The Camaro Club (UK)

This is absolutely the sort of thing I'd love to do to my own car.
Really nice to see.

Thanks guys for the comments, after blasting I managed to get a few of the repairs done which showed up after shot blasting. More importantly I got the pillar repairs done...











Took a bit of time and numerous trial fittings of the cowl over the top to ensure everything was ok, but pretty happy with the end results. Stiffened everything up a treat too!

Next was the drivers floor pan. I used a patch piece but the floor had rotted out further up so needed to get creative with the steel plate again!







When I'd done all the metalwork I even managed to get a squirt of primer on.



Next I got the corners repaired...





I used KBS rustseal to seal the inner corners from water...



The water had got into the drivers side corner and it was considerably worse, nothing that couldn't be repaired though...







The finished product...



About this time I picked up a set of Z28 wheels which are still awaiting refurb! Will update more soon, hope everyone is enjoying this superspeed build

Next was to pull the front subframe out...

A selection of wasted bolts...



The original Chevy bushings...



The two rear holes were sound...





The two front ones on the other hand needed some attention...





I also had a delivery from the postman...



I sealed all the cowl area with Rustseal which came up a treat...



Then I got to welding up the cowl panel, I think I might have gone a bit mad with the plug welds! I had to check that the glass still fit so laid that in before I started to weld...



I had my dad helping out with a load of the prep work, here he is stripping off the factory black from the repo corner panels...



Nice and shiny, ready for a skim of filler to take out any low spots...





Then I painted the corners and cowl with self etch primer and 2 pk grey as per the rest of the car...



Removed the masking for finished product...







The VIN plate is now back on the car (As opposed to rattling round in my toolbox!)...



Will post more later - still plenty to come!

Hahahaha who ever owned your car, must of been the same owner that had my Capri too! Shocked me went i started to restore that car and i found very similar things to you, although no chicken wire, just cut up thinners tin instead.

Never actually seen one with that front end, i quite like it!
Work looks like its progressing, keep up the good work!

_________________
http://www.cubicinches.co.uk - for all displacement petrol heads in the UK!

Any updates on the project Cowman? You must be close to the light in the tunnel?

_________________
How to post pics: When writing a message, scroll down and use the "attach file" option. Where possible, a photo sharing service can be used such as Flickr, Imgur etc. The image location (usually ending in .jpg) can be copy and pasted between the ][ brackets that appear when you click the 'Img' button (you can find this button at the top of the message box).

How to post youtube vids: Click on the 'youtubeHD' button at the top of the message box and in the middle of the ][ brackets that just appeared, copy and paste everything from the youtube web address that appears after the = sign i.e if this is the url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cNqaPSHv0 just copy "K2cNqaPSHv0").

Just gone through all your pages here and its nice to know that there was a slightly more rotten Camaro out there than mine
I've gone through almost the exact same pain and process on my 69 so I really appreciate seeing someone else's project in the same vein.
That's a cracking good job you're doing there (guess it must be finished now?) and there is no better satisfaction that knowing its been done RIGHT and proper.

Great thread - More updates please

_________________
See the sort of stuff we get up to here https://www.facebook.com/colin.fox.359# ... tos_albums
Its only a hobby that keeps us off the street !!

Ask and you shall receive! Hi everyone, I've been pretty rubbish at supporting this forum and for that I apologize, I promise to make more of an effort this year! There has been plenty of progress which I am yet to post, but I'll build up this thread a little at a time to where I am now, to start with I'll take you back to July 2011...

I bought a new repair panel to help tackle the damage around the rear window...



Cutting this panel out wasn't too much trouble but did require some persuading! Underneath the metal was solid except for some minor surface rust which was rubbed down...



Again I sealed the lot with two coats just to be on the safe side...



The new panel sat in a treat, I had to mock everything up to be sure I was happy, but no surprises so I proceeded to weld...



I also tackled the rear window base where the sail panel comes round, again this was rotten, so I cut some pieces to repair these areas...



With a little tweaking here and there I tacked the new piece in place...



How it looked after I'd welded it up, I did tidy it up afterwards...



I then moved onto the other rear window repair, left plenty of green on it so I could trim back accordingly to the new quarter...



And the finished product...



Got the other side tidied up too...



So then I decided to seam seal the arches and prep for rust-sealing, got both sides sealed ready for painting...



A view from the back of the new panel, this truly saved me so much repair work, and I found the fit pretty awesome too. Also swapped the trunk-bracket-rod-bar-holder thingy (the bit in middle) over...



Following that I couldn't resist a quick mock up...



More to come...

Top stuff. The work you've put in is quite something.
Wish I had the welding skills

(I've seen the finished paint pics already and it's a beauty !!! )

_________________
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

Thanks Stu, I'll try and get this updated to where I am now without any spoilers for everyone else! Looking forward to joining you on one of your cruises

The inner areas of the rear quarters got painted with two coats of KBS rust sealer, it's well hidden but should give me extra peace of mind!





Next I started on the quarters, I started at the door jamb with clamps and put 4 welds in to secure the panel against the inner frame, then worked back and put 2 welds in the window lip. In total I put 6 well spread welds in over the front half of each wing...



By only putting 6 key welds in, it secured the front half of the wing which was spot on anyway, but left the rear half with enough flex to setup the rear end from the base of the rear window back. I got the filler panel screwed in and set the gaps to 1/4" on that, the trunk lid was laid in and that came up nice too.

I got the tail pan mocked up...





The basic fit was good but it needed to shift across and up to get everything to line up, which is why I've left some flex in the rear half of the quarters.