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Old 09-10-2015, 10:08 PM
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Curtis. What a bummer, sorry to to see that. I would never have imagined that to be under the paint. Especially the quarter as my understanding was it was painted a long time ago and nothing was showing that would indicate an issue like that. Glad your making some progress on it.
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Old 09-10-2015, 10:26 PM
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You guys need to remember there was a time these cars were just cheap used cars that got bad gas mileage and people were not that worried about how they were fixed back then
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Old 09-11-2015, 07:39 PM
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Curtis. What a bummer, sorry to to see that. I would never have imagined that to be under the paint. Especially the quarter as my understanding was it was painted a long time ago and nothing was showing that would indicate an issue like that. Glad your making some progress on it.
They are all hiding something! It's not a big deal and I expected something. I crawled all over the car before buying it and after, I never saw a sign of anything being replaced. It will be fixed and looking good in no time.

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You guys need to remember there was a time these cars were just cheap used cars that got bad gas mileage and people were not that worried about how they were fixed back then
That's true. Perhaps it's just me. I believe in doing things right the first time. Just the way I was taught, but they maybe this was someone learning or something. No biggie.
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Old 09-12-2015, 07:19 PM
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Sorry to see you found some hidden issues. We all know it'll be done 110% the right way when you're done with it.
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There are some real bondo artists. When I first striped my car 13 years ago one of the original fenders looked mint. Then I found out after getting it to bare metal that a 1/4 of the fender was filler! Never could tell with paint on it. You are correct in saying they all are hiding something....but they all can be fixed.
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Sorry to see this Curtis, not the kind of surprise you like to get.
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Old 09-18-2015, 11:29 AM
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Sorry to see this Curtis, not the kind of surprise you like to get.
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There are some real bondo artists. When I first striped my car 13 years ago one of the original fenders looked mint. Then I found out after getting it to bare metal that a 1/4 of the fender was filler! Never could tell with paint on it. You are correct in saying they all are hiding something....but they all can be fixed.
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Sorry to see you found some hidden issues. We all know it'll be done 110% the right way when you're done with it.
It's not a big deal and I expected something. We all hope it will be that it will be perfect, but they never are. It'll be good to go in no time!

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Aint that the truth!
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So I'm sitting here in Africa, and had plenty of time to read this entire thread. All caught up.

Not surprised about the windshield rust, luckily that is an easy/cheap fix on that area. My first red '69 project had the same issue. The hidden stuff beneath the paint seems awfully familiar, oh yeah my car was like that. Hahaha

I was kidding with my body guy a couple weeks ago, after having gone through this same thing as you are. I should have just bought a Dynacorn body to begin with. Doh!

Looking forward to the updates. If that were my car, I'd keep it white. Very few clean bright white (not Dover white) Camaros out there.

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Seriously...who does this?

I started a frame off restoration on my 67 RS Camaro io December 2004 in a friend's Dad's garage. There was 3 quarter panels welded on driver side and 2 quarter panels on passenger side. There was also steel (not aluminum) pepsi can used on the quarter panels. I bought mine out of a barn in 1983, but I always wondered what was under the quarter panels. I never took any photos of the quarter panels,but you will find all sort things under paint. My 67 RS Camaro is probably the longest build on Lateral-g.net, but it is at Sled Alley now. If you plan to eliminate the front bumper, then you might want to remove the fender extensions seam. Depends if your shop can do it in lead, but mine is weld solid and smoothed in lead. I had to keep the front bumper, but it is due to the state front license plate laws. I will post a thread of it soon.


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