my 86 regal limited

[juicedinsanta12]

Man that interior is amazing!!! Great Job!

thanks! i have way more build up pix i still have to load!!!

 

[juicedinsanta12]

looks very nice, we appreciate it!

thanks!!!!!!!!!

 

[juicedinsanta12]

I love the color of that interior! That car came a long way that's for sure!

thanks it took me a while to choose from so many tans , but i like this the best

 

[juicedinsanta12]

seen your car on layitlow.com. I love that interior. looks clean

yup i do have it there, and thanks alot

 

[juicedinsanta12]

Very nice! Hows the climate control working?

BW

thanks, and it works great!! i have to have everything working in my car. so everything , i mean everything works in this car!

 

[boostedturbotom]

thanks, and it works great!! i have to have everything working in my car. so everything , i mean everything works in this car!

sweet interior ,nice work whats the power plant gonna be ? V-6 or V-8 turbo :biggrin:

 

[juicedinsanta12]

sweet interior ,nice work whats the power plant gonna be ? V-6 or V-8 turbo :biggrin:

thanks alot , and its the stock 3.8 v6 so im keeping it. i would do the turbo but i dont think i am

 

[juicedinsanta12]

bought another regal for $200 with a solid frame, so i dropped it out and had my club president fully wrap (reinforce) it for my regal

 

[juicedinsanta12]

here it is at the shop getting wrapped with 3/8" steel and a rear bridge, and then bringing it home

 

[juicedinsanta12]

now some fun! swapping out the new frame all bymyself begining to end. all with standard tools no air!

 

[juicedinsanta12]

here i assembled the new frame with suspension , motor/trans, and exhaust. also pulled out the cracked old frame. along with a new body bushing kit :smile:

 

[juicedinsanta12]

rolled the frame in and dropped the body back down

 

[juicedinsanta12]

all back together, thanks to labeling everything and organization there were no "extra" parts or bolts. very happy with the outcome no speed bumps along the way

 

[juicedinsanta12]

next up is the astroroof, i found this astroroof at the salvage yard out of an 85 regal limited. it is in near perfect condition ! working perfectly and the glass is like new. in these pics my friend and club president is preping the roof section i cut from the regal so that he can tack it to my regal. all measurments are to factory specs . i wanted it this way also so that the stock astroroof headliner will fit perfect.

 

[juicedinsanta12]

so, as for my headliner. well it started when i first got my astroroof , i had it for about a year before we installed it. so for that year i made a couple trips a month to the salvage yards collecting parts of the headliner from g-body cars with the astroroof. 3 parts from cutlass', a couple from grand prix, and a couple from a regal. so wha-lah! a jigsaw puzzle headliner. once i had parts for 100% of the headliner i cut them up to fit properly and fiberglassed them together to make a good headliner

 

[juicedinsanta12]

next is something i've always wanted and never thought i would find but luck is strangely on my side. its the front fiber optic lamp monitors. i've only seen one regal with these and it was this old lady in my city with a dark blue 84 regal. since then i've been on the hunt, and so i found a 83 regal with these at the salvage yard . took some measurments and installed in the exact same spot

 

[juicedinsanta12]

took a trip to victors chrome and polish in pomona california and had all my exterior trim and bumpers chrome plated. everything!

 

[juicedinsanta12]

...............i must say victor does some beautiful chrome

 

[juicedinsanta12]

here it is at one of my club members house. he is a expert bodyman, and i hired him to block , block, and block the hell out of my car! he is amazing and doing a great job! we also changed out the door pins . its actually there now and is to the point where he just needs to seal it one more time and wetsand/block it . then off to the paint booth! hopefully have it in the booth getting sprayed by the end of this month

 

[juicedinsanta12]

ok now that i finished posting up all these progress pics. i wiould like to let you know that all this took about 2 years from the start of when i decided to rebuild to now. i've had the regal for 8 years and the first 6 i had the engine rebuit , the transmission rebuilt, painted , and hydraulics. then i decided to give it a full makeover once i got a daily driver. so since day 1 of the makeover its been 2 years. as i do more to it i will updated this thread and keep you informed. thanks for all the positive feedback so far!!!!!!