OMG! Another second gen Camaro, from down under!

[jaba]

Bit of progress, lower cowl area has been patched, sealed and the replacement panel welded in. Also quite proud of my seam sealing job, came out super neat. Ill be doing the same to the opposite side.








Also removed the firewall ready for a nice flat piece to replace it with a bead rolled pattern, the wiper motor hole will be filled in and the motor will be relocated behind the guard on the firewall where the 'X' is.







Parts shipment due this coming week, hopefully won't take too long to clear customs.

[WSSix]

Good work on the seam sealer. Car is coming along nicely. Keep up the good work!

[jaba]

Big score! Picked up a set of forgeline GA3Rs second hand for a great price. The offsets are to suit VE commodores / pontiac G8 so all i have to do is order a set of outer barrels to suit 315/335 tyre combo on the Camaro. Stoked!

[jaba]

So about 2 weeks ago the post man came.



Which contained some great bits of gear.







and finally a beautiful piece from Speedtech, it will be a shame to paint it but it just wont match the theme of the car.




My large order of parts including the subframe and torque arm also arrived which i'm yet to be able to un pack. However I did get sent this pic of the subframe.



Car is now at a workshop having the mini tubs installed, flat firewall made and a few other little bits and pieces.

After reading the G5R build thread on here about 100 times I decided to clean up the ATS aluminum spindles by removing the casting marks and having them bead blasted and clear coated by Greg Hogan aka CRISIS







Quickly hit them with some primer to make sure there weren't any deep marks left from the Dremel. First time 'detailing' parts like these, hoping to do a lot of the engine bay parts to go that little extra mile.



Keen to see how they turn out once I get them back from Greg, will be getting all my suspension parts and driveline painted in the coming weeks ready for mock up.

[waynieZ]

Nice update. Doing all those little extras make a noticeable difference in the finish product.

[woody80z28]

Very cool, and coming together pretty quick. That thing is gonna be nasty. I did some of the same mods to my second gen. Mine is still a long way from done though, you're smart not to paint it!

BTW, my wife and I visited Australia in December and loved it! I want to build a RHD Ute now. Although I will say it was awesome banging gears left handed in the rental. She couldn't do it though, too weird for her.

[jaba]

Originally Posted by woody80z28

Very cool, and coming together pretty quick. That thing is gonna be nasty. I did some of the same mods to my second gen. Mine is still a long way from done though, you're smart not to paint it!

BTW, my wife and I visited Australia in December and loved it! I want to build a RHD Ute now. Although I will say it was awesome banging gears left handed in the rental. She couldn't do it though, too weird for her.

Thanks mate! I'm looking forward tot he challenge of driving a LHD stick car, hopefully won't take too long to get a hang of it haha!