looks awesome !!! love it

This build is so awesome! Some very crazy fab work to make this all fit. Did/ are you going to have to mess with the rear axle assy due to the wider width of the LX platform? That was one of the reasons I did not try to make the LX rear end fit in my swap.
I got 26 mpg right out the gate from my 5.7/NAG1 swap. It will be interesting to see how your build does. Since it has all the basic LX drive train It will be good all ready. Are you going to be able to eliminate.e the smog stuff?

Thanks Darius. Nope, everything stock SRT8. Just had to play with the backspacing on the wheels to make everything fit.



Don't want to eliminate any emission's equipment. Part of the reason for doing a full late model. No stink from gas vapors, no stink or death from the exhaust, etc.. This is a late model car with all the thinks that make a late model nice to have!

Thanks, Should be back next week wearing a powder coated epoxy primer.

Thanks, looking forward to finishing!!

get her back yet? how does she look?

Not yet. Their shop is a little behind on schedule. They decided to remove all the seam sealer and acoustic patches from the LX portion of the car due to the heat from baking the powder coat epoxy. That took them a few days longer and pushed the car out of rotation for coating. Better them than me!!!

Great Work Craig.!. The gas cap is the icing on the cake.. Keep the pictures coming...

Got a few pics from the blaster. They are terrible pics, so only posting one. More when I get it back.

Couple more he sent.

The grafting of the old and the new is awesome! It has been done before but this is the best I have seen!
Good luck with the build!
Pat

Thanks. Should have stripped the car before starting. Customer bought it under the impression it was ready to paint. After welding in the rocker beams, the heat flaked the primer off the rocker. Underneath was unscuffed original B5 blue. Knew at that point a total strip was going to be needed. Found many areas that surface rust had been primed over.

It will need a full right side quarter due to a very poorly installed skin, but everything else is workable.

Next up is seam sealer and coating the bottom with bedliner. Customer wants a driver, not a show car. VERY happy to accommodate this!!! Install suspension and roll it off to body and paint.

looks great with a little bit of rake in the body. cool how you let customer decide on the preferred angle

Just got this back this morning. Time to finish this up and send to body.

Looking very clean! Can't wait to see it painted!

Me too! Got my new 6s phone. Camera is pretty damn good. These are with it.

Looking great Craig!

IMPRESSIVE!!!!!

So JEALOUS!!!!

Color????

Color -

This is SOOOOOO sick! I'm looking way beyond the color Bro, fantastic clean detail in this pic. I absolutely LOVE the color too!