Hot Duck

Here is the front panel with the driving lights. It is ready to be sanded again in preparation for paint. The black lines under the car are from the body sealer used to seal up all of the seams. In the first picture you can see where the sub frame connectors were flush mounted into the floor to allow more ground clearance. In the same picture you can see where there are rounded cutouts (on each side of the trans tunnel) for the exhaust. This was done for the same reason. This will also keep you from seeing any of this stuff hanging down under the car when it is finished.

Hot Duck

Here are some parts back from being powdercoated. The other pirctures are the underside of the body after being undercoated. The bottom of the body got an epoxy primer and paint before being undercoated. The gray areas of the undercoating are reflections from the camera's flash and the spots are from water drops on the camera lense.

Hot Duck

Obviously there are a lot of steps and a lot of pictures not shown, but this will bring you up to date and give you the general idea of how the project is going. The painter started spraying the color last Monday and should have it finished by the end of this week. If I didn't mention it, the car is going to be hugger orange with white Z stripes.

Once the car comes back from paint it will be time for the final assembly!! The projected finish date is the end of May.

pullmytrigger

nice build!!, I like that your modifying it to bring it into the 21st century.......I picked up a 69 chevelle a couple of mos back that Im getting to work on........it is a 307 powerglide car and like you I dont want to cut up a piece of history......Im going to put a put a 5 or 6 yr old Late Model Stock car chassis underneath and channel the chit out of the body to get it right down there......
the late models come with A arm susp in front,quick change, huge brakes, 3 link in back, your choice of rack or stnd steering and all susp is fully adjustable.......as an obsolete race car you can pick them up as a complete roller for 3-5 Gs, I'll have to move the rearend back to get to the Chevelles 116" wheelbase but it can be done.......I'll cut the cage off it, drop the body down and reinstall a simpler cage.......Id like to have A/C and power windows too......probably around 500 or so carburated smallblock hp
heres a shot of my old 69 I had in 85 and a shot of a Nova that catches the vibe.....
hey did you use sand for all your blasting?, did you use any soda??.........doug

Hot Duck

So you are saying that it is your turn to share some pictures, right? I would love to see them if you have any you can post.



As I said in the Jeep thread, now you know why the Apache is still just plain white! The paint job keeps taking a back seat to other projects. I am looking forward to the race. See you then.

Hot Duck

That is going to be a fun project. Please post lots of pictures for us as you go along.

Like you mentioned about your car, I also picked up my car really cheap. I initially bought it for $2700 and it has been worth every penny. I had that much fun with it the first year!

The shop that blasted the car was debating between soda and sand, but I believe that they used soda. Evidently it is less abrasive than sand. I may have this backwards, but they used the less aggressive of the two because of all of the rust on the car. I guess it doesn't matter now because we ended up replacing the panels anyway.

US1 Fountain

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WOW, that's great!

That takes me back to the early '80s. I did somewhat same thing to my '72 Nova, but just the body panels. New GM rear 1/4 panels, inner fender wheels, door skins, rear tailight panel. Rest of car was like new. I have some pics scanned on my other PC, I'll try to get posted. Had a couple of friends that did the same to their '71 RS, '73 Z28, 67'? RS. (headlight doors were kewl )

We were into the Car Craft Street Machine scene back then, right out of high school. Fun times!

hammer01

us1, I am getting ready to do this with my all original 75 nova that as 14k original miles. My grandma bought it brand new in '75 and I bought it from her estate a year ago. My kids and I are looking forward to the project. Curious of where you got a lot of your parts, door skins, trim, panels, dash upgrades, etc. Pm me with any ideas. A buddy in town is a GM certified tech from years ago and he is excited to do all the mechanicals with me. Hotduck, that car is going to be awesome. Love the late 60's Camaros in general. Curious what you started with as your budget and how you are doing. Pm me and I would love to hear your ideas. Thanks Hammer

US1 Fountain

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Originally a '72 Rally Sport. 307, 3 spd manual saginaw, man. steering and brakes I traded a $800 motorcyle for back in '79-'80.
Installed PS, PB, 350, muncie 4 sp over the next yr.

US1 Fountain

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more. GF back then right in there every min during the work. Now she's my wife doing the same thing on the boat!