Captain Nguyen

Hi,

My name is Hoang Nguyen aka Captain Nguyen.
I'm 25 years old.

Ik bought 1985 Trans am for 900 Euro 2 years ago.
It has big nasty rust on car, but engine works as well, no damage or whatever.

And I'm also convert this car into Knight Rider also known as K.I.T.T.

Here are some pictures.



New KITT nose.


Restore rust.





Doors cann't restore of rust.


So I has got new doors.

Captain Nguyen

Very little paintjob.




Complete inspection of rust and big paintjob.




Has got PMD seat and recovered by me.


Tinting rear window black.

Captain Nguyen

A few month ago has he got new dashboard.


And also Gullwing steering wheel.


Ans Turbo Cast Rims are too way expensive to buy it, so I have got a few days ago black GTA rims.



So many pictues eh.....

Dr G

Good job, well done! You should buy a decent welding mask though! :-) Did you do the respray yourself? What is the 4th picture of? Which panel?

Captain Nguyen

The 4th picture is from the fenders.
Yes I did respray meself.
Yeah I must get have a head welding mask.

R1UK

A lot of hard work going on there.

3whiterag

Nice Job and welcome from St. Catharines, Ontario, "Home of the World's Best Powertrains."

Captain Nguyen

Thnx dude....

And I got Dual Y-Pipe and crossfire muffler from Germany.



Now I need good point to create U-Pipe for rear axle to connect from Y-Pipe to Muffler.
Like as this:


And I'm also adapt muffler.
So it will be not crossfire exhaust, but real dual exhaust.
Pic below:
That red line.... it will be closed.

RMK

Good job. Always love to see restoration work on these cars.

Captain Nguyen

My dual exhaust are just installed.

Before:






After:





BTW....
Spay are empty to complete black painting on exhaust.
And undercoating too......

RMK

what dimeter pipe did you use?

Captain Nguyen

About 56 mm/ 2.2 inch

Same as original Dual Y-Pipe.

The old single exhaust has some pipe of 3 cm/1.2 inch diameter