[Streetsamurai]

I have a bunch more photos to post in the next few days. I have been spending a lot of time going over the car as well as thinking about various mods I would like to do to it.

Areas that need to be patched include the floor panels, driver side outer rocker, lower rear and front quarters, and areas around the rear window channel. I also need to replace the driver side door jamb area where the quarter panel meets the rocker. I don't know if they make a patch for that or if I will need to buy an entire quarter.

The biggest issue I found is a crack in both rear frames directly above the rear end. Neither frame is rusted, so I am not sure if the best plan is to weld the cracks, section the frames with new pieces, or get oversized patches to weld over the origionals? I have no idea how a frame cracks the way these both did. I have not found any evidence the car was involved in any kind of accident.

Areas that need to be replaced include the front passenger fender extension, passenger front wheel well, and I might just do an entire floorboard replacement.

I would also like to use a '69 camaro lower valence and route cooling ducts through the the headlight cutouts to the front brakes.

I am seriously considering getting a disc brake positraction rear from a second gen Firebird. The 8.5 ten bolt should be stronger then the 8.2 in the car, plus the parts should be pretty cheap. It looks like I will need to cut off the spring/sock mounts and weld First gen multi leaf mounts onto it. I may take this as an oppurtunity to relocate the right side shock like a '68 or '69.

I have been trying to figure out if you can fit front LS1 brakes in a 15" rim. I am getting mixed answers on if they will fit. I eventually would like to move up to 16 or 17" wheels, but for now I have to stick with 15. If the LS1 will not fit I am going to go with a 1LE conversion.