My 1979 Camaro Z28 Project!

[vernonwright]

looks good wish i was able to strip the bottom of my car but there is snow here

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Well just wanted to update everyone. Got about an hour of stripping done before i had to go to work. I got off at 8pm and went out there and worked. Other than a supper break i worked up until now and did pretty good. Cleaning the sides of the frame rails is a PITA but its still not too bad.

However i did get bitten by my grinder tonight. I let off the trigger and the wires caught the side of a bracket and kicked the grinder back. Instinct i tried to catch it and it caught the glove of my pinky finger. Tore the glove to hell and did some rippin on the pinky. Its all good though, washed it out wrapped it up and back to work. I see once again why they say BLOOD, sweat and tears. LOL

Im fixing to clean up and hit the bed for the night. Gotta be up at 7:30 to get ready for work at 8:30. When i get off at 3 ill be back at it to see what i can get stripped. Im off sunday so I hope that by some luck and can get the majority of the trunk and frame rails painted. We will just have to see. Until tomorrow good night NastyZ28.

[JasonZE]

Originally Posted by Blu-By-U 79Z

Well just wanted to update everyone. Got about an hour of stripping done before i had to go to work. I got off at 8pm and went out there and worked. Other than a supper break i worked up until now and did pretty good. Cleaning the sides of the frame rails is a PITA but its still not too bad.

However i did get bitten by my grinder tonight. I let off the trigger and the wires caught the side of a bracket and kicked the grinder back. Instinct i tried to catch it and it caught the glove of my pinky finger. Tore the glove to hell and did some rippin on the pinky. Its all good though, washed it out wrapped it up and back to work. I see once again why they say BLOOD, sweat and tears. LOL

Im fixing to clean up and hit the bed for the night. Gotta be up at 7:30 to get ready for work at 8:30. When i get off at 3 ill be back at it to see what i can get stripped. Im off sunday so I hope that by some luck and can get the majority of the trunk and frame rails painted. We will just have to see. Until tomorrow good night NastyZ28.

good stuff, Im betting every car on here has blood in it somewhere i know mine sure does!!

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Alright so some progress today. Granted its not as much as i wanted but im just drained from work. I still have alot of small nooks and crannys to get too. Im gonna get to ever spot i can and then just clean the best i can the rest. Im gonna try to get a good day in on working tomorrow.

Heres what ive gotten done so far. Passenger side frame rail and drop off:






Rear floor pan:


Self made drop light hanger:


Driver Drop Off:

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Here is the aftermath of the grinder attacking me:


Its amazing how dirty things are getting:
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Few questions:
What would be a good way to remove undercoating here?


How would i coat behind this bracket?(top right of pic)

[pokey_159]

scotch brite drill pad thing. pm me ill explain more.
-looks great! keep it up

[falloutboy]

Sorry cant answer your question.
But I have one on my own.
HOW THE FU*** DO YOU MANAGE TO HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY TO DO SO MUCH WORK SO FAST???

I am officially amazed.

[steve_1978]

Originally Posted by falloutboy

But I have one on my own.
HOW THE FU*** DO YOU MANAGE TO HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY TO DO SO MUCH WORK SO FAST???

I am officially amazed.

^^^^^^^^^^^ agreeg!! atleast the good thing is you had gloves on, was cuttin some angle iron a few years back with a 4.5 inch grinder it kicked back at me and the aftermath was 17 stitches in the inside of my arm at my elbow joint

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Originally Posted by falloutboy

Sorry cant answer your question.
But I have one on my own.
HOW THE FU*** DO YOU MANAGE TO HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY TO DO SO MUCH WORK SO FAST???

I am officially amazed.

LOL well i think part of it is wanting to cruise this summer and another reason is all the new shiny parts i have... i cant wait to see them on lol.

Steve,
Im so glad i had gloves on and the wire wheel was worn out because a fresh one to bare skin could have equaled a nightmare. Hate to hear that you were a victim of the grinder. I never really thought it would kick back or shoot off the wires quite like it does.

[arick793]

Originally Posted by Blu-By-U 79Z

So after going through 3 light bulbs in the drop light i believe its time to call it a night.

They make heavy duty lightbulbs that are great for drop lights. I get mine at the hardware store

[steve_1978]

their typically called "rough service" bulbs

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Well today i didnt quite get all i was wanting to done. I had a buddy come out and help clean the floors some. Got alot of the small cracks and corners pretty much cleaned out there is still some left but im gonna get all i can and thats good enough. I didnt get about 95% of the passenger wheel well stripped. Already started on the driver side. I think im gonna paint the inside of the frame rails and other spots before painting POR15. So that will set me back. But i want to get everything together and painted on wednesday. My frame coating comes in tuesday.

Ill tell ya sitting inside the wheel well stripping undercoating is a dirty job. My neighbor asked if i had just gotten out of a coal mine lol.

I did find 2 pin holes in the trunk floor that was right under the spare tire bracket. So im gonna clean that up and POR15 it. There is metal behind the pin holes so it should be fine. Enough rambling. Now for the pics.

Driver side wheel well stripped some what and smaller detail stripping done:






Passenger side:

[ATM]

Looking good, definitely thorough.



I'm stealing that one.

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Originally Posted by ATM

Looking good, definitely thorough.

I'm stealing that one.

LOL thanks ATM. And it works pretty good.

[andrew1977]

looking good! i hated doing that job the most.