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Offline kwildeboer

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1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« on: July 06, 2010 - 03:16:13 PM »
Started doing some work on the cuda and will be updating this as i go.

day 1.




picked this car up from pinkice.

got the car shipped here and then started day 2.



got the whole front end ripped apart with 25 mins of it off the trailer.

start of day 3, was sanding down all the black off the car.








Day 4. Underbody





Day 5. Rear End

(more pics to come.)

hope everyone enjoys watching this thing get rebuilt. I will try and keep everyone updated as much as i can.

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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2010 - 06:57:33 PM »
Looking great,  keep the pic's coming!
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Offline kwildeboer

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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2010 - 06:58:50 PM »
updated pics of the paint. Almost ready for the thing to come back to us. Hopefully painted on firday and back here on saturday.







sorry about the rearend, the lights werent on so the rearend looks kinda red. its gonna be orange.

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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2010 - 07:14:16 PM »
 :clapping:  looking fantastic! You must be pumped!  :2thumbs:
Oh...and welcome to the site!
Brad
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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2010 - 05:42:41 PM »
just finished with the paint.







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Offline 71cudajoe

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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2010 - 06:02:57 PM »
That is looking incredible! I'm eager to see even more as you get it done. Great job!
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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2010 - 09:40:58 PM »
that thing is looking sick :droolingbounce:

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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2010 - 09:50:05 AM »
Looks like a great job to me!  I would be jumping up and down for sure!   :droolingbounce:

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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2010 - 12:19:24 PM »
 :iagree: Me to would be jumping :2thumbs:
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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2010 - 10:13:48 PM »
Thank you for the compliments, this car is going to meacum auctions in september 17th. So this is going to be a fast process from here on out, i will try and keep up picutres daily. just droped the front end suspension today and repainting it, put on the fender louvers and wheel opening moldings today. did alot of  buffing on the chrome and such. hope you like, the pictures.





all of the chrome is stainless not reporduction crap
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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2010 - 08:29:57 AM »
Man that car looks SLICK!!! SWEET!!!

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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2010 - 03:34:14 AM »
Ken,
The Cuda looks awesome. The car deserves to be put back on the road.  Can't wait to see it finished. Will be watching the progress. Keep us posted. Good luck on the Mecum Auction. 
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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2010 - 10:18:13 AM »








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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2010 - 04:17:15 PM »
Nice looking car. It's gonna look awesome with the white interior.  :2thumbs:

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Re: 1971 Cuda - 340, 3 speed, white interior Restoration
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2010 - 06:27:37 PM »
wow you are moving on this thing