Hey Sonar Cheif ,
Whats 12/25/83 ? obviously x-mas . You cross the equator on that day ?
What the heck do they call that the first time ? I noticed becuse I left San Diego the day before , boot camp .
Time flies ....

That's CHIEF! Crossing The Line is the ceremony for crossing the equator, where a previously inducted sailor known as a SHELLBACK bring slimy POLYWOGS up against King Neptune's court to answer charges.

I never crossed the equator, I did however cross the Arctic circle a few times on board a submarine

Hey .... that day is the day I earned my Dolphins. I went from a NUB to a qualified submariner (well, over 18 months passed in between), we were underway somewhere and the CO presented me with my first pair of Submarine Warfare breast insignia.

Thanks for serving ..... :hail:

Thats Cool! Thank both of you for your servise.

Polywog ..., At 5AM it came to me
I was a Seabee NMCB40 . Five years in and not one full day on a ship .

Nice job on the rust
Primer ? Hays grey ??:_paranoid

Awesome job on the fab work! Car is coming along great..

Wayne ... it was my pleasure:thumbsup:

Haze Grey? No way.... haze grey is for TARGETS, I mean surface ships :rofl: :rofl:

Thanks Brian ... little at a time and make sure it's done right:bow:


Well, working on that patch, cut the first one too short to make the curves so I started with another piece of 18ga and got her close ... I can POR the back of the patch in the workshop (laundry room) tonight but trying to keep that corner above 70 so I can POR the car is gonna be tough. Everything lines up nice so I'm close :thumbsup:

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3535/1212211662.jpg
Close ... need to start welding to get some heat in and form to the original!

Tomorrow is supposed to be in the 50's, that will help a lot, my toes are cold just from this afternoon.

Thanks for looking

Chief - really enjoy your updates and attention to detail. If someone asked me 'how to' bring a Camaro back to life, I'd point them to your thread. Keep up the good work Sir and Happy Holidays...:cheers:

Getting there!
 

That is quite the compliment .... thank you and Happy Holidays to you also! :thumbsup:

Got the patch pretty close to original, I could have keep messing with it but I needed to get going with the POR and not lose too much heat .... finished the welds and bought another 15lb propane tank in case this one goes empty.

So, here is the first coat of POR drying, another coat and then some black.

http://imageshack.us/a/img827/7020/1212221663.jpg
She's close, I'll finish trimming and hammer form when I get some heat on her.
http://imageshack.us/a/img213/3848/1212221666.jpg
Got the first coat of POR and the heat going!

Should get the upper and lower patch welded tomorrow if all goes well :thumbsup:

Thanks for looking ......

looking good man

Chicken Feed!
 

Thanks for the kudos ... she's getting there!

I'm not sure I really wanted to post after seeing Mark has a new thread, new car .... I'm just chicken feed here with my little ol Camaro.
Mark will probably have two more cars finished before I get one out :willy: GOOD LUCK MARK!

But I spent all day in the garage so I might as well post some pictures ....

http://imageshack.us/a/img802/9669/1212231674.jpg
Better than before .... welded/POR'd and black :thumbsup:

http://imageshack.us/a/img203/9888/1212231675.jpg
Welded the top , now need to weld the bottom and button this front end up!

Need to weld the bottom of this pillar and get the other side cleaned up and weld the cowl and sides :D then start on the firewall closeout and the dash ... but I'm getting ahead of myself, one at a time!

Thanks for looking ..