{"id":147,"date":"2005-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-01T16:56:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:56:45","slug":"bel-air\/and-now-something-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"And now, something different"},"content":{"rendered":"

In between keeping the Camaro going, I managed to get a start on filling the wing. It took ages for the filler to set as it was quite cold, and when it did I had to sand it in the other side of the garage as it was raining so I couldn not wheel the car out. With the amount of stuff in the garage, trying to keep the dust down is a nightmare. With the majority of it done, I set about drilling out the sheared bolt at the bottom of the wing. It was rusted in solid, and I ended up having to re-tap the hole. <\/p>\n

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The filler panel was also in a bit of a mess. It looks like someone had tried to jack the car up on it at some point in the last fifty years. It took a fair bit of straightening, and it had pulled through on a few of the rivets. I pulled it off in the end and will weld it back on instead. I hung the wing and filler panel to see what it looked like, and was very happy with how it’s coming on. I am getting to know and love the computer controlled LT1 engine in the Camaro, and spotted one for sale on the NSRA forum. After thinking about it for a bit, I contacted the seller, Roland, and we agreed to swap engines. Am I mad? probably. But at least I should be able to drive it every day if I want to. I pulled the engine and box ready to swap and it all looks lonely. <\/p>\n

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In between keeping the Camaro going, I managed to get a start on filling the wing. It took ages for the filler to set as it was quite cold, and when it did I had to sand it in the other side of the garage as it was raining so I couldn not wheel the car out. With the amount of stuff in the garage, trying to keep the dust down is a nightmare. With the majority of it done, I set about drilling out the sheared bolt at the bottom of the wing. It was rusted in solid, and I ended up having to re-tap the hole. <\/p>\n

\"Wingon.jpg\"<\/p>\n

The filler panel was also in a bit of a mess. It looks like someone had tried to jack the car up on it at some point in the last fifty years. It took a fair bit of straightening, and it had pulled through on a few of the rivets. I pulled it off in the end and will weld it back on instead. I hung the wing and filler panel to see what it looked like, and was very happy with how it’s coming on. I am getting to know and love the computer controlled LT1 engine in the Camaro, and spotted one for sale on the NSRA forum. After thinking about it for a bit, I contacted the seller, Roland, and we agreed to swap engines. Am I mad? probably. But at least I should be able to drive it every day if I want to. I pulled the engine and box ready to swap and it all looks lonely. <\/p>\n

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