Hey Troops,
Just brought this one into the shop along with the 73 that is now waiting at the media blasters for some attention
Floors have been replaced at one time,
Just backing it into the shop!
First thing to do was strip what was left and put it up on the frame table to check for squareness.
The owner passed along his concern that the car was hit and repaired a long time ago, most likely in the late 70's early 80's. Well he was right, the car took a nasty hit on the right front corner and down the entire right side.
Here you can see the crinkle on the right cowl area in front of the A pillar.
This is a shot of the 73, notice how nice and smoe the outer cowl area is,
And this is the 71 and outboard of the heater fan hole is also pushed back,
The 73 is nice and flat,
So we took off the outer panel to hammer and dolly it back into shape,
Now with that all sorted we repaired the firewall beside the fan hole,
And with that done the outer cowl piece goes back on,
We could also tell the whole A pillar was pushed in which pushed up on the roof. The brazed some anchors near the door hinge points to pull out the pillar,
Here you can see the wrinkles on the roof,
And a full quarter was installed, but they really cheated,
They were too lazy to remove the rear window so they trimmed the metal around it, you can see the brazing line just under the window opening and the just layed the new skin over the old one inside the trunk seal cavity,
And we got the front fenders down to metal, luckily these were pretty good with just minor rust on the bottom of the drivers side,
Insides all GTG!
So when the A pillar gets finished tomorrow we'll start on the right side rocker
cheers
1971 Camaro Z28 RS build
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68, I see the photos. I was just about to post that I am always amazed how much some people can bring back to life a pretty messed up bunch of metal. Very impressive work! Sent by the random thoughts from the voices in my head...
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Bent up Mangled metal wants to go back to its original stamped shape, You just need to learn how to help it do that. Check out the Book "The Key to metal Bumping" Dennis B.
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Last time I got some kind of an error code. Those Camaros are fetching good money even in very rough shape. 1968 Coronet R/T
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