Hi folks,
In at the shop we have a 1968 Camaro! Initial plans were to just align the body panels and paint. But after further investigations we found the car was a lot of body fill over rust and rough repairs. Very far from final paint to make this a proper restoration. Time to make this one right!

Came to us in primer

Panel alignment was very off from the last "body shop"

 

wow nice restoration!

 

Well this escalated quickly!







This car was born with a vinyl roof and sometime ago it was removed and some ruct repair was done,



Roof skin rotted,



So we started with removing the trunk filler piece,





Roof skin removed,



More nastyness,



So then it decided to put it up on the frame table,



Here it was noticed how bad the right rear corner was bent up so we did a pull down to straighten it up. You can see we went past center knowing it would spring back up.



This is the right rear support behind the wheel tub, notice the bend lol,



Left side was good,



So after the frame was sorted we installed the new floor pan,



And we installed a minitub kit from Detroit Steel,










so now to finish the skins and start the bodywork!



cheers

 

Very nice work! I'm right in the middle of a similar repair on my 67. Did you happen to take more pictures in between the skinning process?

 

Not really, once we started it happened pretty quickly. Is there anything in particular you're looking for?



cheers

 

Well we got the skins all welded up,












Next step is to get it up on the hoist, paint the underside and install the suspension.



cheers

 

I'm trying to figure out how to get the rear tubs out. I assume it's as simple as removing all the spot welds? Very slow going at this point.

 

Ya pretty much lol. It's very tedious work.



cheers

 

Getting all the sheet metal back on the car,

Got the subframe blasted and painted,



Firewall painted and made a heater delete plate,



Subframe bolted up,




The underside is painted and sealed up,









Started hanging the front end on,








Got another 2nd gen in the shop to finish as well lol,




The fun never stops!


cheers

 

Wow, amazing work!
Not much original car left there so you really built a new car from a pile of rust.
I can't recall ever seeing one brought back from being that far gone, outstanding!