Geeze Brian,I wouldn't know what to do with all that space.Car looks great

The shop is in Fremont and Magnussen is partners with our owner. I Manage this location. We have shops in Santa Clara, Mountain View, Dublin, Concord, and Yuba City. My shop was completed last April.

Thanks,
Brian

We are making progress with removing all the old paint and bondo and getting the car down to bare metal. Next steps are to finish the rust repair and remove the rear body panel and trunk floor and replace with new panels.

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Is that a HONDA badge on the front core support?

Yes it is. One of my techs thought it was funny to put that on there. He said I should put a VTECH motor in it... LOL!

Tell him you're going to put a Vtech in as a pony motor , To Start The Real one! lol

I just figured your Camaro forgot to wipe its mouth after eating. :thumbsup:

I love this project of yours. Thanks for all the great posts and keeping us up to date.

We started removing the rusted and damaged panels this week. Our body tech, Ashik, has been going at it this week.

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Our shop foreman, Bo, is starting the flares on the quarter panels.

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By next week, I should have some photos showing major progress on the rear body work.

Very cool. She's moving right along.:thumbsup:

Brian,
How's the build going? Haven't heard from you in awhile. Do you have any photo updates?

We are making good progress on the car. We took last week off so we can get other work in the shop out. I was waiting for a little more progress to be done before posting some more photos. The quarter panel flares are just about done. The floor and rear body panels have been replaced All the rust spots have been patched, and there were a handfull. We are currently fitting all the fiberglass panels.

Here are a couple shots to show where we are. Many more to come.

The flares are all metal fabricated.

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We pushed out the quarter panels about 1 1/2" along with the flares.


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These are the "small" tires

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Here is the car with some of the fiberglass panels getting fitted.

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In a couple weeks, I hope to have a lot more progress done and photos.

Thanks for watching!
Brian

Looking Great
 

Looking great Brian. I can't wait to see more.

Chris

It looks good Brian. Keep up the good work.:thumbsup:

Update

** Update **

We have been making progress with the body over the last couple months. There is a lot of little things that have to be done and they take a lot of time. The fiberglass work is getting close to being completed. In about one more week, that part of the body will be done. We are starting the final steps on the sheet metal and it may have about 1 - 2 more weeks before the car is ready for paint.

The engine just got completed and went to the shop at home yesterday. I am very happy with the dyno results. 416 CI LS3 with 611 HP and 538 TQ.

Here are a couple shots to show where we are at. I hope to show more shots in a couple weeks.

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Brian,
How's the build progressing? Any new pics of your awesome build?

Hey Brian.. More Pixs please.. I need my fix:hail:

I cant wait to see this one finished.:thumbsup:

Hey guys, sorry for the delay on photos. It has been a lot of work getting the body ready for paint. We are working on the car in between regular jobs in the shop, so the process is a long one, as you all already know.

Here are some shots of where we are now. The quarter panels are finished in metal and now the "bondo" begins to complete the shaping. The fiberglass bumper is being shaped to the quarter panels to give it a nice clean look. I will post some more photos in the next couple weeks.

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Not sure how I missed this one! I love it! Just spent the last two hours reading every post and studying all the pics! Great build....and shop! :thumbsup:

We just finished the left quarter panel and we are now going to the right side to finish in the next couple days.

The first shot is the completed flare and quarter and the second is the right side before the "bondo".

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I know a little about this stuff so bear w/me..... Is the 'lip' of the outside edge of the wheel opening 'squared' w/body filler & primer?

There is a metal rod on the outer lip of the wheel opening and another rod about 1" up that make up the lip. Body filler is used to finish off the upper edge to give it the sharp look. Primer will be added later and blocked out to give it the final look before paint.

Looking great Brian...are you running the exhaust out those holes in front?

I figured on a build like this,you'd run the tall 3-pc D-80 spoiler,are you using the one in the pictures or do you have something custom in mind?

The exhaust will exit out the hole on the left quarter panel in front of the rear tire. The is no room to exit the exhaust behind the rear axle.

With the rear spoiler, I will be adding on 10" of clear plastic to the deck lid that is on the car. The rules of the class I will be running limit you to 10". I will be using clear because I have always loved the small spoiler look and the clear will serve it function without changing the look of the car.

Here is a picture of my Corvette with the same material I will be using on the Camaro. If the material was a solid material, the classic look of the Corvette would dramatically chanage.

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The material will fasten to the back side of the short spoiler.

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Here are some updated photos of the quarter panels and rear bumper. We are getting the body lines finalized. We are molding the rear bumper to the quarter panels with a nice even gap. I put a cardboard spoiler on the deck lid to show the size of the clear plastic one that will be added later. The fiberglass inner shell has relief molded cut outs for the side bars. More detail will be added to them.

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What a fantastic idea. That Vette looks awesome and if the spoiler was body color it wouldn't look anywhere near as good, even though people understand the purpose and function.

awesome build.

Hey Brian looks great,love the side bar reliefs in the doors.Why not round off the corners of the spoiler and scallop the top edge to give it alittle character !!!And being clear you can see thru it in your mirror, if you have one.My race truck has a 5in clear spoiler and if it was aluminum I wouldnt see anyone behind me,but thats stockcar racing not autocross !!!! Keep it up

The clear add on spoiler will look much better than that piece of cardboard I stuck on there. There will be a Gurney Flap added to the top like on the Corvette. Function and legalality under the class rules is most important on this part of the car. Being clear, you won't really see it anyway.

Thanks for the idea!

We made some good progress this week on the rear body. Our body techs worked all week on the rear end and quarter panels and doors. The small details are going to make a big difference.

Here are some current photos showing the way we go the rear bumper to fit to the rear body and quarter panels.

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Wow!! looking awesome,Brian can't wait to see it in under color. :thumbsup:

brian keep up the good work.
rick k:cheers:

Nice to see a second gen tucking that much tire. This car is going to set a new standard for early Camaros.

Very nice. Love the way the bumper sits. Came out really nice!:thumbsup:

WOW Brian, what a super KILLER project. I just went through all of the pages your build thread, very impressive work. It is especially interesting for me as a fellow 2nd Gen owner.....good to see another one enjoying a new life!!!

I am very partial to the single stripe idea!!! :unibrow:

Scott

Brian- Can you please get this car painted!! :thumbsup:

Soon! We hope to have it in the paint shop in the next couple weeks. It will be there for a couple weeks as they prime a block a few times. The guys at the shop are getting excited as we approach the finish line on this part of the build!

Man I'm in love with that car.... Great job so far..perfect.

Sweet!

The Vette is killer too.. get it done so we can run together up at Marina.. although you have me beat in the tire size area.. lol

Wanny buy some slightly used Hoosier A6 tires? ;)