Well the car is 90% clean (going to wait to get on Disney property later this afternoon to clean the remaining 10% and cover her for the night).
So here is what I’m packing …. so far.. Wife just informed me that I forgot to pack a change of cloths for the 3 days we’ll be on site.
Wife just informed me that I forgot to pack cloths for the weekend… oops.
I’ll be updating the site from the event with more pictures as the weekend progresses.
While my car is a 6-speed with STP (Super Track Pack) I was suppose to have self leveling nivomats shocks but to my surprise and delight I had the Bilsteins, thus I was able to go with a better spring for handling and stance.
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Eibach Sportlines, lowered the car by 1.7″ Big thanks to Rob and Ronnie for getting this done in about 3 hours.
A work in progress, this will be my new info card / banner stand for events. It uses a 63″ X frame with one sand bad to hold it up. Rolls up into a small bag 24″ x 4″ when not in use
Another great turnout today for an early am photo shoot.
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Looking to do some of these for our group, Central Florida Challenger Owners in a few weeks. I’ve personalized them to each persons car. Hope they turn out good enough for public view.
I used an adapter from a company called Seriousemf, 2010 SRT front rotors and 2007 Corvette Pads (because the rotors are thicker you have to use a thinner pad.
Adapter kit (pictured with pads, but I purchased my own rotors and pads separately)
I went with Nate from Rebadge to upgrade both my steering wheel and dash badge.
People have been asking me about my shaker/TA hood from AFR. Here is an animated GIF I put together to show off the setup
Just received this in the mail from our local car club, thought others may be interested.
Dream Cars Weekend
A car enthusiast’s dream vacation, will be held at Walt Disney World’s Coronado Springs Resort during Labor Day weekend, Aug 30-Sept 2, 2013. This is the largest car event ever held on Disney property.
We are offering a special event rate of $99 per night at the Coronado, which is a 2000 room campus style resort with 280,000 square feet of meeting/exhibition space and 5 pools. Along with your room reservations, you will receive 2 free after-4 theme park tickets.
The Mustang Club of America Grand National show will be held at Disney’s Richard Petty Speedway and will be sharing the resort with Dream Cars Weekend. They expect over 800 Fords and have already booked 1/3 of the rooms. The resort will be sold out so please book early.
Event highlights:
• Open to all makes & models
• Pre-Registration $75 (before 7/31/13) – includes 1 event shirt, 1 event canvas bag, 1 ticket for the Disney Cruise Line® giveaway & 1 Moonlight Beach party ticket (additional tickets sold separately)
• Dreambuilders Marketplace & custom cars inside the exhibit hall
• Friday night Green Light Kick Off Party – 1920′s Speakeasy theme & all-you-can-eat buffet
• Saturday night Moonlight Beach Party – Tropical luau theme & all-you-can-eat buffet
• Sunday night Night of Dreams Street Party – free outdoor concert
• Monday morning Rise & Shine Breakfast – 1950′s diner theme & all-you-can-eat buffet
• More event activities are being planned
Tara Bush
407-617-4201
www.DreamCarsWeekend.com
Visit us on Faceboook.com/DreamCarsWeekend
Download Registration PDF
Ever since I replaced my Hurst ball shifter handle with the 1970′s pistol grip shifter handle, I’ve wanted to swap the original plastic simulated wood handles with real wood. I’ve found this to be way harder then it should be as the only company who use to produce these no longer have the ability to do so. I’m told their hand carver passed away several years ago and they’ve been trying ever since to find an affordable way to do this with modern technology.
Well after many months and many phone calls, I was about to give up until I found a company that produces hand made wood products for trucks and they where up for the challenger. While I can’t give out their name it was expensive but well worth the price.
The only problem, was I was unable to send them the actual handle. I could only send them my second set of carbon fiber grips (sic). The process took only a week and they came close but I had to put in a few hours of grinding and resanding them a bit .. a lot
As you can see here the new wooden grips where much thinker and did not follow the contour. Also even the original plastic grips (wood and carbon fiber) where off a bit when installed onto the handle. Thus I wanted to tweak the final product a bit anyways. I’ve never done this kind of wood work before so I was a bit hesitant to ruin a very expensive and hard to get piece.
Well after 3 hours late last night I think I got them perfect. Ran to Home Depot this morning to pickup some fine sandpaper, stain and wood putty and am currently in between coats of polyurethane. Once finished I’ll post more photos before and after installed.
Update: added some “almost finished images” need about 3-4 more coats of polyurethane
