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Re: ta22 body and interier mods
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Wed, 06 October 2004 02:08
 
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I'd honestly say that you will get the best effect if you keep things factory style, and neat....Also correct for the period of the car - think how tacky those gemini's with huge chrome rims, metallic penis coloured paint, and white vinyl interiors look....
I'd look more at restoring the interior and exterior than going crazy modding, with clever and discreet mods (ie discreet stereo install, period style race seats like cobra make, period correct steering wheel, gearknob etc). If you just have to retrim, use a color and style of fabric which, while not factory, could plausibly work in a factory style.
A paint colour which would be in keeping with the age of the car (but think of the colors available in the seventies, there were some very eye catching colors, oranges, greens etc in fact, look at the new falcon range's oranges, etc), and I would go for a set of old school Japanese style rims, like charcoal colored 8 spoke RS-watanabes (or the replicas from Black Racing), Longchamp XR4's, SSR's or similar.
I'd detail the engine bay in a neat-but-still factory style, so see if you can get pics of the engine bay of a factory 18R-G car and work from there. I'd also be tempted to go to carbs on the 18R-G, wouldn't be hard to pick up a set of the factory mikunis...
A restoration/modification approach with an emphasis on the style of the car's period will be much more impressive in result than the more typical approach of trying to make 2004 stuff look good in a 1970's car. Taking an approach to keep things looking in period (but not standard) doesn't mean the car has to be slow either - tasteful and quick is definitely possible...
Also think about how much street cred restored holdens and stuff (EH's, FC's etc) are getting - I bet a EH with 18" chromes and pink paint would be seen as tasteless..But a tidy original style one on period mags (or even lowered factory rims and caps) gets respect.
Thats how I would do it. You can't make an old car look modern without it being tacky, well, most people can't.
But its your car.
[Updated on: Wed, 06 October 2004 02:15]
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