Bodywork Progress on the '67

[Code Red]

very nice

btw what color is the gray?

[J-Rod]

We've got an awesome new electrical system coming this week which we'll get in next week - it is completely revolutionary and has some killer features.

I'm waitin on updates for this!

[James OLC]

Well we are working hard on getting the car together and are making more and more headway every day.

On Monday we were fortunate enough to borrow some awesome new scales from the guys at Tunerworks in Calgary, AB. We used the wireless Longacre scales to corner weight the car for a baseline to get the Penske shocks blueprinted next week:

[James OLC]

Once we were done with the scales, we sent the car to the upholstry shop to get the carpet, headliner, and trunk finished up while we wait for the rest of the interior to come together. He finished up with the car this morning and did a nice, clean job.

The trunk was simple and efficient, I wanted to maintain a (modern) factory like finish and think that it hit the mark:

[James OLC]

The headliner is obviously a little more difficult to show but here it is. We started with a seriously flawed piece from TopShop that needed to be extensively reworked. Although the entire process was more hassle than we had hoped, the finished product came out well.

[James OLC]

With the first round of interior work done it was back in the shop and back up in the air to continue the assembly. Lots of small stuff going on all the same time but our focus for the weekend will be on the wiring and getting the car ready to fire next week.

[James OLC]

Littlefuse and I-Squared have provided one of their increadible new ISIS power distribution/management systems for the car. The kit is increadibly complete and represents the absolute state of the art for wiring and control. I will be posting the step by step install of the system on the forums and with more detail on our wbsite as the installation goes forward over the next week. For now here are a couple of sneak peaks at the ISIS kit:



The heart of the ISIS System is the Mastercell which acts as a control hub for all of the downstream functions in the car. The programmablity of the Mastercell gives the entire system increadible power as it allows for multiple switches to control individual loads (like electric fans) and car incorporate soft starts for loads like Halogen or projector lights.



A single Mastercell can control up to five "Powercell" modules which is the muscle behind the Mastercell brain. CAN bus technology connects the Powercells to the Mastercell and reduces both the quantity of wiring required as well as the time needed for the installation.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

orgasmic..

[Gordz32]

Looking GOOD, I like the ISIS System. Fancy ! Good talking with ya last week. And I can't wait to see this car hit the streets. Oh and I dig the trunk material

[67SSDan]

Man that's a beautiful car. I can't wait to see it out in the sunlight. Great color choices all the way around.

Dan

[James OLC]

Thanks Mr. V - I don't have a suitable response to that so we'll leave it at thanks.

Looking GOOD, I like the ISIS System. Fancy ! Good talking with ya last week. And I can't wait to see this car hit the streets. Oh and I dig the trunk material

It was great talking to you too, and your Chevelle is awesome, just increadible. I hear that the magazine is out now... I've been looking but haven't found it yet. I'll swing it by BoS when I get down that way.

Thanks Dan. It's filthy right now but does look pretty cool in the sunlight.

[Code Red]

what color is the gray?

[BossaNova]

Trunk is amazing. Great job!

[vp23271]

I like what you did with the Camaro trunk. Clean and simple. Less is more.


On a side note:
Is that a 60-63 C10 Knee Knocker Cab with the big window I see tucked away in the back corner? Another project of yours maybe?

[Motown 454]

Reboot04 Everytime I see this car I see something else I like. I usually like an original trunk, But that is a nice job they did. I can't wait to see more . Excelent work !

[James OLC]

what color is the gray?

The gray is Glassurit Solid 55 - Color-Max Code 1565A.

[James OLC]

We did a little bit of a cleanup in the engine compartment yesterday, replacing the factory fuel rails with a pair of billet rails. Like most of their parts, they came anodized bright red which was a little too bright for my taste so we had the rails sent to Pacific Coast Anodizing in Fresno, CA to be stripped and recoated in Black Hardcoat. Rodger from Ironworks was kind enough to check on them while they were there (or something like that) and they came out great...



in addition to tidying things up a bit, they will alllow us to ... try some different intake combinations ... not that I would be tempted to do something like that...

[James OLC]

Chris also got done polishing the hood. The carbon fiber proved to be really challenging to get to paint quality but, as with everything else on the car, Chris put in an awesome effort and got it as smooth and straight as the rest of the car...







The underside will get one more coat of clear - most likely a semigloss - on the natural carbon tomorrow.

[James OLC]

Ok... so it wasn't "one more" coat of clear... it was four more coats. Coupled with the previous six coats of clear that Chris laid down earlier there are a total of ten coat on the natural carbon fiber underside of the hood. The four today are have a semigloss finish similar to all of the grey used on the rest of the car. The first six coats were needed to clean up some irregulaties in the cowl assembly.







We'll finish up some details underneath tonight and then set the hood aside until it goes on in a couple of weeks.

[James OLC]

We also made some great headway on the wiring... we built the rear wiring harness and spotted the ISIS power fuses and rear Powercell...





Tomorrow we'll be working toward locating the Powercell for the front harness and the Mastercell which provides the control for the two Powercells. I hope to have an update on the webpage documenting the install up in a couple of days. The more I explore the potential of the ISIS System the more impressed I am with it's capabilities. We'll also be programming the Push Button Start "personality" once we have everything together.