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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 09:39 PM
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some of you already saw my thread over in the sc300/400 section about the car I've been slowly building up and "restoring"

Thought I'd share the progress over here as well. For you guys that haven't seen it here's the link! Its a lot of reading with some pics thrown in but its been one hell of a transformation so far. The car is going to be undergoing 2 more big items before its finally road worthy.

New leathers are coming in this week!

The build

Here are a few of the bigger things that took place.

Before

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TEASER:

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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 04:07 AM
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wow pretty!!! hehe..good work man!!
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 05:16 AM
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Nice..can't wait to see it done
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 05:36 AM
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Nice Curry, can't wait to see it all finished.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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OFFICIALLY BOOSTED BABY!



New Interior





More pics in my build thread. I know... I need a new steering wheel. lol.

Next up... a heavy detail job with some minor body work.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 11:37 PM
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wow it's coming along very nicely...GJ!
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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very nice build up...i wanna see it when its all done and ready to go=D
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 02:52 AM
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Wow thats great Curry.
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 06:44 AM
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Nice. I like the teaser pic too btw


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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 06:46 AM
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Thanks guys! The car is already registered and I've been driving around a little.

Unfortunately I gotta pull it apart again in a few minutes to fix a small return leak and raise my intercooler piping up a little. Shouldn't take me long. Also need to put some heat wrap on a few things.
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 08:07 AM
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Looking good, get us some shots of the entire car when you can.
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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Nicee, i see you got the jet engine in lol. looks great curry, gotta take more pics!
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 10:38 AM
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Can't wait to see this beast!
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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Whoa badass, gotta see that in person. talk about a turnaround
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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I've been driving it around for the last few days. It runs great. i still gotta do the tranny solenoids and fix a coupler over by the turbo.

Raised up the intercooler and all the piping so it doesnt scrape at all. I accidentally moved it so its a little off center. Ill probably fix it tomorrow.

Installed the tru-boost and it works great.

The engine bay needs a SERIOUS cleaning up. I'll probably tackle that either sunday or monday.

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