The Building of the Blue Mistic

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Well, yesterday I got the tunnel all finished. It is welded in and seam sealed. I will take a pic of that tomorrow. I picked up the K-Member, Upper and lower control arms from the powder coaters today. It looks awesome, the pics do not give it justice. The color is metallic silver.
 

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A picture of the tunnel for the 545RFE transmission:
 

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Good to see you making progress. It's going to be a nice ride.
 
I finished the final coats of primer and sanding of the engine bay. I tape it all off and used bed-liner to coat the frame. I am two-toning the bay with black frame rails and body color engine compartment. Here is the pic after the third coat and still taped off:
 

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Also got the front of the radiator supported painted also. I am very happy with the turnout, everything looks beautiful in person, sharp lines and I love he contrast.
 

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I got the car down to the painter today. I do not have the body ready to paint yet, so he is doing the engine bay first and then bringing it back once I get the engine installed.
 

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Here is the color that I picked. He mixed it up today and I am in love. It is the PPG version of the Viper color, Snakeskin Green. It looks awesome in person.
 

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Hey bro:) car looks killer! You've made some progress from my last check in! Gotta make plans to get out to see you and the car! Keep the pics coming:)
 
Got the engine bay shot yesterday. I took a cellphone pic on an overcast day today, so it does not accent the gold metallic real well, so the picture does not do the paint justice:
 

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carls72dart said:
Hey bro:) car looks killer! You've made some progress from my last check in! Gotta make plans to get out to see you and the car! Keep the pics coming:)
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I still plan to drive the car out when its done. Should be plenty enough time for you to get that 340 in and smoke through the gears. :cheers:
 
Here are a couple pictures of the engine bay in the sun:
 

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I LOVE snakeskin... GREAT color. Keep it up. So the blue mistic is green?
 
replicaracer43 said:
Looks killer! whats up with the hole beside the wiper motor though?
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It is for the hotwire Auto wiring harness. I am not sure if I am going to regret the location or not. I hope not.

Thanks all for the compliments. It was a big step and a big decision on the color. I am very happy and excited about it. So yes, the blue is turning green.... with envy.
 
At a big stand still now. I cut my right arm to the bone, including 6 tendons to my right hand. So no engine install for me until November.
 
First time I saw that green on a Viper I had to look up the name.That snakeskin is a wild color. Fill us in on the injury. Sounds kinda serious.
 
I just installed the 16'x8' door on my garage that I built over the last year. I tightened the springs down and got some binding when I opened the door all f the way. When I was relieving some tension, the spring kicked and wedged my arm into the track, cutting it down to the bone and 3-4" long. Went into a 2 hour surgery and am out of work (Deputy Sheriff) for at least weeks. I start physical therapy in about a week. It sucks mainly because I was about to install the hemi in my Dart yesterday and decided to get the door done instead.
 
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