LOOKING FOR PICTURES OF 3RD GEN SHOW CARS BUILT BUY YOU GUYS AND GIRLS. PLEASE BE HONEST I DONT WANT TO SEE PICS DONE BY SOMEONE WHO PAID TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO THE WORK

why?

If you paid for it then it's self built....

top to bottom done by my two hands, never been to anyone elses shop or anything, full drivetrain full paint full interior and comin in two weeks...full custom built turbo kit....here she is...

Verry nice job and by the way nice hood but i bet you have heard that alot
and to nite rider i respectfuly disagree its only self built when you put your time swet and blood into it im not tring to dis any one if you would rather have someone else do the work then that is your desision but i take alot of pride in saying i did it.....

why... why not if i want to see work done by a pro builder with every tool known to man and the money to burn ill watch the speed chanal. But what i like seeing is midle class people such as my self who do the best work that they can with what they have in there shops at home in my opinion a self built hotrod that the owner puts there time and effort into is what truely makes a super car... but thats just my opinion

mines not done yet.. did the body and interior, now I'm swapping in a 5 speed this spring and then a built small block sometime within the next year or so (if all goes as planned). check out my cardomain in my sig.

and I like this thread.. goes well with the whole "built not bought" motto..

CAR IS LOOKING GOOD MINE STILL LIKES ALOT BUT I HAVE ALOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT IT HAS BECOME BECAUSE I DID IT MY SELF

mines not done yet either if you wanna see it go to my car domain the whole thing has been rebuilt by me and my dad. i just wish i had pics of when i started, she was pretty rough

no that would be self bought.


Mine is bought, built and driven by one man only.

I like this thread too. I have respect for any vehicle according to the hobbie, but I too like to see what us ordinary, not millionare, people can do...

I can't say mine is quite showcar yet, but it will be soon enough. I have a few pics on CarDomain, nothing too recent sadly. I will take and upload some pics soon...

wow freak out!!!

i didnt mean to offend you dude i was just asking if there was a purpose to this or if it was just for giggles?

alot of people on here when they request pics is because they either need some ideas or cant choose between certain options. Or, like myself, sometimes ask stuff for school projects.

Just my .02 cents tho, you cant always generalize. You basecally said that "everyone who has built their own show car is middle class". Most of us, including myself, are middle class. But in most cases being part of a middle class society isnt holding us back from taking it to a shop and having someone else do it. This is a hobby, a toy, in some cases a dream, who needs a showcar to survive?? For most of us its in our blood, ive been around cars since i was a lil baby. I dont do the work myself because i cant afford to take it to a shop but because i really enjoy getting hands greasy on my own whip.
Check out my signature, mine is a work in progress like almost everyone elses. A true showcar is always underconstruction. There is always something you wanna do to it, something you wanna improve, something you wanna replace.

Paying someone to build my car is no fun. i wouldnt even consider it being "my" car, it would be just a car that i bought. I'm sure if i did spent the money on something like that i would find tonnnnnssss of things that i would've done differently on it.

I'm not trying to get on your bad side but i just wanted to clarify my first post.

Whats a show car

a show car is your car in the future fueledsoul. btw how much did you pay for those valve covers? i just bought a set for 100 on ebay. seein if i got a good deal or not.

Don't know that I would classify it as a show car (yes it has been to car shows), but its just what my son and I built for our own enjoyment. Completely done by us here in the garage.

I never really liked that word show car i guess mine would fall under the category of "Pro-touring" i will drive mine and the only show you'll get is the one when i drive by with sun bouncing off the shinny clear coat

Yea i got mine for around $100 (the tall ones) what set did you end up getting?

Beautiful cars above!!!! I love the clear hood sections!!!

Regarding the discussion, reminds me of a friend of mine who built a barn and was talking to another person about building a barn. My friend was interested in the details of construction because he did it himself and asked the second person, who was at a loss because he had hired a contractor. And there is nothing wrong with that. Some people enjoy the journey, others enjoy the destination. It's great for either one.

A case in point, I had a machine shop do the machining work on my engine build but I selected the components and did the final assembly and installation myself. The kicker is that 75% of the time, the stereo is off when I'm driving. I just enjoy the sound of the engine and to know that I did it (and I now have over 10,000 km on that build) just makes the smile a little bigger than if I had had someone else do the build and installation.

Doing as much as you can with these cars is where the true satisfaction of the hobby comes into play.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...%3AIT&viewitem=

got these ones here

alvanwie, did you fix your dash pad corners?

I get bored of posting pictures of my convertible because I'm sure just about everyone here has seen it. It looks pretty close to stock with subtle unique "neat-o" mods here and there that I did myself, such as my custom grill, the LS1 brakes all around, the glass window top, the sound system, the nightshaded tail lights, etc.


I never get tired of showing off my fiance's car though, because that's the one car that had a serious transformation in my very own garage.

These cars are never done..

Amen to that!

Is it that low or is that a photoshop? What size wheels?

Dude strait up i love the way you look at it sorry i took your first post wrong i am a middle class yes but i could aford to have moste of the work done but like you i take so much pride in doing it my self... And you are right just because we are middle class dont make us poor. so keep doing what your doing. I didnt realy start this for any real reason other than i love showing my car off to my friends and i want to see what every one else is doing.. but dont worry im not a coppy cat i try to keep stuff uniqe

Here are a few shots of mine. A friend and I have done most of the work together. Check out my sites for everything that I have done and all the shows I have been to.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/295097
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/715239

you got any pics? from what i can see in the lil picture the color looks similar to mine, what blue is that?

Yes, the only bad part on the dash pad was the driver side corner. Tried using a vinyl repair kit. Did not really work very well.

cam 4.JPGLIKE I SAID THE PREDITOR IS A LONG WAY FROM DONE BUT IT IS A GOOD WORK IN PROGRESS OR I LIKE TO THINK SO THIS PIC WAS TAKEN SUNDAY RIGHT AFTER IT WAS PAINTED HOPE TO BUFF IT THIS WEEKEND IF I HAVE TIME

O YA THE PAINT IS CALLED FAST BLUE BY DUPONT CROMA BASE

Well,heres a few pics of my car.Completely built by my 2 hands only!





lots more pics located in sig of the GTA.These are just a couple of before/after shots.

Granted,my car is not nearly as nice as some others(charged350)for one has 1 slick ride!

But,my car is def. built for me by me!
Hope my 91-z turns out this nice!

here are the new pics of the camaro blaw 010.JPG

1991 Z-28 pretty much self built, 355 HSR, Auto to M6 swap, leather interior, all done by owner, except for paint, and then I stripped all the body work off of it and shipped it to the paint shop on a roll-back.
Mike

Here's my little project, good ole Black Betty

before...


after... and totally built by my own 2 hands




~JAKE

nice nice nice

nice nice nice

Before

During

After

First pic is the day I got the turd. Then I did a small resto, new paint, intetior. Drove it like that until I got out of high school..now its apart again, cage, motor, every inch other than underside of car is being painted..All done by my dad and I. I do the paint and body work..hes the go fast man..last pic is after body work and primed geting ready to for paint..painted it factory red..then changed my mined about 3 months later..now its 2001 SOM

Few at car shows..next to my dads 68 bird at Street Machine Nationals is Springfield, MO. Then one of a few of us at our hotel waiting to go on the crusing through town..the white mustang won 1st place in peoples choice in 06..the pictures are from 07..but odd..new car but hes a buddy of ours so we were happy for him but kinda lame..thow wheels and stripes and you win at one of the bigger car shows in Missouri!

i didnt paint it, but i did pretty much everything else.
I like the phrase "pro-touring" as well for most cars here. A show car is usually a car built only for show and is really not practical for normal use, if it even runs!




i seriously need new pics...... come on spring!!!!

cars are looking good thanks to every one who has posted on the thread..
sorry my pics are so small i cant figure out how to post them biger and i would like to know how yall make the flyers at the bottom of yalls postings.

Some nice work in this post!

So if you dont possess the skills or the tools to build your own hot rod.. its not really a hot rod?

Come on.. This thread is for the technical people.

I am a wheel man.. Not a wrench turner. So sue me

bum attitude??

What I don't like is people that claim they build their cars because they just "blueprinted" or dreamed it... NOT actually buy the parts, take a weekend to install, tighten bolts etc... Paying someone else to build your idea doesn't qualify as you building the car... Not referring to anyone specific here... When I go to McDonalds I don't claim I made my own burger...

LOL! Nice one. But I have to say, don't look down on those that pay someone to do the work, where do you draw the line? I do everything on my cars, and if I don't know how I learn. But I don't plan to build an engine for it, I want to fit an LSx, so I will buy one ready tp go, have I still built the car then? I don't know if I will paint the car myself when the time comes, I haven't done a whole car before and I don't want the sort of results I would likely get with my first paintjob. I plan to do all the strip down and surface prep, but sometimes it is a good thing to use professionals, very few peopel can do everything on a car well.

I don't look down on them, I just don't believe its right for someone to claim they built a car when in reality they have never popped the hood. Now, by "built a car" I don't mean physically welding a frame and machining an engine, I mean getting your hands dirty with grease, changing out your spark plugs, replacing water pumps and such. I know not everyone has the resources to work on their cars (I currently live in an apartment and don't have a garage). I personally have never replaced an engine and plan to in the future but I am putting together a turbo settup on my own and plan to install it on my own, not take it to a shop to do the work for me...simply put, people shouldn't take credit for their mechanic's work, even if they paid them...

True enough mate, and to those who don't know how, none of us was born with the knowledge, just have a go and ask questions.

Oh and this is one of my favorite cars on here (even if it's not a 'bird), great job Sickness. Tell me about the airbags, are they hard to fit, how did they effect the handling and/or ride? Where did you put the tank?

yeah those people are the ones who keep me in a job! haha
but I honestly don't look down on those people but I do personally feel that everybody should atleast do their own tune ups and maintenance (provided they have a space to do it).. the people who bring their cars in just to have their windshield wipers replaced are the ones who annoy me, along with the ones who bring cars in just to change light bulbs...