Project Black Diamond Dec-April

[dharrod]

I think I left of with paint pictures of the overall body, the frame was basically a rolling/complete chassis, I still had the doors, fenders, trunk, hood and front header to paint. Historic thread in new members : https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32577&highlight=dharrod.

The body and chassis have now been brought together.

After getting the car back on frame I spent some time on the interior getting some initial wiring done and laying the sound proofing. The shot right below is simple sound proofing that almost everyone is doing. I ran it all the way up the front pannel as I had already removed the factory sound proofing to put in inner brackets for the heating unit and ignition box.
The wiring was a learning experience. Trying to keep wires hidden and removing the old remote sensing/regulator and moving the battery soleniod to the trunk made things fun. Add in the ignition box, electric fan, new headlights, wiper motor and new heating unit I had several electrical gremlins to work out. I was able to get it to fire after a couple of goofy mistakes on my part. You'll see the stainless steel headers turned a golden brown; I plan to remov the headers and have them ceramic coated along with part of the exhaust

Another step prior to the fenders was to get the brake system working. I decided to go with manual brakes to get as clean of an engine bay as I could. My wife and I pumped for ever to bench bleed it and I used all of my husband points as my wife was the pedal pumper overall. As a side note the paint appeared to turn out fine and had a good shine after the first round of buffing (my second paint job overall) .

I then moved the main car two the detached garage to have more of a 'clean' room (I took the wife's bay/spot) after a little begging. This allowed me to get the fenders and doors painted.

[dropit69]

wow that is looking good !!!!!!! ... and make sure you keep thanking the Wife for that spot in case another project comes along..

[Smock67]

Thats awesome looks like everything is starting to come together. Its going to look awesome when it is assembled.

[Motown 454]

Looking good keep the updates comming
Wayne

[7TSS]

Looks sweet!!!! Great work for your second paint job.
Progressing nicely too. Keep the pics coming.

[Code Red]

very nice