Rarest formula. restoration pics, predator body kit... - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

stomp1977 · 10-15-2009, 03:15 AM

Hi all here she is, an 87 factory yellow formula one of the very few ever made. When I 1st got her back in 1997 I lived in Fl and she was flawless. Over the years she got backed into and caught fire... twice. The car came with a computer controlled q-jet and an lg-4, but after the second fire I began from scratch and went with a jet stage 2 q-jet, and an msd distributor. Rebuilt heads, mild cam, headers, intake and so on. I started the body work in march 09. These pics are mostly from this spring and summer, a couple are from 1999. Recently added are the kobel predator body kit and hundreds maybe thousands of hours prepping for paint. I will be painting this week and updating as I go. Pics are worth a thousand words

so I'll just shut up now and let y'all check her out....http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...4&l=fb4a92a2d4

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hedberg667 · 10-15-2009, 04:15 PM

Man i can NOT say i am a fan of that body kit. It makes the front look to much like a T/A and those flares on the sides..... i just don't know. But i does look like you put the work in and its always good to see someone put their unique touch on a car so good luck with the resto

bj350hp · 10-15-2009, 07:35 PM

dude rare car!! But I'm not feeling the body kit..

I say take the body kit off and get some nice 17"-18" wheels and paint the car stock colors. Or just restore it to stock. But thats my

jensen73110 · 10-15-2009, 07:52 PM

You're gonna grow to hate that kit. It adds a LOT of wind noise at highway speeds, and is a b!tch around curbs. After 3 years I'd had enough and into the dumpster it went. Removing it makes it pretty much impossible to resell in any kind of decent condition.

mmadden55 · 10-15-2009, 07:58 PM

I like the body kit.

1ATony · 10-16-2009, 10:36 AM

Welcome to the site.Nice car.The car looked very clean in those early photos.

Glad to see you're restoring it back.

mikehaase1norse · 10-16-2009, 04:32 PM

i dig the body kit, i like anything out of the norm tho,

stomp1977 · 10-18-2009, 04:20 AM

Got containment all setup and posted a few more pics we are almost done taping everything , Taking a day off on sunday to propose to my girlfriend, gonna take her aboard the nina and or pinta sailing ships as they visit a near bye town, wait for the right moment then pop the question, not exactly on topic i know, but, Its killing me not being able to talk about it. gotta keep it on the down low

If all goes well we should be laying primer on monday and painting on tuesday. fingers crossed...

Bullydawg · 10-18-2009, 05:14 AM

Props for rebuilding her! Caught fire twice! Way to keep motivated!

VAN454 · 10-18-2009, 05:15 AM

Looking good, I must say that I like it better without the kit, but it's your car and different is good. Good luck on Sunday.....

Chevy8588 · 10-19-2009, 08:26 AM

my old 88 had that body kit, the pieces for the doors made them rust like a piece of bare metal laying in a moist salt pile

Brycek · 10-20-2009, 10:04 PM

glad to see it will be easy to remove the bumpers when all is said and done

.....reminds me of all those ricers where they fill everything.

stomp1977 · 10-27-2009, 06:38 PM

Finally got a chance to lay down some color an post some new pics of my progress. Still needs lots of work but she's comin along nicely. Got engaged sunday went real smooth, I am looking forward to taking her for a drive. I can't wait, still gotta lay much more paint and then buff and polish, but I am finally starting to get exited, Man, I am getting sick of sanding tho! I started sanding way back in march but i think its gonna be worth it...

CharcoalBird · 10-27-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by stomp1977

Finally got a chance to lay down some color an post some new pics of my progress. Still needs lots of work but she's comin along nicely. Got engaged sunday went real smooth, I am looking forward to taking her for a drive. I can't wait, still gotta lay much more paint and then buff and polish, but I am finally starting to get exited, Man, I am getting sick of sanding tho! I started sanding way back in march but i think its gonna be worth it...

As long as your excited, that's all that matters. A "rare" car like that though, i'd try to keep original...if your looking for something to modify, i'd buy a real cheap v6 car. That's the problem with SOME people on this site, they look for the top models of the two f-bodies to modify when they could get a real cheap V6 and swap cheap.

radical82 · 10-27-2009, 10:37 PM

Hey, build what you want!!!! I like anything that's unique, I guess. Lord knows everything I build is a bit off the wall!!! As an old hand at this body mods thing, get used to the purists putting the car down.....Just don't ever quit building cars the way you want to build them!!!! I'm sure the car was for sale to the general public at one time or another, if someone wanted to preserve it as an original survivor they should have got it then!!!!

Block sanding and fitting can be a bit tedious but it's got to be done and done well to get a good looking surface when you're done!!!! I always just remind myself that fit, finish, and detail is what separates good cars from average cars!!! Keep up the good work, anxious to see it all done!