Minor Progress on Riptide

[BuddyP]

Thanks!


What are you having it blasted with? Mine was done with walnut shells. Be careful with glass bead and others they tend to heat up the metal and create more work. It is great that he coats the parts when finished. I found a shop around the corner from me that did my whole car for $850 with walnut shells. It came out great, but there was some rust that has caused me to replace the roof and both qtr’s were damaged and need to be replaced. I got the tail section, roof and hood last week. I’m waiting on the qtr’s as it appears there is a shortage because of all of the body build up’s going on. My vendor told me minimum 4 weeks and Classic Industries quoted me 3-4 months.

The Subframe is a Wayne Due C4 setup and I’ll be installing a C4 Rear end in it as well. It will be a few more weeks before I can work on it again. So when I get a chance to work on it I’ll post some progress pics

Wow, a shortage in qtrs!!! Yikes!
Actually it will be blasted with sand... I know I know... but this guy has done it for 30 years and knows the right distance and angle to hold the nozzle on the smooth surfaces. He just did my cowl panel and both doors and they came out just fine. I questioned him about it all before I took anything. Anyway, the only thing that could be ruined on the shell would be the roof. And he can blast my shell for - get this - $200-$250! Probably another $75-$100 for him to spray it afterwards. He did several misc items (hood latch, trunk latch, hood hinges, headlight brackets, fender braces, gas tank brackets, blower air duct and a few other items) along with 2 door shells, cowl panel and core support for $100. That included the epoxy. Now I will say the epoxy wasn't sprayed on the best and missed a few spots, in which I just finished touching them up here at home with a can of etching primer.



I'd love to do a IRS rear, but I have nowhere near the $$ or fab skills to do it. There's a guy over by cleveland that randomly gets full C5 suspension/motor/drivetrain and he puts em up on ebay. A C5 Z06 motor, wheels, drivetrain, suspension just sold for a little over 10k recently. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-Co...35160260QQrdZ1
I'd love to have been able to go this route, probably is well worth it dollar wise.

[formula98]

I'd love to do a IRS rear, but I have nowhere near the $$ or fab skills to do it. There's a guy over by cleveland that randomly gets full C5 suspension/motor/drivetrain and he puts em up on ebay. A C5 Z06 motor, wheels, drivetrain, suspension just sold for a little over 10k recently. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-Co...35160260QQrdZ1
I'd love to have been able to go this route, probably is well worth it dollar wise.

The C5 is a lot of work! The C4 is not as difficult. I was working with Wayne to build a bolt in Kit and got the OK to fab his brackets. Unfortunately Wayne closed the doors. I’m building his IRS kits now, but will be making a newer version that can be bolted in or welded. Wayne sent a few customers my way so I had to duplicate his kit. I have a full time job that does not allow me to develop near as quickly as I would like. I was always planning to run my exhaust out the side in front of the rear tires so my plan would work fine for me, but I found I’ll have to change it if people want to run their exhaust out the rear.

When I get a kit going I’ll post pictures.

Ron

[estamato]

Hey I've been looking for the rear IRS kit that Wayne made.

Are you selling them now?

I would love to get one.

[formula98]

Hey I've been looking for the rear IRS kit that Wayne made.

Are you selling them now?

I would love to get one.

I'm working out details now with a local machine shop for some of the fab work. Let me see how the shop does. The fab work will be approx. 4 – 6 weeks. I’m also working on detailed instructions for the weld in parts and also working on a bolt in kit.

[estamato]

Sounds good pm me when you have it done, I am in!!!