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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 12:08 AM
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I wonder how many people commenting on this thread realize that you will be running a twin screw supercharger on the V8 in this beast. Albeit from across the pond, I am very jealous of how incredibly cool your car will be.
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Blizzy
I wonder how many people commenting on this thread realize that you will be running a twin screw supercharger on the V8 in this beast. Albeit from across the pond, I am very jealous of how incredibly cool your car will be.

Dont know, will take as many pics as I can and update the thread in the performance section once that happens.
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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 05:52 AM
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Minor update, excuse the crappy pics, camera lens was dirty.

Starting to look like a car again.

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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 05:54 AM
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Two more weeks should see it finished.
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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 05:55 AM
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Interior starting to go back in.

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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 05:57 AM
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Glass goes back next week, all downhill from there.

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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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Looks Great! Thanks to you, I have to choose another color! hah! new wheels would compliment the great paint job though!
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Levistey0
Looks Great! Thanks to you, I have to choose another color! hah! new wheels would compliment the great paint job though!
Paint yours the same colour Mike, I'm half a world away from you lot, it really is a nice colour.

The wheels will have to wait a while, my painter has talked me into doing a flow coat instead of of just rubbing it back and polishing it. For those of you who know paint,[which I have been learning a lot about since this started], the metallic in the paint is something called xirallic, and he said it would finish off the paint job and make it look so much deeper. Just got to wait another week for everything to flash off properly before they start rubbing it back, then spray another coat of clear over it.
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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 12:57 AM
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Closer to being finished.

All panels off again, rubbed back ready for the last two coats of clear.

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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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I sanded the front bar back to bare plastic while Rossco clearcoated the body

The bars get painted tomorrow.


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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 12:59 AM
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Early next week I will take a couple of days off put the car back together.


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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 01:03 AM
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Go back in a couple of weeks and get it polished and hopefully will come up as good as I hope.

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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 01:07 AM
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Unfortunately the body kit wont be ready in time, so it will have to be fitted later

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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 01:09 AM
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Be glad when this is finished.

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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 01:10 AM
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loving the color
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