Thread: Work junk, and junk... at work. By 'junk.

Hell yeah I know of that song!

These belonged to my friends in HS:







Found and fixed up this one for my GF in like '95:



I wanted the engine from this one for the el Camino so I traded an ATV for it and sold the car with the tired engine in it-



That was in 08, with less hair.



So I have been around Camaros enough, I guess. But these are really my first ones to do bodywork on. My friend has a handful of first gens.

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

funny thats a 73. now i haz to ask the question was the spoiler the correct one? it also has the trim around the marker lights nice. Me and my dad spent 6 years fixing one up we never got to paint it but it was brand new under the hood and under it. http://westcoastcars.net/pages/73Z28...28_HomePg.html

Originally Posted by ericspecullaas

funny thats a 73. now i haz to ask the question was the spoiler the correct one? it also has the trim around the marker lights nice. Me and my dad spent 6 years fixing one up we never got to paint it but it was brand new under the hood and under it. http://westcoastcars.net/pages/73Z28...28_HomePg.html

I don't know whats correct for either the Mustang or Camaro. I like 2nd gen F-bodies but I'm getting dipped in first gen here lol.

Back on the 68 today

Dive right in and peer up and forward through the passenger's rear side marker light hole, and look to the right of the trunk hinge where the LED lamp is shining. See the row of welds? It was not welded there before today. Only tacked from the topside at the corners. I cut the tacks loose and had 8 or 9 vise-grips where you're looking, welding in between.



Stick your head inside the trunk and look. See the closest two welds? Made those from this side (just blew thru on 16 ga setting since no holes this side) but the rest were done from the inside, around the front of the hinge support in a no camera zone. These were all blind welds, meaning no peeking just feel and zap. But I did observe the cherry to confirm each weld.



The rear window panel side of the flange was swiss cheese because it was drilled through upon removal of the old quarter. :roll: So there were plug weld holes on the other side. Each weld penetrated well.



Before claustrophobia sets in lets get the hell out of there. Heres how the topside looked at beginning and end of day:



Hey, get your nose out of that corner and back up a little!











That was all just little zap-zap grind-grind to square things up. After that I began to remove the previous gap fix nearby at the trunk. Met my old gold friend, Rod Braze.







I can't stand that stuff.





All clean. Now I can fix that. Look what else showed up! With the obligatory dent of course but no squashed corners. See the low spot at about 10:30?



More as I go along...

I bet he would have a royal flush soon after all that.

Now on to the passenger side of the tag area- yes I flinched. My bad arm was giving me trouble by this time of day. Any time the stud pops loose its a tendon pain risk plus can rip a hole in the metal. If the tip is dirty or not flat, it can move when the zots are applied and throw sparks in yer face on top of blowing a hole. I forgive myself because its stamped thin here. Not my first hole, nor my last!












Just getting started on this nasty looking corner and the end-of-day lighting was working against me. Catch you on the flipside.

Very cool. Did you do that in one day?

Originally Posted by Bronco Boy

Very cool. Did you do that in one day?

Thanx! Yeah the last two posts are today. The ones posted today were today. As usual. My prying arm started lighting me up about 2 so I had to back off a little. And I usually drag ass getting there too lol. Worked about five hours on the dents, I reckon.