Made you look!
I'm told you guys like pictures of naked Camaros. Anyhoo, it seems as though I can only add five photos at a time. I've got over 600 so far...that's a lot of posts, so stay tuned. These are some of the first I took during the actual reconstruction. I've got quite a few of what this "money pit" looked like during the tear-down phase. I used POR-15 paint on the interior floorpan, trunk, cowl, firewall and undercarriage. The paint, while expensive, went on fairly easily (I'll soon post some photos of that process). The most difficult part was the prep. This car was owned by a gal who just drove it till it dropped; transmission leaks, rear main leaks, power steering leaks and all. It then sat in her driveway beneath a palm tree for seven years. There were squirrels living in the engine compartment and A/C-Heat ducts. There must have been several thousand half-eaten date pits in the fenders. There were also several generations of Black Widow spiders in the various nooks & crannies. A heat gun works great on those... just point it in the suspected area until they drop out onto the ground--then terminate with "extreme predjudice". It's easier than bug spray, plus I have a couple of cats in the garage and my wife would be slightly upset if I killed them with insecticide...why isn't collateral damage acceptable anymore? The up-side was that all the fluids, grease and crap perfectly preserved the entire undercarriage. The down-side was removing it all so the paint would adhere. I was on my back on the garage floor for a week with degreaser, wire bushes, a boat-load of paper towels, etc. After that, I took it down to bare metal with sanders & wire wheel attachments. The end result was nothing less than amazing. We don't really have rust-issues here in southern California, with the exception of the beach cities, but one thing is for certain--this car will NEVER rust, no matter where it goes. Ok, I'm done for now. Everyone has to believe in something--I believe I'll have another beer.
Later,
Dana
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