Project Wicked Pissa

[KnightMare]

Real subtle, looks like an inch from that angle

[Motown 454]

Nice project, your doing an awesome job. Nice work.

[mdes0]

Thanks folks. Been a while since I got out to the garage, life slows things down sometimes. Not to mention money
Any how, got a bunch of finish welding done on the quarter the other night. Hoping to get out there again tonight to finish welding up the rear of the quarter. Then I'm gonna tackle the wheel well.


Gonna be a lot of grinding...


Kind of wishing I pulled the quarter out more, maybe 1.5 rather than 1 inch. Guess we'll see what it looks like on the ground with a wheel under it.

I'll post picks if I make any progress tonight.
Matt

[mdes0]

Got out to the garage last night. Found that I really didn't like how the wheel opening turned out. The line got all screwed up and seemed to peek in the middle, hard to see in the pics though.



So to solve the problem I decided to cut the quarter just inside of the wheel lip and pull the lip out. Was more finesse work than I thought it would be, which is difficult for me since I'm a smash it kinda guy. I think it is coming along pretty well. I found that I had to bang out the wheel arch to get the panel to line up with the lip once it was pulled out. This will give me more tire clearance which I needed anyway. Also means I'll have to bang the inner wheel well into shape once I get to that point. Hope to finish the front part of the lip tonight.

[mdes0]

Received some new parts today so I may install it instead of working on the quarter, just can't resist. Probably the biggest investment into the car to date.


Had to throw the wheels on to see how it would look. Made it easier to get off the palette too

[XLexusTech]

Hey Nice project! Where in NH are you? I am in Manchester.. would love to check out your project.

[Chadman27]

Lookin good Matt! I did the DSE tubs/quad-link on my T/A... we could probably share stories for hours about those journeys...

[Chadman27]

A little jealous of the sub-frame though... a little past my budget ;-) I look forward to seeing this come to fruition, keep the good pics and updates comin!

[srh3trinity]

So, the stretch looked subtle until you put the wheel under there. gives a lot more room.

[mdes0]

I'm over in Brookline. Not to far away.

[mdes0]

A little jealous of the sub-frame though... a little past my budget ;-) I look forward to seeing this come to fruition, keep the good pics and updates comin!

Doing just about all the work myself to save dough, and the kids will likely have to pay for their own college and weddings As my wife says, the world revolves around me

[mdes0]

I got more a lot more work done this weekend than I thought I would. I was able to get the sub-frame under the car, for no other reason than it looks cool as hell
I also got the passenger side quarter finished up. Did a lot of dolly work on the wheel arch that I honestly didn't see coming but I think it will work out better in the end.








Here's a few pictures that show the difference between the modified and unmodified quarters.

[mdes0]

I got real motivated and started cutting up the drivers quarter. Decided I would finish up the inner wheel wells after the quarters were finished.
Things moved a bit quicker since I knew where I wanted the cuts, a little less trial and error. I also used the cardboard templates I used on the other side to cut my filler pieces. I wish I slowed down and traced the final filler pieces on the passenger side as the cardboard cutouts were a ruff representation of what I had trimmed to fit. I guess if I ever do this again I'll know to do these little things to make life easier.

[Chadman27]

Maybe I missed it up there, but have you chosen a color combo yet? Going back with red/black stripes would look pretty good!

[mdes0]

At this point the plan is to go hotrod black. I was going to go with something else but looks like all the money will end up in parts. I'll likely repaint in the future.

[Motown 454]

It looks good!

[bonecrrusher]

Totally missed the Corvette wheels in your earlier post... Nice!

[srh3trinity]

Are you setting up your rear end for the Corvette offset? I really like most of the C5 and C6 wheels out there, I just wish they had some lip in the back. It would be nice to have a custom wheel setup and some stock Vette wheels for track stuff. Those look nice on your car.

[Dons67]

Perfect flaring to the rear wheel - not many people will pick up on the fact they are wider - - very nice!!

[mdes0]

I may not be able to use the wheels, I'd love to though. If I can gain an inch each side when I have torino ends put on then I may be able to add a 1" spacer and be able to use them, we'll see. Thanks man.