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79 Trans am
have I ever said I hate finding more rust? or always keep coming in and updating with more rust found? Well same thing found it to be ate out around the pass. rear seat belt retractor in the floor, about 4-5 inches long and 1/2-3/4 wide. Another caulked over spot of course. Now if I can get...- Swims350
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79 Trans am
wood and materials have been bought for the jig just gotta start building it. I have to rearrange those mining belts or mats in the garage so I can have jackstands on them as well as the jig legs land on them once built. I'm still working on cleaning the car out, I got almost everything out and...- Swims350
- Post #201
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79 Trans am
it' s basically a set of wood legs to hold the car up in the normal position, but the ends you want to tip up or the side has a piece of plywood cut in a 1/4 circle, and braced upwards, that way you can lift the opposite side and it'll roll over on that plywood and rest on the upright, holding...- Swims350
- Post #200
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79 Trans am
eh since I won the lottery might as well do mini tubs and cut the rear end down to run fat meats 4 link etc. some CE frame rails in back and subframe ties etc.- Swims350
- Post #198
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79 Trans am
yes he did and as soon as I hit the lottery I'll have him come to stay, and we'll cut it up and put in new wheel tub, inner lower 1/4's and outer 1/4's along with a roof and tail pan area, and that pass. side rear frame area. I'll cut em out and get em ready and he can sit back and eat some...- Swims350
- Post #197
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79 Trans am
well rear end is ready to come out after today. I had 2 cut both upper shacles bolts off because th enuts were so rusty even with the right very tight fitting 6 point socket, they just twisted the end corners off, I figured they'd not come out. I also had to break out the impact for the upper...- Swims350
- Post #195
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79 Trans am
nice mines got defroster in it. if I had the extra cash and could get front or rear I'd do it just to have spares. I was holding off on the goody pics LOL ok ya talked me into it. Big thanks to Andy who took my subframe...- Swims350
- Post #192
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79 Trans am
do you guys get tires of me coming on here and saying not much of an update or not having pics? lol I figured so, so I guess I won't type a long thing. I just painted some control arms after installing rubber bushings, I used the summit rust converter, then some rustoleum rattle can self etch...- Swims350
- Post #190
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Epoxy over Ospho. Yes or no?
I always see guys anymore who say not to use self etch said they don't think it works or trust it. I use it in rattle cans for small things, and I have used epoxy but no long term results, I've never had anything long enough to see how it holds up later. Honestly why not go ahead and prime and...- Swims350
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79 Trans am
yea that's the pass. side torque box/frame rail area in back I figure it's not so great too. I think I could honestly cut it out and then use a flat piece of say 1/8 or bigger and put in back in there since it's like a couple layers of sheet metal- Swims350
- Post #189
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79 Trans am
I know those are pretty crappy pics but just some of the back end, and of that pass frame rail torque box area that's kinda bad, along with the halfway repairs they did on the tail pan and the inner trunk drop offs or inner rear lower 1/4's whichever you wanna call em. Somebody tell me how they...- Swims350
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79 Trans am
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- Post #186
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79 Trans am
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- Post #184
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79 Trans am
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- Post #183
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'79 Camaro Restomod
I already beat ya to it LOL. back on the last page I guess, don't see it here- Swims350
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79 Trans am
LOl alot of reasons. one being I need to get that buick up here to pull the engine to have a spare for th emonte carlo, 2 need to get dads van up here to try and fix. She wants her car in there lol so that's 1 as well. It's a lil tough for me to move it with no front end, and then tip it over...- Swims350
- Post #182
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'79 Camaro Restomod
You ever see the thing about making your own urethane mounts? I remember seeing the post somewhere when I had the s10 about guys buying new rubber pads or even using old stockers, and then buying a tube of windshield urethane and just filling any voids with the urethane.- Swims350
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79 Trans am
well I had done more digging into this rust BS and of course found more/got worse. The pass. front pan has swiss cheese holes around the size ofa pencil eraser all over, pits that are bad, and all seems to be from the topside. The pan the put in back on the PS, well it's not spot welded to the...- Swims350
- Post #180
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'79 Camaro Restomod
I think I may have decided to build myself a tip over jig from wood, like some had done on youtube, and fb for their 2nd gen f bodys. reason, frame rail aint so great on one side FML You wanna finish my subframe along with yours then come get the TA shell and weld up the rear frame when you...- Swims350
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'79 Camaro Restomod
I'd be willing to bet the reason those are right is because of the extra plate usually found behind them for the 700r4 support rods to run off of they were almost a 1/4 thick, and thus used some of the 2.5 from back to center of thru bolt mounts just like a 2nd gen. As you said though in the...- Swims350
- Post #86
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'79 Camaro Restomod
well somebody make me one I'd love to put the TA on one to roll it over and clean, paint the underside and fix that one rotted floor pan. I remember that big dent, I'd be willing to bet it might have rust inside and weakened it, my first thought was a jack, but the way things are around here...- Swims350
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'79 Camaro Restomod
good point but most crap we get around here has never seen grease and has seen tons of potholes. I can respect that, just as you should get the full weight in and check her out. I know I'd be doing that frame rail and floor pans before driving lol. I also know you said your third gen was in far...- Swims350
- Post #78
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'79 Camaro Restomod
ball joints and tie rod ends are cheap insurance. I'd get the cheapos from rockauto, done it plenty, like 5 each per ball joint or so maybe 20-25 for moog, knock the knuckle loose, pop it out pop it in, I just bought a ball joint press, be easy enough to use and do. I know I checked them when it...- Swims350
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