Crisis

[Greg from Aus]

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Hy Guys I thought I would introduce my project. I live in Perth Western Australia, I purchased the car in August 2007 from a guy in Newport Beach CA.
The family and I had a holiday in the States September 2008 and managed to catch up with Frank,Lisa and Micheal from Prodogy and placed my order for a lot of parts to turn this into a nice Pro Tourer.

As you can see the car looked OK before we started, but as I started to strip it down I found lots of things that I was not happy about. They have put partial floors in and done a terrible job. My painter isn’t very happy about the rear Quarters either, so there won’t be much original metal by the time I am finished. I am replacing the full floor, Boot floor, firewall , both rear quarters and since I am shaving the drip rails and putting a 6 point cage in it I might as well replace the roof as well, as it will make the cage install easier.
I am hoping to get the car ready for SummerNats 2011 Australia's lagest car show. The car will be pro touring but will see regular ¼ Mile action.


At the Nostalgia Drags





In the USA

[Greg from Aus]

Some more pics

The start of the tear down

[Greg from Aus]

Getting soda blasted



Finished



The fantastic job on the floor


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[Greg from Aus]

I have had some rendering of different colors done by Carter from CARTER HICKERMAN DESIGN he worked with me on the body mods and colors and I have narrowed it down to 2 but my Wife likes the blue and I like the orange, we will decide close to paint time.

[dodge]

NIce project..Hi from Brisbane

[Greg from Aus]

Just some more photo's getting to were we are now.

[Greg from Aus]

This is where I am at now.

[tymbom]

Wow, so you bought a really nice parts car then?? It looks like it will be really nice when you're done. Is it hard or expensive to get parts for American cars in Australia?

[joejaze]

I have had some rendering of different colors done by Carter from CARTER HICKERMAN DESIGN he worked with me on the body mods and colors and I have narrowed it down to 2 but my Wife likes the blue and I like the orange, we will decide close to paint time.

The Orange looks mean, I like it!

[Greg from Aus]

Wow, so you bought a really nice parts car then?? It looks like it will be really nice when you're done. Is it hard or expensive to get parts for American cars in Australia?

I have imported all the parts I need and freight is expensive but if you want it you just have to suck it up.

[Code Red]

good luck on the project

so how difficult is transfering the title and all from country to country?

[Greg from Aus]

good luck on the project

so how difficult is transfering the title and all from country to country?

Not difficult at all, and because it is pre 1989 I can leave it left hand drive.

[Code Red]

Not difficult at all, and because it is pre 1989 I can leave it left hand drive.

what? they actually make you swap if its newer?

[Greg from Aus]

what? they actually make you swap if its newer?

Yes anything newer than 1989 would require a right hand drive conversion, and some of our Australian Design Rules are very hard to meet. (ie) crash testing.

[Code Red]

Yes anything newer than 1989 would require a right hand drive conversion, and some of our Australian Design Rules are very hard to meet. (ie) crash testing.

wow that could be expensive, but kind of the same in the US, but dont have to convert to left if right but has to be on a approved list to import and then be modified with crash bars and what not

[dropit69]

awesome project ..love the renderings..keep up the good work !!

[Greg from Aus]

awesome project ..love the renderings..keep up the good work !!

Thanks, Carter does awsome work and a great guy to deal with.

[1971CHEVELLE]

awesome protect keep us posted

[Greg from Aus]

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

Greg

[Greg from Aus]

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