Project "TQMNSTR"....69 Camaro - Page 8 - Lateral-g Forums

**tones2SS** · #71 08-31-2010, 06:43 AM

Any word on how long the body shop "may" hold it there before you get it back? Hopefully not too long.

g356gear · #72 08-31-2010, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by tones2SS

Any word on how long the body shop "may" hold it there before you get it back? Hopefully not too long.

I was told 6-8 weeks if I have all the parts available....which I do.

That would put it back to me before the snow flies (fingers crossed) so I can get it back to the garage for assembly over the winter. Then I can take my time and do everything right.

**tones2SS** · #73 08-31-2010, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by g356gear

I was told 6-8 weeks if I have all the parts available....which I do.

That would put it back to me before the snow flies (fingers crossed) so I can get it back to the garage for assembly over the winter. Then I can take my time and do everything right.

That will be perfect!! (fingers crossed for ya man!)
Good luck!

g356gear · #74 08-31-2010, 06:53 PM

Thanks!! Car is booked for next Wednesday to go in!

**waynieZ** · #75 08-31-2010, 08:43 PM

That will be a great time table. Plenty of time to get it together.

g356gear · #76 09-08-2010, 07:03 PM

Got the car into the shop this morning. Got a call around 4:30pm after they put the wheel to it in a few suspect spots and typical rust areas on these cars. Rear quarters had a ton of brass repair work in them...very bizarre stuff. Roof and trunk were all good with no filler to speak of. The strangest things were on the doors, hood, front fenders, and quarters. It was almost like the last body man was too lazy too align everything. The filler was on the panels and got progressively thicker, the lower you went down the car...on every panel. There was no evidence of damage on the insides of the panels that you could see or feel. When the wheel was put to it, the metal underneath the filler was straight and rust free. The hood was the same...no damage on the underside but about 3/16" thick filler skim coat on the whole hood. It goes tomorrow for media blast to get the rest of the car stripped. I guess we will then see what else is there.

g356gear · #77 09-10-2010, 03:49 PM

A few cell phone pics from the body shop visit today. We were lucky we pulled out the headliner. When they did, a huge mouse nest and 2 dead mumified mouse corpses dropped on the guys. I guess thats what 20 years of storage gets you. Apparently the mouse poison that was in the car worked!

**tones2SS** · #78 09-10-2010, 04:35 PM

Very cool man. Mice sure can pick cool cars to build their nests in!

**GregWeld** · #79 09-10-2010, 05:59 PM

Dude!

There's a reason they call those RAT MOTORS!

g356gear · #80 09-11-2010, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

Dude!

There's a reason they call those RAT MOTORS!

Doh!!