After 3 Years....

....she's finally finished (almost!) When I bought her, she was a mess, but she'd still run, barely!! The body was fairly good and the interior was almost perfect so I decided to attempt my first automotive restoration, and here are the results;

 

it looks beautiful... great job..

 

Let me guess Major Attitude...Viper R\T-10? Or maybe that new Extreme Hi-Pro Corvette? Or, and I'm going out on a limb here, the new Lamborgihini Diablo!!! See, those things are SO expense, I can't even spell it!! As for 'getting the wrong idea,' well if you earned it, and I know you did, then you have the unbounded duty to your 'flock' to show the fruits of your labor! (pretty corny, huh?) Actually, you have 2 choices, don't show us and run the risk of being harassed until hell freezes over until you do! Or two...please refer to #1!!

 

Now this may not be within the forum rules but DAMN!!! Now that is one fine piece of road worthy hardware!! She IS beautiful Major Attitude. I love that original body style, as compared to the newer ones. However, I do have one advantage over you....no car payment!!! LOL!!!

 

SWEET ride MA!

And a great restoration job Stubby. And the lack of payments is a gift that keeps on giving.

 

MA, I want a go

 

Updates resume..
chants.. *must find better job*.. *must win lottery*..

MA.. wow.. *drool*

 

I'm going to New York July 2007.....meet me then!!!

Also, what's with the new title change???

 

MA, you said your wife would have 'killed' you had you brought home another Z car. Well, in that case, I can only imagine what she did to you when you came home with a Viper!! Have the brusies healed yet?? As for my wife, she wants me to sell 'Lil Red' because, in her words, I need to be in something more sensible because a 300ZX is not a family car!! Granted, it's not, but that's why we have a Chrysler Pacifica and a Dodge Grand Caravan!! Jokingly, I told her that she'll go before my 300 does and, yes.....the brusies are healing nicely!!!

 

them are some nice rides. but i am still keeping my eye out for the car of my dreams. 1968 mustang GT Fastback. or the 1968 Shelby Cobra GT-350 . Convertible. with a 302. or my top fav Shelby Cobra and not the [SIZE=-1]replicas.
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Nice job Stubby, well done.


MA, now that you have the Viper, does this mean I can have your Harley?

Think of the extra space you would have in your garage.

 

Even my wife knows how beautiful "Eleanor" is!!!!

*wiping the drool from my chin*



Roger

 

I'll give one thing N5638J, you sure do set your sights high!! An original Shelby Cobra, with the 429 in it, will set you back very nicely!! That is, if you could find one!! I saw one in Classic Car Magazine in cherry condition and less than 500 miles and the guy was asking $190,000 for it!! BTW, what bank did you say you were going to rob?? LOL!!!

Ahh, Eleanor!! Who could forget that beauty? When she jumped that bridge and landed, I almost cried!! How could Hollywood take such a fine machine and totally destroy it? However, I found out later, that she was NOT an original, but rather another Hollywood 'fake!!' I slept good that night!!

Well MA, I followed you suggestion and told her that YOU said I could keep Lil Red and I was firm about it too. However, don't worry, I won't sue....these newer set of brusies, cuts and scrapes will heal in about 2 or 3 weeks with no scarring!!! LOL!! Remind me, in the future, to never follow your advice again!!!! It's too painful!! Of course, I'm only joking around, but my wife was under the impression that once she was restored, I was going to sell her. I 'may' have given her that impression, but once I saw how she turned out, I think my wife now knows she's fighting a losing battle. Oh well, all's fair in love and war, right???

 

Totally! he'd be in his glory to sit in the sit with is mits on the wheel He had an absolute blast at the car show so I can guess with great accuracy that he'd enjoy it just as much.

Myself.. well, I just bought an '05 Mitsubishi Outlander (graphite gray).. I'm still in the family truckster mode (obviously) but this thing goes through snow like it's barely there. Handles extremely well and has some nice low end tq too (for what it's worth). I'm only paying like 50 bucks more per month than my subaru.. Infact, I am taking a picture of my new ride and sending it to Subaru with a note... "I loved your service and your cars so much, I bought another car.. " (*picture of me and my mitsubishi enclosed*)..lol

 

Absolutely true. But on any nice sunny day, it's going to be whispering "Drive me!" while you sitting there.

 

Hybrid?

 

Who makes Viper, Dodge? (We don't have them here)


Only problem with having a nice car is that you can't park and leave them anywhere, especially in a car park.

If it's not stolen, it will be scratched.

You need an "everyday" car as well.

 

Listening to you talk MA, I'm going to have to disagree with your wife. You've found your dream and I have the feeling that that beauty will be with you until Hell freezes over! (both the car AND the wife!!)

Halo, I never realized that you were so poetic. You just may not how close to the truth you really are when you said about the sound of the engine. Okay, so my 300 purrrs and MA's is more like a roar, but it's still sweet music regadless of the car.

Personally, it doesn't matter WHAT you drive just as long as you ENJOY doing it. Whether your plowing through snow banks in an Outlander, or navigating a twisty, country road in a sports car, the feeling you get when you're behind the wheel is what really matters.

 

Yeah, Dodge does make the Viper. However, the newer Vipers are, IMHO, losing the classic look. They're still beautiful, and fast, but they just don't have the classic Viper look...like MAs. When you see one like MA's on the road you KNOW it's a Viper, but the newer ones look like a cross between the Jaguar XJ-12 and a Corvette.

 

I have two vehicles, My 1994 sonoma that gets about 25 MPG, and my Good Truck 2001 Jimmy that gets about 18 MPG.

Drive the Jimmy mostly on weekends and vacations, only put about 5000 miles a year on the jimmy, hope it lasts a long time.
There is a down side to not driving a vehicle very much though, recently had new brakes put on the Jimmy because everything was all rusted up from not using it enough!!!!!

 

That's the first time I've seen a Viper, and I have to say I like it.

It looks like a very souped up Mazda RX8.

 

Nice ride, MA.

That's so much cooler than a Vette. Around here, Vettes are everywhere. I really hate them.

I guy I know has an NSX and used to own an RT-10. In his opinion the NSX handled much better at high speeds, but in the 1/4 the Viper would blow it away.

Stubby, nice Z. My cousin had one of those and lent it to me for a day. Pretty freakin fast


-Steve

 

Sorry for late reponse in the thread but just got to read it. Awesome car...my husband's dream machine. I love it....if you ever get bored of it MA (haha..as if) we'll take it off your hands

 

Never been a big fan of Japanese cars..but that looks sweet...good job.

 

Hey, what size motor, and how many gears (as I said, I have never seen one before)?

And what size are the tyres, including profile?

 

What other burns? Were you barbequeing in there?

 

Bloody hell, the engine specs are pretty impressive!

It's a somewhat heavy car, but it's got the balls to push it along. Bring it over my place, I've got a few tree stumps I want pulled out.


I hope you realise the tyres will cost an absolute fortune if you ever have to change them.

Please don't tell me it has one of those crappy space saver spare tyres?


Must be a firm ride with such low profile rubber, but the handling and steering response would be awesome!


And yes I'm jealous.

 

I thought it had a space saver spare, as the boot looks pretty small.

You can put a taller profile, and still have the same rolling diameter.

It's not difficult to work out. Here's everything you didn't want to know about tyres.


For example, the front are 275/35ZR18.

275 is the width in millimetres.

35 is the aspect ratio, so the sidewall is 35% of the width, which in this case is 96.25 millimetres.

18 is the rim diameter in inches (450mm). (R stands for radial, and Z is a speed rating)

So the height of this tyre is 450 + 96.25 +96.25 (2 sidewalls) = 642.5 mm.


You can use this to work out the rolling diameter for any tyre.


That car would be awesome here. It would certainly turn some heads.

I know a great road through a national park I'd love to drive it through.