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Here's a few pictures for those who thought I'd never finish my project. All that's left is the carpeting and kick panels. I did 100% of the work on the car - nothing farmed out for someone else to do. All of the upholstery panels are .050 aluminum.

I put new side and back glass in the car, with a street legal grey tint. The power windows are running smoothly with all of the proper run channel and weatherstrips from Hagan.

The new grille fits perfectly and looks great. The ride was greatly improved reducing the spring rates to 350 front and 175 rear.

I'm really proud of the fiberglass headliner that I made, using 3/4" core foam as a base, bonded to the body with isothalic tooling resin and covered with fiberglass mat and more of the same resin. Total cost of materials was under $400.

All of the interior that's not aluminum is painted with flat black urethane, sprayed to look like faux leather.

I took the car to a small charity car show of only 250 cars, got an outstanding car award in my class and many positive comments from viewers.