i have never posted here before so i am gonna start now with this car, most of you know who my wife is, the covergirl, she does all the interiors and i do the paint, i am doing a 87 iroc for a guy from ground up, i just got the car back from stripper getting it blasted and all paint removed, thats the only way i start is from bare metal, here are some pics and the link to that part of the website, Jim

http://www.birdsandbowties.com/

 

loook good so far. Quite abit of work you got for your self.

 

thanks, no not much work for me , i have done so many of these cars like this i can do them in my sleep, i have all bodywork done and car is in iltimate 2k primer ready to block super straight, this camaro is going to be very sweet when i am done, i have a lot of real good parts for it !!

 

sweet start, lookin forward to watching it come together!

 

Sweet start on that restoration! I'm jealous, wish I had the space and time to do that with mine. Have fun and keep us posted!

 

Ditto. Looks like it'll be a sweet ride. I'd like to do this to start a road-course rod hehe.

 

Geez, put an effort in it! At least I removed my hood latch support! LOL Here is my 87 IROC.....its good to see I'm not the only crazy one.

 

Nice start, and it does look like a lot of work. Originally a 5.7 car? On a closer look, Dude wheres the T tops????

 

Mine is originally a 5.7, black on black, but it getting a fresh 406 small block (600hp) and a six speed this go around. I don't mind the work so much, its the paying for parts bit I have a hard time with, lol. That is actually an old picture of the car, I had two coats of epoxy sealer (tinted black to hide inevitable chips) applied to the unibody. It has been fit back together in the garage with a 10 point cage for now. I have to do all the fabrication for the new suspension, driveline and exhaust yet. It will have to come completely back apart again for the stripping and epoxying of the doors, fenders, hood, etc, then of course final paint. I see at least two years of puttering and buying yet. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have the 88GTA on the rotisserie beside it getting a freshening for the summer. My wife has the patience of a saint!

 

Man that is good to see....If you dont mind me asking what would something like that cost

 

I see birdsandbowties hasn't been logged in since his last post on Jan 6th....so I'll give you an answer from what it has cost me.

I stripped the car completely, cleaned the undercoating off and did the welding/patching to repair the two reduculously small rust spots the car had. I also bought and installed the roll cage, built the rotisserie, mounted the car on it and delivered it to the bodyshop like that. My $4550 (canadian) payment to the body shop covered them blasting, sanding the outer panels, remove a small dent, prep and two gallons of epoxy primer/sealer (two coats, inside, underneath, outside of unibody only) both dyed black to hide any inevitable chips later). Keep in mind, I still have the hood, front fenders, doors and bumper supports to be sanded and epoxied, and no final paint has yet been applied.

 

10k was the cost of mine to have it soda blasted, primed, bodywork done and paint. The car had very very minor rust. Pics in my cardomain.

 

Nice work there Spike. When do you expect to finish the car?

 

Good question... Ive been at it for almost 5 years. In those years, I had a baby and built a new house. It will be running this year for sure, but 100% finished? Probably in late 2010. Family first, car second. I cant wait to turn the key tho. Hell, I dont even remember the feeling driving the car and Im the owner for the past 12 years. Thats a GREAT project youre having there also! IMO its the only way to do it. Do it once "the right way", dont ever look back.

 

Starting from scratch like that really helps when
it comes to bracing for our cars.

Strut tower bracing, sub frame connectors, inner and
outer fenderwheel modifications ect. ect.

All while keeping it stock appearing.

Nice start

Later

 

I hear ya Spike, I should have a look for some more recent pictures of my build, it is coming along. I can't wait to get it on the road but other priorities are slowly delaying it. I don't wish to completely hijack a thread I didn't start, so I'll post a new thread once I sort out my pictures.