My dad and I rebuilt this car together. It is my first car and I am in absolute love with it. Just wanted to share a few pictures of the rebuild process!

Day we bought it:






Replacement hatch:


Dual Exhaust:


Rebuilt 350:


Day it got back from the paint shop:




About 3 months ago:






Overall before and after:

 

Love the color man. Looks like it turned out great. Get some different wheels on there and that will be perfect.

 

Agreed...the chrome 3 spoke 15 inch polished American Racing wheels with 75 series tires kinda kill the car visually. They're just so 1990. If you like them, then that's all that matters, but since you asked...

Some 17 inch Torque Thrust II's with gray spokes would look real nice on it IMO. Or honestly, just some factory 16 inch IROCs would make a world of difference for probably half the price.

Otherwise it looks like a decent budget build -- looks like the car was just about ready to be parted out when you got it, so there's no question you've made some vast improvements. I actually like the color change, it's not often that you see someone go from Red to Blue (it's usually the other way around). Gonna need to get that a/c hooked back up before the summer though!

I'm guessing the interior is your next project as we haven't seen any photos there...looks like it's coming along nicely nonetheless.

 

I didn't expect people to pick out the wheels! They're the American Racing Venturas, on 235 70 15s, I liked the muscled look it gave the car, maybe that's just me though.


I've already had my back bench and back buckets re-upholstered, I just never thought to take a picture of them for some reason. They're the 84 houndstooth design! I'll get some pictures up later!

 

Super nice car and love the color, but the wheel/tire combo needs to go.