'69 Camaro Temper

[CamaroAJ]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

AJ you’ve Come a long way, that’s some tricky bends your making. I like the stretch on the quarters. Will you just seam seal the tub to the quarter or does it get tacked too?

I was pretty concerned with trying to do that much of a line and still be able to get the curve and fitment I was looking for. It came out much better than I expected so it was for sure worth trying.

It will all be spot welded like from the factory and then gone over with seam sealer to keep the water out.

[CamaroAJ]

Saturday was a lot of fitting and on off on off of the quarter to get the outer wheel tub fit right. I did start with a 19x10” wheel fit check and I’ll have plenty of room for 12” wheels though.

The outer tub took a long time to get right and then get the end panel fit. I had to work it in the English wheel and the shrinker to get to fit right. I got the welding done and most of the grinding. I really wish I had a hand held planishing hammer as the takes forever, but those are expensive. With the wide body I’ve gained a little over 2”. I think the front door jamb area and the gills are going to be the hardest to get right when it’s time to weld it on. The rest fits pretty good.

[Goosesdad]

Looks great!

[Spiffav8]

Nice! Details count!!

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by CamaroAJ

For the new outer tub extension I made poster board patterns and bent flanges with my bead roller and you get a scrap looking piece of metal. The Harbor Freight shrinker is actually amazing and does just as good of job as my mittler shinker/stretcher. I worked the metal threw it with light pressure on a big bite a few passes and then a medium pressure on half the lip followed by a few more passes on a whole bite to remove the ripples from shrinking. The pictures show how much it changes with just a little bit of work.

Now that is how you do an outer wheel house modification.

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

Now that is how you do an outer wheel house modification.

I was too dizzy to tell from all of the left and right turning of my head to see the pics. Looking good though!!

[CamaroAJ]

Thanks guys, means a lot.

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

I was too dizzy to tell from all of the left and right turning of my head to see the pics. Looking good though!!

I have no idea why it does that. On the other board I posted this on they uploaded there just fine and the preview on here was fine too.

[DT69Cam]

Originally Posted by CamaroAJ

Thanks guys, means a lot.



I have no idea why it does that. On the other board I posted this on they uploaded there just fine and the preview on here was fine too.

IPhone?? If yes, you have to take pics with the Home button horizontally ( 3 o'clock position) Only on some sites I think.

[CamaroAJ]

Originally Posted by DT69Cam

IPhone?? If yes, you have to take pics with the Home button horizontally ( 3 o'clock position) Only on some sites I think.

Yeah iPhone and I Air Dropped them to my iPad to post here. I'll keep that in mind when I take pictures this weekend and see if that takes care of it. Thank you for pointing that out to me.

[CamaroAJ]

Not a great update as I had a family emergency to deal with Saturday so I had to pack it in about noonish. During the week I put together a hand held planshing hammer as a $3000 one is out of my budget for the few things I'll need it on. I have about $75 invested in this one.

Friday night since I was going to make a lot of noise I waited until most the shop cleared out and went to work banging out my wheel tub. I didn't notice the curve until I already started welding and by that point it was too late. I'll hammer and dolley that out of the passenger side once I get it cut out. Made more work for me, but it came out pretty good.

Saturday I got back after the firewall now that I found all my wiper and a/c parts. I got one panel in and ground down before I had to go.