70 Camaro project

[glassman]

Doz rear bumpers....fit like Isotoner's (LOL, only us "older guys" will get that)

Love the color, workmanship, first class.

[gofastwclass]

The car is looking sharp. By description I wasn't sure about the colour (actually matte clear), but seeing the pictures - it works well.

Originally Posted by glassman

Doz rear bumpers....fit like Isotoner's (LOL, only us "older guys" will get that)

Love the color, workmanship, first class.

How much "older" does one need to be to remember that commercial? Let's put it this way, I wasn't driving age but I still remember it.

Some help for the younger guys... or the older guys with CRS.

[Tony V]

very nice color...great job on getting to the paint cycle.

[AB69Z]

Originally Posted by slenning

Something else I've been working on. I wasn't figuring on a back seat anyway so I figured I'd "borrow" an idea a few others had done. I cut out the back of the seat area to make a full "firewall" and am building a compartment to replace the seat. My plan is to have the battery and maybe the fuse panel, etc. in here.


Think I'm going to put some stainless mesh behind the dimples.

Have the pattern made and plan to cut the top out of 1/8 aluminum on the waterjet. Will cut two doors out at the same time and already have an aluminum continuous hinge to mount them.

I'm doing the rear seat delete in my 69 Camaro. I've got the riser welded in, just kind of stuck on how I'm going to do the access doors (panel)
Waiting to see how your doing yours, I know your going to have a much better way of doing yours.

[slenning]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

I love the color, especially with the Mat clear. Very Nice.

Thanks Wayne I was originally going to go with a lighter blue but with the matte finish I liked the darker better.

Originally Posted by TorqStorm

Looks great! I like the direction you took with the build.

Thanks Torq, Other than changing the color we stayed pretty much as I had planned in the beginning.

Originally Posted by WSSix

Love the color choice!

Thanks Trey, as I posted earlier its the 16-17 Camaro Hyper Blue, I originally wanted to do the Vette Laguna Blue but with the matte clear the Hyper blue won out

Originally Posted by Spiffav8

Paint Day is a Great Day!!

Yes it is, Curtis, yes it is. Been a long time coming!!

Originally Posted by Flash68

Wow. Very cool.

Thanks Dave I appreciate it.

[slenning]

Originally Posted by glassman

Doz rear bumpers....fit like Isotoner's (LOL, only us "older guys" will get that)

Love the color, workmanship, first class.

I get it, well, because I'm definitely one of the "older" guys. lol Thanks a lot Mike!!

Originally Posted by gofastwclass

The car is looking sharp. By description I wasn't sure about the colour (actually matte clear), but seeing the pictures - it works well.

I wasn't too sure either Thanks

Originally Posted by Tony V

very nice color...great job on getting to the paint cycle.

Thanks Tony, yeah it is a major hurdle

[slenning]

Originally Posted by AB69Z

I'm doing the rear seat delete in my 69 Camaro. I've got the riser welded in, just kind of stuck on how I'm going to do the access doors (panel)
Waiting to see how your doing yours, I know your going to have a much better way of doing yours.

Perfect timing When I saw your post this is what I was working on.


My son Taylor cut all of the parts on his waterjet. The latch is a QuickLatch push button latch. There is a piece underneath the top itself that forms a rest for the door to sit on and bumps out to mount the lower part of the latch to attach to.
I have DXF drawings of most all of the parts we've made, on parts like this I usually cut everything out of wood on one of the CNC's at my cabinet shop first to make sure everything fits before Taylor cuts it.

[slenning]

Here's a few pics of what happened this week






The Camaro is back in my shop!

[camcojb]

Fantastic job Steve!

[glassman]

Originally Posted by slenning

Perfect timing When I saw your post this is what I was working on.


My son Taylor cut all of the parts on his waterjet. The latch is a QuickLatch push button latch. There is a piece underneath the top itself that forms a rest for the door to sit on and bumps out to mount the lower part of the latch to attach to.
I have DXF drawings of most all of the parts we've made, on parts like this I usually cut everything out of wood on one of the CNC's at my cabinet shop first to make sure everything fits before Taylor cuts it.

I'm doing the same to mine, was going to use wood but seeing this has convinced me to do metal. I do not know how to weld, and do not have any weld connections (that i trust anyways, cept maybe the paint shop i used).
But i can fab aluminum.

I was going to use the corvette rear glove compartments, one for safety equipment, other for the "permanent tools" every car must have. But, i really do like the idea of putting the battery there, however, these cars usually have a 52/48 weight distribution, so keeping it in the trunk area is what i'm going to do. Although, the COG is lower where your mounting it.....