Project Wicked Pissa

[mdes0]

Hey Folks, I've been slack'n big time. Haven't done much at all. Welder has been acting up which also slowed progress quite a bit. Wire keeps sticking right at the tip. I may have gotten metal dust in the line or something. I was able to get a motor and trans recently. Found a salvage 2006 GTO with an LS2, LS3 heads and intake and a 6spd manual. Runs and drives so I know things are in working order. Dropping a lot of dough this year so I better get my ass move'n... Will post updates soon. Until then here's the parts car. If anyone needs parts off this thing let me know. I only plan on using the motor and trans. I was gonna use the seats but I think I might go a different way.





Matt

[LUV2XLR8]

wanna cough up the rear seats and package tray?

[qnitro]

This is an awesome project...great work...are you keeping the grand sport wheels...

[srh3trinity]

Where do people find these salvaged cars? That is a nice score.

[rchaskin]

There was a black second gen at RTOS this year with a black set of those wheels on it and it looked awesome!!

[mdes0]

I may, what would you offer? The thread along the top let go, probably damage from the sun. Looks like it could be stitched back together. I can send you a pic if you want.

wanna cough up the rear seats and package tray?

[mdes0]

Where do people find these salvaged cars? That is a nice score.

Kept searching craigslist and ebay.

[mdes0]

This is an awesome project...great work...are you keeping the grand sport wheels...

I would like to but it depends if I can get them to fit the way I want or not.

[aidanfancystang]

Where do people find these salvaged cars? That is a nice score.

go on copart.com theres a ton of cars there, for alot of them you need to have a dealer permit or salvage company, but they do have some cars available to the public.

[mdes0]

The guy I bought this from in NY actually picked it up at a copart.com auction.

[Chadman27]

That's a donor car? Fix that baby up and have 2 sweet rides! haha

[mdes0]

So I've worked on the drivers side quarter quite a bit. Its all welded up and dressed. I found that there will be a lot of metal work to do before its all said and done. Not sure you'll be able to see the work complete to date from the pics but I've been doing a lot of hammer and dolly work.

[mdes0]

I also created a new tool to help speed the metal work up. I found the initial idea online which was to place a 3/4 carriage bolt in a palm nailer. Well I took this to the next level so to speak. Since Harbor Freight sells palm nailers so cheap I decided it was worth hacking one up. At first I tried to tape the collar of the nailer, that didn't work out. Ended up snapping the tap and destroying the little magnet set into the collar. Rather than replacing that one I decided to get a larger carriage bolt, cut the head off and weld it to the collar. I also picked up a second nailer which I've used with smaller carriage bolts.
If you've got any metal work to do this setup is worth the 26 bucks. Also, the guy who mentioned this idea online sells a dvd that has a bunch of good tips on metal work. If you're interested its called Custom Metal Bodywork. You should be able to find it with a google.
Here is a few pics of the tool;

In this one you can see the pressure regulator I got as well. Figured I would use it at the nailer on a short length of hose to keep it out of my way but closer than the main regulator I have mounted by my compressor. This is a HF pice and doesn't work worth a crap.

[saltfuture]

Bump. What's going on with this one?

[Widetrax]

Thanks for showing us the palm nailer idea! I will have to try that with mine!
If you want to see what a first gen with 3inches of width added to it, look up my car at 68Widetrax. 1 inch was just not worth all the work, so I went all out! Also mini tubbed it 2 3/4 inches. Now I have 18 inch deep wheel wells.

[mikes2nd]

The guy I bought this from in NY actually picked it up at a copart.com auction.

I got my 2004 GTO for 1000$ minus the front seats and Engine and front bumper also. I was like score!

[mikes2nd]

That's a donor car? Fix that baby up and have 2 sweet rides! haha

salvage title... and to take the title you have to pay the tax on the purchase. Just chop it up, let the state keep the title.

[mdes0]

Man, can't believe how long its been since I've updated this project. Lost my motivation on this one a while back. Was looking at the new vette ends DSE came out with, might go that direction, will see. If I do I'll likely have to replace my 12 bolt with one of their 9" rears since no one has the alignment bushings and DSE isn't offering the setup on 12 bolts so may be SOL. I really need to focus on getting some things finished on the car too, like DSE subframe connectors, etc. Also need to pickup an LS oil pan and trans crossmember. Hoping to get back to it very soon. Will post updates...

[Dragonfly]

Nice sheet metal work, our cars are very similar

[mdes0]

Hey folks, believe it or not I still have the Camaro. It has come close to being an unfinished project but now I'm back at it. Finally got the rear quarters and outer wheel wells sorted out and got the Detroit Speed sub frame connectors installed. Also installed a DSE brake booster and clutch master bracket\support welded up to the firewall and closed up some unneeded holes. Put in an order for a cross member and some other items with American Powertrain earlier this week so hope to see those parts soon. As soon as I see them I'll be putting the motor and trans in and getting the shifter hole cut. Also need to order a Mast oil pan as soon as they are back in stock. After that I need to figure out what’s next... Have a 1991 Humvee for sale that I need gone to finance the Camaro, let me know if you’re interested!