Amazing job.

Thanks Wayne!!

Pretty good progress this weekend, passenger side is complete. Spent a fair amount of time doing some clean up of the driver side just to ensure complete symmetry.

Working out the details of the tail lights, location, mounting, etc.

Damn!! Totally custom, yet totally a Camaro! Love it! Can't wait to see what you are doing for tail lights!

Thanks!! Exactly what I was going for! Tail lights coming in a couple weeks.

Pretty light progress lately but finally mostly finished the new tail section. Very happy with how it came out. Kept the original lines for the most part, just enhances them a bit to fit with the flared fenders.
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Those aren't real tail lights...just some poster board painted red so I could make sure the placement looks right before drilling the holes. This is basically the stock location...basically.
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Looks great, John. Good job!

It looks nice, did you make the cardboard lights bigger then the originals?

Metal work looks fantastic. I love your garage setup too!

Awesome work man.

Glad I could push a bit :)

Thank you!!
Thank you!!
Nope, same size. I'm using the factory tail light lenses. Just looks like it cause I painted the paper cut outs all red...doesn't show the trim ring.
Thanks JJ....Geezz man, next time you see me do something that stupid, please just shove me off the cliff!!

I'll get to Boise soon! LOL

Damn I've been busy this summer -- and just haven't been down there. The car is looking fantastic!!

Leaving in the morning to go back to the Mayo Clinic for a few days of procedures. Then I'll have some free time (I hope!).

As you can imagine, a 5 1/2 hole saw is a monster to hang onto even at low speed. I did weld a 3/16" plate behind the tail panel so the pilot bit had something to guide it.
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Fab'd up the tail light housings. I couldn't use the factory ones because of all the tail panel modifications and I wanted to slightly adjust their location to fit better with the widened tail.

You can't see it in these pics but there is a rubber seal between the tail light lens and the body.

Ended up adding about 4 lbs extra to the car but didn't really have a choice, in order to use a rubber seal, the bracket needed to be relatively stout. Had the shapes cut with a plasma table and then drilled the holes, just to help with the the weight. LED lights will mount inside later.

Started mock up of the exhaust tips.

Thanks Greg!! Stop by anytime, I work from a home office quite a bit. Best thoughts to you!!

Dang John...that looks amazing. Some serious skill there!!

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Looking really good. A mag drill is your friend :).

It looks nice with the lights in there, your going to confuse a lot of people wondering what is different. I like it a lot, nice work.

What are the exhaust tips from?

You'll get what I do: My *insert family member here* had a stock one exactly like that.


Yah sure, they did... with a 335" rear tire tucked well outboard of factory... :)


Did I miss the tire size on the rim specs? I am on my 3rd Not Your Father's Rootbeer and second cigar.

Yeehaw!

Oh, please tell me you're running digitails?

https://www.facebook.com/pg/BlueRibb...=page_internal

Agreed, had one lined up for the weekend but got impatient.

Thanks Wayne! Hope so..!

2016 Mercedes AMG. eBay, pretty sure there were a handful of them out there. All stainless, pretty nice piece.

So true!
I'm looking at the Digitails and the ones from easyperformance.com. Appreciate any advice.

Well, guess what I used, if you're looking for advice? :)

Thanks Curtis !

Love the build. Car is coming together now.

Tu

I am lost for words congrats brother!

Thanks guys!!

Started on the rockers. I'm doing everything I can to seal up any access for water to get into the rockers but I did seal the insides of them up just in case. Will put a drain as well.

Nice, John. I've been thinking about extending my rockers down to the pinch weld also when I finally get around to doing that work. My rockers need to come off to fix some minor rust issues anyway.

Hi Trey. I kept a 1" wide sliver of the rocker that I bent up if you want to use as a template, glad to send to you, not sure if it will be exact on your car but it might give you a place to start. I kept with Dr. Hermance's concept of not flaring out the rocker but just letting the door line continue down.

I am waiting for mine to come back from forming... my rockers originally had a chrome panel, so I am doing that in CF and dropping it down to the pinch and including a flare for the rear tires... so they don't look so much like a "dually" with a 345 on the back...

One of my customers calls hers the "dually".

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Awesome build and skills.

No matter what you do the rocker will not be totally sealed and moisture will accumulate. A couple of drain holes would be a good idea so that moisture can escape.

Don

I appreciate the offer but I'm so far out from doing body work that it would be lost. I'm sure someone else might be able to use it.

Thanks John.

Thanks Don!! Yep, totally agree. I sealed the inside of the new rocker with Zero Rust before I put it up and I sprayed Eastwood's frame rail seal inside the existing rocker. I decided to leave the existing rocker as I don't think the weight savings was worth any potential chassis rigidity. I will include some drains....I agree with you, these areas seemed to have been designed to gather as much water and debris as one could find! - I wish I had picks of the leaves I took out when I stripped the car!

Started finishing the rockers.

Not sure how I missed this build, seriously awesome work! I wish I had your sheetmetal skills. Please keep the pics coming.

Yeah this is an awesome build to watch.

Thanks gents!!

Combined the install of a 2.5 gallon oil tank with finishing the fab of the extended rocker panel. Thanks to many here...Steve, JJ, Tim McGilton and others for the concept and advice!
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Used a 1" tube through the rocker to provide access for a bolt to attach the front fender. Even though I've done everything I can to eliminate any water from getting down here, I still prepped the metal to withstand the elements.
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These access holes will be covered by a splitter...coming later.
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Had to push the tank into the interior just a bit.
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Sealed off the rocker.
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Sealed off the interior.
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Will have to relocate the filler and install a site tube. Prepped for this but will wait until I'm routing the oil lines.
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Test fitting the Fesler flush glass. Fits well!
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Let me know how that goes. I am still tempted.