Small Update on the GN

Here is the latest update from the restoration company. The car is really coming along.

The first pictures are of the front fenders down to bare metal. You can see how one already has the GNX style fender vent cut out. The other one still has to be cut.

The next pictures are front and rear shocks. I went with Bilstein because of their reputation and honestly, their availability. A lot of other shocks I was looking at had lead times of months.

Next few pictures are of headliner clips and the driveshaft loop. Next few is some pink stuff on the doors and fenders. Notice that the other fender vent has been cut.

Next pic is a teaser of the car being wetsanded/polished.

The next few are just some parts I ordered. All NOS GM. Cam sensor, Coil pack, and various other sensors.

The next few are of "Skinny" (one of the shop guys) working on the paint of the car. They actually sent me a bunch of pictures by mistake of some of the '57 Chevy's their working on, and one of them snuck into this gallery.

Then to finish up, a few pictures of the car outside after preliminary wetsanding and polishing.

The paint will be absolutely stunning when it's done. This restoration company has won hundreds of awards for their PPG-Certified restorations over the years.

And don't worry about the wheels/tires. I have ordered a set of CCW LM20's. They're custom wheels, the same brand as on my Z06. They will have anodized black centers and polished lips. 4" lip in the back. Badass :P

Small Update of the GN Pictures

Frame Assembly, Paint, and Parts

Quite a huge update on this DVD of pictures from the restoration company.

The first pictures are of the rear end and rear end parts being primered and painted. The next few pictures are preparation of the random plastic pieces being worked. Other various parts of the car drying after paint are next.

The next few pictures show how they finished the tub of the car. They used a coating similar to truck bed-liner. It's super strong, and looks awesome in person.

The next group of pictures show a few stages of completion in the installation of all of the suspension, brake, and other components on the now finished frame. The also redid all of the brake lines and things like that.

It's like a work of art in person.

Next pictures are of the doors and hood being stripped and readied for paint. The work on the hood was actually a waste since this hood is warped pretty bad. I'm picking up a new one next weekend.

New bumper strips were ordered and that is the next picture after the inner fender pic.

The shell of the car was painted and some pictures of it the next day outside follow. This is before any polishing or wet-sanding of course.

The next set of pictures is a huge load of parts that were delivered.

The first 4 are stainless tanks for power steering fluid, coolant overflow, and washer fluid. The next few are trunk carpeting and underhood carpeting.

The next few are of the intercooler. It's a PTE front mount. It's been powdercoated gloss black.

After that, a picture of the transmission mounts, custom fabricated.

One of the dipsticks I ordered came broken... replacement on the way.

The next picture is the radiator. It's a Charged Air Systems (CAS) custom piece. Polished and clear powdercoated.

Next pic is an NOS grille emblem. Walbro fuel pump is next, and the next few are various wiring harnesses from Caspars.

The next few is of the Razor's Alky kit, dual nozzle, that is going in the car.

My favorite piece so far is in the next pictures. The PTE Billet Dual Ball Bearing turbo. Should create some serious horsepower.

Next up is some beautiful ARP Stainless Steel headers, custom coated in Ceramique chrome.

Next few pics are a loaner intake that we'll be robbing some parts from (fuel rails, vacuum lines, etc)... New air conditioner compressor and condenser are next. After that is the turbo-saver which relocates the oil filter and feeds fresh oil to the turbo constantly. The next picture is the turbo oil return line that goes back into the block.

The set ends with the custom coated intercooler piping, the computer, turbo oil lines, ARP stainless intake bolts, and the new rear end cover.

A HUGE Update

Finishing the Frame and New Suspension Parts

The next set of pictures is the restoration company prepping the frame and finishing it. They sandblasted it to remove any surface rust and then primered it.

The next few pictures are of the suspension components that I chose to put on the car.

After that are some pictures of the sad condition of the fuel lines and sending unit. I purchased a brand new fuel tank, sending units, gas lines, etc. A new high-performance Walbro pump will be used with a Caspar's Electronics "Hot-wire" kit that bumps the fuel pump wiring to a much higher gauge.

The next pictures are why we decided to replace the frame. You can see it has some serious problems in it and in a restoration of this quality there's no way they wanted to use it.

There are a few pictures of the rear end and then the frame being painted. The last pictures are the frames, new and old, next to each other for transplant.

GN Frame and Suspension Work

Sorry It's Been So Long

Sorry it's been so long but I've been pretty busy and pretty lazy about updating this thing but I've had some requests to update it further.

I'll make multiple posts but do them in order of the pictures that I have.

The first pictures I had from before but didn't ever post them. Basically it's a few pictures of the frame that they'll be using from the parts Regal I bought. Also a few pictures of the car in a stage of primer.

Some Frame and Primer Pictures