I can already picture this baby in my head. Well done, and hope you get to drive her this year.

 

I cut the cage out that I built. I got a little nervous cause the wheel wells are not installed yet so I built a lighter cage and installed it so I can easily get in and out of the car.


I have the passenger side wheel well roughed in. Lots of hammering. I won’t weld it in until I have the quarter panel fitting perfectly.

 

Thx RedKnight. This is my first time this far. In the 80's I semi restored a 69 Camaro but all the welding was brass and I made all my own floor pans and patches and bought fiberglass fenders. Funds and technology was very limited back then. I couldn't find your folks camaro photos . Where exactly are they?

 

I showed a friend of mine at work the original photo when I bought it and she said "WOW what a pile of JUNK" She can not see it in her head like we can eh Sogun

I won’t have her on the road this year but on the upside I will have more time to rebuild the motor and add more “options”

 

Here ya' go:

 

Wow. Now I have to know the whole story on the car please.

 

Back in 1971 or 72, my parents were looking to buy a GTO. But, every single one they looked at had issues. They stumbled on this '69 Camaro and decided to buy it. It was a base-model 350 that they brought up to SS specs long before there was such a thing as aftermarket. Every item on it is factory GM. As a kid, I remember going to all these swap meets around Chicago, Arlington Heights, and Indiana to scour for the right parts. All the proper stickers are on it, it has factory cowl-induction with original parts, original interior, and you get the picture.

But, they moved down to Missouri in '84 and the car was barely driven then. It's been in the garage and un-tagged since '88. Now, they're both getting close to retiring and they want to play with the car again. The biggest issue is going to be that dash panel replacement. That's the only spot (besides the exhaust) with rust on it.

For now, we just went through the brakes, put a new transmission pan gasket in, and installed a new accelerator pump. The intake manifold and valve covers could use a repaint, and the undercarriage just needs some cleaning and it will be good to go. We're dealing with a timing issue with it at the moment. It got a Comp Cams upgrade around '82 or '83, and now it wants too much timing to run right. So, that's on the list of things to sort out.

That might be too much of a story though, and I've bored you to tears.

 

Great story RedKnight. Im putting in a new dash too. Classic rust spots on these old girls

 

I just hope it's not too difficult to replace. I'll be looking forward to seeing you go through the restoration project on your ride. It's great to see one come back to life.

 

With the car level I measured where the rear part of the frame needs to be in relation to the front of the frame using the floor as a reference. The rear was down by a ½ inch. I made a mount and secured the front of the frame and lifted on the back by ¾ of an inch. I’ll bring it down ¼ inch when I weld the quarter panels on.


I roughed in the ¼ panel. Still need a few more hours more fitting time before I start on the driver’s side.