Project: snow's Vette

[snowboi1289]

Hello XMS !!!

I recently bought a Vette beater body(a messed up gen.1 roller came also),and as some of you may know,I don't like to keep nice muscle cars looking in such bad shape.I also have a Firebird body,I'm going to do that prolly over the summer(I want to take a very long/nice time to work out everything).

I do need some body parts for the Vette,like maybe a front bumper,2 headlight covers(not the see-through ones),2 side mirrors.I might not buy them,so I'm open for donations if possible.The chassis is prolly going to stay like it is now,because I dont got any money to fix it up,and to buy new parts for it.

For the Vette body color,I'm really thinking of glossy red(my uncle has a Vette,and I would like it to look the same way,or almost,his is glossy red).I might send it to somebody to do stripings or some body decals,but I dont know yet.

I've sanded down the body,but I used a really rough sand paper,so I'll have to get some better sand paper.I also need some bondo or body filler,because I hate the Vette spoilers,to me they look really ugly(just my opinion).

Here are some recent pictures:





Thnaks for looking.

[Scionbeave]

Wou have a nice start man,amd i cant wait to see this one finished.

[noturday]

not a bad start bro, if you have the clear headlight covers you can just paint them when you paint the rest of the car, they are exactly the same as the stock ones (in fact the stock ones are clear plastic painted silver) it should look good in red, sporty color for a sporty car. keep it up man

[snowboi1289]

Thanks for all the comments !!!

The clear headlight covers are on the vette body right now,you can also see in the pictures.I kinda want to keep the clear headlights,for when I mght get another vette body.

[darkendblades]

so hey snow do you have an idea on paint noturday says red i saw yellow/lime

[snowboi1289]

I want it to be a glossy red,with maybe a small accent of black at the bottum,orr maybe get someboy to do a pinstrip on the side with my forum/site name.

[darkendblades]

that would look awesome. i hope we get to see this one go through the stages.

[123Vette]

you ruined my car!! as i remeber that was a goodpaint job might not like the color but it was good, you didnt take any pictures of before you sanded it down?

[kllr_edna]

sounds like it be a great turn out once done!!!

[snowboi1289]

123Vette,that paint was not good,it was rough,the skirts were kinds painted to the body,no mirrors,various scratches on the body, and there are 4 large holes in the front bumper grille.

Well,I went to paint the body,and the black paint came out all blochy.A brand new can!!! To bad I cant take it back.I got some other black paint,but only a lil of it,hopefully I have enough.

[123Vette]

haha say what you want it was nice (holes=fog lights, not mirrors=i had none)

[F-100CuStOmCaB]

123vette: I personally think that that blue just isn't right for a vette no matter how well laid the paint is. I think snowboi1289 is on to something with have it red, in my opinion I would say like a marroon, would look more like a vette if red. To me that blue just doesn't look right for some reason. Will be a cool looking car once done, keep us posted

[noturday]

not trying to thread jack, but F-100, maroon's already been done
http://s103.photobucket.com/albums/m...t=DSC05829.jpg

i have yet to see a good bright red corvette tho

[123Vette]

i loved the blue, noturday even copied it hehe

blue really nice it looked much better before he didnt give any brfore sanding pictures it looked rly nice

[snowboi1289]

I will say,that blue color was a nice choice(my uncle had another vette a long time ago,and it was a lil bright blue than that,but it was pretty nice).
I'm fixing to lay out a new small black coat for the windows.

[M0DEL]

I have one of those in my garage. Don't know what year, 90 something.
They're nice cars, good luck! :]

[texan_idiot25]

PM me about the body kit if you want, I have one laying around.

Looks like a good start, I dig seeing the Vettes done.

[snowboi1289]

pm sent.

Thanks for the comments.The black paint is finished,and I might need to sand down the body and windows again,I see some deep scratches still there.

[snowboi1289]

Well, its getting the paint on ok,I taped the windows as best as i could (its not the best of my masking,but its ok).

I have yellow,red and white paint.I kinda wanted to do a small stripe on the bottum(above the skirts),but I cant figure what might look best.I know yellow and red isnt the best choice,but some other peoples might think its a good choice.Dont say red and black,I'm still mad,that guy wont give me another,***(he's the one that sold it to me,yes it was in a store).

What do you think,small yellow stripe or small white stripe,or no stripe at all ??

Its almost done.Do you think if I get a ep for it,I should enter it in the competition ??

[noturday]

no stripe dude, stripes always end up ricey on 'vettes. we'll have to see some pics of it before we can know if it's competition worthy or not. until then you are the only one who can decide that.