Joe's Camaro

[Dave Severson]

Well, a new shop project begins. An old friend of mine is starting on his Camaro, it's like an '86 that he picked up at a very right price. Plans include a 430 horse sbc, 350 tranny, frame ties, suspension upgrades, new paint, and a general sanitizing of the entire car. Well, it looked good after removing the old power train and the interior. Been some other hands in it over the years, but not too much cobbling to straighten out. Then I pulled the carpet, and here's what I found on the driver's floorboard and footwell. Because of the unibody construction of the car, I'll be cutting out about half of the bad stuff, replacing it with new sheet metal, then do the other half. Had a unibody structure "take off" on me once when I was young and dumb, took about 3 hours on the frame rack to get it all pushed back to straight. Should be a fun project. I know it's one of the years considered to be a "loser" in the world of Camaro's, but it's Joe's car and he has some very specific ideas about how he wants it done....