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This Trans Am is owned by Michael Deaner. Michael writes:
"Hello,
and here it is...... its finally compete, after 1 year of work, and several
parts cars. Its finally done. I bought the car for $250 bucks, at
the time, it wasn't running, and was hit in the front end. The kid I bought it
from, said he tried for several months to get it running, but failed. So we
towed it home, did some basic troubleshooting, and to my surprise...haha....all
it needed was a fuse!!!!!!!!!!!!! A few days later the kid stopped by my shop,
laughing because I bought the car. He asked me if I got the piece of crap
running. Then it was my turn to laugh!!!!!!!!! I purchased after-market
parts but was very disappointed with the fit.
So I started my search. After buying several original front fenders here and
there, getting them home and stripping them, realizing that they were junk.
But, I finally found two good ones. The hood is the original off the car,
although it was (at one time) creased up almost to a point. I totally
removed the hood skin, and started the reshaping process. Shrinking it here,
stretching it there, until it was 100%. The car was rusted out in some of the
strangest places. Right in the middle of each door, each quarter panel.
So my search for perfect replacements started. The whole car was stripped down
to bare metal, etched, and epoxy primed. I spent months getting perfect body
lines. And I do mean perfect. Rear quarters were installed and the whole car
was etched in primer on the inner panels. Final process was to use spray in bed
liner for sound deadening and protection. The interior was hand made from
tweed and I maintained the original colors, black and gray. Now pay close
attention to the Trans Am Birds, as they are custom painted. Ghost, with harlequin
paint. Standing in one area, they look blue, another area, red, then gold, and
then, and then and then. They change colors to about 18 different colors, it
all depends. The body, is painted in PPG, DBC Base coat, with blue pearl,
mixed in with the 9700 pitch black. During the day, its pitch black, but at
night, with lights shinning on it, its a pretty pearl blue. Please enjoy the
pics. I'm the owner of a custom paint and body shop, and just wanted a
nice clean, different car. Yes, the wing is hand made also, took about 3 months
and its about 6 different pieces molded together, but it looks great."
Thank, you,
Michael D
Enjoy this bonus "before" pic to give you an idea of what this car
looked like while undergoing the restoration.
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