evil zee project update - Lateral-g Forums

evilzee28 · #1 10-16-2006, 03:43 AM

Knowing how you guys like pics of work in progress, here's a few of my '69 Camaro taken a while ago. The body is in pretty good condition really & as parts for it are hard to come by in the UK & the repro stuff doesn't fit too well anyway without a lot of work, I decided to repair all of the original sheet metalwork rather than buy in new. The bottom of the o/s front fender was a bit rusted so I cut it all out & replaced it with new sheet steel, the front of the fender also had a bit of tin worm so that was also replaced. The pics were taken before final metal shaping. As the shell wasn't at the 'shop, I decided to tack weld the fender to the door to align everything up prior to final repairs & it now fits perfectly & is primed ready for paint.

evilzee28 · #2 10-16-2006, 03:49 AM

Primed & ready to fit

jannes_z-28 · #3 10-16-2006, 04:14 AM

Great work Nigel!

Jan

evilzee28 · #4 10-16-2006, 05:04 AM

Thanks Jan, how's yours coming along?? Here's a pic of the steering wheel centre I made. I'm gonna keep the original RS wheel but have the rim padded & stitched in black leather with this polished aluminium centre to cap it off. I like to make/fabricate stuff rather than just go out & buy it off the shelf, so the car's gonna have quite a few one off touches.

jannes_z-28 · #5 10-16-2006, 06:04 AM

That center looks awesome, I have ideas on homemade stuff myself on some details. Let's see what happens during the winter.

About my car, look here: https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=6327

Jan

evilzee28 · #6 05-09-2007, 10:44 AM

Here's a few more update pics. The cross ram will have injection fitted inside the plenum chamber & the carbs will act as throttle bodies when finished, so that it all looks original. The Offenhauser logos have since been removed & a winters foundry casting added,along with the removal of the throttle linkage bracketry, just to fake it to look like a genuine, rare, GM cross ram.

evilzee28 · #7 05-09-2007, 10:49 AM

Here's a close up of the rusty holes around the rear screen aperture. Because it's hard to get body panels here in Britain I decided to cut it all out & weld in new steel.

evilzee28 · #8 05-09-2007, 10:51 AM

here's the new formed steel being tacked into place.

evilzee28 · #9 05-09-2007, 10:53 AM

All seam welded up ready for the lead loading/body soldering.

evilzee28 · #10 05-09-2007, 10:55 AM

There was rust around the joint between the 1/4 & hinge panel, so I cut out the rust, formed a new piece & welded in a new section.