1969 Camaro Restomod Project Thread

[will69camaro]

Definitely will. Hope I can keep the pace up. Goign to be working after work and on weekends starting this upcoming week and I can guarantee I'll miss a couple months in offshore time. Going to try to time it so those months are the ones it's in the body shop.

May push it out of the garage today and power wash the car to get it a little cleaner. Just gotta get the rest of the dash out and the headliner before I do that.

William

[will69camaro]

Ok sorry for lack of updates but not much has been happening with the work schedule I've had. Well I got a little "time off" to work (3 weeks between jobs) that I plan to use on the 69!

Car will continue to be stripped this weekend. Going to finish pulling all panels and glass out as well as the body wiring.

Goes in to be media blasted on Monday morning and should be in a "bare" state by the end of the week. Going to get pics of the bare shell to see damage before the self etching primer is completed.

Found a reputable blasting company in the area, so excited to have them do the work!

Time to get back to working on this thing and see what I can get accomplished!

[tones2SS]

Good luck Will. Keep us posted.

[will69camaro]

Will definitely keep you posted. I do hope to have some pics later on this week when it's blasted and bare metal. Then you can all criticize and give pointers as to the direction to go (whole new paneles, patch panels, etc).

We'll see!

William

[black2002ls]

Glad to see you getting some time to work on this!

[will69camaro]

Update:

With Kat's (fiance) help we got the 69 stripped down a good bit more.

- All wiring removed from the body.
- EVERYTHING is out of the inside. Not a single nut/clip/screw/bolt/etc left inside. All removed.
- Steering wheel removed.
- HVAC removed ("astrovent and heater mainly).
- All weatherstripping removed.
- Fuel system removed (tank/lines/etc).
- Firewall cleaned/clear of nuts/bolts.
- Transmission cross member pulled.
- Doors completely dis-assembled.

Left to do before blasting:
- Remove braking system (brake lines, master cyl, e-brake).
- Remove exhaust.
- Remove doors
- Remove windshield/rear glass.

As far as I know that's all that's left!

Getting excited as areas I thought would be worse aren't that bad. We'll see how it looks after media blasting but window frames, interior behind dash, behind doors, cowl panels on sides by lower fenders, inside cowl vents, etc all good and appears rust free!

Time will tell!

[89 RS]

Good progress, keep us posted.

[black2002ls]

Glad to hear the two of ya'll are still together. Built any model cars lately?! I met you guys over on automotiveforums.