who ever designed the damn trim adhesive must work for 3M now. all the way to metal to get it all off!

 

Day 40
We finished sanding the entire car! Then we marglassed the rest of the front bumper in. Then I got an itch so we mounted the front fender flares. Oh My God! She will live up to her name, no doubt. She smiled at me when we went outside to take a look.

 

Day 41
I hope things really start to cooperate. I may not make the meet in a celica at this rate. there is just way too much work to be done but i'm sure going to try.
today we molded more (still in the prefinish stage) and began mounting other hardware here and there.

 

day 42
well lets see. we painted all the brake calipers and brackets, mounted them with the goodridge lines, new pads and rotors all the way around, painted a bunch of interior, molded the crap out of the exterior (still in rough in), loaded up some gauges, chopped the shifter and mounted the new knob....theres more but you get the idea.









see not carbon fiber anymore!
















i hate this damn dash! wanna talk about something simple that just seems to elude me!

 

day 43
we got bored with bodywork so we decided to install the motor and trans. so 4 hours later and a lot of plumbing the motor is in. then my windsheild guy came and removed the windsheild from the grey car and installed it on this car (kinda pissed me off cause he did it in 30 minutes, took me 2 hours to get the stock one out).

 

day 44
we installed both axles and the torque mounts. doesn't sound that hard right? we discovered that alltrac and FWD rear mount brackets are different because that was a lot of fun to change under the car.

 

ask and recieve!
day 45
took a bunch of pics today. I got the windsheild installed. we finished all the rough in work and started on the finishing work. then we moved the car outside for it's first taste of sunshine and cleaned the whole shop!

 

Day 46
Chris and I wired 90 percent of the car! And we did a bunch of little things. she is getting closer! We also installed the NO2 lines. Sadly though i did not get to bring her to the alltrac meet this year, so we are having another one!

 

Day 47
Lots of body work! And more wiring and such. Matt came over and helped weld some stuff up! So we finally got the radiator mounted and a bunch more stuff trimmed and cut under the hood. The power steering system is done and filled now. hopefully that doesn't leak!

 

Day 48
More body work! 75 percent of the car is done now and ready for primer! all we have left to finish is the rear valance! We rehung the doors and man is she sweet! My rims and tires are all here now too!

 

Day 49
Well now the whole car is nearly done, just a few spots here and there and prepping the shop for paint. Of course I did more wiring and such just to hinder the process more!

 

Day 50
Finally the first coat of primer. NOTE to self: when doing this follow instructions very carefully. not enough thinner in primer makes grey hair. lol.












and the tiger stripes are visual lines to sand the body straight. it's not an interesting road camo...though i did think of it.

 

Day 51
Well today i finally got one of the best body guys i know to help out. We Blocked the entire car down, polished some minor mud work and reprimed the car. Then after lunch we decided to fine sand the entire car again. Then mike showed up and we thought it would be good to prep for later and we cleaned the shop and taped the car off to paint. Then we thought, well hell we are this far, so we painted all the black! And i hate f'ing flying bugs!
(remember these will be unbuffed pics)

 

Day 52
Well we de-taped and then retaped the car. here are some teaser pics of the silver ice going down. litterally, i took these the second we finished all like 12 coats.

 

Day 53
Detaped the whole car, mounted the headlight plastice, mirrors, euro corners, hybrid grill, tail lights, and center peice. a little wet sanding later and then a good buffing and the wash and wax.
Then we mounted the spacers and some nice wheel and tire!

 

just for you guys!

 

Day 55
The exhaust is completely done, 3" with nothing more than a flex pipe and a tip
The alignment is done finally. lots of negative camber.
The windsheild trim is done.
Went over the underside and sealed up what needed to be.
All gauges working now and a little more wiring to be done
cooling system works perfect!!!

Historic tags, lol.

 

Day 56
Installing vynals!
here is the vid for the exhaust! Mrs. Mafix on the throttle. It revs much faster than that. She didn't want to push it that's all.
http://www.youtube.com/v/byj57mb4U_E