I was inspired by Saxondale's repaint documentation, so I am going to do the same thing as I redo my car.

I have had my camaro for almost a year. Mechanically, it's in really good shape. Cosmetically, it needs some work inside and out. At some point in time before I bought it, the car was hit on the passenger side. The way the dent is, it is nearly impossible to pull and return to perfect condition. When it was hit, the gfx were also damaged. There is also a dent on the iroc hood that someone installed. There are also issues with the driver side door panel and rust on the exterior. The headliner needs replaced and I need to do something about the leaky sunroof someone installed. The front seats are in bad shape (why gm couldn't make better seats in the 80s I'll never know), and the rear ones have stains. The dash has a crack from when it was hit. The hatchback leaks water, I believe near where the glass meets the latch area.

My plan is to replace the parts that need replaced from junk yard cars. It doesn't matter if the replacement doors don't match as the whole car will eventually get a paint job, as the clear is peeling.

 

My car's twin sister! Can't wait to see how the rebuild comes along, I dig the 80s mail-order sunroof

 

To date I have replaced the exhaust all the way up to the manifold. All that was left when I bought it was the y-pipe with a temp piece that went out by the door. As you can see the y-pipe was in pretty bad shape. I replaced all the pipe with stock 2.25in pipe from walker, and I put on the flowmaster 80 series muffler, which has 2.5in outlets. I would have put a bigger system on, but money was tight at the time and what was left of the old pipe leaked exhaust into the cab so just getting something on was important. I replaced the O2 sensor while I was at it. I was lucky enough to borrow a friend's dad's car lift to do the job.

 

I have also installed a bluetooth fm transmitter for a trip I took this summer. I had a job in Vegas for the summer and needed some navigation. When I plugged it into the cigarette lighter, it kept blowing the fuse, so I wired in an extra outlet. The outlet fit snuggly between the cig lighter/defrost console, and the dash, so I didn't have to drill and hole or use any sticky stuff. I need to hide the wires some how, but the whole thing could be taken out in about five minutes and be returned to stock. Also, because I wired it straight to the battery, I have and inline fuse and switch so I can shut it off when I don't need it.

 

I like the sunroof too. Unfortunately, the rubber seal is dried out where it meets the glass, so it leaks. I have some low strength adhesive on it to keep it from leaking until I figure out how I want to fix it.

 

Remove sunroof.

Weld in patch from donor car.

Check for additional roof rot above windows near drip rail.

 

The head liner has been removed. Because, the sunroof leaked, the liner drooped and the cloth was starting to come off, so I ripped the whole thing out. Luckily the headliner always dried out so there is no rust on the roof or around the sunroof.

I actually thought about doing that, and I still might. I'm not too bad with a welder and I don't think it would be hard to do.



















I need some new sunvisors too.

 

be careful when welding, the plate gets hot and it starts barking - point the weld and let the plate cool. Remember to cover glass. welding splash burn in glass. Even when you drive with angle grinders, the glass gets destroyed. take only tape and not paper, risk it takes fire

 

I vote to save the sunroof- it's a neat part of the car's history plus how can you deny that extra wind in your hair

 

We're all older now - you must mean gray hair(me too) - if there is any hair left at all.
Someone was going to say it.