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GODFATHER
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NOV 20, 05:13 PM
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| | | quote | Originally posted by whodeanie:
I just looked at UPS and my hinges from Archie will be here tomarow morning!
Do you have connections with the ups man? Occurding to my tracking # my won't be here until the 24th.
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whodeanie
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NOV 21, 08:09 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by GODFATHER:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by whodeanie:
I just looked at UPS and my hinges from Archie will be here tomarow morning!
Do you have connections with the ups man? Occurding to my tracking # my won't be here until the 24th. | |
Just lucky I guess. here in Atlanta is a main hub for UPS. maybe they sent yours to the same hub then send it back up to you by horse and buggie! LOL.
living in the back woods has disadvantages. just kidding.
I will post pic's when they get here.[This message has been edited by whodeanie (edited 11-21-2008).]
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whodeanie
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NOV 21, 12:37 PM
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Look what just got here today!
Archie and crew, very nice job I can't wait to get them on the car.
I have to work this weekend so I will keep you posted when I get them on.
a BIG thank you for all the work.
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whodeanie
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NOV 24, 09:18 AM
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I had to work this weekend but Friday night I went home to atleast start on them but 2hrs later they were done.
my car was most of the way appart already so it went fast. I just want to say Nice job Archie and crew the fit was exact.
a very easy bolt on mod.
here are some pic's of my car with it's new wings!
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exoticse
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NOV 24, 10:22 AM
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Whodeanie,
This build just keeps getting better and better.
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whodeanie
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NOV 24, 10:58 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by exoticse:
Whodeanie,
This build just keeps getting better and better. |
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Thank you. now if my dang wheels would get here I could finnish other parts of the body mods.
I don't want to do them till I can fit them to the wheels.
I talked to BonSpeed last friday and was told they would have a tracking number for me but they said they have the wheels done but with the smaller bolt pattern they hade to make a one off center cap because the stock one would not fit. but they said it would be done by monday at the latest so with any luck they will call me to let me know when they will ship out. I know they are custom built wheels and they take time but I would like to have them before X-mas.
I like the wheels and I am sure they will be worth the wait but I don't like vendors that don't give you an exact time line with in a few days. I will let you all know when they get here.
I have a few other body mods that I need to do before I can get the car to the bodyshop.
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carnut122
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NOV 24, 11:36 AM
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That's looking great! You're going to mess up a lot of the locals' minds; they won't know what you're driving. Just skip the custom wheels and buy mine. If you squint really hard, they'll look custom!
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whodeanie
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NOV 24, 11:54 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by carnut122:
Just skip the custom wheels and buy mine. If you squint really hard, they'll look custom! |
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LOL! that's funny. I like your wheels but they don't quite fit the car.
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fieroboom
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NOV 24, 03:21 PM
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whodeanie
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NOV 24, 03:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by fieroboom:
First off, awesome build whodeanie!
I see so many front fascia swaps here on Pennock's and I have to wonder if anyone has used, or thought about using a front bumper from a Saturn SC series car. Here's a really crude cut-n-paste, so you can see what I mean (I could spend more time on it and make it seamless if I need to):
Of course the turn signals and such would need to be dealt with, but IMHO, that bumper looks fairly sportish, is cheap, readily available in 99% of salvage yards, and could probly be easily adapted (especially for those such as curly & 'deanie...  )
Here is the 1996 Saturn SC2 in it's full glory...
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Anything is possable it just depends on how much you want to cut, fit and fiberglass. the only thing I would say is the saturn bumper is urithane so you would have to make a mold to make it in fiberglass so you could cut it up the way you want so you can fit it. but just FYI by the time you do that you could have bought one that is already done unless you just want a one off that no one has. or buy one and do what we do..... Tweak it the way you want it to be. for example my front nose was made off a real 355 for a kit car so it was way to wide for my car so I cut out 4" from the center and fitted it to my car with custom made wide fenders. I am also doing other custom tweaks to the front that no one else has done that will set mine appart from all the others.
there are several front ends to choose from out there.... 355,now the Esprit (this one looks cool IMO.) and many others to pick from.
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