Its kangaroo shit. Dirtbag put em in there.Are they snails in the sill panel!
Body resto on rusty 1969 Camaro
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Posted 11 October 2010 - 07:07 PM
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Posted 11 October 2010 - 07:39 PM
Hi Tim,
Being a proud owner of a 69 camaro myself can i make a suggestion. with all the work that you have done to the rear panel would it be to hard to open up the number plate dent for what of a better word so as a Aussie number plate will fit in without having to resort to bending the ends. I myself was lucky enough to spot a car at a show that had made up brackets to fit the plate but it doesnt look quite right. Keep up the good work mate.
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Being a proud owner of a 69 camaro myself can i make a suggestion. with all the work that you have done to the rear panel would it be to hard to open up the number plate dent for what of a better word so as a Aussie number plate will fit in without having to resort to bending the ends. I myself was lucky enough to spot a car at a show that had made up brackets to fit the plate but it doesnt look quite right. Keep up the good work mate.
Cheers
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Posted 11 October 2010 - 10:14 PM
hahaha. No poo in there, just nut shells.
Hey scalpa1. I did think about the number plate thing when doing the rear of my wifes 68 firebird, but we just got a US shape rear plate instead. Qld Transport actually did something useful for a change : )
Hey scalpa1. I did think about the number plate thing when doing the rear of my wifes 68 firebird, but we just got a US shape rear plate instead. Qld Transport actually did something useful for a change : )
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Posted 11 October 2010 - 10:30 PM
Whats the go with the Toner i spotto???
Cheers.
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Posted 11 October 2010 - 11:39 PM
Whats the go with the Toner i spotto???
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Hey DJ. It's another job for me. It came in a couple of weeks ago. Getting the top to bottom treatment. Should be nice when it's done.
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Posted 12 October 2010 - 07:22 AM
Geez Tim.... You've got jobs falling out your arse! Maybe you should look into getting yourself cloned so you don't get so backed up your new shed gets filled to the brim. You'll have cars overflowing out onto the street!
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Posted 12 October 2010 - 05:30 PM
When that happens i'll just go work for him.....
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Posted 12 October 2010 - 06:27 PM
Hey DJ feel free to come on down and paint the torana ute for me : )
Did a little bit more on the camaro today.
Found a bit of rust in the inner sill. Nothing too major but it needs to be replaced.
From the inside -
I cut about 2 feet of it out.
I put a piece of 3mm in here, as the original is 2mm, so one more mm can't hurt : )
With that done I dug the new sill out. It had a few dings which needed knocking out, and then had the primer sanded off ready to get welded on, but first I did the usual trial fit.
With the lower lip clamped into place it was obvious something wasn't quite right. The bends in the sill weren't tight enough, resulting in a gap that was too big. It's times like this where I'm really glad I bought the new panbrake.
After refolding the sill it looks like this. Much gooder : )
With the sill now ready to go on I thought I'd better get the floor ready too. I still had to unpick a couple of areas of floor that are spot welded to supports underneath. Pain in the bum. Anyway, at least the support on this side wasn't rusted like it was on the other side. It only had surface rust. Yay!
The front support seens to be in good nick too. It even came with a free spark plug socket : ) Not the thing you usually find when cutting out a floor.
After trimming all the edges of the floor, I did a bit of bending and yanking on the new floor to make it fit properly. Sits in there nicely now. I just need to drill a million holes for plug welding and it's ready to go in.
Once that was sorted I was able to turn my attention to the wheel tub and rear inner panel. First job was to cut the buggered outer tub off.
Not much left now!
I've also got to cut a fair bit of the inner tub and floor areas away too as they're pretty ordinary.
The lip that joins the tub to the floor is rotten, same as the other side, so this will all need to be fabricated.
Same with where the tub meets the floor and inner sill at the front.
This pile is what came out of the car today.
It never looks like much at this stage as unpicking all the old bits takes so long, but most of the yuck work is done so it should come together fairly quickly once the inner tub is repaired.
More tomorrow : )
Did a little bit more on the camaro today.
Found a bit of rust in the inner sill. Nothing too major but it needs to be replaced.
From the inside -
I cut about 2 feet of it out.
I put a piece of 3mm in here, as the original is 2mm, so one more mm can't hurt : )
With that done I dug the new sill out. It had a few dings which needed knocking out, and then had the primer sanded off ready to get welded on, but first I did the usual trial fit.
With the lower lip clamped into place it was obvious something wasn't quite right. The bends in the sill weren't tight enough, resulting in a gap that was too big. It's times like this where I'm really glad I bought the new panbrake.
After refolding the sill it looks like this. Much gooder : )
With the sill now ready to go on I thought I'd better get the floor ready too. I still had to unpick a couple of areas of floor that are spot welded to supports underneath. Pain in the bum. Anyway, at least the support on this side wasn't rusted like it was on the other side. It only had surface rust. Yay!
The front support seens to be in good nick too. It even came with a free spark plug socket : ) Not the thing you usually find when cutting out a floor.
After trimming all the edges of the floor, I did a bit of bending and yanking on the new floor to make it fit properly. Sits in there nicely now. I just need to drill a million holes for plug welding and it's ready to go in.
Once that was sorted I was able to turn my attention to the wheel tub and rear inner panel. First job was to cut the buggered outer tub off.
Not much left now!
I've also got to cut a fair bit of the inner tub and floor areas away too as they're pretty ordinary.
The lip that joins the tub to the floor is rotten, same as the other side, so this will all need to be fabricated.
Same with where the tub meets the floor and inner sill at the front.
This pile is what came out of the car today.
It never looks like much at this stage as unpicking all the old bits takes so long, but most of the yuck work is done so it should come together fairly quickly once the inner tub is repaired.
More tomorrow : )
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Posted 12 October 2010 - 07:24 PM
with so much of the new surely you can no longer call it a 69 camaro
maybe a 2010 bagaro
maybe a 2010 bagaro
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 01:44 PM
Hey DJ feel free to come on down and paint the torana ute for me : )
I was about to say, is that blue thing what i think it is? I was comparing it to the 1 tonner and thinking "thats not another 1 tonner."
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 02:23 PM
Hey dirtbag, very jealous of your new shed!
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 02:34 PM
I was about to say, is that blue thing what i think it is?
I recall seeing a blue Torana ute in a mag, is that the one?
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 03:54 PM
Bagaro. I like : )
Yes it is what you think it is.
No, it's never been in a magazine.
I'm very jealous of your big block manual hatch : )
I think that answers all questions for now : )
Yes it is what you think it is.
No, it's never been in a magazine.
I'm very jealous of your big block manual hatch : )
I think that answers all questions for now : )
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 04:10 PM
Got a little bit more done today. Not as much as i'd have liked, but still better than nothing.
I replaced the front and lower edges of the inner panel that joins the rear quarter to the boot floor.
Then it was time to cut more metal out. There's a lot coming out but not too much giong back in yet. Yikes : ) The rear of the inner tub had to come out so I could rebuild the seam where it joins to the floor. Plus I need to replace the floor there too.
Here's what I'm talking about. I didn't have to cut this, I just pulled it with my hand. Keep it clean boys : )
Lots of nice!
It takes a while to find decent metal but there's some here now.
Here's the first piece welded into place. It's kind of fun making these bits with lots of shape in them. I know, I'm a sicko : )
More tomorrow.
I replaced the front and lower edges of the inner panel that joins the rear quarter to the boot floor.
Then it was time to cut more metal out. There's a lot coming out but not too much giong back in yet. Yikes : ) The rear of the inner tub had to come out so I could rebuild the seam where it joins to the floor. Plus I need to replace the floor there too.
Here's what I'm talking about. I didn't have to cut this, I just pulled it with my hand. Keep it clean boys : )
Lots of nice!
It takes a while to find decent metal but there's some here now.
Here's the first piece welded into place. It's kind of fun making these bits with lots of shape in them. I know, I'm a sicko : )
More tomorrow.
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 07:38 PM
legendary sicko 
So im wondering... do you do this full time for a crust? or have you just won lotto and get to do this for fun and not worry about work? seem to be doing it every day
So im wondering... do you do this full time for a crust? or have you just won lotto and get to do this for fun and not worry about work? seem to be doing it every day
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 09:10 PM
ssssssshhhhhhhh
keep it on the down low viper
you never know who's reading
keep it on the down low viper
you never know who's reading
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 09:15 PM
*Turns slightly greener*
Cheers.
Cheers.
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Posted 18 October 2010 - 06:13 PM
Well I guess I'd better do an update so the owner can see what's going on.
With the floor section fixed I could weld the good part of the inner tub back in.
Obviously the bottom of the tub was rusted out, so I had to replace it. Here's the first piece tacked and plug welded in.
And here it is finished.
To get to the rust in the front half of the tub I had to cut the front half of the inner tub out.
Took some cutting but I eventually found some usable metal in there.
With the floor section fixed I could weld the good part of the inner tub back in.
Obviously the bottom of the tub was rusted out, so I had to replace it. Here's the first piece tacked and plug welded in.
And here it is finished.
To get to the rust in the front half of the tub I had to cut the front half of the inner tub out.
Took some cutting but I eventually found some usable metal in there.
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Posted 18 October 2010 - 06:41 PM
You'll have to excuse this next lot of pics as my camera batteries died and I only had my dodgy phone to take pics with.
Here's the new front bits tacked into place.
After some welding and sanding.
With that done I could weld the inner tub back in. The lower part of the tub still needs to be replaced.
Here's the new bits made and welded in.
All the inner tub is now fixed ready for the outer tub to go on finally.
New outer tub all welded on.
Fully welded to the main C pillar support.
Once the rust converter was dry I sealed up all the joins with some sikaflex.
After the whole inner area was cleaned down ready for etch priming.
Etch primer makes it all look pretty : )
I also did the inside of the sill before the new outer sill goes on.
Here's the left side after I'd sanded the rust converter before etch priming it all.
I took the front guard back off so I could etch prime inside it too, as there's a lot of new metal in this guard.
This area looks a lot better than it did a few days ago.
Apart from the obvious missing outer panels this side is starting to look pretty decent.
So much fun : )
Here's the new front bits tacked into place.
After some welding and sanding.
With that done I could weld the inner tub back in. The lower part of the tub still needs to be replaced.
Here's the new bits made and welded in.
All the inner tub is now fixed ready for the outer tub to go on finally.
New outer tub all welded on.
Fully welded to the main C pillar support.
Once the rust converter was dry I sealed up all the joins with some sikaflex.
After the whole inner area was cleaned down ready for etch priming.
Etch primer makes it all look pretty : )
I also did the inside of the sill before the new outer sill goes on.
Here's the left side after I'd sanded the rust converter before etch priming it all.
I took the front guard back off so I could etch prime inside it too, as there's a lot of new metal in this guard.
This area looks a lot better than it did a few days ago.
Apart from the obvious missing outer panels this side is starting to look pretty decent.
So much fun : )
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Posted 18 October 2010 - 07:00 PM
Looking great, you sure do have a talent for it!
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Posted 19 October 2010 - 11:36 AM
I see large flares attached with tape to a certain escort!
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Posted 19 October 2010 - 05:04 PM
Dirt Bag...just flicked through most of it...wish I had those skills...I can build you a house but suck at panel and paint...you were obviously taught by skilled old school tradesmen...its a credit mate.
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Posted 19 October 2010 - 05:56 PM
orangelj, yes the flares are a must on a MK1 2 door. I'll get around to fitting them one day. Front ones are easy but the rear ones require some tub work. Nothing too hard but I seem to run out of time every day!!!
Thanks rorym. I was taught by myself and two others - trial and error : ) No training for me. I'm just a dumb ass who has a go : )
Thanks rorym. I was taught by myself and two others - trial and error : ) No training for me. I'm just a dumb ass who has a go : )
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Posted 19 October 2010 - 06:31 PM
In that case you are flocking GENIUS!!
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