Tonights work - quite a bit actually...

Sorry about the quality of previous pics, I didn't plan on creating a blog so they were all taken with my HTC Touch Pro camera phone. The next ones (and future ones for the most part) will be with my old reliable Lumix. Anyway, on with the show!

First off, that battery tray in the back is just going to be in the way of my plans for a spun aluminum gas tank so that had to go. It was a pain and I used near every cutting tool in the shop; plasma, grinder, high speed air, hacksaw - you name it.



and with it gone



I also started to re-assemble the front suspension



and finally a shot a few minutes before I started working on it tonight

Pinstriping!

I decided I should learn how to pinstripe at some point so after over an hour of practicing lines and curves I did this fat line design, freehand, no grid. It's not great, but a little better than I expected.

Time for paint!

After a few coats of primer the paint is starting to go on.

It is going to be traditional hot rod satin/flat black, with silver suspension components and red & grey pinstriping.





In the last picture I slash cut the exhaust for a different look.

Final body work and the beginning of primer

The title pretty much says it all, the body work is 99% done and it's time to stop being purple :)

The sanding continues . . .

More sanding, but I decided to play around with the stance a little bit, lower is better!



And a little fun with perspective