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No sale at $1.7mil. Which is what it sold for at Kissimmee earlier this year.

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Dave

Here's a smaller version.

With the distractifications out of the way, I can resume progessiveness :hmmm:on the 507. Doors were on the list of things to finish up along with, um, everything else. I chatted with my upholstery guy and came up with a plan for that when the time comes. I told him about how I planned to make the door panels and he said, “You make it, I will upholster it.” I just love guys that are so confident in their chosen trade.:headbang: I made the panels to mimic the originals with a few exceptions based on my specific doors. Mainly, the long arm rest had to be separated due to the window regulator on my car being lower than the original.
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I still was able to incorporate the two pockets with hinged doors like original. I made a mini-wood buck for the door doors (door doors?:confused2:) which allowed me to get the shape right. Glass was already patterned earlier with an MDF panel, but I fine tuned that with some tape and then cut the panels out of 1/4”plastic. This will be the final pattern for the glass guy to use when the time comes. The roll up and down nicely!:wink:

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I 3D printed the heater control bezel along with knobs. The sliders are from an MG that I cut a welded up fit my dash space. The bezel also has the correct markings on it (color inside the circles to follow) with gradient indicators on each up the upper sliders and direction arrows for the footwells too. Two speed heater fan indicator reliefs too!
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I’m not overly happy with those door panels based on the placement of the window crank. I’m thinking after all is said and done and then car is disassembled for paint, I may install power windows to eliminate the regulator and move a “dummy” crank handle to the correct position allowing me to make another arm rest to the proper length. I know they make switches that you can mount a window crank on which gives the appearance of the manual window yet is the power window switch under it. We’lll see.

Next up is the A-pillar trim out and I’m off to the metal shop to get supplies to make a hardtop. Woohoo!!!! And with no more distractions, I’m hoping to have it move under its own power this week.

Stay tuned, more to come!

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Dave

Just move the window crank now and only do the door panels/arm rests once. You KNOW you want to and it will look much better .. https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.ph...y-emoticon.gif

Wow, amazing work Dave!!:beers:

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SUCCESS!!

Vid to follow!

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Dave

https://youtu.be/0Apac95xJSI?si=sHNd9L5DfhAiBx-D

A little shaky on the camera, but it's just the phone. I figure when Discovery comes calling, it'll be more professional looking!:biggthumpup::bs:

Longer test drives to come!

3yrs after I started this I'm now driving it. Far from done, but it's on the road and will be legal (vin, tags, title) next month.

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Dave

"You little Speed Demon!"

Congratulations Dave, that is a big hurdle that you have overcome. :beers:

That's great, Dave. Nobody will even ask the insulting question "is it a kit" because nobody will know what it is.

I always figured I could get a 289 Slabside Cobra through our double front doors and park it where the dining room table is. I think you should park that car right in your living room.

That is so effing AWESOME!! Congrats on such a monumental milestone.

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Awesome update also amazing accomplishment, congrats on a successful first flight!
The extra smiles are easily understandable, part happy new owner ready to enjoy their new toy plus an even happier builder w/ one more project soon completed/taillights down the road!
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~ Pete

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Thanks, Guys! I appreciate the comments. Now it’s onto the final windshield trim, minor leftover items, and a hardtop (hopefully that is done before MCACN). More test driving to come!

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Dave

Amazing Dave - well done and congratulations!

Congratulations Dave! I saw the video on YT before you posted it on here, and it's amazing what you've done. Very few people could do it!

Thank you guys! I appreciate it!:headbang:

Can’t wait to finish it up!

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Dave

If this alone is not reason enough to join us at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals show, I don't know what is...

OK fine; Kelly will be there too!

Bashton

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Dave

Looks Awesome!

Wow, looks super.

----Damn, that Beemer is beautiful!!!....Bill S

Hate to be "that guy" Bill; but.... a "Beemer" is a BMW motorcycle, and a "Bimmer" is a BMW car.

Does it matter in the grand scheme of things? Probably not.

Mark Twain, when speaking of himself in the third person, stated: "Well, also he will notice in the course of time, as his reading goes on, that the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning."

Twain later acknowledged some semi-plagiarism from his good friend, Josh Billing, who had said something similar many years earlier.

:biggthumpup:

All I can say is... wow, what an accomplishment!! :worship:

Is the Ferrari running yet?? :naughty: :grin:

----I am truly humbled, Lynn!....Bill S

Well, you shouldn't be. Common mistake.

Glorious! What an accomplishment. Thanks for taking us along on this sweet journey!

"I’m not overly happy with those door panels based on the placement of the window crank. I’m thinking after all is said and done and then car is disassembled for paint, I may install power windows to eliminate the regulator and move a “dummy” crank handle to the correct position allowing me to make another arm rest to the proper length. I know they make switches that you can mount a window crank on which gives the appearance of the manual window yet is the power window switch under it. We’lll see."

How much trouble would it be to make the window crank be the power window switch? Maybe you could put contacts inside the door panel so that if you move the crank up a little bit the window goes up and move down to lower the window. Just a thought.

I will be crawling all over this gem at MCACN!!!

Visually crawling, no scratches!!!

Ryan W31

That’s exactly what I’m going to do. :grin:They make those switches and that will be the plan, but not immediately. I’m starting on the A-pillar trim today along with the hardtop :cool2:

Thanks for the kind words, and no the Ferrari isn’t running yet!:no::shocked: But I might have started the parts purchasing on that one for the future start date. But before that, the Vette will get some love:3gears:

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Dave

slacker....

From Motor Trend, 10/1972

Great article, but the last paragraph is not correct info. That's not Chassis 70079 (the one Elvis owned) as that car was already in the states when that article was written. Still interesting though!

But another big day; today was VIN assignment day! In the eyes of the DMV, this is now a legal car with a state issued VIN based on the engine serial number. So dare I say, this is a numbers matching car! :headbang:

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It's not everyday you see a 507 on a uhaul!

Next up, a safety inspection along with title application. But before that I need to attach the VIN to the door jamb. Now I can get the data tags filled out too.

Woohoo!! It's now a real car. Inspection process was fun and created quite a stir with all the officers and others in line coming to check it out. Fun stuff!

Cheers
Dave

PS: up next, Hardtop!

Way cool super Dave!:beers:

Congratulations - what a cool milestone.

I'll bet their eyes bugged out when you had to explain exactly how much of it you built.

Awesome!

Can we start a GoFundMe so Dave can get an enclosed trailer?

We should be expecting Super Dave to build a crew cab truck and enclosed trailer from scratch, in what, maybe sixty days?? :beers:

LOL, too true!