Angry Johnny's 69 Camaro Build

[RdHuggr68]

Originally Posted by Rodknock

I guess I never started a build thread for my car, so today seems like a good day to start.
For me it's very slow progress. I bought the car in 2012, while I was living in WY, and didn't start doing anything to it till 2016. Then I moved to a new house up there, and lived a couple of years, then ended up moving to AZ in July of 2018. Been busy working and moving it seems, so now time to focus. I won't bore you with anymore of my life. Lets get to the Nitty Gritty.

Bought the car off of Ebay. Drove to El Paso TX from WY to pick it up. I only have one pic of the car from when I bought it, since my other computer crashed, and I haven't been able to get the pics off of it yet.

I'll start off with a few basic pics and some as I have time.

Ebay pic of car, and what it looked like when I bought it.

These first few pics were all done around March of 2016, in the middle/end of winter, in my 1 1/4 car garage. It was cold, but not too awful snowy at least.



Finally got off my arse and started doing something.







Next up was the rotisserie. I would never build a car without one again. Makes life soo much easier. Especially when you're old.















I have since, changed the mounting on the rear, to use the old spring shackle holes.

That rotisserie looks familiar, I think I used the same plans you did.

[Rodknock]

Originally Posted by 130fe

Looking good John, can’t wait to see the green paint on!

Chris

Thanks Chris!! I managed to get a little body work done on it today.

Originally Posted by 572Camaro

Rodknock

Thanks for joining lat-G

Looks like you are making good progress.

What engine/trans are you going to use?

What color for car?

Again, thanks

Jim

Jim, thanks for the warm welcome. I joined a while ago, just never eally posted much.
I have an iron block 6.0L here and a 4WD 4L80e, that I need to make RWD.
The color is going to be House of Kolor Lime Mist. I will post pics of it when I get a chance.

Originally Posted by RdHuggr68

That rotisserie looks familiar, I think I used the same plans you did.

Red Wing steel works, I think it was.

[Rodknock]

Next on the list of things I did, BACK THEN, was clean the bottom side of the body, to get prepped for trunk pan replacement, and what ended up being a top of dash replacement also. Even "rust free" cars, have rust in hidden places.

Some of the rust holes in the trunk. Way too many to weld shut.







Here, I used my plasma cutter to cut away a portion of the trunk pan, since there was rust in it, and will be replaced.





After blasting

[Rodknock]

Also blasted the interior and had to replace the top of dash. I was just going to patch it, but it was recommended to replace it. Glad I did, because the rust under it was bad.













Measure twice cut once, ok, measure 3 times

[Rodknock]

Next on the list is mini tubs. These are DSE tubs, and are very nice units. Having the trunk floor out made the job WAY easier. DSE has a couple of videos on their site showing how to install them. I had never done them before and it took roughly 40 hours to do.

[Rodknock]

Next after the mini tubs, is the trunk pan replacement. I don't remember when this is, but it was probably spring of 2016 when I did this. Shortly after this, I did the firewall, then I moved to a new house, so there was a long break in the action.


I must have taken this thing in and out 100 times before I was satisfied with the fit

[Rodknock]

This was the last major thing I did before I moved to a new house, other than bolting on the suspension to allow me to move the car.

Fully smoothed out firewall. I was just going to weld everything up, but decided this would be easier. Now I need to figure out my hole for the steering column

Simple as drilling out the spot welds, straightening out the trans tunnel flange a bit, then test fitting a flat piece of sheet metal in place.

[RdHuggr68]

Originally Posted by Rodknock

Thanks Chris!! I managed to get a little body work done on it today.



Jim, thanks for the warm welcome. I joined a while ago, just never eally posted much.
I have an iron block 6.0L here and a 4WD 4L80e, that I need to make RWD.
The color is going to be House of Kolor Lime Mist. I will post pics of it when I get a chance.



Red Wing steel works, I think it was.

same plans, it is a great rotisserie.

[WSSix]

Lime Mist is a great color choice! Welcome to the site and thanks for sharing your project.

[Spiffav8]

Nice!! John you're not messing around. Going to be a fun build to watch. Looking forward to seeing more.