Some pics of a recent project I have been working on (56k beware)
I miss my VE
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,553
From: NY
Originally Posted by Michael
I have only had 3rd gens and I am up to 7---89SE-A, 90GXE (the one that started it all), 92GXE, 92SE-5, 93SE-A, 93SE-5, 94GXE. I really need to find a 91 so I will have owned every year 3rd gen made 
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In order I got them...90GXE, 93SE-A, 89SE-A, 92GXE, 94GXE, 92SE-5, 93SE-5.
Of course the 89SE-A and 94GXE were parts cars.
.In order I got them...90GXE, 93SE-A, 89SE-A, 92GXE, 94GXE, 92SE-5, 93SE-5.
Of course the 89SE-A and 94GXE were parts cars.
Originally Posted by VEvolution
Your a 3rd gen nut Michael, and ironically, I remember reading they aren't even your thing. Chevelle?
yeah american muscle is more my thing though but I appreciate all kinds of cars and try to make whatever I have look the best I can. I still own a 66 Chevelle that I have had since I was 15 (wow I have owned it for almost 20 years) and as soon as I get a shop built I will begin my restoration on it. I have already bought a ton of stuff for it but I just need space to take it off the frame. I have owned a few Camaros including one set up for drag racing with a ford 9" and ladder bars but the one car I miss the most is my old 65 Chevy II SS. It also had a 9" in it but was stock otherwise (suspension and body wise) but had a very healthy small block 400.
I have had some other nice imports as well. I had an 89 Mazda extended cab truck that I fixed up, a 95 Eclipse that was pretty nice, an Altima that was fully loaded, an older MR2 and although I never got to modify it I had a pretty nice older model 200SX (S12 I think). Basically I am just a car guy that gets something...works on it for a while to make it pretty nice and gets bored with them and eventually sell them.
I honestly couldnt tell you how many cars I have owned but I will say I owned 3 in just a matter of months when I was 14 & 15. I started with a 60 Chevy Stepside (I traded it to my uncle for a rebuilt 350 and he still has it) then bought a 69 Chevelle that I flipped and then got the 66 I still have.
Originally Posted by Michael
haha well to be fair most of them I got dirt cheap because they were wrecked or with a blown motor and then I fix them and for all but one have sold them. The 93auto I stripped and scrapped.
yeah american muscle is more my thing though but I appreciate all kinds of cars and try to make whatever I have look the best I can. I still own a 66 Chevelle that I have had since I was 15 (wow I have owned it for almost 20 years) and as soon as I get a shop built I will begin my restoration on it. I have already bought a ton of stuff for it but I just need space to take it off the frame. I have owned a few Camaros including one set up for drag racing with a ford 9" and ladder bars but the one car I miss the most is my old 65 Chevy II SS. It also had a 9" in it but was stock otherwise (suspension and body wise) but had a very healthy small block 400.
I have had some other nice imports as well. I had an 89 Mazda extended cab truck that I fixed up, a 95 Eclipse that was pretty nice, an Altima that was fully loaded, an older MR2 and although I never got to modify it I had a pretty nice older model 200SX (S12 I think). Basically I am just a car guy that gets something...works on it for a while to make it pretty nice and gets bored with them and eventually sell them.
I honestly couldnt tell you how many cars I have owned but I will say I owned 3 in just a matter of months when I was 14 & 15. I started with a 60 Chevy Stepside (I traded it to my uncle for a rebuilt 350 and he still has it) then bought a 69 Chevelle that I flipped and then got the 66 I still have.
yeah american muscle is more my thing though but I appreciate all kinds of cars and try to make whatever I have look the best I can. I still own a 66 Chevelle that I have had since I was 15 (wow I have owned it for almost 20 years) and as soon as I get a shop built I will begin my restoration on it. I have already bought a ton of stuff for it but I just need space to take it off the frame. I have owned a few Camaros including one set up for drag racing with a ford 9" and ladder bars but the one car I miss the most is my old 65 Chevy II SS. It also had a 9" in it but was stock otherwise (suspension and body wise) but had a very healthy small block 400.
I have had some other nice imports as well. I had an 89 Mazda extended cab truck that I fixed up, a 95 Eclipse that was pretty nice, an Altima that was fully loaded, an older MR2 and although I never got to modify it I had a pretty nice older model 200SX (S12 I think). Basically I am just a car guy that gets something...works on it for a while to make it pretty nice and gets bored with them and eventually sell them.
I honestly couldnt tell you how many cars I have owned but I will say I owned 3 in just a matter of months when I was 14 & 15. I started with a 60 Chevy Stepside (I traded it to my uncle for a rebuilt 350 and he still has it) then bought a 69 Chevelle that I flipped and then got the 66 I still have.
I miss my VE
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,553
From: NY
Wow, thanks for that awsm66 mini car bio, Michael. Sounds like you got a real life Gran Turismo thing goin on over there. I wish I was blessed with such an opportunity to be able to live in a similar setting with cars, tools, and dreams all around.. Unfortunatly living in a city like environment, the things I can do are very limited. Autozone parking lot FTW?? 
Originally Posted by Michael
haha well to be fair most of them I got dirt cheap because they were wrecked or with a blown motor and then I fix them and for all but one have sold them. The 93auto I stripped and scrapped.
yeah american muscle is more my thing though but I appreciate all kinds of cars and try to make whatever I have look the best I can. I still own a 66 Chevelle that I have had since I was 15 (wow I have owned it for almost 20 years) and as soon as I get a shop built I will begin my restoration on it. I have already bought a ton of stuff for it but I just need space to take it off the frame. I have owned a few Camaros including one set up for drag racing with a ford 9" and ladder bars but the one car I miss the most is my old 65 Chevy II SS. It also had a 9" in it but was stock otherwise (suspension and body wise) but had a very healthy small block 400.
I have had some other nice imports as well. I had an 89 Mazda extended cab truck that I fixed up, a 95 Eclipse that was pretty nice, an Altima that was fully loaded, an older MR2 and although I never got to modify it I had a pretty nice older model 200SX (S12 I think). Basically I am just a car guy that gets something...works on it for a while to make it pretty nice and gets bored with them and eventually sell them.
I honestly couldnt tell you how many cars I have owned but I will say I owned 3 in just a matter of months when I was 14 & 15. I started with a 60 Chevy Stepside (I traded it to my uncle for a rebuilt 350 and he still has it) then bought a 69 Chevelle that I flipped and then got the 66 I still have.
yeah american muscle is more my thing though but I appreciate all kinds of cars and try to make whatever I have look the best I can. I still own a 66 Chevelle that I have had since I was 15 (wow I have owned it for almost 20 years) and as soon as I get a shop built I will begin my restoration on it. I have already bought a ton of stuff for it but I just need space to take it off the frame. I have owned a few Camaros including one set up for drag racing with a ford 9" and ladder bars but the one car I miss the most is my old 65 Chevy II SS. It also had a 9" in it but was stock otherwise (suspension and body wise) but had a very healthy small block 400.
I have had some other nice imports as well. I had an 89 Mazda extended cab truck that I fixed up, a 95 Eclipse that was pretty nice, an Altima that was fully loaded, an older MR2 and although I never got to modify it I had a pretty nice older model 200SX (S12 I think). Basically I am just a car guy that gets something...works on it for a while to make it pretty nice and gets bored with them and eventually sell them.
I honestly couldnt tell you how many cars I have owned but I will say I owned 3 in just a matter of months when I was 14 & 15. I started with a 60 Chevy Stepside (I traded it to my uncle for a rebuilt 350 and he still has it) then bought a 69 Chevelle that I flipped and then got the 66 I still have.
check out the list in my sig, I think that's only the past 2 years and doesn't include my wife's cars.
Originally Posted by shavedmax
no updates mikey?
got it running and driving now and thats about it. I started repriming and sanding the fenders but have not had much time to do much else. I should be able to work on the rest of the body next week. I have to finish up a grand cherokee I am working on now. Nothing major but I got to use my stud welder finally
.I will probably start posting pics of the body work (though boring) when I start getting into it.
I have enjoyed driving it though.
Originally Posted by MrGone
It's getting cold out 
Originally Posted by Michael
well it never gets REALLY cold here in the south. Plus I have an insulated room now that I can heat up to do my work in. I would rather paint in the warm weather but we will see how it works out.
yup painting season is up for me
Originally Posted by DanNY
i thought u had access to a booth
i do but i have to pull strings to get to it. any work that i've done has been under a costco tent in my yard. i did my body kit on the 4th gen, the door jambs and pilars there. i shot the rest of it in my friends shop in LIC. to do small stuff or things for other people i wouldnt ask to use the booth, too much to operate for free. goldmemeber i shot at a shop in suffolk. still friends with them, but theyre too high production to slow down for my crap.
need any misc parts off goldie before i scrap it?
Originally Posted by shavedmax
i do but i have to pull strings to get to it. any work that i've done has been under a costco tent in my yard. i did my body kit on the 4th gen, the door jambs and pilars there. i shot the rest of it in my friends shop in LIC. to do small stuff or things for other people i wouldnt ask to use the booth, too much to operate for free. goldmemeber i shot at a shop in suffolk. still friends with them, but theyre too high production to slow down for my crap.
need any misc parts off goldie before i scrap it?
need any misc parts off goldie before i scrap it?
oh there's nothing wrong with the costco tent. i'm actually thinking about doing that since spraying in the garage causes the fumes to go into places that i don't want to go.
Anything huh? Dude you barely log onto the org...16 posts and you've been a member for nearly 6 months...dont seem to enthusiastic about Maximas there. btw, whats your zip code? 
Originally Posted by ColombianMax
Anything huh? Dude you barely log onto the org...16 posts and you've been a member for nearly 6 months...dont seem to enthusiastic about Maximas there. btw, whats your zip code?
Originally Posted by shavedmax
some people do have a life outside of here you know.
Of course, I include myself on that..you just dont really see that many 3rd gen locals other than Brian and 2k3titaniumse which barely drive a 3rd gen...I just buddies!
i want to blow mine up because of your max... 
lol SOON i will have my house wifey car and MONEY!!! and i will make some sick 3rd gens
but when that will be possible... i think most of them will be in junkyards... lol not that they are now anyways
lol SOON i will have my house wifey car and MONEY!!! and i will make some sick 3rd gens
but when that will be possible... i think most of them will be in junkyards... lol not that they are now anyways
haha well the updates I was talking about was not on the motor but the body and paint work.
I have just about got the car ready for paint. Its not going to be anything special with radical body work and crazy paint...just a nice clean black car with a nice slick body and fresh paint.
I have been really slowed by the cold weather we have had here in the south (and a little lazy as well) and then when it did warm up I have been busy with family stuff.
I have been busy working on the car lately though and might...again might start painting it this weekend. I hope to but things haven't gone like I have wanted them to on this thing so its much slower than I would have thought. I really need to finish it though because I have a couple people interested in it and I don't want to miss the sell.
I have just about got the car ready for paint. Its not going to be anything special with radical body work and crazy paint...just a nice clean black car with a nice slick body and fresh paint.
I have been really slowed by the cold weather we have had here in the south (and a little lazy as well) and then when it did warm up I have been busy with family stuff.
I have been busy working on the car lately though and might...again might start painting it this weekend. I hope to but things haven't gone like I have wanted them to on this thing so its much slower than I would have thought. I really need to finish it though because I have a couple people interested in it and I don't want to miss the sell.