Re: Here we go laguna clone pro touring build begining phase

by taz575 Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:25 pm

Thats what i thought until i saw the rotted floor boards and quarters . I am not sure whats holding the body on . I was thinking it would be a great car to build for my son if he would get off his A$$ and stop playing video games he is 16 !
I am already neck deep in the car i have and for the price i paid its going to get parted sorry .
Unless my son comes back to reality and says he wants it . We can only hope .

by Limey SE Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:58 pm

Dang there was a member here looking for a 73 Tail panel as well and that one sure looks nice as could be

by 1973 454 MONTE Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:28 pm

taz575 wrote:Thats what i thought until i saw the rotted floor boards and quarters . I am not sure whats holding the body on . I was thinking it would be a great car to build for my son if he would get off his A$$ and stop playing video games he is 16 !
I am already neck deep in the car i have and for the price i paid its going to get parted sorry .
Unless my son comes back to reality and says he wants it . We can only hope .

dad daddy dad,,,,,,,im done playin games now......... can we please go work on my car..... oh sorry,thought you could be my dad for a second. hehehehe

my 17 year old has 3 jobs and juggles school, and puts his own gas in the monte.the other kids at his work think im nuts for letting him drive it. Very Happy

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your son will come around soon.

by 1973 454 MONTE Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:30 pm

Limey SE wrote:Dang there was a member here looking for a 73 Tail panel as well and that one sure looks nice as could be

heres the thread
https://www.g3gm.com/t4687-need-a-tail-light-panel-for-73-malibu?highlight=1973+panel

by taz575 Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:46 pm

He is a good kid just real short on motivation . I tried bought him a car and it just sat . Offered to pay him to help with cleaning the undercoat off of the car i am building and clean the garage he said no !
Monte i am glad to hear your son has a solid work ethic mine got his from my ex wife .

by taz575 Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:23 pm

Pics of dash that i am fiberglasing . The pics are of 2 layers of fiberglas the vent holes and emblem have been filled . The speaker grill was pretty rotted out and it had two big cracks coming from both defrost vents its just roughed in right now lots of block sanding to come [img] Here we go laguna clone pro touring build begining phase - Page 2 2012-019

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by 1973 454 MONTE Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:04 pm

taz575 wrote:He is a good kid just real short on motivation . I tried bought him a car and it just sat . Offered to pay him to help with cleaning the undercoat off of the car i am building and clean the garage he said no !
Monte i am glad to hear your son has a solid work ethic mine got his from my ex wife .

my 2 boys have always wanted to help. the oldest got more time in on the monte than the younger one. Here we go laguna clone pro touring build begining phase - Page 2 Copy_o12

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CJ drove the monte at age 15 at a car cruz. they shut down the street. alot of head turning when he drove by. Here we go laguna clone pro touring build begining phase - Page 2 100_6411

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give it time,one day the will figure out that dads are more fun than video games.

by 77mali Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:57 pm

Looks good! Any good interior stuff in that 73 you're looking to sell?

by taz575 Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:13 pm

77 mali the interior is in really good shape what do you need ? I dont need much in the interior . Send me a list of what your looking for .

by Famstyle Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:16 pm

Did you strip off old vinyl or glass over it? What under vinyl Ive never looked into it?? Only on one drag purpose car , Ive seen dash pass. side cut off!

by taz575 Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:23 pm

I sanded the vinyl with 40 grit and glassed over it . I used foam to fill the big cracks . I made sure not to add to much material around mounting surface instrument panel and around windshield . So far its working really good . It has smoothed it out and i can put either crisp lines on edges or round them off .

By the time i was done with the 40 grit the vinyl was razorblade thin .

by Famstyle Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:04 am

Ahhh, got you Koool What color you painting it?

by taz575 Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:33 am

I am going to use carbon fiber cloth and resin over the fiberglas . Not the carbon fiber sticker stuff . I was going to simulate the carbon fiber look with paint but have since decided to laminate it with the carbon fiber . No offense but i am not a ricer i just havent seen any one do this and wanted a euro touring look . I will be doing the laguna nose and fiberglass hood in the carbon fiber also .

I am getting a rendering done so i can see how it looks before i start on the exterior though . Just in case its to much dont want to go to all that work and not like it . It wont be done till april when i get it will post it for opinions.

by taz575 Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:41 am

Hey famstyle your profile says auto tech i have spent the last 22 years in shops . first 10 with chrysler 11 with chevy dealers now back at a chrysler dodge store getting ready to ASE recert again . You work independents or dealer ? Not a big fan of the fiat technology but i will stick it out and see .

by Jedediah Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:42 am

Taz575 I think the carbon fiber cloth will look good and should add some strength to it. Are you using a S3 front end? There is a S3 running around my town here and has me thinkn a 73 with an S3 nose would look very nice. Since I have a 73 but I am not going that with my build.

by taz575 Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:54 am

Yes a 76 luguna s3 nose . I think it will give it a road race look and modern style with classic lines . Honestly i always likes the bigger quarter windows over the smaller windows . But i have everything to clone the car to a luguna . The nose swivel buckets the floor bracket for seats quarter window louvers a couple sets of emblems tail panel and all .

Spent months gathering the laguna stuff i had no idea how hard that stuff is to get . Went and picked up the nose 250 + miles away and had to pay top dollar that hurt .

Oh by the way dans garage in eastern washington has lots of 73-77 A body parts . http://www.dansgarage.net/ If you need the hard to find stuff .

by 77mali Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:45 am

Taz
Who makes the rims you posted on page 1? TY.

by taz575 Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:22 pm

They are wheels for a c5 corvette zr1 18" front 19" rear 56mm offset . Got them on ebay look for c5 vette wheels guy is out of bradenton florida . If you wanttorun vette wheels you will need hub centric spacers . Thats why i use the 1/2x20 screw in wheel studs .

You can also use bmw wheels with a 74.1 hub bore with a hub centric sleeve . The bmw wheels are a 4.72 bolt pattern versus a 4.75 . The chevy owners in europe have been doing that .

The elco/gto i put up pics of had 19" bmw wheels . There offset is just about perfect. No spacers .

by 77mali Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:09 pm

Thanks! I saw a set that looked similar at one of the "Tire Stores". I think they were 15"'s though. Cool afro

by Famstyle Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:57 pm

taz575 wrote:Hey famstyle your profile says auto tech i have spent the last 22 years in shops . first 10 with chrysler 11 with chevy dealers now back at a chrysler dodge store getting ready to ASE recert again . You work independents or dealer ? Not a big fan of the fiat technology but i will stick it out and see .

Hey, all independent shops. Front end, align. stuff. Tires ,batts cooling, engine a little tranny! Shop in retail, you know Sears,Penske, Tuffys! No dealerships I thought about just never done it! How do you like dealership work?

by Famstyle Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:59 pm

Nice touches on concepts for your build! Sounds like you got a awesome car in the works, cant wait too see more!!

by taz575 Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:34 pm

Famstyle I tried the independents for a while it semmed like the lacked a lot of the tools diagnostic and were limited by resources . There was some damn good techs very well rounded in various makes and models but i am spoiled by the factory support special tools and all .
And i dont like doing tires at a dealer i can have the lube guys do them . The other nice thing about dealers is the paid training . The pay isnt bad but warranty work pays next to nothing . iT all evens out in the wash .

by Famstyle Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:07 pm

Sounds nice!!! Are u good with all the electronics todays car are overruned with!!

by Malicruiser Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:41 am

taz575 wrote: I am going to use carbon fiber cloth and resin over the fiberglas . Not the carbon fiber sticker stuff . I was going to simulate the carbon fiber look with paint but have since decided to laminate it with the carbon fiber . No offense but i am not a ricer i just havent seen any one do this and wanted a euro touring look . I will be doing the laguna nose and fiberglass hood in the carbon fiber also .

I am getting a rendering done so i can see how it looks before i start on the exterior though . Just in case its to much dont want to go to all that work and not like it . It wont be done till april when i get it will post it for opinions.

Are you doing the carbon fiber overlay yourself? If not I'm looking for someone to make custom carbon fiber pieces, not exactly a big market for it though.

by taz575 Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:28 am

Yes i will do it myself . I would like to get into making some moulds one of these days and doing vacume injected stuff . Come to find out that most of the carbon fiber hoods and that are fiberglass with a couple layers of cabon fiber. They even have black fiberglass mat for last glass layer before carbon fiber so it shouldnt be a problem to do . I am considering making a mould of the hood and laguna nose for the carbon fiber overlay .
I am a broke auto tech if i cant afford i have to figure out how to make it .

What kind of parts do you need made ? I could use the practice if its small stuff .

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