These pictures are not nearly as exciting as some of the other great looking cars on here and seeing one come apart is nothing new. This was a big step for me because even though I knew I wanted to do it, I was reluctant to jump so to speak. I took a few days off to get it this far and hopefully soon I will get it on that new rotisserie I made last fall.
I don’t get a lot of time off so you won’t be seeing a bunch of new stuff being put back together anytime soon, however since I have a lot more time than I do money that’s ok
Seeing everybody tearing their cars apart and how cool they are coming out has been great motivation, wish me luck. http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm17/ispeedalot/P1010385.jpg
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like it alot but you do have another side of that rotisserie right if not you will have a hard time

just curious to ask what was wrong with it (the car)

Good Luck! Looks like fun, I can't wait to start on mine.

Who are those hot chicks in the back of the garage?

Who are those hot chicks in the back of the garage?

I was thinking the same thing....

hey do you have any plans of that rotisserie you made?

Great project you got there

Good luck on the car looks like you are off to a great start...btw did anyone else catch all the beer in his garage.... at least he has his priorities straight ..lol;)

That is awesome!! When I see one like that though it makes me remember my firiends that looked JUST like it..he crashed it last year :( no more crusin'


I cant wait to see more progress you have!! Real sweet project you have going!

like it alot but you do have another side of that rotisserie right if not you will have a hard time

just curious to ask what was wrong with it (the car)

I wondered why it wanted to fall over every time I tried to turn it over LOL, just figured if you seen one, you didn’t need to see the other one. As for the car it is in pretty good shape other than the every day wear and tear. Needs new front springs, bushings, fix oil leaks, fix all the rattles and squeaks and patch the few small rust spots. I just wanted the car to be more like new and give it a nice new shiny coat. The only way I know to really do it right is to start from the bottom up. Beside just look at all the cool cars on here and you know you got to do it too.

I was thinking the same thing....

hey do you have any plans of that rotisserie you made?

Great project you got there

Ya like those hot babes, their like my own personal fan club, can’t have enough eye candy ya know:cool: . As for the rotisserie I better be using them since I spent so much time and money making them. I just don’t like the idea of being on my back trying to scrape and sand blast the bottom let alone trying to spray some paint under there. I plan on doing as much work standing up or “sitting” down as I can:D .

I wondered why it wanted to fall over every time I tried to turn it over LOL, just figured if you seen one, you didn’t need to see the other one. As for the car it is in pretty good shape other than the every day wear and tear. Needs new front springs, bushings, fix oil leaks, fix all the rattles and squeaks and patch the few small rust spots. I just wanted the car to be more like new and give it a nice new shiny coat. The only way I know to really do it right is to start from the bottom up. Beside just look at all the cool cars on here and you know you got to do it too.

i understand i'm working on mine to and sometime i just want to scrap it LOL its just a pain when you dont have the ight part or you have to patch something real pain but good luck an enjoy it

I wondered why it wanted to fall over every time I tried to turn it over LOL, just figured if you seen one, you didn’t need to see the other one. As for the car it is in pretty good shape other than the every day wear and tear. Needs new front springs, bushings, fix oil leaks, fix all the rattles and squeaks and patch the few small rust spots. I just wanted the car to be more like new and give it a nice new shiny coat. The only way I know to really do it right is to start from the bottom up. Beside just look at all the cool cars on here and you know you got to do it too.

i understand i'm working on mine to and sometime i just want to scrap it LOL its just a pain when you dont have the right part or you have to patch something real pain but good luck and enjoy it

nice start

I'll be watching this one...nice start!

I'll be watching this one...nice start!

Same here, nice base to start on.

Bud Light modular storage system? Sweet.

You've done it now !!!!!!!!!!! LOL................it's like a disease I tell ya...!!!!!!!
Looks like your on the way to a nice Camaro !!!!!!!! Good Luck and post back when you can !!!!!!!!!!

Paul

Not much new accept I drilled the holes to mount the rotisserie to the front, drilling ¾” holes in 3/16” steel kinda sucks. Even with all the junk still on the car, it rolls very easy. I hope to have the remaining stuff stripped after I get back from the nationals in Carlis
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Not much new accept I drilled the holes to mount the rotisserie to the front, drilling ¾” holes in 3/16” steel kinda sucks. Even with all the junk still on the car, it rolls very easy. I hope to have the remaining stuff stripped after I get back from the nationals in Carlis
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Gee i want a rotisserie....:whine:

Looking good

You've got some work to do! haha

Good luck with it.

Gee i want a rotisserie....:whine:

Looking good

Yea, and I want a sand blaster LOL.

is that a Lara Croft standup in back there ..i have been looing for one of those for my garage ..Angelina played her role to a t

Yea, and I want a sand blaster LOL.

Wanna trade ;)

Hopefully I can build one some day... I have 2 other camaro projects in the wings;)

Wanna trade ;)

Hopefully I can build one some day... I have 2 other camaro projects in the wings;)
Dude for the amount of work you are doing and having 2 more in the wings to do, you would be crazy not to! When I built mine, I thought I could do it for a lot less than what I did, all though you could if you went without the jacks and all. I still bet that sand blaster cost more LOL

is that a Lara Croft standup in back there ..i have been looing for one of those for my garage ..Angelina played her role to a t

Yea, I have one of her from Mr. and Mrs. Smith where she is showing a lot of leg too! whoohoo LOL. I have a shed full of some Nascar drivers that I need to part with to make room for some car parts. I thought one day I would have a large basement in which to display all my car toys and such, you know, like a bar / game room. Now that I know that’s not going to happen, I plan on sinking what money I still have into doing the Z.

Just an update, was getting anxious to get it down to the shell so I didn’t want to wait till I get back from the Carlisle show. It’s only minus the gas tank, bumper, and the rear end assembly however I was able to finish fabbing up the mounts so that I could attach the rotisserie. It was a good thing too because I needed to push the car over to one side to get the rear end rolled out of the garage with out taking the springs and such off. What I wouldn’t do for a pole barn LOL.

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I Just Love Seeing These Cars Being Restored I Wish I Had A Rotisserie

Well, as promised, I started removing the interior once I got back from Carlisle this weekend. The interior is probably the cleanest part of the car as you might be able to tell from some of these pictures. I got the seats, console, head liner, shifter, all the trim, dash pad, steering column, parking brake, some wiring, and some of the heater components removed. Didn’t get to down loading the pictures but will try to do that after I finish the removal, I have been trying to tag everything and bag all the fasteners with their appropriate part so hopefully I can remember where all this stuff goes. I have also been taking a lot of pictures to document screw sizes and their placement along with positioning of wire harnesses, brackets etc. Really slows the removal process down but hopefully it will help me out in the long run.
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Here are some more of the pictures I took, I thought the floors were going to be ok since they had so much oil underneath but I did find some rust under the driver side. I guess over all they weren’t to bad considering, I was actually surprised at how clean the floors were after taking out the sound deadener and underlayment. What do you think?


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As you can see, I still have the door panels, e-brake, glass, door locks, and power windows to remove but it’s still further along than it has been in the last few years LOL.

That's awful clean for an Ohio car..

This car has been Ziebarted, which might have something to do with it being in such good shape, but that stuff is everywhere. I can’t even imagine what it’s going to be like trying to clean it up and try to weld patches in. From the pictures I have, you can see that the toe board /lower firewall section is rusting out where the metal over laps. I haven’t seen this piece offered for a 79, has anyone else?

Are you replacing the carpet??
If so, I may be interested in your old one if it is decent. I am looking for some carpet that is better than what I have, but dont necessarily need new.

Thanks,
Kevin

Nice car BTW, it looks to be in pretty good shape as it sits!!!!

I wish my floors looked that nice............ Its coming along good job!

Are you replacing the carpet??
If so, I may be interested in your old one if it is decent. I am looking for some carpet that is better than what I have, but dont necessarily need new.

Thanks,
Kevin

Nice car BTW, it looks to be in pretty good shape as it sits!!!!

Yes I was planning on using new carpet even though the old carpet was in decent shape. I was holding on to it until I finished this one and since my daughter wants a 2nd gen, I thought I might even be able to use it if I found another one at the right price and it had bad carpet. I hadn’t really thought about selling it at this point in time but I might consider it to help finance this project. Thanks for the nice comments.

I wish my floors looked that nice............ Its coming along good job!

I have been fairly pleased how rust free it has been but I was bummed out when I did see those spots at the front of the floor and at the bottom of the firewall. I don’t think they offer a patch for the firewall piece so I guess I will need to fab that up myself. It seems to all be on a flat spot right where the panels over lap underneath so hopefully that wont be too bad to do----I hope. Thanks for the encouragement.

...I was bummed out when I did see those spots at the front of the floor and at the bottom of the firewall.

I would have jumped for joy if my floorpans looked that good. Those should be easy fixes compared to the work you've already done stripping the car down.

Looks good. Keeping posting updates.

OK, it’s been some time since the last post but I have made some small gains (large ones for me LOL) I started by welding in a patch for the toe board and then finishing it with a floor skin. My first time at welding sheet metal, huge learning curve compared to heavy steel!


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If you have seen my post from in the body section, then you know that I had it thermal baked and glass beaded to remove EVERYTHING. You also know that they finished early, I got caught in a light sprinkle on the way home and within a day the shell turned brown from surface rust EVERY WHERE, It seems that you are very limited on what you can prep steel with if it has been media blasted. Because of this I had to have it completely blasted again. Though I failed to take pictures of the rusted shell (too sick to my stomach to remember to do so) but I think the next few pictures can justify the effort.


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I then proceeded to spend what seemed like hours of blowing off, vacuuming, & degreasing, only to spend hours preparing the garage to paint in using some epoxy paint. I was up till 5:30am hanging plastic, I could write a whole book on the problems of trying to make the whole ventilation thing work!


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Now for any of you that have did this before, you should have warn us novices what a pain in the butt it is to get in the trunk area and such,
let alone painting when it’s 85 degrees! I sure could have used a small jam gun to get into those areas; all I can say is thank God for the
rotisserie! And now for the fruits of my efforts so to speak, here is the finished epoxy. There are still some small rust areas to replace but I
wont have to work around all that undercoating, rust, grease, ETC.


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WOW, great work

Is that PPG DP90LF epoxy?

Yes it is.

Looks great. Your doing a wonderful job. First time I read through your thread. You will be very glad you took the extra time to label and bag everything when you start going back together haha.

Zoiks scoob! Very nice! ;)

Very nice! I can't believe how little rust.

Great Job!!

Wow.... That looks great.....

Man, hell of a job so far. Give us a good shot with that Angelina Jolie standup;)

Man, that looks awesome! That is gonna be a sweet car when you get done - perfection! I wish I could do mine like that...

Nice work indeed!

THAT my friend is as clean as you can get a car WOW :eek: :eek: :eek:
It's beautiful! You said that it was glass beaded? Was it actually glass bead, or were you using the term loosely? I think I want to do that!

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Now for any of you that have did this before, you should have warn us novices what a pain in the butt it is to get in the trunk area and such,
let alone painting when it’s 85 degrees! I sure could have used a small jam gun to get into those areas; all I can say is thank God for the
rotisserie! And now for the fruits of my efforts so to speak, here is the finished epoxy. There are still some small rust areas to replace but I
wont have to work around all that undercoating, rust, grease, ETC.


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Lookin sweeeeet! Thas gonna be one awesome car when done.

Just Curious What The Blasting Ran You?

Wow I am in awe of you having the patience to do this thorough of a job. Even a lot of the "nice" restored cars, if you look underneath, are still original surface rusty nasty undersides, just with body work and a nice paint job on the shiny side of the car. Yours is going to be something spectacular. Nice work!

THAT my friend is as clean as you can get a car WOW :eek: :eek: :eek:
It's beautiful! You said that it was glass beaded? Was it actually glass bead, or were you using the term loosely? I think I want to do that!

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77RS, It was thermal baked so that removed ALL the undercoating, grease, seam seal etc. Because that was all removed, it was pretty easy for them to remove any rust with just glass bead. By the way how is your car coming?

Wow I am in awe of you having the patience to do this thorough of a job. Even a lot of the "nice" restored cars, if you look underneath, are still original surface rusty nasty undersides, just with body work and a nice paint job on the shiny side of the car. Yours is going to be something spectacular. Nice work!


If it comes out as half as nice as some of the stuff I have seen from other memebers on here, I will be ecstactic.

Just Curious What The Blasting Ran You?


850.00 out the door. Sure beat what it would have cost me in supplys, my labor, and not to mention the mess I would have had in my garage or driveway.

850.00 out the door. Sure beat what it would have cost me in supplys, my labor, and not to mention the mess I would have had in my garage or driveway.

Money well spent. It would be nearly impossible to ever get your car in that condition with DIY tools. I never imagined that a car could be THAT clean, even after blasting. WOW

Great job on the car Brian! Just caught this thread today, now subscribed so I can watch your progress!

Dave
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77RS, It was thermal baked so that removed ALL the undercoating, grease, seam seal etc. Because that was all removed, it was pretty easy for them to remove any rust with just glass bead. By the way how is your car coming?

I've started working on mine again. I had a few setbacks earlier, but started a progress thread (http://nastyz28.com/forum/showthread.php?t=162002) a couple weeks ago. I've been ruined by seeing your car bead blasted. LOL I'm too far along to go that route with mine now.... but I've got a '77 Trans Am lying in wait ;)

amazing work, can not wait to see this finished.

Brian,

What have you been up to lately? Any updates/pictures?? ;)

Dave
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Dave no updates, researching prices for some of the patch panels I need. On top of that I have been working a ton of hours at work not to mention trying to catch up on all the stuff I put off to get this work done. Plan to take some more vacation the first of October so I’m hoping to get back on it. I also have some things to get done on my daily driver and it needs all new tires $$$$$$, never enough money LOL. Sent you those plans you asked about so now you should have a new project to work on LOL.

Just went through the entire thread, very NICE work indeed. I can't wait to see more. When I seen the first couple of pics of the car and that you were taking it down to the shell I thought "WHAT"! But I understand why. It will be one nice ride when done.

Wow!! Nice start!!

If I was to have my car soda blasted, I would get back swiss cheese!! Paint is the only thing holding my car together!! (no exaggeration)....

Anywho, Nice clean car to start with! Good Luck with your build.


David

Dave no updates, researching prices for some of the patch panels I need. On top of that I have been working a ton of hours at work not to mention trying to catch up on all the stuff I put off to get this work done. Plan to take some more vacation the first of October so I’m hoping to get back on it. I also have some things to get done on my daily driver and it needs all new tires $$$$$$, never enough money LOL. Sent you those plans you asked about so now you should have a new project to work on LOL.

LOL, I know what you mean, catch-22, working tons of hours, then trying to get projects done! I have the same situation starting soon. Thanks for the plans. I'll have to start saving $$$ to buy material, might be a good winter project!

Dave
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Wow how did I miss this thread?? Nice work!! Cant wait to see your hard work pay off.

Amazing work Brian! That shell looks pristine form this angle! I'm sure like you said there are "spots" but sure doesn't look like many! Great work man! I'll keep an eye on the thread! Welcome to the board! Btw, it started out gorgeous!

This is gonna be a good one!!!!!*Remember spray your inside trunk first*LOL

Thanks for all the nice comments. It’s been a long road and hopefully I will see it all come back together. I just made out my shopping list and should have it all ordered by Monday. Now to work on the list of things I can do with out so I will have enough money to pay for it all:rolleyes:

Food: check, need to go on a diet anyways LOL.

Has anyone tried to replace an outer wheel well with out really cutting much of the quarter away?

Holy cr@p that is amazing how clean that is!!! This will be like new when done. I was subcribed to this thread and somehow became unsubscribed......subscribed again!!