I got a tour of their shop and they had some pretty cool stuff in there!



Yeah, the headers will need a day at the spa ... I will send them out for ceramic coating here real soon, even saved the AME box just for that purpose! Seems the rust was accelerated from road salt, even thou the car was covered the underside still sustained salt spray from the road ... grrrrr!

I will have updates here real soon ... Thanks for looking.

Update 4/16
 

Cutting up some more of the AMD quarter panel ... trying to get the door gaps better than a 1/2 inch!!! Figured it was easier to metal work the angles of the door jamb that were rounded with the quarter off, and no tension on the panel ... yeah I'm backwards thinking too! Got it to 3/16" metal working the jamb area and I haven't used any gap spray yet :ohsnap:

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Now I'll put the quarter back on and see how much of gap I'll have to fill in with metal, I'm guessing 3/16" in most places .... been a good day in the garage!

Thanks for looking ....

Wow -- you didn't waste any time getting right back to it!!

It's funny that you said that Greg ... cuz I still haven't unpacked the kitchen stuff and I have the garage organized and working on the car!!! Yeah I'm a car guy it's in my blood.

Greg I'll see you on Saturday morning at Thunderhill!

Love it! Spoken like a true bachelor car guy.

Update 4/30
 

Ain't that the truth ...


Worked on the door gaps, it's closer now ... It's real close a little more work and it's good enough to body work w a little steel filler. The edges will need to be crisper to match the oem look.

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A lot of hand filing ...
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Pretty close w a file.
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Body lines are still good!
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More betta ...


I'll finish metal working the quarter and start on the rear fitment to get her looking like GM built them.

Thanks for looking ....

Michael -- Just don't OCD yourself with that file.... these panels are thin enough to start with! LOL


Looks good buddy!

Thanks Greg ... I do have a limit switch with my OCD it's my osteoarthritis in my wrist, it'll tell me when to stop!!!!

Just getting some air!
 

Been plumbing my Max line air system this weekend ... nothing to fancy, just some 3/4 copper, 7 trips to Ace Hardware, drain line, a desiccant filter and then the 3/4 Rapid Air line w 2 drops. So far so good, only had one mulligan w the copper, and it took quite awhile to uncoil the blue line, you think it's hard to uncoil brake lines? I'll finish it up tonight hopefully.

Take a look ....

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Nothing too exciting but it's one of those things that just has to get done ... now I can get back to work on the Camaro!

Thanks for looking ....

My $.02 of criticism is you may want to replace the first section and/or Union with a length of hydraulic hose. Your compressor will vibrate and a flexible hydraulic hose can deal with that better than rigid copper, is not too expensive, can handle the heat and pressure with ease.

That might be more like $.02 in criticism , $.03 of suggestion and $.04 of reasons... But I am still shy of a dime invested.

I have had great luck with 20' of 3/4" line before any drip legs and/or water separator. I hardly get any moisture anymore.