I have been working on redoing my 91 convertible for the last 4 years, mostly body work and rust repair until this year. I finally picked up a 99 Camaro z28 with an ls1 t56 set up as my donor car. I pulled the motor and tranny and have torn down the ls1 for rebuild. Going to upgrade the bottom end and do a cam, heads and intake while im at it. If anyone has suggestions on a good street cam I am all ears. There are some pics of body work and repair as well, but it will become mostly about the ls1 t56 swap, just wanted to provide a starting reference for the thread.

Here are some picks of the work I have done so far. The rear quarter was so badly damaged and dented that I had to remove it and replace it with a donor. I will never do it again, it was such a labor intensive job but overall I am happy with it. I also created a custom sheet metal spoiler because I didn't like the original plastic/urethane one and half the mounting points were cracked or broken.

 

 

the bottom picture was a rust repair, I had to cut out about 2 feet worth of bad metal and replace it. the top picture is the bottom radiator support that was rusting. I wire wheeled it and primed it then undercoated it.

 

A couple more pics of the quarter replacement. Still needs finishing work but its tack welded on and lined up at this point.

 

Some pics of the donor ls1 and its extraction.

 

Driver floor pan repair, another time consuming rust repair. If I were to do it again, I would have spent a little more time on the welds and making sure the repair panel fit a little better, but after seam sealing and 3m undercoating the entire interior its held up for the last 2 years without issue.