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JK Nex Garage
Registrace 12. 11. 2022
We are documenting our 1967 Pontiac Firebird restoration. NEX stands for “No experience”. We have never restored a vehicle before and are hoping to help others like us with information on what channels we referenced to complete certain tasks of our build. We also plan on having a lot of fun in the process. Hope you’ll join us. 😀
First Gen. Firebird Door Jam Patch
Just a quick video on patching the rusted door jam at the rocker. Not sure if we will eventually replace the entire jam with the new quarters, but it was good practice and a good guide for the new rockers.
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First Gen. Firebird, Camaro Inner Quarter Repair
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Just a quick video on how we were able to take an inner door jam found at a swap meet and use it to fix a rusted hole in our inner quarter panel.
First Gen. Firebird firewall Install
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Finally completed the replacement of the firewall on our ‘67 Firebird. Hopefully this video and the previous torque box videos will help you get through a complete replacement if that’s what you need. Thank you for watching.✌️
Firewall torque box update
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Wow, this took some real tweaks that I wasn’t ready for. It took a lot of manipulation with the metal, but in the end it was worth it. The firewall and torque box can be installed without much stress from the clamps. I hope this helps if your having issues getting your firewall to fit.
Firewall update
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Quick update on an issue I’m having with fitting the firebird firewall in. Nothing that can’t be fixed. Just takes time. Hopefully this will help you if your having the same issue.
First Gen. Firebird Firewall Removal
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A lot of spot weld removal and a little pry bar persuasion helped get the old firewall out of the car. Hopefully some or all of how we removed this will help you with yours.
First Generation Firebird Dash and Dash Pan install
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The install of our new dash and dash pan went well. Hopefully this will help you get yours installed. Plus don’t forget get the seam sealer if your finishing it completely.
Firebird upper cowl install and jig measurements
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Finally got the upper cowl installed and gave some measurements for jigs to help install your cowls. Hopefully this will help. Thanks for watching. ✌️
‘67 Firebird lower cowl install.
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Finally it the lower cowl installed. Looking back this was pretty easy once I took it apart from the upper cowl. Just make sure you take measurements from points of reference that aren’t going to change. Hopefully this helps with your lower cowl install. Thanks for watching. Have a question? Maybe I can answer, or at least point you in the right direction to get it answered. Leave a comment.
‘67 Firebird Upper and Lower Cowl update #2
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Trying a few things to try and get the cowls to fit in a little better and making sure the new ones have the same brackets, stamps, and holes filled as the original.
New Upper and Lower Cowl update
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Having a little trouble with both the upper and lower cowl install. Here are a couple of things I’ve come up with to help make it fit. Lesson learned for me on buying parts already put together. I will be buying separately from now on, there’s just to much adjustment that has to be done. Hope this video helps. Thanks for watching.👍 Spot weld drill bit used: Amazon: Wolfride 3pcs spot weld drill...
‘67 Firebird Dash, Dash pan, and Upper and Lower Cowl Removal
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Removing the dash, dash pan, and upper and lower cowls workout pretty good. We did a lot of prep work (along with a lot of over thinking) to ensure we could get them back in the right place. Hopefully this will help you itch how to plan your removal or how to improve it. Thanks for watching.👍
Pontiac V-8 Engine Cradle Review
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This is just a short video on an engine cradle for a Pontiac V-8. When I was looking for one, I wanted to make sure it would accept a 1967 Pontiac 326. I took a chance on this one from Amazon, and am very pleased with it. Hopefully this will help and save some time looking for one. Thanks for watching. Amazon: ALLstar Performance ALL10144 Heavy Duty Engine Cradle for Pontiac
Engine for the Firebird
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Picked up this motor a couple of months ago from another ‘67 Firebird owner. Needs some cleaning up, but not much. Hoping to maybe find some parts to make it an HO. We’ll see.
Leveling the car before replacing sheet metal
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Leveling the car before replacing sheet metal
Hi, The reason for these (`sponges`) they where soaked in water, Was so they "manufacture" could keep welding without warping panel from heat w/out slowing down. A really bad example is 70`s GM`s NOVA`S, CHEVELLE`S, rear quarters between inner and outer fenders at the wheel lip!
Wow, that is very interesting. Makes sense though. Thank you so much for the information. I’m very interested in how these cars were put together from the factory. Now I know a little bit more. Thanks for the comment and for watching.✌️
Following, keep up the good work. I have 69 bird in queue. @ 3:11, I noticed on your blast cabinet what appears to be a light. I have the same cabinet. Is this a light and if so, does it help being on the outside? thanks
Yes it is a light. It’s part of a set of temporary string of lights used in construction. I found it in the garbage at work. I like it on the outside of the cabinet, because it doesn’t get damaged from the blast media at all. Thank you for the comment and for watching. Good luck with you ‘69.✌️
Looking good! Excited to see rocker replacement.
Thank you. Yes, the rockers are going to be interesting and we’ll probably do a few videos to try and capture as much detail as possible. Thank you for the comment and for watching.✌️
Getting it done!!!!! Awesome job guys, little by little!!
Thank you. Sometimes you only have time to do a little, but it’s progress. Thank you for watching.✌️
Good job. Are you replacing the quarter panel? I think that piece comes with a full quarter panel..
Oh. I should have watched the whole video...lol
No worries. The door jam piece do come with the full quarters. Just not sure if I’m going to section in the quarters or replace the whole thing. Thank you for the comment and for watching, we appreciate it.
@@JK_Nex_Garagesometimes the full 1/4 panels have the vent hole punched out in it and this car wasn’t originally configured that way. Not that it would really matter if you added vents but hard core keep it original folks might want to retain the closed door jamb
@@VinylVillageGarage Good to know. I liked the way you sectioned in the Great Pumpkin and I’m leaning in that direction, since there is still good metal in the same areas as that Firebird.
Great patchwork! Looking gd
Thank you. We appreciate you watching and your comments.
Doing great man, it's looking good! I started order the sheet metal for my '69 Camaro since I will be home next month and can finally start working on it. I didn't realize how hard it is to get some parts nowadays. I am gone so much that I don't see that and the grocery prices and everything at home so when I do go home I get a big shock. I probably won't get too much done this trip but hoping to get my fixture mostly built. Take care and keep up the awesome work you two!
Thank you. Just do what you can. Any progress is progress. Thank you for the comment and for watching. Keep us posted on your progress with your ‘69. 👍
Great video and great job on the repair I had to do this numerous of times on birds I like the sound of you mentioning you might get another bird why not you have Kelly helping you it's great to have someone to help you build these cars I wish you guys a lot of luck and can't wait to see it done funny thing is that my wife not wants me to show her how to weld
Hopefully we’ll get another one after this is done. I’ve tried to get Kelli to weld, but no luck so far. I’m just happy she’s willing to help and loves this bird as much as I do. Thank you for the comment and for watching.
Great video! Doing a great job.
Thank you. We are getting it figured out. Slowly but surely. Thank you for watching and for the comment. ✌️
Looks good 👍
Thank you. We appreciate your comment.
Very cool, most of the cars I repaired that foam stuff causes more rust issues and wish they skipped that step during assembly.
Our car won’t see very much weather, so do you think seam sealer would be good enough?
Very true. I bought new patch for the jam and that area is never correct. Nice job.
Thank you. It worked out well. Thanks for the comment.
It was to stop water from getting in there The water comes in from the window and it was to direct the water out of the drain in the rocker
Yup 👆
Thank you for the info. It makes sense. It’s fun learning every little thing about our car as we take it apart. We really appreciate having people with the knowledge to help us out. Thanks for watching and for your comment.✌️
@@badbird2182 That's water 💧 is correct 👌
@@JK_Nex_Garage when you replace it use closed cell foam or seam sealer
@@badbird2182will do. Thank you .
For a small part like that it may be a bit extreme, but they make something called aircraft paint stripper in an aerosol. For something that's small I'd take it outside. Spray it down, strip it that way because there's a lot less energy involved even though you may pay a little more for the stripper.
I will definitely look into that. Thank you for the information on this. We appreciate your comment and for watching.✌️
What a great job brother I need you in my next build you are becoming a great metal guy keep it up and you are right nothing like the original
Thanks buddy. I really appreciate that. It’s a lot of fun messing with metal on this car. The key for me, is to take my time and don’t try to rush things. Thank you for watching and for the encouraging comments. ✌️
This is a good idea but how do you know what the original factory measurments are? Is there a build sheet that has the info?
The measurements I took for this video were just off off our car. I couldn’t find any factory measurements. I figured if I can get the replacement parts back close to my measurements, it should be good. I’m sure we will take more measurements each time we replace something. You can’t have to many measurements. Hope this answers your question and thank you for watching. ✌️
where did you locate the angle for top of riser e ? is the inside of angle even with inside of riser or is it offset for the gap you were trying to achieve
sorry i meant outside of riser
The inside of the angle is about 1/4” from the rise to give some play for the frame rails if needed. The measurement from the inside angle to inside angle is 41-3/4”. Hope this helps.
@@JK_Nex_Garage yes thats what i needed thx for replying back.
Good video. Is one about putting it together available?
Yep. Check out the rest of the videos on our channel, you should find what you’re looking for. Thanks for watching.✌️
Nice job. I always put copper anti seize lubricant on body panel bolts or any bolt exposed to the elements.
Right on. Obviously this bolt didn’t have any and I doubt they put any on at the factory. Oh well. I will be putting some on when I put it together. Thanks for the comment and for watching.✌️
Just have one question. How did you get over the apprehension about making a mistake on a classic muscle car?
We always knew we want a classic muscle car (after having a ‘68 GTO when we were younger), the only apprehension was how much restoration did we want to get into. Having never done this before, it was a little intimidating making that decision. After getting into this car now we made the right choice going basically ground up. There are so many areas you can’t see when the car is all together. At the end we will know we have a solid car and if there’s any issues, it’s on us (hope not). Hopefully this answers your question. Thank you for watching and for the comment.✌️
Turned out great, nice work.
Thank you. A lot more work than I was expecting, but I really didn’t know what to expect. I’m liking the results too. Thank you for watching and for the comment.✌️
great job looks good,
Thank you. Took a lot of tweaking, but we got it. Looks a lot better and less rusty than the old one. Thank you for your comment and for watching.✌️
IF there are any areas that you are closing up soon I would suggest liberally coaring those areas with rust inhibitor now. Besides that AWESOME Job on the firewall.
Definitely. Once I get the rockers done I’ll start closing things up. Hopefully soon. Thank you for the comment and for watching.✌️
Always looking forward for the next one👍
Thank you. Appreciate you watching.✌️
Good job. My only concern is if you are planning on replacing the rocker extensions, the firewall will now be in the way. The extensions are sandwiched between the firewall and the outer cowl boxes. I'm going through the same process with my 71 Acadian which is the panels as a 69 Firebird/Camaro. Keep up the good work buddy.
Thank you. I left the rocker extensions only screwed into the firewall for now. My thoughts are when I remove the rest of the spot welds from the rocker extensions and the cowl, it will give me enough play to open the gap a little and slide the new rocker extensions up and into place. We will see 🤞, so stay tune for that install. Thanks for the comment and for watching and good luck with your project.✌️
Great comprehensive vid! I replaced a set of frame mounts, under the torque box, that were cut off to use the front sub frame on an early pickup. I had two other (square) front sub frames removed, and so had plenty of examples to work from. I measured, leveled, and tack welded (in place of screws) until it was within 1/16" of perfectly square. (1/8" being the factory standard on my two examples) Glad to see you take the time to do the same. Makes me feel like it wasn't just wasted time!
Thank you. I really don’t like to redo things when if I just spend a little more time (and measurements), they work out better. Your comment is reassuring to me that what I did wasn’t a waste of time as well. Thank you for watching and the comment.✌️
Way to go brother you are doing an amazing job on that 67 Firebird your build is special to me because it reminds me when I first started doing this on my 67 which was my first Firebird I restored and I know how things can be difficult the first time around but believe me so far what I can see what you have done to this car you will be a master soon believe me
Thank you. This car becomes more special with every part I restore. Once again, if it wasn’t for you guys, we wouldn’t be able to accomplish these things. Thanks for watching. ✌️
Oh yea bought a box of those first discs to use on my Firebird.. They strip off the paint and rust pretty good! Keep the videos coming, you're almost at 1000!!!!!
Thanks. I have since bought more, they work really well. May by the end of the year we’ll hit the 1k mark. That would be cool. Thanks for watching.✌️
Is that a Goodmark or AMD or other firewall? The guys over at aMAYSing Metal Works say to use the Goodmark one but AMD is working on making theirs better now. The problem is the Goodmark one is special order at Summit and estimated to be available August 19th, and cost $520 while the AMD one is available now and cost $280. I won't be home until August ayway so the time isn't an issue, but wondering if it is really worth the money. Love the videos and keep up the awesome work man!
Thank you. It’s a Dynacorn (#1046Q). I bought it about a year ago for around $280. It had a few extra holes (I believe for a Camaro) I had to patch, but no big deal. It was a lot of tweaking to get it to fit right, but I’m now glad it’s all new. Thanks for watching, we really appreciate it.✌️
Looks like the waterpump is shot. Great find! 67 H O takes 141 heads,AFB intake . Ihave a 67 GTO that I tinker.with.🪛🤪
Those heads and carb. are what I’m keeping my eyes open for. The ‘67 GTO is my favorite of all the GTO’s. Thanks for watching ✌️
You got it going on sir. thanks for taking the time to share. Also what vinylvillage said. great job.
Thank you. Some of these things I could force into place, but I just don’t want to have something go bad down the road. So fix it right the first time and be done with it. Even if it takes a little longer. Thanks for the comment and for watching.✌️
Doing the same thing on a 68 camaro. Thank you. It helps a lot !
You’re welcome. Glad you’re moving along on your project. We do this to help others with limited experience. We appreciate you watching and for your comment.✌️
Really enjoy watching your videos. I am working on a 1968 firebird with factory air and want to change my fire wall back to heater only. I dont want to spend the money for the replacement panel. I am wonderind what your going to do with the old fire wall you removed? I bought what I could afford and it is a basket case lol. Keep up the good work and my Wife and I will keep watching. Your first gen friend in MI.
I’m not sure yet. It’s in pretty rough shape. I had to remove the drivers side toque box to compare angles on the new one. I’m going to do a close up of it on the next video if you want to really see what it looks like. We appreciate you and your wife watching and thanks for the comment.✌️
Problem is they where built on a assembly line. There was no time spent fitting them to spec. They either fit or didn't in the jigs.
Seem so. I sure am getting good at tweaking these things to make them fit. Oh well, I’m just glad the parts are available for our Firebird. Thank you for watching and the comment.✌️
I have the same issue with the neighbors lawn mowers, Lol. Nice shirt too
It’s almost like they know I’m trying to make a video. Oh well.
@@JK_Nex_Garage agree 💯!!
That is the tightest tolerance torque box I have ever seen, going the extra mile this will be one of the most accurate firebirds out there and will ensure great outside panel fitment. Nice job. I can say the factory was very sloppy and extreme tolerances. Looks good friend
Thank you. I still don’t know what is really acceptable for tolerances, so if I get it back where it was, I should be good. I think. Thanks for the comment.
Good work,it’s never easy. I think I’ll be dealing with the rear torque boxes on my 67 soon,gonna be a pain. The price of doing it right Gonna be a sweet build when you are done!
You got that right, not going to be easy. Good luck with your rear torque boxes. Patience is the key. Thanks for the comment and for watching.✌️
Excellent. Coming along
Slowly but surely. Thank you. Appreciate you watching ✌️
I used to work for Springfield Armory, John Deere as a welder, and at a few different airports and even at a place with Czech L-39 and L-59s and MiG 21s and MiG 29s. But I do a lot of custom paint so when you get to the paint stage of your project definitely let me know if you need some tips and tricks. I have a bunch of videos on my CZcams page of a Huey II Tail Rotor Blade I painted for a friend so check them out. Take care brother and keep up the great work!
That is outstanding! I will check out your CZcams video and definitely reach out for tips. Appreciate the offer. Take care.✌️
Just curious, were you in the military? The haircut gives it away. lol. I was in the Marines working on Cobras and Hueys from 1996 - 2002. Now I am a Bell Tech Rep for the last 20 years working with the Marines and now the Iraqi Army in Taji Airbase north of Baghdad. Either way, love your videos and keep up the GREAT work!!!
Yep, Marines (0311). Funny how we can spot one another. Thanks for what you are doing and thank you for watching. We appreciate it. ✌️
@@JK_Nex_Garage That's awesome man! I was a 6324 working on the Cobras and Hueys. Semper Fi brother!
I want to First start by saying you are doing a fantastic job my brother for somebody that never had restore a car ever and also working with the aftermarket parts for the first time which we both know they are not perfect but I am grateful we have them to save these birds. Seconds I want to say now you have an idea why I try to save as much metal as I possibly can from the original metal on the car . third I want to also thank you for saying many times that I am a good metal guy this skill comes with lots of experience and f@#$#@ ups and the way I see you work on this bird one day you will be faster and better than me building these birds just keep working hard on it
@@firstgenerationgarage2803That means a lot coming from Mr. First Gen. Firebird. I’ve learned to be patient with these aftermarket parts, but am great full to have them. Thanks brother. We appreciate all your feed back and help along the way.✌️
You are doing a great job and love the videos man, keep up the great work!!!
Thanks. Your metal fabrication videos are helping with my confidence in even trying this stuff. ✌️
Once I get the cart back out from under the car. I may do a revised video physically showing all the dimensions. Thank you for watching. Feel free to reach out at any point. 👍
I'm trying to verify the design before building a jig for my car. I'm looking at your drawing, on the plan view at the rearmost uprights. I am not seeing how you get a 41-1/2" inner dimension, and a centered dimension of 43-3/4" at the same time with 1-1/2" tube as the other sheet indicates. If I hold the inner dimension at 41-1/2" as pictured, the outer dimension would just add 1/2 of the tube diameter twice, or more simply, add 1x the tube diameter... giving me 43" even. Where did the extra 3/4" come from? I am tempted to hold the 43-3/4" though, since almost all the other dimensions are on center and assume the 41-1/2" was miscalculated? Maybe I'm missing something?
I think I figured it out, is 41-3/4" not an inner dimension for the riser, but between the angle caps instead? I read another comment along those lines and thought that might be it.
Yes. Sorry for any confusion. The video #3 at the 1:38 mark kind of explains it. The 41-1/2” is the inside of the frame rails angles. That allow some play of about a 1/4” between the frame rail and the angle. Please reach back out if you need more help. Sorry for the confusion. ✌️
@@JK_Nex_Garage No problem at all, I'm just glad to have another shot at a solid set of plans, since I could never figure out why the factory dimensions didn't quite work! I appreciate that you took the time to do this! I have been reading plan sets for decades, so the assumption of an inner dimension was on me...anyone else might not have been tripped up by that. :)
Like your attention to detail. I am about to get back on my 68 Camaro after a few years on hold and I bought a lot of panels just in case I need them and availability is gone. I had to build myself a small metal barn to move forward. Hope to follow yours as I work. This cowl and dash are the last items I bought not knowing.
Thank you. Glade you’re getting back on your ‘68. You can always sell these panels if you don’t use them. I would rather have the panels and not use them, than need them and they aren’t available. Thank you for watching and keep us updated on your project.✌️
Proof that reproduction panels aren’t always right and you should assume nothing. Making good progress and this will be better then new when done.
We have a lot of them, so I should get plenty of practice with them. Your videos help a lot. It’s going slow, but still moving forward and having a lot of fun working on the bird. Thank you for watching.✌️
Slow and steady wins the race! I put a new firewall into my 70 Camaro and a couple things really helped get it to fit for me. I made a wooden piece that matched the tunnel shape out of two pieces of 3/4" plywood that I could jack up with a floor jack. Also welded to tab hooks onto the tunnel of the firewall and used two cables with ratchet straps hooked to the axle and pulled the firewall back to the floor lip, then jacked up the plywood to make it fit tight. This allowed me to weld in all by myself nice and tight. I started at the tunnel and worked outward, then worked the front and top, welding as I went.
Sound good, I will definitely keep those techniques in mind. Thank you for sharing them. Thank for watching.✌️
Great plan. That would be my decision also to remove and straighten the torque box. Great find.
I’m hoping that’s the only issue with it. Thanks for the comment and for watching.✌️
Great update Jim 👍 you are doing it right these new panels need a lot of adjustments slow and steady wins the race always in my book 📖 👍 keep up the great job you will be a metal master by the end of this build brother
Thank you. I’m not have lot of luck with these aftermarket panels, but it’s interesting figuring how to manipulate them to fit. It’s all fun. 👍
Doing great, keep up the awesome work both of you!
Thank you. We appreciate it. ✌️
I'm thinking about going with patching the toe boards on mine, then tackling the floor. Mine is a Flintstone car!
That sounds like a good idea. Ours isn’t a Flintstone car, but pretty darn close. Thanks for the comment and for watching. Keep us posted on your progress.✌️