[Shotimes] Speaking of Lowriders..........

[James F. Ryan III]

>Lowrider is finally making progress.  It was sitting in a corner
>of the shop that
>fixed the Lexus while we were at the convention....the guy
>painting it crapped out.


What does that mean??



Jim Ryan
finally leaving Memphis tomorrow

Wayne, NJ
'91 PLUS - all white/mocha with fiberglass hood, rod shifter, & rear spoiler
255 Lph fuel pump, SHO Shop can & horn, 80mm MAF, S&B cone filter, SHO Shop
HiFlow Y-pipe & cat-back exhaust, SHO Shop LPM, SHO Shop underdrive pulleys,
SHO Shop HiRevs Jr clutch & steel billet LiteWeight flywheel, reinforced
engine & trans mounts, SHO Shop TQ limiters, SHO NUT aluminum SFBs, FPS '96
SHO front brakes, Carbotech F brake pads, Nook's full-body SFCs, Koni adj
struts, SHO Shop linear springs, 24mm FSB, 26mm RSB, SHO Shop steel f&r
STBs, Bridgestone Potenza RE-730 225/55-16, CATZ MSP fog lights, police
grille



>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of George Fourchy
>Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 8:58 PM
>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Shotimes] Speaking of Lowriders..........
>
>
>On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:59:01 -0500, Grant Butler wrote:
>
>>Can always put in some airbags , like in the lowriders.........
>
>Lowrider is finally making progress.  It was sitting in a corner
>of the shop that
>fixed the Lexus while we were at the convention....the guy
>painting it crapped out.
>Today it went to Maaco.  Someone suggested at the convention that
>I repaint it the
>original Oxford White, so that it would be representative of a
>factory car.  So
>that's what I'm going to do.  It's ALL apart right now...nothing
>but metal behind
>the front seats except for the carpet, and various wires (and
>brakes and tires and
>gas tank, and other operations stuff...it does run, and run well).
> They will put
>the
>outside back together, and I'll do the inside.  (Thank goodness
>THEY can figure
>where stuff goes....!!)  It will be the base coat/clear coat
>version that they
>offer.
>It'll be one material quality step below current factory paint,
>but back then the
>factory paint wasn't as good as it is now.  ....some time or other
>I gotta stop the
>cash flow into it....I don't begrudge it the work and restoration,
>but reality will
>have to
>step in somewhere.   Eva got a good deal on the whole
>thing....assembly was
>originally rather more expensive than they finally settled for.
>It'll be done in 10
>days to two weeks.
>
>I AM going to put the gold pinstripe back on it...that made it look nice!
>
>Then I'll put the tunes back in it and drive it.  It will see the
>'04 convention,
>then head straight to Towe Museum, in Old Sacramento.   It
>probably won't make
>300,000 miles, but we can try!!  It's got 37,000 to go.   ;-)
>
>The black car will be following it into the shop....that one will
>get the best paint
>I can find.....just plain black two-stage.  The third car will get
>the really snazzy
>paint scheme.   And.....there is a brand new something around here
>that is Lexus
>Graphite Pearl, so I don't need two of the same color.
>
>Classic SHO production/restoration around here is about to begin!!
>
>I'll do my best with pictures.....the dig camera is out for
>repairs for the summer,
>and the one I was borrowing at the convention is back with its
>owner.  Gotta go nag
>Good Guys to get it back.
>
>George
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