Cruzin Illusions Secret Build for Dad

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  1. Jamie Miles

    Jamie Miles the road warrior

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    Looks like a great car to start out with. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this this!
     
    Jamie Miles, Sep 9, 2008
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  2. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Wooo, thats cheap!! Around here it's about $1800 and for another $400 they will epoxy the shell for you.
    Made sure they don't warp the roof!! I can't wait to see it.
     
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  3. Craig Selvey

    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    :yahoo::clap::yahoo::clap::yahoo::clap:
     
    Craig Selvey, Sep 9, 2008
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  4. Mavaholic

    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    That is cheap. The closest place I've found around here is a state away and its like $1500.
     
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  5. Matterick

    Matterick Matt Somerville

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    that thing is stripped down pretty good! :thumbs2: i think i'll just stick with one piece at a time lol :D
     
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  6. Mercurycruizers

    Mercurycruizers David (Coop) Cooper

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    Wow! Looks like a good starting point. Glad you decided to keep it the factory color. That is awesome. I've always liked that color. I'll be keeping an eye on this post for updates....
     
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  7. dmhines

    dmhines Dixie Maverick Boy

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    Nice ... I like the Stock color scheme. The only thing I would change is converting it to buckets and a floor shift ......
     
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  8. Grabber5.0

    Grabber5.0 Gear-head wannabe

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    Don't listen to Craig. :naughty: Resto-mod is the only way go go!!! :clap::bananaman:bananaman:bananaman

    Looks like a nice start. Hope you don't find any ugly surprises like I did. I thought all early Grabbers came with dog dishes and trim rings? Those just don't look like they belong on a Grabber.
     
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  9. Thack

    Thack vision advicator

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    Very nice, great place to start
     
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  10. chirt

    chirt Carlos Hirt

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    wow! nice solid car!
     
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  11. Craig Selvey

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    :rofl::rofl::rofl:

    Of course.....mine is no longer stock.....so I don't have much room to talk. :D

    Yeah......Grabbers never had those hubcaps.
     
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  12. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    Wow! You guys aren't messing around. I too am very impressed with how solid the car is. I also agree with Dan. I think the car needs to stay stock with the exception of buckets and a floor shift. A bench seat just does absolutely nothing for me. You can always save the original seat and could be changed back if you really wanted to. Just my opinion of course. As stated above...build the car like your dad wants it! I commend you guys! Keep up the good work. :Handshake
     
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  13. don graham

    don graham MCG State Rep

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    Wow, you're already way ahead of me and I've had the Sprint for a couple of years. Guess I'd better get off the mountain and go home and start some work.:bowdown: :D
     
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  14. Cruzin Illusion

    Cruzin Illusion Enigma

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    Well everthing is completely done except for the suspension. Hopefully I pick up the rotisserie in the next couple days so next week I can have it down to get media blasted.

    I am still wanting to do what I originally planned and make the body original and give it a modern drivetrain. We were planning on putting buckets in the car with a floor shifter but am hesitant on what it would do to the value of the car (being one of seven). I don't even know if I should be worried about that number. Is the car really worth that much more because of it? If I install bucket seat and make it a floor shift doesn't that kind of throw the whole Paint/TRIM code deal out the window? It would be nice to run disk brakes and all that.

    Everyone says to build the car like my dad wants it is tough when you can't talk to him about the car. I do know that my dad was never really into cars or modifying cars. He always believed that a car was made to go from point A to point B.
     
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  15. don graham

    don graham MCG State Rep

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    Sounds to me like he'd want to have the car petty stock. Do this one and if you like it too, build another the way you want it. As for the value, it's not going to diminish in value at all by changing it. These are not cars that people look for the numbers matching crap.:)
     
    don graham, Sep 9, 2008
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