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| Core Support Crossmember Build | 2nd of July 2010 |
As the first piece of the new crossmember took me ages to cut out with a grinder, I decided to splash out on a double mitre saw to do the rest. After measuring for the drop on the other side, I set the saw and cut up a block of wood as a test. It was pretty much spot on, so I cut up a piece of... |
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| Core Support Crossmember Mockup | 31st of January 2010 |
After throwing away the extremely wonky and crappy looking core support crossmember, it was time to make a new one. I got the frame back off its side, put the cab brackets on and dropped the cab in place. With that done, I levelled up the front of the chassis and hung the wings supported on... |
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| Few more Bits and Bobs on the Frame | 3rd of January 2010 |
I didn't like the way the top of the old frame had been joined into the Camaro clip, it had been cut too short by the look of it and hammered down until it touched the clip. It didn't look the strongest of joins to say the least. A couple of quick cardboard templates later, I cut out some pieces... |
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| Re-Shaping the Brake Bracket | 1st of January 2010 |
I bought a brake pedal and bracket to fit a standard booster off ebay a while ago. The Camaro frame was in the way of bolting it in as it should, so I trimmed it till it would fit and then set about strengthening it again. I cut a piece of angle to fit and then welded it in place. ... |
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| Making space for Air | 30th of December 2009 |
With the frame on its side to work on, I could get to work on the spring pockets. I put the lower A arm back on temporarily, and bolted the Shockwave front shock to it. They were too wide for the pocket, so I cut all the way round the outer edge and folded it all back until they had a... |
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| Making a Start on the Frame | 28th of December 2009 |
I had decided that I should leave the bodywork alone for a while till it's all back together and can be worked on properly, so it was time to look at the frame. I hated the way the front clip stuck out of the frame rails and wanted to blend it in properly. Before I went too far I double... |
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| Front Valance Gets filled in and Repaired | 29th of November 2009 |
With some paint on the cab, I moved on to some of the other bare metal bits that were sat in the garage. I had two pretty ropey front valance panels and had started to make one good one from them. I didn't plan on running a front bumper so I wanted the bumper holes filled in too. I cut out... |
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| First bit of Paint | 18th of October 2009 |
The weather here is getting increasingly colder and wetter as we head towards winter, and the bare metal cab sat in the garage was starting to worry me a little to say the least. I decided that regardless of what state it was in I was going to put a light coat of sealer on when I finished on... |
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| Roof gets Filler at last! | 20th of September 2009 |
After what seems like forever, I finally got to a point where I thought I wasn't going to get the roof any better without cutting it off and starting again. With that being a bit too drastic for me, I decided to use filler instead. It was surprising how much better it suddenly looked with just a... |
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| More New Gutter | 5th of September 2009 |
With the door gaps done, I realised just how bad the rest of the gutter was on the drivers side. I'd already made a new piece for the end, so I decided to cut off the rest of it and make some more as it was beyond saving. After a few hours with the hammers, files and the shrinker it was replaced... |