1999a.JPG 1219 hits | 71.92 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 This is how it looked the day it was delivered by the transport company from Portland, Oregon to my ...
1999b.JPG 1120 hits | 64.92 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The interior was not bad except the carpet had been wet in the back seeat behind the driver. The win...
1999d.JPG 1082 hits | 65.25 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Dealer installed non - working 8 track player was mounted to the floor ahead of the shifter. I delet...
1999c.JPG 1064 hits | 66.18 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Here is the original door data tag. It was not removed during the restoration. I threatened the pain...
1999F.JPG 1069 hits | 47.2 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The GT-E trim was all there but in need of restoration.
1999g.JPG 1143 hits | 56.21 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The car had been repainted once a long time ago. The worst rust in the car was at the lowest point i...
1999h.JPG 1139 hits | 72.24 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The hood was dented right in the center and the driver side grille was busted. Fortunately the GT-E ...
1999i.JPG 1223 hits | 57.91 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 VIN plate was in decent shape except there was lots of tobacco and ashes all along the front of the ...
1999k.JPG 1009 hits | 56.03 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Beautiful engine compartment and shock towers only needed to be stripped and repainted. There was on...
1999l.JPG 1038 hits | 61.75 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The car had a 390 FE engine when the previous owner purchased the car. It had been crudely installed...
1999mm3.jpg 1090 hits | 62.1 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The Crager SS wheels and tires appeared to have been installed on the car and never driven since the...
1999o.JPG 1028 hits | 52.18 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Rust holes in the lower rear quarter. John Hudson replaced this section with a piece cut from a perf...
2000MVC-155S.JPG 1082 hits | 31.61 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 I installed the rebuilt 427 in the unrestored car to make it easier to transport across the country ...
2002BGTE Motor.JPG 1224 hits | 72.44 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 You can see the replacement hood. I found a perfect used one with the same date code as the original...
2001Nosed.jpg 978 hits | 91.47 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 At my new house. The car on the left is a low mileage original that had been in a barn for almost 25...
2003MVC-559F.JPG 920 hits | 59.58 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The back end was very straight even before body and paint.
2004IM009843.JPG 1015 hits | 35.27 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Final blocking before color
2004IM009847.JPG 977 hits | 34.91 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 First color coat
2004tailontrailer.JPG 962 hits | 65.61 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Loading it on the trailer for the ride home!!!!
2005aMVC-062F.JPG 999 hits | 58.81 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 New insulation was installed throughout the entire car
2005Backtogether.JPG 1034 hits | 66.6 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Starting to come together
2005fendshl1.JPG 992 hits | 43.09 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The fender shield rubber was removed and used as a pattern. The shields were bead blasted and painte...
2005fendshl2.JPG 931 hits | 44.69 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The new rubber was attached with staples hand made from stainless wire.
2005grilleHL motors.JPG 1033 hits | 58.36 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 NOS headlight motors right before installation into the restored grille assemblies. Not cheap.
2005Inst1.JPG 946 hits | 39.24 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Instrument panel, passenger side being prepped for painting the black lip. The rechroming of all the...
2005Inst2.jpg 1014 hits | 47.95 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Krylon #1613 Semi flat black paint being applied to the dash parts.
2005Inst3.JPG 985 hits | 68.8 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The rechromed and detailed instrument bezel looks great. I painted the back ground areas on the dash...
2005Inst5.JPG 1044 hits | 59.74 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Testing all the bulbs before installation of the dash. You can see the NOS temp guage. Not seen is t...
2005innerfendlh.JPG 983 hits | 58.68 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Inner fender before I started cleaning and stripping
2005LHinnerfend.JPG 1123 hits | 53.58 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 A week later after i wire wheeled the area to bare metal, painted it and installed the restored fron...
2005Exhangers.jpg 1028 hits | 53.12 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The original exhaust hangers restored nicely. Note how the R/H side has white rubber for easy identi...
2005LHrearaxle.jpg 985 hits | 58.54 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Original Fomoco correctly dated brake drums. NOS Autolite Super Heavy Duty shocks in their distincti...
2005radiatordatecode.JPG 1197 hits | 49.64 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The original radiator was recored. Note the date stamping in the top takn 67 - 12 i.e. December 1967...
2005headcasting.jpg 1040 hits | 66.08 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The original GT-E heads with C8AE 6090-J casting numbers and BF-32 plugs
2005transmissiontag.JPG 1012 hits | 59.46 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The original transmission tag PGB-W
2005transmissionvin.JPG 993 hits | 97.75 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The original VIN stamped into the original transmission.
2005resto5.jpg 960 hits | 45.19 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Rear window frames being sent for chrome plating
2005Steeringbox1.JPG 995 hits | 66.55 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Original steering box tag on the original box before restoration.
2005Steeringbox3.JPG 934 hits | 74.86 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 A little polish makes the tag look new
2005susp140F.JPG 1088 hits | 60.25 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 All the steering and suspension parts were disassembled, bead blasted and reassembled after painting...
2005trannyinstall.JPG 1094 hits | 57.33 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 The transmission was installed along with the torque converter
2005427somount.JPG 1112 hits | 53.72 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 NOS Ford engine insulators have their proper yellow paint markings
2005enginedrop.JPG 1469 hits | 68.24 KB | Posted: 8/10/06 Installing the engine with lots of protection
MVC-874F.JPG 1060 hits | 53.86 KB | Posted: 5/28/07 Rear seat showing interface between package shelf, seat and rear seat side panel.
MVC-904F.JPG 1265 hits | 65.08 KB | Posted: 7/14/07 Lear Jet 8 track player is mounted to existing holes under the dash. The flexible cable to the right...
Royce Peterson's blue GT-E
