Intro Options

[saleenvic]

Hey what’s up everyone, my name is Vic. I've been a member for a few months now, but never really took the time to share my toy. Last year I scooped up a neat little 97 vert with 140k. Eh I probably did overpay for it - $5500, but what caught my attention most were the fact that it was a 2 owner car, (both prior owners were females) and it was maintained. It had a lot of parts replaced and even came with a brand new soft top recently installed. (only 1 month old/stock clutch though) Overall it was just a really clean looking car and I didn’t want to pass up on it. I knew how fun they were from past experience having bought 2 from auctions to flip. (part time hobby back in the day) I’ve actually had so many cars over my life that I wanted to take a break and told myself this one is remaining stock. Well, that didn’t really last. Shortly after I was telling my wife why I needed to do this and that do it lol. First thing was first, the old carpet had to go. It was originally tan but I switched it to black. Apparently nobody sells carpets for these so I had to buy one for a coupe, and then modify that one. So, I took the opportunity to clean the bottom frame and inspect for rust. All the speakers were blown so I upgraded those, but didn’t want anything crazy with amps or anything like that. Next came tint, I didn’t want to go too dark so I went with 35% all around. Interior bulbs were very dim, so I upgraded those with blue LED’s from SPREE and while I was at it, I upgraded to HIDs. (2 birds with one stone right?) Next came the body. I wanted to complement the natural curves, so I went with the ss-III look. Just clean and not out of place, it could use some massaging, but that’s for the body shop whenever I get it painted. Picked up a set of Curren taillights and hopefully in the next couple weeks I can get the ss-III front grille. Future projects are yet to be decided, but I’m not trying to go crazy with this since I’ve been thru that road before. I had a heavily modified mustang which I sold last year (owned it for 10+years) and cars at the end of the day are just a blackhole in your pocket lol. On a side note, you guys do great work with your projects, some really nice cars in here.

[Tigawoods]

i feel like we already know you around here, I was wondering why you were posting an intro so late! hahaha
(maybe I just remember you better since you arent far from me hah)

[saleenvic]

i feel like we already know you around here, I was wondering why you were posting an intro so late! hahaha
(maybe I just remember you better since you arent far from me hah)

Thanks. Yeah I'm crawling out from the shadows lol,,I want to contribute to the forum the best I can really. I've had countless projects (and cars unfortunately) thruout my short career and I want to be active on here and share/help others. If anyone needs a hand with any type of work (except bodywork) I'm in the Northern Va area, let me know and I can lend a hand.