Plastic Fantastic tew

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in rainbow glitter.

Pink for you, Senor…..

[SuperBuickGuy]

and sanding.... a lot

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

and sanding.... a lot

I can relate to all the sanding!

My next one needs to be a patina car! (I keep saying that, but...)

[SuperBuickGuy]

I can relate to all the sanding!

My next one needs to be a patina car! (I keep saying that, but...)

all of my rides will eventually be patina rides.... e.g. my FJ40 is on its way.... but rather then faking something, I explain that I put 10 years of smack down on it and it will get the rest of my life more.... this C3, same thing, the painting this time is to repair damage - but it, the Blazer, the FJ40 and the Buick wagon... all will start out nice then wear. The 50 Buick... that might get an exception because of the tribal stuff that's bleeding out from under the white paint.

[SuperBuickGuy]

for those wondering where I'm at on this one.
I've done the sanding and the wool pad, next up pad 2

[SuperBuickGuy]

more hours


looks so good with my potato camera

still one more buff level then wax....

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[SuperBuickGuy]

and it's back
spoiler braces

and a necessary oil capture tank

oil catch can installed

and strut installed

and from a distance

I'm disappointed in how the paint turned out but if I can get a few minutes to finish a tune then I'll be racing in a month

[SuperBuickGuy]

and it's back in the world, took it out and did a bit of tuning on it tonight

needs a detail for sure

[SuperBuickGuy]

at the detail shop for 3 days. getting an online tune at the end of next week. reserved hotel for PIR Optima Challenge. it's on.

[SuperBuickGuy]

well, it does look LOTS better. I pulled up to the detail shop and this C8 was sitting outside. I was like "damn, they polished it into a C8".... alas, nope.

nice C8, nice lady who was driving it. Apparently I'm supposed to have a name for my C3 (other then Fuuuuuuuuu). hers is black widow, she said she has lost 3 husbands.... I can't even....

anyway, it turned out very very well
I had protectant put on the hood in a matte... think it looks good

they worked on this for 2 solid weeks and it really shows Auto Lounge for those in Tri-Cities

engine

got home, 2s to goo.... I love my wife's dog, no really, I do, I think

I was, seriously, having trouble with glare the last time I raced this at PDX ... so the matte is for a purpose

[SuperBuickGuy]

pretty close to ready to race.... pop riveted the louvre back on

[SuperBuickGuy]

not many pictures but a lot of progress.

hired an online programmer - RA Design Performance out of California. I thought he did just bugs (which isn't a bad thing at all, including an 8s bug) but he did a great job of getting my car to run right. No more self-programming. I also learned a lot about the system. Still have a rewire job to do but as of now the car is officially ready to appear in 12 days at the Optima Challenge in Portland



now all i need is a vehicle to haul it there....

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You could get a rental truck!?

[SuperBuickGuy]

Wednesday or Friday at the latest is the word from the shop

I can't praise RA Design Performance enough. I rewired the IACV controller to match the Chrysler requirements (basically move two wires in the pinned connector)


So far, he's spent conservatively 8 hours between Sunday and today getting this thing tuned - and is planning on spending even more getting it fully dialed in, even now, as is, I'd run it but his pushing to make it perfect really impresses me.