1969 Camaro "Yenko" Clone

[1985-GMC]

You do great work man! That is one of my favorite cars next to a 71 Hemi Cuda.

[JHT67]

Updates, PLEEEAAASE!

[Dieselwrencher]

Amazing work James! That definitely looks awesome! I wish I had the metal/body skills you have!

[nuke1]

Originally Posted by msgross

those lines look better than chevy ever made them... Nice work

Originally Posted by eastninemoto

hey skills mcgee looking good! Can't wait to see some smoke pouring off those tires!!!

Originally Posted by 1985-gmc

you do great work man! That is one of my favorite cars next to a 71 hemi cuda.

Originally Posted by jht67

updates, pleeeaaase!

Originally Posted by dieselwrencher

amazing work james! That definitely looks awesome! I wish i had the metal/body skills you have!

thannnks guys!!!!!!

[nuke1]

UPDATES!!!!!!

So I have not been completely laying around doing nothing. Been busy getting things done so no worries i did not go run and hid somewhere. 2 weeks ago we went up to Lloydminster and met Cory and picked up the 468. it sure is sweet, Thanks Cory!!!! you do good work. Over the past couple weeks I have been getting the bodywork done to the car, usually I never show anyone my mud work but I will. There is not all that much on here, the two worst things were the trunklid and the front header panel, both of which I knew would be like this. Anyways here is some pics for all you ppl!!!!!

[nuke1]

Some more pics. When I do mud work, in order to get it completely strait, you have to cover up the entire area, otherwise if you do strip by strip you will always get waves in your work, hence why there is so much on the the trunklid. do it once and done, actually two coats and it is done, the finished product as you can tell there is not much on the end product, you can see the metal through filler.

[nuke1]

Ok here is a trick for you guys, once you have everything lined up, why go through the hassle of trying to line it up once more after it is painted, so...... take a drill anddrill them through the areas that blot up, this helps tremendously, put a drill bit in the hole line it up and way we go, slight adjustment after this is needed. Also here is a couple pics of Graham's 70 Monte Carlo SS. very sweet car. Oh and luke, here is the pic of the truck we saw, so sweet of a ride.

[1985-GMC]

That body work looks awesome nuke! That is a sweet truck and camper, I want one. lol

[sourkraut]

sheetmetal is looking great cant wait to see it painted!

[mcbassin]

Nice work as always James, It looks very familiar to what I am doing on the 86. I thought I was using a bunch of mud but I guess that's normal to get it straight.

[keets36]

Stuff looking good..Lifted Truck and Trailer u only see that in saskatchwen lol

[67ChevyRedneck]

I never knew it was "ok" or "normal" to use that much mud until TV shows like Overhaulin' and American Hot Rod where they showed a good bit of the prep and paint work. The body shop guys would just cover the entire panel and sand from there. Makes sense to me.

Looks great bud! My Bird is supposed to arrive tomorrow I wanted to follow my uncle down, but I had to leave NY on Sunday and he wanted to stay longer.

[noonzor]

james lookin awesome man! and that truck and camper are AWESOME haha.

[killer71]

cool work!

[Dieselwrencher]

Very cool! That is a very nice Monte too! We just got done doing the mud work on my corvette. Man am I glad I have a friend who has a body shop because I would be there for a long time sanding body filler. So far he has primed and blocked it 4 times. I hope it looks sweet when done.................... I haven't seen it since we laid down the first coat of primer and it didn't look so cool. LOL

[nuke1]

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

That body work looks awesome nuke! That is a sweet truck and camper, I want one. lol

Thanks, yah that truck just caught our attention, we totally had to get a pic of it!!!!! Thanks!

Originally Posted by sourkraut

sheetmetal is looking great cant wait to see it painted!

Makes Two of us.

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Nice work as always James, It looks very familiar to what I am doing on the 86. I thought I was using a bunch of mud but I guess that's normal to get it straight.

Yup it is fairly normal if you want something STRAIT. Still remember thou, there is only maybe a 1/16th on there at most. never over do it.

Originally Posted by keets36

Stuff looking good..Lifted Truck and Trailer u only see that in saskatchwen lol

Thanks, and to be honest it was at the Saskatchewan / Alberta bordre by Lloyd.

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

I never knew it was "ok" or "normal" to use that much mud until TV shows like Overhaulin' and American Hot Rod where they showed a good bit of the prep and paint work. The body shop guys would just cover the entire panel and sand from there. Makes sense to me.

Honestly, alot of those shows still butcher theirs cars, they finish mudwork in 80 grit, then poly prime the entire car and block it out then re prime with primer and block it out again, and alot of their gaps are made with mud. I have seen them first had, they are nice cars but they are not a metal masters car, just a mud masters. Hope I do not offend anyone out there, but the TV cars that I have worked on are nothing speacial. BTW it is never OK to use alot of mud, but it does make our life a lot easier some days, but also you can spend more time mudding than it would take to rough out the metal properly in the first plac.

Looks great bud! My Bird is supposed to arrive tomorrow I wanted to follow my uncle down, but I had to leave NY on Sunday and he wanted to stay longer.

NICE!!!! can not wait for pics

Originally Posted by noonzor

james lookin awesome man! and that truck and camper are AWESOME haha.

Thanks bud.

Originally Posted by killer71

cool work!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Very cool! That is a very nice Monte too! We just got done doing the mud work on my corvette. Man am I glad I have a friend who has a body shop because I would be there for a long time sanding body filler. So far he has primed and blocked it 4 times. I hope it looks sweet when done.................... I haven't seen it since we laid down the first coat of primer and it didn't look so cool. LOL

Yah that Monte is nice, doing mud work can take a really long time and be a pain in the arse, that is for sure. Hope to see a pic of the vette soon!

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by nuke1

Hope to see a pic of the vette soon!

Well, I went over there today and he hasn't done anything more than block the front and add some glazing putty to it. The way he told me everyday I talked to him was, "I'm sanding it getting ready to prime and re-block again." Uh, no. So he's supposed to have the front clip reprimed and I'm supposed to go over and we are going to do a final sand and remask it so he can shoot it tomorrow. Man I hope so, I need to get it put back together to go test the new turbo.

[butternut1972]

Looking great Nuke.

[nuke1]

Well, I have been busting my but the last 2 weeks and and almost got the shell done, I just have to put in on the roteiserrie now and finish the rockers, roll the wheel wells and finish the rear tailpan. However I managed to get the majority of the mud work finished and got the pedal assemblies in, guess what they are from. Ok I will tell, A Honda S-2000 that I dismanteled a couple of years ago. onto some pics.

[nuke1]

So what do you get when you sand mud for 3 weeks and do not clean up the shop, MY SHOP!!!! How it needs a cleaning, tomorow night it will get it. UGH a half inch of dirt. Oh and some parts showed up also!!!!!! Oh yeah. Interior parts are here now.

[VA72C10]

looking really good!

[noonzor]

daaaaaaang that shops dirty. thats what mine looks like cept its all metal shavings instead of mud dust.... meh shop'll stay dirty till i finish grinding haha.

and those pedals look sweet, good thing you gave it away cuz i dont think anyone other then s2000 owners woulda known haha.

keep up the good work!!!

[hgs_notes]

I knew you had to have been doing something on this. It'll be in paint in no time. I wish I had the time to work on mine. My oldest graduates this month and the wife has a honey do list that is killing me right now.

[mcbassin]

Great progress James! more inspiration! thanks from tornado alley!

[Dieselwrencher]

Nice progress as always James! What is the shell in the backround? Another project or just a parts donor?