JimC Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 She got here car for christmas. I hid it at the shop while I added the mods. The shop owner and his wife dropped it off in our neigbhors driveway Christmas Eve, I parked it in front of out home Christmas day. Shirley got up about 4:40am Christmas and I gave her her key. The work started with fresh engine and transmission oil, then removing the old parts prior to the arrival of the camera. The pictures will help tell the story. Row 1: Pics 1-3 Here is where I started taking pics with the wheels shocks off, with new springs. Pic 3 Just didn't look right with all the rust. Pic 4 Rust removal. Pics 5 - 8 the panhard bar gets installed, pic 8 is a sigh of relief it was colder then a witchs _ _ _ and my hands were frozen - were are the glove when you need them? Row 2: Pics 9 -12 New Shocks. Pics 12 - 16 New Lower Ars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Row 1: Pic 1. Pumpkin housing gets painted and fresh oil goes back in. Pics 2 - 6 Finished without straching the fresh paint. Pics 7-8 The Engine Row 2: Pics 1-2 Custom hood vinyl Pics 3-4 Rear Fender Vinyl Pics 5-6 Shirley get the get and sees the car for the first time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Here she is checking out her new car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 She sure looks happy !!! You did good Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_GT350 Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Nice job!!! I love to surprize them.... how did ya keep a secret that long and yet have time to work on it?!?!?!? the panhard bar gets installed pic it is a sigh of relief it was colder then a witchs _ _ _ and my hands were frozen - were are the glove when you need them? Ya know Jim, maybe if ya closed the garage door it wouldn't have been that cold!!! She sure looks happy, you can sleep well my friend, a job well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 The results are not bad Parts installed: FRPP Shocks Springs - lowered the car by 1 inch. GT500 Adjustable panhard bar GT500 Lower control arms Flowmaster exhaust - sounds nice, but I may install the Borla cat back system off the SS. All replacement oils are Royal Purple - We drove after replaceing the Engine and transmission oil and yes it did make a difference. Improved shifting & excelleration. The suspension parts greatly improved the handling of the car, it corners better and launches better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 She sure looks happy !!! You did good Jim. Thanks I wasn't sure if she was going to like it because it is a 5 speed and she didn't want to deal with the shifting. But once she saw it it was a done deal and when she got in it, well you could pry it away from her, its loaded, it talk and responds to voice commands and drives very smooth. Nice job!!! I love to surprize them.... how did ya keep a secret that long and yet have time to work on it?!?!?!? Ya know Jim, maybe if ya closed the garage door it wouldn't have been that cold!!! She sure looks happy, you can sleep well my friend, a job well done! Oh sure where were you when I could have used your words of wisadom At first it wasn't easy, First off I couldn't tell anyone in our house, the kids would have gave it up, so it was a head banger till I started toying with her. I'd call her and tell her the owner of the 65 we are restoring wanted to paint his car black and did know what color strip to add, what color would she pic. Then I told her I wanted to change the name of my car because everyone with a SS had Snake as part of the cars name and through out a bunch of name, Stang -A- Lang stuck, but she started to doubt my intentions and started cquestioning why I was coming home late wanting to know what I was up to. I had to do something, when she decided to take my truck to work instead of her mini and saw the old lower control arm in the back seat and got mad thinking I was buying more parts for my car. Which really set her off since I hadn't been able to FIND her a Christmas present. HEE HEE HEE... I had her believing she wasn't going to get a present. It was her driving my truck that made it all work. She likes driving my truck not her mini so I offered to give her the truck and told her I would sell the mini and buy a used clunker for me - WOW did she go bilistic on me. She said I was poning off my truck on her so I could buy the new Shelby GT350 HEE HEE HEE..... Boy does she know me or what. She was so fired up I knew I wouldn't be able to keep it from her on christmas, so I gave her the key before anyone in thje house got up and before she had her cup of coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel-b001 Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Nice to make some one happy ,hope she enjoys it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT NAJA Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Jim, Wow... what a Christmas surprise! Congrats to you and Shirley... and great job keeping it secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SicShelby Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 You da man Jimeh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saffer Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 What a cool christmas present.. Congrats, you did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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