1969 Camaro Restomod Project Thread
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Love the way this is comming out. Cant wait to see more. I have an uncle that has a 68 camaro that has been parked for years. Ive been trying to buy it since I was a youngster. This thread makes me want to start asking him about it again. I love the white and black seats that were posted. Is Houndstooth what that pattern is called?
Yea it was a bit of cash in lights. About $475 in lights alone. Had to buy tools and some materials which added to the cost as well. One of those areas you'll always appreciate the investment however.
Sounds awesome. Definitely go ask him about it. He should appreciate the fact that you want to keep it in the family. Especially if it's just sitting dormant right now!
There are a few different patterns for first gens for houndstooth.
White Houndstooth:
Black Houndstooth (common type):
Deluxe Interior Comfortweave (only in deluxe interior cars, basically "black" houndstooth pattern):
I will have updates on the car later today. I have to help my dad install a clutch in his car so time is limited for online time today.
Fine I'll put up some teasers before getting into any details.
That's all for now. I can get into specifics later on areas of concern. Obviously you can tell (and as I suspected) quarter panels are "rough." Few surprises like small rust bubbles (common areas just didn't see it) in the roof cap on windshield channel, and down by the vin on the sealing surface of the front window. Both areas are very small but still should be address and patched at the very least. Bottoms of the front fenders need some patch work and the doors need some patch work. Trunk lid will need to be replaced.
William
Looking good.
Looks like it was in good company with that '70 fastback Stang too!
There were two. The one in pics is a Mach 1 (70) the other not shown is the Boss 302 (70). That car was ROUGH!!!
IIRC, it's an original Boss 302
AWESOME! Even BETTER company!
The '69 Boss was the only '69 fastback without the quarter scoops. None of the 1970's Stangs had the scoops.
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See my post above. There was a boss there but I believe it was a 70. Sadly the boss is an original car that was "stored" in a goat pen. It has MAJOR rust issues and dents as you'd expect from goats jumping and pissing all over it...Kinda sad...
Yea, sad how some cars like that have been stored. At least someone is trying to save it.
Your Camaro project is awesome. Best of luck with it! :rockon:
Got a call around 10am saying the body of the car has been primed. They were working on fenders and small pieces. No call to pick it up yet so I'll plan on picking it up Monday. That's ok as I have some more work to do in the garage getting it ready for the car/project.
Here are a few detailed shots to hold you guys over until I get the primed pictures.
Tail Panel:
Showing most the bondo on panel.
Small tear behind bumper and line of rust.
Showing the bondo on the lower valence.
Passenger Quarter Panel:
Worst panel on the car.
Top of the wheel well rust (could see this through paint).
Split quarter just in front of the rear wheel.
Window channel on passenger quarter.
Rust in the trunk area on passenger side.
Driver Quarter Panel:
Bondo in weird places.
Small amount of rust above the wheel well. Not as bad as the other side.
Small amount of rust in front of rear wheel.
Rust in the seam between the quarter panel and the panel above the trunk below the rear windshield.
Passenger Side Door:
Very little rust in this panel.
Looking at the bottom right of the panel above, you can see this small spot of rust.
Driver Side Door:
Little more rust but not terrible. Will be patched.
Previously filled side mirror hole. Will be punched out and mirror installed.
Rust in bottom front corner (similar place as other side).
Leading edge of the door hit the fender (misaligned). Will be fixed.
Passenger Front Fender:
Looks pretty good, had a dent pulled out in the past, will be patched.
Closeup of the bondo repair work on lower side behind wheel.
Driver Front Fender:
Little rust but again it will be patched.
Closeup of the rust on the lower section behind the wheel.
Dash:
Cant find the pic but it has a nickel size rust spot on the dash sealing area for the front windshield below the vin. It will get patched.
Roof:
Pretty good shape, little rust in the window channel and some surface rust/dents. Will be patched where necessary.
Front window channel (approx 1ft from passenger a-pillar).
Closeup of the same spot showing a small spot of rust.
Floors and rocker panels:
Overall very good shape. Small patches in rear floor near the drains to fix pin hole rust (not bad)
Passenger side rear floor drain.
Driver side rear floor drain.
Driver side rocker panel. SOLID.
Passenger side rocker panel. SOLID.
Hole in trunk pan for previously modified tank (patching and going different route).
No pics after blasting but shifter hole(s) will be patched with an auto tunnel panel and will cut a single hole for T56.
Trunk lid:
This will be replaced. LOTS of bondo on it.
Header panel:
Looks good, no dents, rust, etc.
Front Valence:
No rust, but a few small dents that will need to be fixed.
Vent panel:
No pics (can be seen in some of the above), but all is good. No real rust or dents.
That's all the detailed updates I can give for now.
William
Here are a few detailed shots to hold you guys over until I get the primed pictures.
Tail Panel:
Showing most the bondo on panel.
Small tear behind bumper and line of rust.
Showing the bondo on the lower valence.
Passenger Quarter Panel:
Worst panel on the car.
Top of the wheel well rust (could see this through paint).
Split quarter just in front of the rear wheel.
Window channel on passenger quarter.
Rust in the trunk area on passenger side.
Driver Quarter Panel:
Bondo in weird places.
Small amount of rust above the wheel well. Not as bad as the other side.
Small amount of rust in front of rear wheel.
Rust in the seam between the quarter panel and the panel above the trunk below the rear windshield.
Passenger Side Door:
Very little rust in this panel.
Looking at the bottom right of the panel above, you can see this small spot of rust.
Driver Side Door:
Little more rust but not terrible. Will be patched.
Previously filled side mirror hole. Will be punched out and mirror installed.
Rust in bottom front corner (similar place as other side).
Leading edge of the door hit the fender (misaligned). Will be fixed.
Passenger Front Fender:
Looks pretty good, had a dent pulled out in the past, will be patched.
Closeup of the bondo repair work on lower side behind wheel.
Driver Front Fender:
Little rust but again it will be patched.
Closeup of the rust on the lower section behind the wheel.
Dash:
Cant find the pic but it has a nickel size rust spot on the dash sealing area for the front windshield below the vin. It will get patched.
Roof:
Pretty good shape, little rust in the window channel and some surface rust/dents. Will be patched where necessary.
Front window channel (approx 1ft from passenger a-pillar).
Closeup of the same spot showing a small spot of rust.
Floors and rocker panels:
Overall very good shape. Small patches in rear floor near the drains to fix pin hole rust (not bad)
Passenger side rear floor drain.
Driver side rear floor drain.
Driver side rocker panel. SOLID.
Passenger side rocker panel. SOLID.
Hole in trunk pan for previously modified tank (patching and going different route).
No pics after blasting but shifter hole(s) will be patched with an auto tunnel panel and will cut a single hole for T56.
Trunk lid:
This will be replaced. LOTS of bondo on it.
Header panel:
Looks good, no dents, rust, etc.
Front Valence:
No rust, but a few small dents that will need to be fixed.
Vent panel:
No pics (can be seen in some of the above), but all is good. No real rust or dents.
That's all the detailed updates I can give for now.
William
Looks good William, I might have overlooked it but are you replacing quarter panel or patching? R/ Dan
That fabric looks like a bunch of cats. Cannot be unseen.
Yea new quarter panel maybe two. Rest will be patched. Trying to keep as much original metal on this car as possible
Any updates?
Prolly not thats a shit load of body work to do. Your hands must be throbing from all the sanding
Not a lot of updates. Not a whole lot of sanding to do. Car was blasted so everything was removed until we got to a point that we knew the panel was going to be replaced.
Updates I guess are:
Car is back in garage and setup for temp storage while parts collecting and body shop is decided.
Almost done working a deal on all the body panels. Going to have about 2500 in sheetmetal/parts alone.
I have been waiting for 3 weeks for a quote from a reputable resto shop by my house. Kind of frustrating since I went the extra step of actually taking the car to them so they could look at it...That was 2 weeks ago.
Still trying to decide where the car is going to go. I really just want the exterior metal put on and we can do the sanding/blocking and maybe even painting. Been a frustrating process dealing with body shops already and I haven't even dropped the car off!
Big resto place gave me a ROUGH quote to do a car in "driver quality" and it was $18k.
Updates I guess are:
Car is back in garage and setup for temp storage while parts collecting and body shop is decided.
Almost done working a deal on all the body panels. Going to have about 2500 in sheetmetal/parts alone.
I have been waiting for 3 weeks for a quote from a reputable resto shop by my house. Kind of frustrating since I went the extra step of actually taking the car to them so they could look at it...That was 2 weeks ago.
Still trying to decide where the car is going to go. I really just want the exterior metal put on and we can do the sanding/blocking and maybe even painting. Been a frustrating process dealing with body shops already and I haven't even dropped the car off!
Big resto place gave me a ROUGH quote to do a car in "driver quality" and it was $18k.
Ok so been a little while since the last update. Between starting a new job and TX2K11 and Tx Mile time for the 69 has been next to none.
I have been looking for parts and collecting what I can. I guess the major update for you guys for now is that the car will have a major ford component (this should make you guys happy).
Hoping to pick it up this weekend, just need to take a few measurements and see it for myself.
Detroit Speed 9" rearend for quadralink rear suspension. Supposedly new in box and packing 31 spline axles and a ford tru-trac diff w/ 4.10s. He says it's narrowed so I want to see how much. I wanted narrowed but hoping for only 1.5-2" on each side.
For instance this is what the complete rear suspension will look like:
I have been looking for parts and collecting what I can. I guess the major update for you guys for now is that the car will have a major ford component (this should make you guys happy).
Hoping to pick it up this weekend, just need to take a few measurements and see it for myself.
Detroit Speed 9" rearend for quadralink rear suspension. Supposedly new in box and packing 31 spline axles and a ford tru-trac diff w/ 4.10s. He says it's narrowed so I want to see how much. I wanted narrowed but hoping for only 1.5-2" on each side.
For instance this is what the complete rear suspension will look like:
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