The Broke EF Camaro build thread
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I thought about a warning for the pics, then I realized it wasn't the 90's
Sean
Looks great man!
What do you think about the mini tub, for weight saving over the normal weight saving remove the armrest metal such? Im thinking about doing them just for that. I dont need them for room 25x10.5 and 275 is all I run.
And while your back there drill out that "gas tank brace" that 1x2 sqare bar spot welded form the inside under the car behind the back seat. Your gona be welded a tube across ther with the cage anyway I bet.
What do you think about the mini tub, for weight saving over the normal weight saving remove the armrest metal such? Im thinking about doing them just for that. I dont need them for room 25x10.5 and 275 is all I run.
And while your back there drill out that "gas tank brace" that 1x2 sqare bar spot welded form the inside under the car behind the back seat. Your gona be welded a tube across ther with the cage anyway I bet.
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Looks great man!
What do you think about the mini tub, for weight saving over the normal weight saving remove the armrest metal such? Im thinking about doing them just for that. I dont need them for room 25x10.5 and 275 is all I run.
And while your back there drill out that "gas tank brace" that 1x2 sqare bar spot welded form the inside under the car behind the back seat. Your gona be welded a tube across ther with the cage anyway I bet.
What do you think about the mini tub, for weight saving over the normal weight saving remove the armrest metal such? Im thinking about doing them just for that. I dont need them for room 25x10.5 and 275 is all I run.
And while your back there drill out that "gas tank brace" that 1x2 sqare bar spot welded form the inside under the car behind the back seat. Your gona be welded a tube across ther with the cage anyway I bet.
I plan on getting rid of that metal too. There is only a couple other brackets that I can even get rid of. If its not 100% needed, then it will be gone. This is just the start...
Sean
Now we are working on his car, and once we get some more progress im sure things that are flat black will start appearing in this thread
Chris
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Yeah, what Chris said! There has been no painting done yet, but rest assured when the cans come out they will be black, blacker, and blackest
So another weekend has come and gone (too quickly) and more progress. Its really just more of the same, so I will just get to pics.
I started out by hacking off that last little piece on the driver side. Chris didn't appreciate me taking a pic I guess.
You can also see that we (mostly Chris) drilled out the spot welds on the inner tub. It made more work, but it will look a lot cleaner when it's all done. On the passenger side it really isn't a big deal, on the driver side it is a bit more complicated but that is OK.
FINALLY, a tub is in! You can see the missing lip on this side as well, and the gap it leaves now.
Next up was the driver side tub! A little bit bigger gap, but I can fix that.
Then came time to start making up the templates for the tin work.
And here is the weekly pile of **** that got cut out
After that, I decided to close up some holes starting with the gas door
Then came the antenna
Before I forget, here is a pic of the Wolfe door panel!
That's all I got for now. Next week I should have some panels going in. Hopefully I don't screw that up too bad, we will find out! As always thanks for following along!
Sean
So another weekend has come and gone (too quickly) and more progress. Its really just more of the same, so I will just get to pics.
I started out by hacking off that last little piece on the driver side. Chris didn't appreciate me taking a pic I guess.
You can also see that we (mostly Chris) drilled out the spot welds on the inner tub. It made more work, but it will look a lot cleaner when it's all done. On the passenger side it really isn't a big deal, on the driver side it is a bit more complicated but that is OK.
FINALLY, a tub is in! You can see the missing lip on this side as well, and the gap it leaves now.
Next up was the driver side tub! A little bit bigger gap, but I can fix that.
Then came time to start making up the templates for the tin work.
And here is the weekly pile of **** that got cut out
After that, I decided to close up some holes starting with the gas door
Then came the antenna
Before I forget, here is a pic of the Wolfe door panel!
That's all I got for now. Next week I should have some panels going in. Hopefully I don't screw that up too bad, we will find out! As always thanks for following along!
Sean
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It's just the start! I figured that the cardboard is basically the same thing as carbon fiber, plus its more "green". Also MUCH easier to work with!
Thanks! That should kill some time
Ugh, not another red f-body! There is already two, and that is two too many for me. You can do everything we have done though. When we started on the TA neither of us had done any fab work or welding. We taught ourselves as we went along. This is still room for improvement in my eyes, but we do pretty good.
Sean
Thanks! That should kill some time
Sean
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Thanks guys! I think he LT1 front end will look good, plus be a little different.
I don't think Chris (owner of the TA) would go for that... I am glad that we have influenced you in some way! Nothing beats building it yourself.
What tools are you getting next?
Sean
I don't think Chris (owner of the TA) would go for that... I am glad that we have influenced you in some way! Nothing beats building it yourself.
What tools are you getting next?
Sean