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The Devil Is In The Details

shmotorsny — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:39:22 +0000

First, we want to give a shout-out to our body guy, Jeff Dishaw, owner of Legacy Collision. He did a fantastic job on the paint.

The next step (or steps) will be all the detail work, like emblems, moldings, some lights, weather strips and a lot of other miscellaneous goods. There is definitely a light at the end of the tunnel!

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In Living Color!

shmotorsny — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:19:20 +0000

Jeff the painter sent some progress pictures of the car in the paint booth. It seems to be coming along quite nicely. Looking forward to the final reveal!

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Prime Time!

shmotorsny — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:58:01 +0000

The Ash Mart has been primed and is almost ready to be painted. Jeff has done an amazing job so far and I can hardly wait to see the final product. I know it will look beautiful!

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Home Stretch!

shmotorsny — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:56:42 +0000

Well, the car finally made it to the body shop to be painted. It’s been a long, but productive few months. I hope to have a body shop update soon, but for now, enjoy the photos of the last leg of the journey!

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Plugging Along…

shmotorsny — Sun, 01 May 2011 18:21:15 +0000

Well, this kit is proving to be quite a challenge to say the least!

Since our last blog post, the fuel filler door has been fitted and secured, the wheels and tires arrived, and the tail lights have been fiber glassed and installed, but I still have to bondo them in.

It’s been a steady, albeit slow process, but there is some light at the end of the tunnel! Many thanks to our customer for being patient and understanding!

Progress, Progress, Progress!

shmotorsny — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:10:12 +0000

Well, Jerry and I have been quite busy around here. The car is getting closer and closer to the point where it will be ready to paint. Here’s just a sampling of what we’ve done since the last post:

modified the trunk for the new trunk panel
installed the license plate lights and bolt retainers
fitted the hood
fitted the front fenders
laminated the trunk extension

All of this work involved extensive fiberglass work. We’re now getting ready to secure the front fenders to the donor car now that they’ve been fitted correctly.

Stay tuned!

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Door Work

shmotorsny — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:28:08 +0000

This week, we custom fit the door skins to accommodate the door handles and laminated the original hood skin onto the kit’s hood that was cut from the front clip. The new fuel door was fitted to the quarter panel as well. We’ve also received the front grill and the white side marker lights.

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Build Progress

shmotorsny — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:00:45 +0000

In spite of the cold temperatures as of late, the build marches on. The old quarter panels have been successfully cut off and the metal ground down to prepare for attaching the new quarter panels and the rear bumper.

If you would like more information on this kit and others like it, please visit http://carkitinc.com/ to view photos, videos and more.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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Project Update

shmotorsny — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:40:40 +0000

In addition to mounting the Lambo doors, we’ve cut the skin off the hood, and cut the new hood out of the front section of the front clip. Our next step is to mount the new hood on to the donor car hood structure. After that, we will cut the quarter panels and rear sections from the donor car.

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Project is Underway!

shmotorsny — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:45:43 +0000

Santa came a couple of days early and dropped off our donor car on December 23, 2010. We’re taking this 1997 Jaguar XK8 and turning into a beautiful replica of an Astin Martin Vanquish, aka Ashmart. This is just the first step in transforming an already great looking car into an even better looking, sleek roadster.

So far I’ve removed both front fenders, front fascia, wheel wells and hood. In preparation for installing the new front section, I cut out corresponding sections of the right and left supports. Stay tuned for more posts and more photos!

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