My first car (a long overdue project)

[JDODDS187]

From what I've seen this is a common fit issue, the corner needs split in order
to get it to sit right, but doesn't seem to be too much on an issue the other side was the same





I used a silver sharpie to highlight the edges to help me see, Trunk gaps weren't terrible, seems to be par for the course from what I have seen, Tight at the top and bottom but a bit wide in the center









One thing I discovered is I don't own enough clamps!! But #10 tek screws work in a pinch! the only thing left to do was get the trunk floor extensions fitted.after that I pulled everything back apart not its a lot of welding and grinding of drilled spot welds and some little rust repairs before I sandblast and prime.

[waynieZ]

It looks good, your making some nice progress. Thats a big project and it's looking great.

[98ssnova]

Maybe its the angle of the photos but the body line looks off from the fender to rear tail light panel?

[JDODDS187]

I was able to pill those lines together in the end, I just needed an extra set of hands to clamp while I held. I needed to pull up and push over at the same time and needed both hands. for the most part that is resting on the rear panel.
There is also a few areas on the lower part of the quarter panel that need worked in just a bit, some of the bends have just too wide of a radius and is holding the gap open.

[JDODDS187]

I had some time to work on the Camaro again this weekend, Did alot of work but not much to show for it... Back into the "Sandblast booth". I think Im done with sandblasting in my driveway. such a pain....



about 6hrs later and all i have to show for it is the inner structure is all clean and ready for epoxy primer.



I only get about 30min of blasting to 1hr of clean up.... not only that the wind picked up and almost lost my booth...

[JDODDS187]

After cleaning I spent most of the weekend filling areas where there was clusters of spot welds that were drilled out. and I got some paint stripper to clean the inner door frames and trunk lid, but after further examining of the trunk lid, I found some major rust in the inside, and it looks like it wouldn't be long before it comes through to the top side. so yet another part to buy.


Then my buddy brought over a pair of 1949 panhead cylinder heads that someone had attempted to weld new exhaust spouts on, I did the best I could without starting from scratch and cutting off the brand new one. I expected the casting to be full of garbage but was surprisingly clean, the old welds however....

[JDODDS187]

I did manage to fit the shelf panel brackets, I fitted the rear shelf to the old brackets, the clecoed it to the braces and to the hinges, then removed the brackets and fitted the new ones, notching them to the mini tubs and clecoing them into position, before pulling everything apart ,again, and preparing everything for epoxy primer.





So with many hours in this weekend, you look in my garage and it looks like I did nothing..... But I should have all this Shot in primer and ready for final install this weekend, I hope Supposed to get to 100º this week, so not sure what I will get done after work.

[GregWeld]

Building cars is so much fun!!


Keep plugging away at it - it's a hobby...

[JDODDS187]

I do have a few questions about body filler and seam sealers
1: what should I be using for body filler, and is it ok to apply filler on top of the epoxy primer?
2: Seam sealer inside, Same question basically.
3: exterior seam sealer, Same

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by JDODDS187

I do have a few questions about body filler and seam sealers
1: what should I be using for body filler, and is it ok to apply filler on top of the epoxy primer?



#1 - Cut the epoxy primer with 180 grit. You don't have to go to bare metal - but you do have to give the body filler something to grab on to!

#2 - Evercoat Rage Gold - best body filler there is.


#3 - There IS a proper way to mix the hardner in the filler. Do it wrong and you have a bunch of air in the mix which shows up and you have to deal with it. See if you can find some videos on YouTube etc to get how this is done. I will tell you that you don't "fold it over and over".




2: Seam sealer inside, Same question basically.



Do your seam sealer right over the top of your epoxy primer.





3: exterior seam sealer, Same

When you say "exterior" - what do you mean by that? You talking about the underbody areas?