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Here is what I started with. This is what
it looked like when it last ran in 1979. I started poking around with the restoration in
1991 but didn't really get going until late '95. |
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It's hard to tell from this picture, but
the rear end is seriously crunched. |
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This is June 19, 1996. A long
way to go yet. I've already refinished the wheels, done most of the bodywork, and put a
gallon of Hugger Orange on it. |
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The passenger side was okay,
but the driver's side had some rust in the rear floor pan area as well as the toe panel. I
used a new rear floorpan from Rick's First Generation, as well as a new toe panel. The
small rust holes in the driveshaft tunnel were patched with metal trimmed from the
floorpans. |
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All the panels welded in,
sealed, and primered. |
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The rear of this car got
seriously whacked back in '75. I've installed new rear quarters, rear panel, and trunk
floor. |
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The firewall area cleaned up
and painted. |
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Starting to detail the
subframe. |
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All new front end parts -
upper and lower ball joints, tie rods, tie rod ends, upper and lower control arm bushings,
idler arm, wheel bearings, caliper seals, brake pads, sway bar bushings, subframe
bushings. |
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Laying out the stripes. |
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2 quarts of Dover White, and
one gallon of clear. |
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Then the whole car was sanded
with 2000 grit watersand and buffed. You can see the difference between the fender and the
door. |
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Here it is at the US Camaro
Club Nationals in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee on August 9, 1996. |