Well the madness began today, i started tearing the camaro apart to redo the body.

Here's some pictures before the madness began:



Here are some pictures at the end of the day(i only go to school from 7 to 11):



Now for the surprise(wasnt for me, i knew this bumper was like this):



New one is coming, be here thursday, $63(BRAND NEW)

I will update this thread every day.

 

Cool! Whatcha doing with it? Gonna do a color change?

 

few slight changes

shave antenna
5" spoiler
tweaked factory color with silver heritage stripes.

 

must be nice to have a big space to work on it. i'm cramped and can't even open the doors in my garage to work on my car.

 

Thats what paying $5k a year to go to a VoTech college will get you.

 

I've been there man. I had my car all the way apart down to the most basic of dash items. Keep at it, remember its a long process not an overnight job.

 

Oh i know, My goal is to have it done by May 7th.

 

Got an update for ya guys, got a TON done today!

 

Awesome! I like seeing restorations in progress!

-bill

 

Something big going on may 7th, or is that when your semester ends?

 

That's when semester ends, i have summer to do it, but i won't be back in summer class until the first week of june, and i want the car for Thirdgen Fest. which is the last weekend of May.

 

we might have to meet up sometime, im over by iowa city!

 

Good job so far.

I think you will have a great many people on this site checking every day for updates, we love stuff like this. Especially when someone is doing like you, posting updates everyday, keep it up.

 

I just noticed that the abreviation for" restoration in progress" is RIP....Hmmmmm that sounds appropriate
anyways, good luck with your camaro! Can't wait to see more pics!

 

I have always liked that color. Cant wait to see the finished product.

 

Sweet, I like seeing these resto projects take place too! Keep up the good work.

 

Kind sounds like you go to the wonderful college called hawkeye….? Maybe us iowa boys could get some kindda convoy to go up to tirdgenfest this year idk…

 

Stripped the hood down and got it straight. Primer tomorrow if no one is retarded and ties up the booth.

 

Correct!


Sounds like a plan to me!


Love the comments guys, keep em coming!

 

ughh I want to do that lol... that looks like you are a doing a great job keep it up. Are you being graded on this?

 

man, i wish i had a heated area to tear down/prep/paint my car right now

 

 

thats exactly what im doing to my rs soon in my uncles pole barn he worked for a collision shop and painted his vette in his garage so hes gonna help me out , just gotta find a more electric blue metal flake than my ultra blue metallic that came from factory so im thinking house of kolor

 

If you don't mind asking, where from? Mine has the same surprise. Are you going to do any extra metal prep once you get it, so it doesn't rust out like the other one?

 

Wheelers Auto Body Supply

 

awesome

 

purple people eater!! hahahahahaha thats awesome!

keep up the good work!

 

I love seeing these types of posts too.

Where did you order the rear bumper from? I know I need one and never found a place to get it.

 

my bad see that was answered

 

did u have to cut those bolts on each side to get that rear reinforcment off?

 

Hood is in primer!

 

I had one on each side that i had to torch off.

 

damn your so lucky!!! I wish I had a spot to work on my car!!!

 

man thats lookin good so far!nice job on the hood!

 

Looks good man. I agree with the dudes above...

A heated garage would be the **** right about now....

Been freezin my *** off the last few weekends I worked on my car.

 

join the club freezing rain storm here in michigan

 

freezing in chicago too. 4 more weeks to spring, then 1 week til 90s, cuz we don't get nice 50-70 degree weather for long.

 

Wish I had access to a paint booth still All that paint on the inside of the booth sure wouldn't last long at the booth I used. The teacher would be ticked off

 

Super Straight!

 

Back to work! Got the car on the frame rack and tore out some of the int. getting ready to weld in the SFCs!!!!

 

sorry for the lack of info

Spoiler came today, here are some pictures.


just threw it on, didn't do any fitting or anything so its very rough, but you get the idea!





any tips for making the spoiler fit right? the hatch piece fits fine, but the quarter panel pieces seem to fit poorly.

 

i love this thread keep it goin .

 

 

Looks like everything is coming along great. But I have a quick question:

Will having the front end up like that (from no hood or fenders) effect how the SFCs weld on? From my understanding, they should be welded on with the car at ride height. I'm probably wrong, but I'm not too sure.

Anyway, keep up the good work.

 

too just got mines painted....of course I need to do tha 4th gen dash swap

 

What he said. Spohn says to load the suspension while welding your SFCs in. And with these body panels off it will be different. When I did it I put jack stands under the rear axle and both front axles to simulate the load in the suspension when the car sits on the ground.

 

Don't worry, before i welded them on i tossed a 50 LB sandback on the front bumper.

 

Could you do me a really really big favor? Can you take a pic of the inner door parts. I am getting ready to put mine back together. I took pics but they didnt come out as good as yours.


You can e-mail them to redblazerx@yahoo.com

 

I can, but not gonna be able to until Monday afternoon.

 

very nice progress!