September 2014 Ride of the Month! G S!

Thanks for the votes and compliments!

Previous car was chitbox 93 9C1 that blew a head gasket. Found this 96 B4U for a few hundred dollars more than what it was going to cost to fix the 9C1, and had full leather/power. It was originally Marblehead Metallic with grey interior.

The guy I bought it from had already deleted the antenna, trunk key, wheel moldings, and hood ornament. I picked up new-in-box fiberglass smoothie bumpers cheap off craigslist, and used a homie hookup over at a paint shop to get bumpers on and car sprayed. Before paint:



The rear wheels are also a craigslist score - N97's stretched to 10" that were used with slicks at the track, but the guy wrecked his Impala and sold the wheels to me. I had the whole set painted and put BFG 245/60's up front and 295/50's out back. I get the most compliments and questions about the wheels



I've been repairing/replacing/modifying/customizing as needed, becomes available, or can afford it. I scored another craigslist find on a lot including the headers, Holley TB, tuned PCM, F-body MAF & aluminum radiator for $500. Changed up my engine bay quite a bit with that one buy



The interior is showing it's age, but will get a complete makeover in 2015. I'll be going all out on that. Most recently I participated in the Phoenix Spree "Cannonball Run" and was up against some pretty stiff competition - Lotus Elise, Hemi SRT8 Charger(that was a beast), '12 SS Camaro, Porsche 935, C6 Vette, 280Z that was fast as **** to name a few




I didn't win the race, but did get Host's "Choice" award. Here she is on race day



And another downtown by the Diamondbacks stadium



My submission pick was from a massive cruise "freeway takeover" hosted by one of the local car promoters. This is me waiting to start that run



Here is me with my Uncle-in-Law and his numbers-matching '66 Charger at a charity car show just after my 3rd place win @INC Madness 2(trophy in engine bay)



I do enjoy driving my Cappy, and is usually my daily driver. She is showing some signs of road use, but was never intended to be a trailer queen. This one gets driven!!!

Thanks again everybody

another from freeway takeover

96 Black said:

VERY well deserved win! Thanks for the history and details. A lot of effort, and all pulled together into quite a good look there.

Now enough about you. More pics of your in-law's Charger!

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Thanks! Here are some more pics of Uncle's Charger:







Here is his car show "make out point" set up: flower vase, chilled alcohol, rear seats folded down with blankets

new pics

Here's some more recent pics (I added to my sig)

Interior items going in

So here's the stash of interior items that I've been collecting, that are going in this month:

• Replacing dash pad and adding cover
• Replace lower dash and repaint
• 96 Impala steering column
• z28 cluster
• Monte Carlo wheel
• Roadmaster HVAC conversion
• Oldsmobile LSS center console/floor shifter
• Olds LSS seats (to be reworked)
• Blazer overhead console
• New carpet
• New headliner
• Replace door panels

New interior mostly done

After a long time planning, and having a vision in my head, the interior is in. There a few minor things to work out, but I'm happy with how it came out so far: