Bullitt 5551 Under Construction

01blkbullitt · Jan 21, 2008

Bullitt 5551 is going under construction starting Saturday. It will be coming into my shop to get torn down completely and repainted. Im just going with the factory color "black", to keep it original, but I am doing some other minor changes while im in there. I'll be welding up the holes in the fenders under the emblems, shaving the antenna, and shaving the door lock cylinder in the drivers door. Thats pretty much it, just want to keep it looking as stock as possible. The front of the car is peppered with rock chips and there are a couple door dings, that i just cant stand. Also going to replace some of the interior and exterior trim pieces that are worn. Should look like a new car once its done. Its got 90K on on the clock and has been a daily driver since new, but the tables have turned, it is now my weekend toy.

SSP LX · Jan 21, 2008

Sounds like it'll be a sweet ride. Are you on imboc.com? I've wanted an '01 Bullitt since the day I read about the concept.

Bullitt2343 · Jan 21, 2008

Cool beans!!
Keep us posted on the progress

Turbo92PGT · Jan 24, 2008

Bruce doin the body for you? Did thoroughbred ever actually pick up?

Thats cool dude good luck with that. Those doors are gonna be hard to get straight.

01blkbullitt · Jan 25, 2008

Havent heard from you in a while. Yeah, Bruce is going to help with the bodywork and Chris is going to paint it. We are actually crazy busy right now, all the guys are slammed with work. lol. We are on track to do $530K this month. How's Precision? I know, the doors are going to be a bitch.

Turbo92PGT · Jan 25, 2008

Ahh its doin alright. Alot more laid back. I knew we left at the wrong time. I didn't even want to go, and still think about if it was the right idea. I'm sure I will be back though. I loved that place.

You gettin any new parts for that thing? Are they doing the jams and stuff?

You should have them pull the fenders off and doors and everything. If I were you buy some PPG Concept clear, not that clear we use at the shop.

My bike gas tank is wasted and I only rode it around twice. My coat rubbed it really bad, and its all hazy and scratched up. Looks like I took a scotch brite to it. =/

01blkbullitt · Jan 30, 2008

Teardown pics

Quarter repair and primer

Tonight i am going to block and prep the quarters, roof, door and trunk jambs. Our plan is to paint the body of the car tomorrow night, then start working on the other panels and trim. The roof and jambs didnt need any primer do to not having any waves or door dings.

Turbo92PGT · Jan 30, 2008

Damn dude thats cool. Lookin good. I'm workin on a green 99 GT right now. Its a roach though. The owner wrecked it in the snow the other day and spilled coffee all over in it. Its gettin the whole right side painted. Looks like the paint shop is slammed right now.

Did you do the priming or what?

Turbo92PGT · Jan 30, 2008

Good to see an RO in the window of that thing. haha We still haven't put candaces jetta together yet. You should see it, it looks awful.

01blkbullitt · Jan 31, 2008

Yeah, the paint shop is pretty slammed right now, got alot to do for the end of month. I have done all the work on the car myself with guidance from Chris. The only things im not going to do is weld up the fender holes and paint the car. I just wanted to do it myself, as a learning experiance. Hopefully it turns out good. LOL

Bullitt2343 · Feb 3, 2008

01blkbullitt said:
Yeah, the paint shop is pretty slammed right now, got alot to do for the end of month. I have done all the work on the car myself with guidance from Chris. The only things im not going to do is weld up the fender holes and paint the car. I just wanted to do it myself, as a learning experiance. Hopefully it turns out good. LOL

Looks good -
I agree - that's one ride I would let a pro squirt the paint on-

Turbo92PGT · Feb 7, 2008

hey man lets see some more pics. i mean wtf. you got me all excited to see that thing. lol

I haven't done anything to my car lately but put some Q pads under the rear seat.

01blkbullitt · Feb 8, 2008

I know, I have been hella busy working on the car. Most of it is painted, just have the doors to paint. Been working on it to 10 every night since last Monday. My hands are hells raw from sanding. Lol. Saturday going to start putting it back together. Still waiting on some parts that will be at the shop on Monday though.

01blkbullitt · Feb 8, 2008

Okay, here are some more pics of the progress.

Car in booth prepped out for paint

Car in booth painted "Jet Black", not the factory milky black

Trunk, hood, and bumper blocked out

Trunk, hood, and bumper primed and ready to be blocked for paint

Hood and trunk painted last night

I will be getting the bumpers painted tonight and prep out the doors and fenders to get painted tomorrow. I am hoping on starting the re-assy Sunday.

99GTtony · Feb 8, 2008

Gonna look sick! Can't wait to see it this spring. You gonna make some KV meets?

01blkbullitt · Feb 9, 2008

More pics for tonights blocking and wet sanding for paint tomorrow. welded up the emblem holes and antenna hole, much cleaner looking.

01blkbullitt · Feb 9, 2008

99GTtony said:
Gonna look sick! Can't wait to see it this spring. You gonna make some KV meets?

Thanks, I am hoping it turns out good, Its been lookin good so far. Yup, I plan on making it out to some meet this year. I didn't make it out to much last year.

Turbo92PGT · Feb 9, 2008

Hey do you have pictures of the door in mud?

You should post em, i wanna see what those guys did to that door before bruce fixed it.

01blkbullitt · Feb 9, 2008

The door actually wasn't to bad. I actually mixed the filler, put it on, and blocked it down.I. Turned out pretty good too, for a first timer. The only thing I did not do myself was weld the fenders and spray the color. Bruce said I should work in the shop instead of the office.

Capt. Simiain · Feb 10, 2008

Where are you getting the work done? I'll probably need something similar done to mine in 7 years or so when my stang becomes my weekend toy too

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