The rockers and oil tank mount are fantastic.

Very nice as always, John. The little details are amazing and extensive in order to make this all work out properly. Keep up the good work.

The front fit was virtually perfect. Certainly no metal work needed, just a little filler will be necessary...a very little. My passenger door and fender sit a little lower than the driver side, in relation to the A pillar and this they expose the bottom edge if the glass. Ill post a picture. Once I finish fitting the fenders and the hood, I can decide if I will extend them to better cover the area. The glass is good. Will be a month or so until I get to fitting the rear.

Looking very nice

I would extend the a pillar gaps, they tend to run wide.

Hi Mike! Thanks. Honestly, I haven't done a deep dive here, just a quick test fit. Yep, agreed the pillars need to come down to close up to the doors but what's interesting is that the glass seems to extend down further on the drivers side than it does on the passenger. The result is that the bottom of the glass is exposed on the passenger side where the drivers side is covered by the door and the fender. This is with a consistent 1/8" gap around the glass. First thought was raising the pass door and fender but the bottom gap is already about perfect and the body line is pretty accurate. Appreciate any thoughts...

I am building one of these cars as well , I had to extend the gap’s on the pillars to get it right on both sides , as for your windshield situation is the passenger door too low ? that seems odd.

I don't think so, gap is about 3/16" to the rocker and I already closed that gap by 1/16" when I added my rocker extensions. I will chase this a little more next week and let you know. Thanks.

Here you can see the fitment to the doors and fenders to a car that was painted about 18 years ago... We are removing the trim and will repaint the car and fix the A-pillar at that time for a perfect fit but we designed this to fit as well as possible for all cars and yes they are all a little different. Are you fenders or door factory? This car is all factory Camaro. You gap is the largest one we have seen yet.

So as you can see on a factory car they are just about even or as even as we could get them and not hit anything. We want the glass to be tight but can't be to tight that it hits the metal or you will break it. There has to be a gap around the glass or in flex you will snap it. Hope this helps somewhat. That car is going to be bad ass...

Driver Side car not touched...

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Passenger Side car not touched...

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Thanks Chris! FOR SURE this isn't a glass issue....it's me! Glass is great! Just need to find the balance of the bottom gap and the body line a bit better I think. My pics show the glass touching the A Pillar....it doesn't touch, I was doing this alone and it just slid down a little. I'll redo these pics soon and show how well the glass fits.

Beautiful work! Just finding room for alll these parts amazes me. I always love comming back to check out what’s new.

Thank you!!!

Driver side rocker almost done.

I did a more careful test fit of the front glass. Gap is great! Update on my earlier posts on this...for some reason my passenger door sits a little lower than the driver side, I will adjust a little of that out when I do a final door/fender adjustment. I ordered my radiator and core support this week, I'll do the final adjustments once that's installed. On to the rear glass next week!

John this is going to be one heck of a car. Love following your build!

:cheers:

Thanks Curtis!

Sealing up the trunk filler panel.
Started with an AMD filler panel, fit pretty good.
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This area will be completely sealed, applied rust protection.
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Welded the seams both on the trunk side and the rear window side, will be 100% sealed from water. Took some fitting. I welded up the seam between the filler panel and the fender but I will recreate that seam later....just to keep the factory look.
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I didn't take any pictures of how the trunk hinges mount, sorry about that! Basically a pin through stock/modified hinges with brass inserts for bushings.
Made an access panel so I could remove the hinges.
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Nice!

very nice , I might steal that idea for my build, I think it looks great without the seam between the filler and quarter

John this build is awesome!! I like this view its kick ass!
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachme...1&d=1503203479

It looks good.

This car is gonna be Awesome!!

Hey buddy!! Wheres the video? :poke:

Hey Steve! I plan on disabling the speaker for obvious reasons!! :confused59:


Thanks guys!!!

Does that have enough pull?

For some reason, mine doesn't so far.

It's supposed to have 600lb pull that's what the site says. Maybe the cables need a little tightening? It only has a short pull legnth.

Not sure. Still on the lift. Seems like it pulls pretty hard.

The cute little red light on my switch didn't light up when I pushed the button.... I called them and they were pretty helpful...ping them, I bet they will help you resolve, seems like a good group.

what tools are you using to knock down the welds and finish the metal.

The metal finish looks damn good, 3M makes a spot weld grinding disc that I started using recently for use with a die grinder , it knocks down welds insanely quickly 3M #01991, I started using it after my pile of spent 2 inch discs turned into a mountain

Ahhh! Very cool, thanks for the advice. Ordered!

The 2" discs don't seem to hurt as much as the spiral drums! Geeez! I can only think of one place that you can burn through dollar bills quicker!

What a great build! Your attention to detail and metal work is admirable! Looking forward to seeing your project hit the street. Keep up the great work!

-Jason at Flowmaster

Fab'd up the automatic trunk release set up. Used an actuator from Electric Life. Works pretty nice. Has a button for inside the cab and a 12 channel remote, though probably only use the door locks. Made a custom arm and welded it to the trunk release tab on the factory trunk latch. Had to make a new plate to mount the latch, factory location wouldn't work with the fiberglass trunk lid.
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Sounds a little more intense than it really is, just echoing in the metal trunk. That cable clamp is just temporary, will use a cable crimp for final assembly.


AutoRad radiator and core support arrived. REAL nice piece, everything looks great. Serious attention to detail and that was continued in the packaging for shipment, well done x 10! Looks good (will be painted later). Fit perfect. Had them install a condenser but decided to do remote oil and power steering. Dual 14" Fans and their handmade shroud....looks awesome!
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Needed to do a little re-do of the lower section of the front fenders, was a little wavy after the flares were done.
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Started the inner fenders by building the flanges.
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Looking good.

:thumbsup:

Thanks guys!!

Cleaned up the front fender mounts, just to hide the gap.

Finally welded the new rocker to the door jam.
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I think this is actually the very last bit of rust repair.
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Brother-in-law turned me a new shift knob.
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