Finally- my own car gets a turn.....

[sfdon]

Just back from blasting and on its way to Perfect Reflections for Glasurite surface prep.
All these years of watching the other cars get their shot in the paint booth and now it’s my time.
I have 4 cars now at Perfect Reflections- incredi

ble work for incredible collector cars.

Perfect Reflections - Welcome

It’s now apparent there is some European repair history on this car- the fender stitching is something to see.

 

[Nicad]

Wow that place works on some incredible and rare machinery, hope to see some after shots.

 

[rsporsche]

thats great news ... im hopeful mine will get finished sometime soon

 

[Stevehose]

Looks like Jack the Ripper did the body work back in the day!

 

[Markos]

Very cool @sfdon! I had the pleasure of visiting this shop with you and I must agree with @Nicad!

 

[JayWltrs]

How exciting is that? I'd love to hear how they deliver an assessment to a colleague. Do they laugh and jeer or do they just shrug and proceed b/c they've seen everything?

 

[tferrer]

Yea Brian Hoyt is highly regarded. Pebble Beach winners come out of there! Congrats on getting to dole out some love for your own cars

 

[autokunst]

Hey Don, this is exciting news. Congrats on moving your car to this next step. The work that shop does is amazing. It really raises the bar! Say, that photo of the stitched fender, I am assuming this is right after coming back from media blasting. Did they then spray a coat of primer to seal the metal?

 

[Bimmer 3.0 CS]

Very cool @sfdon! I had the pleasure of visiting this shop with you and I must agree with @Nicad!

Me too!

 

[sfdon]

Hey Don, this is exciting news. Congrats on moving your car to this next step. The work that shop does is amazing. It really raises the bar! Say, that photo of the stitched fender, I am assuming this is right after coming back from media blasting. Did they then spray a coat of primer to seal the metal?

after 2 days of vacuuming and leaf blower and wiping down it goes in for Glasurit epoxy primer. I was warned about contaminating their booth with loose media.

 

[sfdon]

What to do with this car? It’s a 226xxxx car, so a 3.0 csi.
Purchased 20 years ago with a carbureted engine and an automatic tranny.
Lucky for me it has a CARB sticker as a 2 bbl 3.0 engine registered in Cali.
I think Mike Burger did a smart move by sticking a hot rod engine in his.
Either bring back to csi or euro 3.5 Megasquirt with cam?

 

[Stevehose]

You should put a ridiculous motor in that showcases your talents accumulated over the years, a rolling display of the SFDon mojo

 

[sfdon]

M90
94.5 bore
long stroke
schrick
MSPNP2
big c-tubes
close ratio
3.07 LSD
Euro headlights
Alpina closed caps
Recaros
ported stubs

 

[HB Chris]

No closed caps please!

 

[tferrer]

M90
94.5 bore
long stroke
schrick
MSPNP2
big c-tubes
close ratio
3.07 LSD
Euro headlights
Alpina closed caps
Recaros
ported stubs

That sounds like a MUCH better idea than building it stock. After all, if you're going to drive it, it'll be loads more fun ripping around Marin in a hotrod.

Now explain what big c-tubes and Alpina closed caps are?! ;-)

 

[Markos]

M90
94.5 bore
long stroke
schrick
MSPNP2
big c-tubes
close ratio
3.07 LSD
Euro headlights
Alpina closed caps
Recaros
ported stubs

I recommend that you reach out to @sfdon... Err never mind.

 

[sfdon]

That sounds like a MUCH better idea than building it stock. After all, if you're going to drive it, it'll be loads more fun ripping around Marin in a hotrod.

Now explain what big c-tubes and Alpina closed caps are?! ;-)

 

[tferrer]

Ahh, now I see why Markos said "no closed caps!"

 

[Markos]

Ahh, now I see why Markos said "no closed caps!"

@HB Chris

 

[dang]

I like closed caps.