1968 Camaro firewall/floor pan replacement part 2
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Part 2 in the series of replacing the firewall and floor pan in a classic Camaro.
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Damn, that's scary stuff!! Glad to see your a man of integrity and fixing it the right way.
Luckily you found it all, and fixed it right, couldn’t imagine someone driving it down the road and have it come apart like the Columbia space shuttle.
Love seeing your progress. Looks like you have removed the junk and are just about ready to build it back up! Sweet! (Marietta,GA)
glad you caught it that was a death trap great work
Whoa! Nice quality work! Very thorough! The end product will be choice!
Oh Man I just can not believe that crap! It is really good that you found that! Can you just imagine the damage and injuries that could have happened if someone hit that car head on? That tunnel would have done a lot of damage! Great work by the way and enjoying your videos!
Thanks. I still get angry when I think about it...
That's why you need to watch out who you send your car to and good on you for telling the owner that it was tacked together I would send my car to you for some fabrication work 👍
Wow nice job bud .Good thing you found all that crap ,that could have been very dangerous .Thats the diff.between a hacker and a pro.Take care bud and looking forward to the next vid .
Very interesting !! Thanks for posting!! Good series .....
making good progress on that on the car its a shame people actually do work like that no pride in workmanship there just plain ripoffs its a good thing for your customer that your fixing it right. great video.
Call it like you see it...garbage work!!!
I'm glad you saw it. Just think, if you all didn't suggest smoothing the firewall, you'd have never found it and then if the new owner had a problem, he'd have thought YOU were the Hack....Whew!
Have to remember back in the day there was no aftermarket full floor pans. these cars were daily drivers & even the equipment wasn't available. Nobody ever figured these cars would be worth anything 50 years later. That's just the way they fixed them to keep driving till they broke. Same goes for aftermarket radios, speakers,etc. they all got hacked in some way or another.
True, but these were aftermarket panels. Not refitted originals. This car was sold to me with all new sheet metal installed. I had to redo all of it. The guy that did it was just trying to make a buck off of a quick turn hack job.
Nice work ! and a lot of it
It was an accident waiting to happen . The new owner should be thanking his lucky stars
So you turn up the heat a bit and do what we call Plug welds to get the floor pan welded to the hearty Sub frame material correctly I like to have another guy around so he can apply down force with a screw driver or something when I'm going heavy plug welds
I think if I'm ever in the position to have a car Restored I'll be giving you a CALL !! Most body shops & Mechanic shops I've used in the past had varying degrees of B.S. they were trying to pull from being dishonest to down right incompetent!
Lawrence Eich The line is pretty long.... Thanks for the comment.
Sad part is how unsafe it would have been in an accident.
Wish they all came apart like that. NOT! Glad you found that.
Imagine how long it would've taken you to take that apart if the previous owner did it the right way!!!😂😂😂
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Wow
Hope you didn't pay a lot for car
I really don't remember what I paid for it.
I've had my 69 for 30 yrs getting ready to repair guarter panel watching videos. Retired , lot of time to fix now.
Oh My !!!
Surprising the quality of those welds, obviously not built to last :(
I can't seam to find part 1 of your 68 Camero floor pan replacement video. Can you post or send to me? Thanks
czcams.com/video/E3-Mto-uMSE/video.html There's more in the playlist.
can floor pan be installed with out removing firewall? great channel!
+ELSDP-45 Yes. I just did both at the same time to put in the smooth firewall per request.
Holy crap! You were not kidding. If this guy thinks he knew what he was doing. He needs to taken outside and smacked around a whole lot. If he knew this was wrong he needs to be shot! For frigg sake this is a crime.
Have a question - I see the oval holes in the floor of the car.... I'm frame off restoring my 72 Cutlass Supreme Convertible and after sanding, media blasting and painting the body in primer I'm now applying seam filler on the body. In the floor are 7 oval holes and 2 small round holes and I'm about to install the small pans that were in there. Just don't know for sure which way should go up or down. Can you show a picture maybe of such a small pan installed the right way? Thanks!! Louis
I don't have a picture, sorry. But if memory serves, I believe the dished part goes down. They did this to help make the bottom of the car more even, and it also helped to keep water out. I would apply a sealer, and installthem like that. Then from underneath, you can reseal, and/or undercoat if that's the plan.
Thank you from the Netherlands!
After searching on the internet I found a good article that has the answer: www.hotrod.com/articles/1970-oldsmobile-442-assembly-line-process/
Thanks again, Louis.
hi I am writting from Venezuela I will restore a camaro 1968 what brand of panels recomended between dynacorn , amd, goodmark, oer etc?
+hedw30 Hello, I would say my first choice is AMD if it's available. Then Dynacorn. Not a fan of goodmark. I've bought AMD panels that turned out to be Dynacorn, but that is okay.
thank you ,
How hard would it be to remove the cowl? Will I have to do the firewall too?
You should be able to leave the firewall in place. The hard part is separating the welds.
Car was going to kill somebody! Even a few tucker pops would of been stronger! If you don't know then you really ought to get somebody who does. Some food and beer will secure good advice from a car guy, it's even sometimes harder to keep them away!
Everyone has different ideas of fixing/reparing vehicle instead bashing previous owner in every video you should educate the rest how to do right job
64impalaSS I only bash when it's deserved. This car was butchered, and many things were hidden in an effort to get rid of it and turn a quick buck. The reality is this happens far too often, and in the case of the floor pans/mount structure, it could have lead to certain death. I actually try to go out of my way to show what I feel is the right way. I appreciate your comment.
who ever the moron / butcher was that worked on that car created a death trap.... I bet you are glad you opened up that can of worms.... I am a forty plus year veteran of collision and restoration and I too did a remake or should I say take over / redo on a 1968 Camaro nightmare.... I feel bad for you
thomas dawe Don't feel bad for me. it's only bad if it gets past me, because my name is on it. I try to not get upset as long as I can learn from it, and in this case share it with others so they can learn.
Jo Daddy's Garage you are correct sir.... but it is a good thing these people took this car to someone who cares about safety , quality and his good name
someone used a bird crap welder
0h come on. they just wanted to save you hours of cutting and grinding you would normally have ahead of yourself L.O.L. . Scary if you think about it, one collision away from death.
+showboat bastard Funny part is that when I bought this car, my buddy said it doesn't matter what's been done to it, you're gonna tear it all apart anyway...
It's only funny because it's not happening to us.
A Crying Shame! Looks like a tin can
estpst A tin can is built better....
That guy should not be working on cars!