Whatever would have inspired someone to take this on as project? Many far nicer vehicles have been crushed.

Brought indoors and stripped of dirt and leaves. At least what was left is very solid.

A decision was made to order an Art Morrison Max-G Chassis to fit the body. The frame was ordered with an IFS front and a 9" rear axle housing already installed.

A cradle was fabricated to support the installation of a fuel cell.

Flowmaster Super 40’s were propped into place and 3" pipe was given a few bends and brought together at the rear of the car for a yet to be fabricated collector.

New rocker panels were bent up.

Now welded into the car, a straight, level and square base is provided to build the rest of the car from. You can see that with a door frame mocked up into the hole, something had to be done, the look was not quite right.

The front cowl needed to be sectioned to lower the profile of the car’s front lines.

Now welded up, the doors will no longer fit and the front fenders will need the same sectioning.

It’s time to clamp the panels in place and have a look. Masking tape is a great tool to establish new body lines and mark out the other areas that need removal.

Out of the box comes new doors. Of course they won’t look like this for long.

The skin was removed, leaving a bare frame structure that can be easily sectioned.

Taking the path of least resistance, and one that needs the least welding, the required amount of door is removed to match the amount removed from the cowl.

The outer skin is now too long and has to be sectioned as well.

The two completed parts are brought back together and the skin re-crimped onto the door structure.

With this amount of fab work, one would naturally guess that the door handles and lock tumbler will be gone.

It was easier to make the holes a bit larger and square in order to fill them, I’m sure there will be debate about this.

The results speak for themselves. They are gone and without a trace.

The front fenders are next. You may have to toggle back and forth with these photos to see the subtle changes on the cars new front profile. Here the bottom is cut off the fender to section it.

The front edge is partially filled.

With the section removed, it’s time to weld the bottom half back on.

Want to see how welds disappear? A lot of careful spot welding and some hammer and dolly work.

The changes are subtle, but dramatic to the look of the car’s front.

The doors are back in, now sectioned with door handles gone.
The front fenders are back on and sectioned along the bottom to match the new rake of the car.
The reworked front now relocated the grill opening

From this view you see the location of the body in relation to the frame rails. The bulged up hood is an indication that the future motor is going to need some room.

The side view now shows a slimmer, racier looking front 2/3rds. Now the rear quarters and trunk area need work. The bulge in that hood would indicate a motor with more horse power than the tires in those stock wheel wells can take. Once again out comes the saw. You notice that the new rear quarters were already welded in, but plans change.

Yes, those tires are just too narrow.

A floor will have to be added to the trunk and the wheel tubs fabricated.

It’s a lot easier to do from the outside in. Those new rear quarters came off. The rear window area was reworked and the tubs joined to hide the rear suspension. Now there is something really interesting! The outside of the wheel tubs are actually the outside of the car. The rear quarters will now be drastically reworked and re-welded around the outside diameter of the tubs. Ingenious!

From this angle you can see how all of this sheet metal ties together. The new rear window deck is reworked to accommodate the trunk lid. Now the correct wheels and skins can be added to mate that future horse power to the road.

There was no shortage of metal work to fit those rear quarters back on the car. From this view it looks like they were always meant to be there.

Now that’s a drive shaft tunnel. It is now becoming quite apparent how low this thing is going to be.

Here is another clever little fabrication and detail - a hidden transmission mount.

An OEM mount fits inside it and is bolted to it from the bottom, then this little gadget will be tucked up into the tunnel and bolted in from the side of the tunnel inside the car.

There it is installed, and with the beautifully shaped floor and rear panels you can see the quality of this fabrication. Very smooth! That is not the start of a very weak roll cage, just a support added awhile back to hold the car’s shape during all of this fab work. It will be cut out.

The tunnel and floor pans look just as good from this view. No cup holders here!

Just had to throw in one more shot of that floor fab.

Well here it is. With some appropriately sized wheels and tires, this car looks HOT even in bare metal. The project has come a long long way in a relatively short period of time. There is a lot yet to do and we will be there to take you along for the ride. Sure doesn’t look much like what was pulled out of the dirt.

Come back soon to see more of Byron’s Camaro.

Byron can be reached at Creative Concepts - 306-292-6008.