keep it up nice build!

I'm really really really glad you saved this car! Its not a clunker! Just a little neglected is all....poor 'maro

But you saved it! Great job man!

cant wait to see it painted

Thanks for the comments guys! I appreciate them!

I just got done painting the inserts on one of the 91/92 wheels and doing the final polishing. Looks great but I still have 3 more to paint and go over with the Mothers Polish. Hopefully get that done this weekend.

Here is the first one done...



Also I bought a mint front chin ground effect instead of wasting time repairing the cracked one. I installed that as well along with the Harwood cowl induction hood. Ill try and snap some pictures this weekend if I get the wheels all done and installed.

what color did you use to paint the centers and did you use clear.

I used Rustoleum High Performance Wheel Paint, its supposed to have a long lasting finish so we'll see. I didnt clear it, figured it would take away from the shine of the polished spokes

Awesome thread.. Keep it coming.

Snapped a picture today to show my progress...

The Hardwood 3 inch cowl hood is installed (need to make minor adjustments to fit it right) Finally got a mint 91/92 front ground effect (just needs old paint sanded off) and installed the "CAMARO" grill. *Forgive the nasty dirt on the car, I had the car trailered home in a rain/sleet storm so it got pretty dirty. Gonna wash it once the temperature goes back into the 50s*



Now that the car is all pieced back together, I can start bodywork and paint. Working at a bodyshop will be helpful as I can do my final prep and paint there.

Well I got the Camaro running, seems all it needed was a new battery terminal connector. Fired right up and I put a new battery in as well. Test drove it around the condo complex several times and everything seemed ok to drive to work (Maaco) So tomorrow bodywork starts and hopefully will be painted soon.

I snapped some pictures before I took it to work and a few in the parking lot at work. As you can see, I got all the polished 91/92 wheels on and all the body panels are solid and put together...

Looks like a beauty.
Its really coming together you should be so proud of it now!
pics when painted.

GREAT BUILD! love seeing people bringing these cars back 2 life after a hard and brutal life. Keep the pics coming!

Thanks guys!! I worked on it a little today on my lunch break and for an hour after work, I D/A'd the 1/4 panels, the hatch panel, and roof to take the Camaro at least down to the original paint/primer. I figure do that for a couple weeks and should get pretty far.

My plan is to pull the spoiler, ground effects, doors, hood, and front bumper off the car and panel paint those. Then just have the shell of the car with fenders on and paint that as one so I can get the door jams and all the edges really nice.

What Im going to do is D/A the car with 80 grit paper to take the previous paint job off down to factory paint/primer, go over any surface rust, hit the car then with 180 grit sandpaper and then prime the entire shell, guidecoat it, block sand the car, and do a bc/cc, assemble the car, then wetsand and buff the car, along with tinting the taillights. I need a set of clear turn-signals if anyone has some.

I didnt have my camera with me today, I will try and take some pictures tomorrow. I want to sand the fenders down tomorrow and pull the ground effects and I need to take out the interior.

Here are some pictures I took today of my progress. Going into work tomorrow just to work on my own car so hopefully I get far.





I want to get the ground effects pulled and get the doors off and start sanding the fenders down tomorrow.

Nice cant wait to see more

More teardown today on the RS for paint job. I want to get it so I dont have any tape lines anywhere on the car...so I ended up pulling the doors off the car and tomorrow I will pull the hatch. Also got the fenders buzzed down with the D/A, just got to go back around the edges by hand.

Drivers side, think there was some dust or something on the lens or in the air, the picture came out a little blurry...




Passenger side, solid except for the bottom of the 1/4 panel behind the door...



Close up of the area that was hit, going to grind the filler out, see if I can pull the panel back into shape more and then recoat it...



Need to pull the antenna, anyone know how to do this without breaking it? I see a couple 7 mm bolts at the bottom.

nice project man! Im in the process of rebuilding mine too. Keep the pics coming.

Some more pictures of the bodywork. I have it all ready to be masked up for primer tomorrow! Hopefully will turn out good!

Close up of the fender...needed some work here, the front was a little wavy and a couple door dings and whatnot...



Got the worst of the bodywork pulled back into shape using a stud puller tool. Just need to weld up a couple holes and coat it will some filler...



Picture of the overall car and yes...my coworker is taking a nap in the back...hopefully my boss doesnt see this! lol

Wow thats really coming along great- keep up the good work

Primed the car today on my lunch break...




Put some fiberglass filler on to smooth the repair up...



Shot a guidecoat so I can blocksand the car also before paint...




The body is getting close for paint!!! Just need to block sand it and its ready for basecoat/clear!!! Im excited!

you make me want to do paint and body again.

man this is looking good... i cant wait to get back to work on mine!

Very cool, I don't want to get into politics but that C4C thing was a terrible idea all the way around.

In order for that car to have been eligible for C4C he would've had to have it registered for at least one year previous to the date he traded it on a new car. So it's actually a good thing he hit that post and parked it.

I like what you're doing to the car though, very tasteful.

aw Gawd.... you're making me excited to finish my car!!
And terrific job saving it... glad to know that Obama didn't claim this one.

Yea Obama doesnt need his greedy hands on any of our cars..or our money!!

So when do we get updates? And I'm glad to see a V6 car restored, seems like no one does them

it's coming along really nice! I have a 89 2.8 that i'm restoring after my sis blew and destroyed it. but none the less bro great rebuild!

What kind of paint are you gonna use? what color? this thread is very motovating!

Nice save man !!!

Looking forward to seeing pics after paint.

hes going white with an PPG paint
update?

Nice work. I have a complete digital dash and harness if you really want to make your car stand out.

When are you planning to lay down the base coat?

looking great you definitely saw a diamond in the rough there. do you have any updates yet? I'll say I'm definitely in the minority here and say that I like you're original wheels better but they are only 15" which stinks because I love that style

I kinda liked the blue with silver ground effect look. Theres a guy across the street in the other apartment complex with one in similar condition to that one when you found it. This makes me want to go see if he'll sell it for cheap and then do what you did. Although I really to get mine looking topshape again first. Itll be a head turner for sure.

I thought I spotted a little rust on the body under that left front fender around the bottom of the firewall when you took it off- did you get rid of that? Mine has a similar problem that will need addressing before paint- my feet get wet in a rainstorm!

Wow, very nice turn around! Even all tore apart for paint the difference between what you started with is huge!

Sorry for the lack of updates, my home computer has crashed, but Im still attacking the car and hae a bunch of pictures to upload. First off, last minute change of mind, i switched to Hugger Orange paint and going to do black stripes on the car.

Since last post, I have blocked and wetsanded the 91 with 320 and 600 grit sandpaper. I then have color on the shell and fenders (I can text pictures to someone to upload here if anyone can do that for me 8152193353) I wetsanded and buffed the Camaro.

I picked up a set of 4th gen charcoal leather seats yesterday as well as I smoked my turn signals and taillights. I still need to paint the hood, decklid, spoiler, doors, bumper, and ground effects which I will be starting this week. More updates soon!

if you want i can provide you an address to send pictures to off your fone and ill post them on here for u... i really wanna see the beastt i like your color decision

new pics... this is mikes (camrs89) camaro so ya know

ready for paint



in the paint booth




after paint



outside

a few more


thats it for now....

i do gotta say its made it a long way and u did a great job! it looks greatt!!!

It's coming together very well, I cant wait to see it finished.

Sorry if its been answered already but, do you have any plans for a drivetrain upgrade?

Ive been tossing swapping an ls1 and t56 in there since its already a 5 speed, but it is pricey, but stuff always somehow falls into my lap so who knows? i already have a race camaro and i want this as my daily driver so its gotta be something practical.

LS1 or LS3 and a T56 would be practical.

frickin awesome. what a turn around

Car's lookin awesome man. Can't wait to see it start to come back together.

Am sooo jealous you got your car like a month after i got mne and you are so far ahead , great job man!!! keep the pics coming, awsome....

Really great work! As others have said, this is a real inspiration to get off my butt and work on my own projects. I also have a prediction - now that we know who is working there, this will be the most popular Maaco shop on earth for third gens!

Wow! That makes my camaro look like even more of a steal! I will have to start a thread on my car. Just gotta figure out how to put the pics in like you did, lol.

we should get some more pix up soon one way or another, he told me the hood and hatch are ready for paint, so i think that just leaves the doors and plastics.... its getting close. hopefully this summer we can cruise around except ill have my 93 z28 lol