Good example of me = crappy / John = nice...

The trans tunnel modifications for the T101A. I made the hole, John covered it.

Awesome. Great work.

I guess I could cut out some of this baloney strokin' and show you guys how it sits today huh?

it's got the new clip on, the motor, trans and headers are in for test fit... As soon as I take the front clip off and put it back on, I'm going to turn the car around and start working on the back of it... Wait.

Oh yah, and a couple of pics of the bondo loaded OG fenders so you can enjoy the fact that it currently sits like I'm going to run rallycross with the car...

Love the history and story behind the car! Looks like she is coming along great! Gotta love a little bondo! That front clip and deck lid is going to lighten the car up a ton! Congrats on the final decision/path for the car.

You know what's really interesting about posting progress in a public forum... I can go back to the date of my last post and see that even though I'm telling myself "It's got to be close to a month since I touched the Camaro" the date stamp on the last post tells me it's actually been two months!

I've been buried with work, and more so buried with my son's baseball team (they won their division championship in Pony ball, woot!) and now their all-star team...

So, I haven't done a dang thing to the car in two months. I am taking half of July and August off from youth baseball and really hoping to make some progress on the trunk, rear wheel openings and rear suspension during that 4 week period.

Until then, it's just going to be chipping away at little things as I get time, assuming I can avoid getting distracted by my other small, non-car, non-baseball addiction... Hey did I tell you guys I just picked up an old school style BMX side hack?! Oops... What was I saying about that other addiction?!

Distractions.... FTW! :lol:

There's something I really like about this car - color combo works really well. Looking forward to watching the build!!

I have a not so secret bike addiction. 43 years old and I still ride BMX bikes (and dirt jump and MTB). You know what they say... You have to grow old, you don't have to grow up!

Thanks man. I'm looking forward to seeing it done! I really want to grind it out and make some progress this summer. Car has been off line too long. I just sold off one of my other vehicular projects ('95 F350 crew cab with PSD) to reduce my level of distractions a bit. So hopefully, I'll be able to get this old boy moving again.

On break from baseball (we played over 100 games in 2014) and trying to make some headway on the Camaro.

Got a big box from ATL yesterday and a nice big box from Jim Fay today.

I cut the trunk pan out last weekend. No worries, it was Vatican approved... I mean man, it was holy!

So, next stop is to install the watts and get the cell and upper shock mounts located.

Here's hoping everyone's having a good new year!

Shoot, completely forgot I started experimenting with the rear wheel openings. I'll have to post that circus up later, once I get it a bit more sorted...

welcome back!!!!!

Thanks man! I'm here lurking a lot, but hadn't made much headway on the car during summer and fall.

Rainy day in SoCal gave me so time to mess with the car a bit. Got the trunk rough cut to install the fuel cell and started mocking up the watts link.

I'm moving the shocks inboard by flipping the spring plates, so I wanted to make sure all of the Fay's stuff would clear and line up properly. Everything seems to look good so far. Feels good to make some progress.

I was going to upload some pictures from my phone for you guys, but they appear to be too large for the site to resize, so I'll have to do it later from my pc.

:gitrdun:

Thanks bud! chippin' away at it!

Wow... 7 months since my last post and I can say I have the Fay's watts link in the car and less enthusiastic to admit that I have the fuel cell mostly installed.

The big upshot is that I have developed an abject hatred for nutserts or rivnuts or whatever the hell you want to call them. Ah well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Ah well our baseball team is on break so I finally have time to get some stuff done on the car.

Update pics tomorrow.

Ok, couple updated pics. The cell is in. Obvious will all have to come out to put in the floor and paint.

And a shot from outside.

22 gal? Or bigger?

22 gal. I forget the model number, it fit really well in the space that's available.

going to try to get the trunk enclosed next and deal with the shock upper mounting points, then on to the rear wheel openings.

Of course baseball starts up again in a couple weeks so my free time will be back to zero... But the kids are only young once and the car has been with me for 28 years, so a few more years of it being second banana won't kill anyone I guess.

I have vowed that I won't build anymore bikes until the trunk is don't though. So that's a step in the right direction.

looking good!!

Thanks! Long way to go, but it feels good to get something accomplished.

Fuel Cell ??
 

Nice progress w the fuel cell ... question, the flanges on the top of the tank appear to mount on the side of your support. I thought the tank slipped into the support/cage from the top w all the hardware on the top ... maybe wrong.

I was thinking about a cell too ... what are the measurements w your cell?

Michael

Thanks!

The bolts that run parallel with the axles bolt in from the top the ones that bolt in perpendicular do go in from the side.

It's ATL #SP122C - 34"x17.5"x9.75"

http://m.summitracing.com/parts/abt-sp122c

Fit really nice. In the trunk low, but doesn't hang way down so it will go over speed bumps, etc.

Some additions progress today and some lessons learned for next time...

I guess I should preface this by saying that a number of years ago the car had a big block, TH400 and drag radials. To make room for the tires, I had to cut the inner lip of the wheel opening and then roll the lip up into the outer wheel tub, because the metal was pretty dang thick (0.040). So as I was working towards making flares to cover the CCWs, I had to deal with those cuts, one way or another.

I have a habit of subconsciously identifying the most difficult way of doing something and then diving right in...

(Having issues uploading more than one picture per post.)

It's probably obvious to most, that I'm making it worse at this point.

Then again, they say there's nothing that can't be fixed with duct tape...

(Handy for keeping kids from slicing themselves as well.)

So I decided to weld in some steel rod to give it some structure (so I could get a grinder on it and get the paint and crap off, which I should have done beforehand... I know, I know).

Welding gloves are great for smothering out burning paint. I should add that at this point, I was pretty thoroughly convinced I'd be cutting off the quarter and attempting a stretch job instead.

I think I can only post one one pic because my phone names them all "image"... Anyhow, not looking as crappy as I thought it would.

Welded on, but before all the hammering and grinding. At this point I realized I should have cut off all this crap and welded in new, flat sheet metal instead of deafening my self all afternoon.

Ok, last 3... Basically have the shape I want at this point and think its salvageable...

You guys better go out and buy stock in Bondo.

I think I have a good idea of how to replicate this on the other side of the car and make it easier as well.