70 Camaro - Boise, Idaho

[Goosesdad]

Kind of feels like a milestone putting it on the ground, standing on it's own.

[Goosesdad]

Been a little low on the production this month, don't you hate it when silly things like work and staining the fence get in the way the important stuff!! Working on the front flares and ordered a set of rear fender skins so I can get started on the rears.

[Schroeder]

Is there any reason you chose to stretch the car rather than just enlarge the flares other than for personal taste and preference?

When you stretch the car as you've done the donor section you added from the quarter skin is cut to be longer than the actual cutout in the quarter panel in the car so it bubbles. Is that right?


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[Goosesdad]

Originally Posted by Spiffav8

Fantastic Renderings!! Yeah Ben does good work and he's good people. The car is looking epic!!! Going to be a lot of fun!!

Originally Posted by WSSix

Love the renderings! The 3rd gen GTA style spoiler flows nicely. Good luck!

I vote purple for the color.

Originally Posted by waynieZ

That's Looking Good!

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

Love the rear spoiler idea....sick!!

Thanks guys! Looking forward to building the spoiler, I worked at a race shop during college, we built most of the top fuel funny car bodies of that era. We had an 86' TA from Pontiac that we used for building the Skoal Bandit body the Prudhomme ran. Used that spoiler idea and built one for my 84, always liked the style over the 84. Will do the same concept here and see if it actually looks right on the second gen, if so I will make a mold, if not, will scrap the idea and go with the traditional spoiler.

[Goosesdad]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

Is there any reason you chose to stretch the car rather than just enlarge the flares other than for personal taste and preference?

When you stretch the car as you've done the donor section you added from the quarter skin is cut to be longer than the actual cutout in the quarter panel in the car so it bubbles. Is that right?


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Steve Lenning and John(Better grow a mullet) were the creators of this idea for me. I morphed their designs to fit my goal of not having to make any pie cuts in the fender...I was worried that I would F'up the natural curves of the fender if I had to seam it back together. I only cut the fender at the center body lines while mocking it up and saw that I could get the fender very close without the pie cuts. It did result in the rear tail being about 1" wider than stock and it did kick out the bottom of the fender behind the tire about 1 1/2"". However, I did widen my rear track width to match the front (74 5/8") so the rear end being a little wider actually helps to lessen the tire sticking out and I liked the look and felt it would work with the changes to the rear bumper area and the spoiler, so I committed. The pics here don't show it very well because I cut the rear of the fender off, it will go back on soon. I didn't do that on the drivers side (working on now). I will post pics soon.

[Schroeder]

Aren't you going to have to make a wider bumper cover, modify tail light panel, etc?

Can you address putting the quarter skin in? Is the section you add into the quarter longer than the section you cut out in order to make it stretch and bow a little? I read somewhere this is how it's done. I want to ask someone who actually did it.

When you say "pie cuts" in the fender do you mean little spots cut to take the place of stretching?


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[Goosesdad]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

Aren't you going to have to make a wider bumper cover, modify tail light panel, etc?

Can you address putting the quarter skin in? Is the section you add into the quarter longer than the section you cut out in order to make it stretch and bow a little? I read somewhere this is how it's done. I want to ask someone who actually did it.

When you say "pie cuts" in the fender do you mean little spots cut to take the place of stretching?


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If you look at the pics I posted you will see that there is about 1" of the original fender behind the door jamb, that's the "stretch" in the front. I would have done the same in the rear, similar to Steve and John but I opted to just let the rear end get wider...and yes this will require changes to the rear tail panel which I had already planned for. No real play book here, I do recommend looking at Steve and John's builds, both are done very well.

[Goosesdad]

Driver side rear flare underway. Should be done tomorrow. If anyone ever uses this method to flare a sec gen, the key to the upper line flowing properly is bracing the joint from the backside. Kind of boring pics to put here but if anyone wants detailed pics, PM me and I will send them to you. Worked pretty well. One pic included here, you can't see the nut behind the square tube with the washers but it pushes the tube which pushes the existing and the new fender into a nice flowing line.

[glassman]

So subtle yet so much detail, well done!!

[WSSix]

x2 I'm anxious to see how this turns out. Keep up the great work. Love seeing the detailed pictures of the changes.