Damn - looking good!!

Time to gap trunck to qtrs
 

Gapping trunk lid to qtrs

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It takes a lot of work to get them right, but its worth it in the end. Nice progress.

Sombeach that look's great.This is going to be a top notch build.:thumbsup:

Wow some amazing work..Dan is originally from my area near Rad Rides ..i know of him and have pmed him about doing my dynacorn car..just never met him in person.....this might just help convince me..

What he ^^ said. That looks great. Where's this guy located? In NC?

top notch work! looks great!

what are the plans for the car? stock-ish restoration?

Very nice. Looks very good.:thumbsup: :cheers:

IIRC - Payton said Dan is based out of a shop in Mooresville NC...

Thanks for comments guys. Dan is doing an excellent job. I could not be any more pleased and satisfied with the work he has done. Dan's shop is located in Mooresville, NC on the same road as the drag strip. His shop is just a few miles from DSE. Dan is a super nice guy who can fab is behind off.

Just take a look at the car Sick Fish that came from Rad Rides by Troy. There is a build book on it and Dan did a bunch of fab the fab work. He left Troy's and went to DSE for a few years and did alot of work on Michael Manning's car and some others.

Dan started his shop late last year, so if you need some great work done, look him up.

Plan is basic pro-touring but with stock sub and rear leafs. Basic car that sits right, has great body lines and gaps and WELL detailed engine bay. Alot of suttle things to make the car look clean but on a budget and not the 75k+ budget. Im trying to build a super nice looking car with some modern comforts and driving feel on an average guy budget. This is no stab to the high budget builds as I wish I could do afford to have that. This is for my wife and she will be cruising in it 99% of the time and not require that latest suspension technology.

Here are some of the major things:
- Hotchkis front springs
- DSE dash, rear leaf springs, steering box, swaybar and upper a-arms
- Koni shocks
- baer brakes (T4 front and SS4 rear)
- J Rushforth 18" Superspoke rims
- ZZ427 engine (car is original BB, but cheaper to buy crate than rebuild the 396 myself with similar parts that crate engine has)
- Custom interior but has stock type appearance here and there (ie..stock looking seats but more pronounced bolsters, one peice headliner, etc)
- Car will be original Glacier blue with medium blue interior
- vintage air Gen IV and frontrunner system
- Anvil carbon fiber peices here and there also.

Car looks great killer work by Dan what is that brown car in the corner?

62 or 63 chevy II post

sounds really cool :yes:

i gotta admit i'm a little surprised that you kept the stock tubs even after doing the new quarter panels. would it have been significantly more work?

The inners were in really good shape except for one area on pass side. It is right much work to mini-tub. Approx ~35-40 hrs which would have pushed me way over my budget, not to mention the other suspension costs that balloon with mini-tubs. I would have wanted quadra link, new rearend, etc. You guys know how it works. :yes:

When I started to run low on funds I ask the wife if she wouldn't mind getting a second job.:lol: Man that went over like a lead ballon.:mad:

^^HA HA!:lol:
Car is looking very good Jay. Dan is doing a great job on it. He must be a man with great skill to work for Troy and DSE. Very good!:thumbsup: :cheers:

Car is back home!
 

Thanks man! Dan is very skilled. Just look at some of the cars he has worked on at Rad Rides and DSE. Sickfish & Chicayne are some aweome cars that he has put his craftmanship on.

Dan wanted to do some old school stuff, so he decided to lead the quarter to roof seam like GM did. This is a lost art.

Leading qtr to roof seams:

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Car back home...time for me to get to work now!

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Came out awesome. Will be on the lookout for updates.
Good luck man!:thumbsup: :cheers:

Thanks man! Looking forward to working on it.

spoiler?
 

that is looking really good, Jay. first time I've seen it. I need to get over there and see your shop and everything. (what happened to no spoiler?)

car looks great. It is amazing how fast you got all that metal work done. Did you ever contemplate using quarter skins as apposed to the full quarters? Just curious cause I'm debating on using full quarters or just do the skins.

Car is looking great. Not to keep bringing the Silicon Brazing up but it just amazes me. From working in body shops in the past, we never used anything like this. I assume that Dan is brazing over the entire gap and just cutting the body line back in with something like a cut off wheel or whatever. Here is an article on silicon bronze filler that I found interesting and informing, http://metalshapers.org/101/covell/c...ilbronze.shtml. You mentioned that he uses TIG to lay it down but from the article, there are a few options. Any further information that you could share would be great as I would like to try this on my build.
Thanks,

Looks fantastic! I like the outline of the build too!!! :thumbsup:

Its Donna's car...She wanted the spoiler. :rolleyes: Come on over anytime this weekend. Im removing the EDP coating off the doors and quarters. Got 1/2 of it completed.

I thought about it for about 10 min. After speaking with Dan and some others on here, I decided on full quarters and very happy with decision. Its not that much more work to do full quarter vs 80%.

Go with AMD full quarters. You will be glad you did after everything is done.

Derek..Dan did weld entire gap and recut with cut off wheel. Feel free to call Dan. His # is (704) 450-0607. I dont know much about it except he has done silicon brazing for many years at Rad Rides and DSE before opening his own shop.

Thanks Tony! You car turned out awesome! I know it feels great to have Karma back and know everything was done correctly. Congrats.

Nice car Jay!
the AMD stuff does look really nice:yes:
Dan did an amazing job on gapping that baby!

Great progress Jay!!! Thanks for keeping us posted ... :) :thumbsup:

Thanks Jay! It's not home just yet...but will be very soon!! And yes it's nice knowing it's done right this time around! :yes:

Jay,The project is looking real good.Can't wait to see more.:thumbsup: Scott

Awesome project Jay!

Any new pic's Jay? I also learned that one of our members has his car at Dan's shop for some finishing up..

Mario...No major updates. Just removing that EDP coating and then its time for epoxy primer, seam seal and then it will get some high build primer. Followed by the long block sanding process.

Dan mentioned there was someone on Lat-G bringing in another 69 camaro. I also know of another member having some work done soon. I hope Dan and his shop does well. I highly recommend him!

That's awesome Jay. Judging from what he has done with your car, he does great work. Plus, he worked with some great shops as well.
Keep us posted on yours please!:thumbsup: :cheers:

I havent had much time to work on the car past couple of weeks, but I did manage to get most of the coating off. I plan to finish removing it this weekend.

Its something about bare metal that just looks awesome!

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Nice progress.

Impressive! :hail:

Looks great Jay.
You are right. Something about the bare metal that just looks great.:yes:

Killer Jay!:thumbsup:

Paul