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Well done sir, way to keep at it!
Slowly bringing my 95 back to its former glory as well. I wish I had a garage so i could be as meticulous! I'm using your work as something to look up to for myself While changing interior bulbs in the car my knee put a massive hole in the front drive leather seat Looks like I'll need to reupholster now! A couple weeks before the the convertible switch died. These cars are getting old breaking down like we are!
Well done sir, way to keep at it!
Slowly bringing my 95 back to its former glory as well. I wish I had a garage so i could be as meticulous! I'm using your work as something to look up to for myself While changing interior bulbs in the car my knee put a massive hole in the front drive leather seat Looks like I'll need to reupholster now! A couple weeks before the the convertible switch died. These cars are getting old breaking down like we are!
Appreciate the encouragement and kind words! Definitely a labor of love and hate haha. Don’t even mention about breaking down at 60 I feel it after rolling around on the concrete under her. I ain’t worked on her since about five months now but I have all the front end pieces ready to go on now. So after the first of the New Year I will get back in her in Ernest.
Well, I’m still at it! Slow but sure. Went several different directions than what I originally had planned. Have a BMR upper/lower A Arms, Meziere electric water pump to install in the water pump housing, a Dewitt’s 2 row aluminum radiator, new AC Condenser and last but not least an Earls Performance external trans cooler.
I also completely disassembled engine bay again and stripped/sanded down to bare metal, primered and resprayed the engine bay. I did this cause first time around when I started car was outside and paint didn’t adhere well and chipped off. Took two weeks of going at it to complete!
Congrats on all the work you've done! I appreciate the work involved. I had a 68 Chevelle that took me 7 years to complete. Went through a wife, house, car ended up in three different places at one time. Finally got it done and won 1st place the first 2 shows I took it to. Great feeling! Keep it up and you'll get it. I can't wait to see the final product!
Like other, this is my first post, just registered so I could comment on this incredible build.
I have just acquired a Gen 4, and am 55yrs old. I was searching for build posts and BINGO... came across your build.
Completely blew me away.
Being a motorcycle man first, car dude second, I have done ground up builds and done the same thing, where a bike sat for 5yrs before i finished it.
Still have the bike today and another half built. I would like to do this to my Gen 4 (LT1 - 94) but I know its too much work. So tip of the hat from me Sir...
The car I have acquired, father Inlaws car, is a minter, except it has a lot of surface rust underneath and i am thinking on what to do... I will start a thread here, and would appreciate any comments.
Keep up the good fight, it will be an incredible car when its done.!
Appreciate the comments guys! I’m 62 and I ain’t quick as I once was. Be the last time I do this unless I have a lift. Climbing and rolling around under a car sucks the older you get. I have a ton of photos I need to post to where she is now.
Amazing work - so impressive.
Every price is a work of art.
When will the start up be?
I have a car in bits, but I am not able to do what you have done.
I dream of doing work like this, but it is so expensive and time consuming but the reward is immense satisfaction.
My car - I have gutted the inside and am removing all the seam sealant, I am finding rust underneath, once I have neutralize the rust and painted it, what sealant did you apply on top of the seam?
Last edited by DukeComaro; Jul 26, 2025 at 08:22 AM.
I don’t know about a work of art but it is definitely a labor of love. I used POR-15 inside the interior floorboards and seams. I was lucky this car had very little rust and under carpet two patch pieces only and some surface rust. I have started her already but chasing a fuel related issue and process of replacing the fuel pressure regulator. I hope that is the issue. Most of the parts I bought when I was still working, and most of the work was done then as well. I hope to paint her next year and finally drive her again. It’s been a long process that seems never ending.
Well I typed out a reply and it never posted so who knows what I did 🤣! I appreciate the kind words about my build. It is a labor of love and hate sometimes in the same day.
I used POR-15 on floor pans after sanding. I didn’t have to sand a lot as there was just some surface rust here or there. I had to small patches I had to cut out and weld new steel in. So I got lucky in that regard. The car wasn’t bad just dirty when I got it. I just went crazy haha!
I have started it and had a few issues. First was the VATS, tuned out in PCM but the series of resister that was done before I got her had a broken wire. So no start situation. So I ordered a well made piece that you ohmed your key and selected the resister closest to it. That cured that issue. Then would crank and start and run a few seconds and cut out. So, got some starting fluid and sure enough she ran but of course cut out. I knew pump was new and I installed that, and pressure was good but on guage would bleed off slowly, so I am
in process of swapping out the fuel pressure regulator with a new AC Delco FPR. Hopefully get that done Monday and see if she will run or not.
Last edited by 97Z4CZ28; Jul 27, 2025 at 04:10 PM.
While changing interior bulbs in the car my knee put a massive hole in the front drive leather seat 
Looks like I'll need to reupholster now! A couple weeks before the the convertible switch died. 
These cars are getting old breaking down like we are!
