It looks good Nice job. Same crappy weather here but with rain. Hopefully there'll still be some nice weather coming your way.

:thankyou: ... yeah the weather is cool and it's gonna rain later today, not optimal for spraying, we'll see if I can spray tomorrow!

There's always something else to do on the car :ohsnap:

Michael

Weather didn't look to good for the weekend so I sprayed SPI epoxy ... take a look! Getting the underside of the speaker tray was APITA and some of the roll bar has some dry spots I'll have to recoat, spraying a roll bar is tougher than it looks :headspin: ..... but overall came out nice!

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Just checked the temp in the garage and it's 73 degrees and holding, guess my insulation is working :thumbsup:

Thanks for looking ... more tomorrow!

looking really good
 

Sweet it's looking great.
Yeah the bars are very hard to get great coverage.
After I sprayed the color and clear I was ready for a long break.
Between the lighting and not accidentally touching the fresh color or clear with body parts, gun parts or the hose.
That got old really quick.
:hairpullout:

I truly enjoy following your build SC. I say to myself every time that I'm about to see work done the right way, and you never disappoint.
Agree with the roll bar comments. They are tough to get right.
Car is looking great!

Yeah prep took the longest time and then crawling under the roll bar was APITA ... the outcome was worth it thou!



I appreciate the comments and I hope others can learn and get inspired from my work ... I have some more pics from this weekend to upload! Had to get out the heater already, what? Yeah, cold and rainy for early October, did get some work done in the garage thou .... a good garage day!

Thanks for looking ...

This is my favorite stage of any build. So awesome.

Keep at it! :Captain:

Hi
 

Hi, I'm new to this forum and just stumbled onto your build. I couldn't help but notice it's been on the go for a few years now. I'm taken with your dedication, and the quality of your work. Keep it up mate !!!! Cheers Trevor

Looking good... Keep up the good work

:thankyou: Thanks guys! It's been a long road but she's coming together just like I see in my head. I want to do everything correctly and once!!!


Did some research and read some forums about roll bar paints and seems one of the favorites is Rustoleum appliance epoxy, durable is what I'm looking for ... so I sprayed the roll bar and the speaker tray. Went on really nice, couple spots I'll have to re-coat.

You have to wait a week before you can re-coat, ooops .... tried to touch up a dry spot on the tray and lifted the epoxy. I'll wait and sand it down and re-coat later.

You can see the difference in the sheen between the SPI epoxy and the appliance paint. Take a look ....

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Since everything was dry I took my flexible sanding blocks and sanded the trunk and floor to get the overspray off ... that epoxy outa the spray can made a mess!!

Thanks for looking ...

love this thread.

So, you just saved me some research.. appliance paint? where does one source such a paint? I am :EmoteClueless: I am going to be painting mine soon.... Did you Epoxy prime to etch into the metal?

A note one thig I was thinking.. was the belt bar, wrapping that after painting it... this way the belts banging off them won't scratch the crap out of them..

Thanks ... everyone loves pictures, I try and provided good pics w the progress reports. Thanks for looking!



I bought Rustoleum at HD ... it's in their paint dept. That's exactly why I went with the appliance paint, supposed to be tough as heck .... just like your frig finish! I did epoxy prime before, SPI black and then spray bombed just the package tray and the roll bar ... it did make a mess w over spray thou :confused59:

Thanks for asking ...

Update 10/10
 

A little progress to show .... school is in session so I have allocated time to work on the Camaro. Welded the plates in the seat support back, and started fitting the outer AMD skin to the OEM window channel on the diver's side rear window. Left them screwed together and cut thru both pieces of metal at the same time ... came out ok!

I had previously welded on angle across the window opening for a reference ... the passenger side is a little wider and I have to put tension on the drivers side to get that gap ... so I'm just gonna put her back to where GM had it!

Take a look ...

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Gonna spray some Eastwood internal frame coating on the underside!
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Held in place ... gotta close the gaps a little!
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That's the pass side gap at the same spot against the driver's side gap... wider fer sure!
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Think I'll leave her the way GM had it .... crappy tolerances!

That's all for now ... gotta get some homework done now!

Thanks for looking ...

Update 10/29
 

Good day for some Camaro time! Had to use the welder for a heater thou ... yeah it's getting cold here!

Anyway, got the GM window channel welded to the crappy AMD quarter :bur2: , sanded and hand filed ... minimal skim coat of filler will be fine.

Now I have to weld in the GM corner piece here ... AMD stamping is crap!

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MO BETTER!!! It even lines up with the original braces I welded to the inner ... yeah!
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This is the next piece that needs welded in ...
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I'll have to slice the quarter vertically and fix this mess ... that'll help w the door gaps too!
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AMD ... this is what is supposed to look like!

Still plugging away between homework assignments ... hopefully I'll get that other inner corner welded in tomorrow and work on the vertical stuff later. She's getting there, just needed to TLC which AMD didn't bother to apply.

Thanks for looking ...

[. She's getting there, just needed to TLC which AMD didn't bother to apply.

Thanks for looking ...[/QUOTE]

Then they went to the right build because you've given this project plenty of TLC! Nice job.

Then they went to the right build because you've given this project plenty of TLC! Nice job.[/QUOTE]

Wayne .... thanks, if not for all this TLC I might be driving my Camaro by now! The passenger side quarter is the same crappy stamping as the driver's side I'm working on ....grrrrrr :confused59:

Michael

Hi Chief
 

Hi, I admire your workmanship and dedication mate. It's a shame those quarter panels required so much work to get right, you'd expect much better, I could understand if they were cheap seconds out of Taiwan, I'm only new here as I've mentioned before, and I'm sorry that this will be of no help to you, but we recently fitted a pair of OER brand quarters on my 68 which went on really well, they were quite expensive down here, but it's now apparent they were well worth the money. Keep up the good work Chief. Cheers Trevor.

Car looks really good. Are you using any other brand of replacement panels?

Thanks guys ... it's been a long road to get these AMD parts to fit like the OEM parts. There happens to be an AMD dealer here in town and if I need to return parts it's just a call away ... went through two sets of door skins at their cost!

We've called the AMD center with fitment issues and the answer we get when they check their back stock is "they all look like that!". Oh well... keep plugging away at perfection!

Michael

It's never easy Michael --- that's why many just give up. The real satisfaction is kicking it's ass right back!

Greg, you are so right .... well did some more kicking, it's getting close now!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/2sHK8I.jpg
Looks so much better w GM corners!
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Now to clean up the jamb area and work on the door gaps ... ugggg!

Thanks for looking ...

Nice work Chief

Dear sir,
what have you been doing? look forward on seeing your work and progress,

+1

Nicely said Steve68.

Thanks for checking, besides being cold as the dickens here I have been consumed with my last two class towards my MBA. The semester ended right before Xmas and then my boys came out for two weeks and when they flew home classes started again.

So priorities are obvious, the car is still sitting right here and can wait, gotta get my edumacation!

Michael

Good for you, totally understand, family and school,

for me, working out of state takes a lot from car and family time, but maybe one day I'll get home, but like you said car can sit its not going anywhere,

Steve ... thanks for checking in, wow.... it's been awhile!


I'm still here, well in Hollister CA now! Been awhile since I got to work on the car, now that I'm in CA I can work on it through the winter .... yeah!

HOLLY RUST already! Got the garage sorta organized and looked over the car and saw surface rust already, I've only been here a week ... wasn't expecting that! Time to break out the fiber wheels and get that off there. Sure glad I epoxied the roll bar and the interior before I left :thumbsup:


Here is some car porn ...
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I did find a fab shop that does LS swaps less than a 1/4 mile from work, Pacific Fab in Gilroy .... this could be bad!!!! lol

Thanks for looking .... gotta get to work on that rust!

Jay is totally worth it. They know their stuff. I used to be in a 4WD club with them in the early 2000's. They blossomed nicely in their business over 10 years.

If I didn't do it myself, they would be doing it.

Great to hear from you again Chief.
Those headers look like they'd enjoy an abrasive media blast and ceramic coat at the Spa! Too many books and crannies to disc them well.

Looking forward to more updates, yours is one of the few builds I follow on here. You are in company with anything of Stielow's and Daves BMF if that makes you feel good, I hope it might.

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.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/0GZzvl.jpg
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.