general project car guidelines

[derekf]

Hi, welcome to the site.. you should post up in the "welcome to the board", introduce yourself (we like names) and show off pics of your car (if you've got one to post pics of, that is).



Can't be too specifically helpful for your question as I don't have any of the cars you've listed; I can tell you that the early Chevelles (64-65) are hit-and-miss on the panel availability.. there's umpteen places making rear quarters but nobody making fenders, etc. Similarly, I can get all sorts of patch panels for a 69 Chevelle but the equivalent panels for my El Camino just don't exist.

I'm pretty sure that at this point the only body panel for first gen Camaro that isn't sold is the roof bracing (and I may be wrong on that as well). 70 Chevelles seem to be really well taken care of so far as parts availability goes as well.. not so sure on Corvette or Nova. Hopefully someone with more knowledge on those will pipe up.

Anyway, welcome to the site.

[downhil]

thanks for the quick reply! i see you're in mesquite...i live in a loft downtown. so no project yet! are there any meeting places on the weekends? (if ya'll allow imports....i have a honda s2000 now. it's my autocross machine. ....) i just moved up here a couple months ago.


luckily here in texas, we can usually find cars without salt damage.....the problem is finding them! basically, i'm wondering if there is a buyer's guide of some sort for these cars that detail what to look for, what is easily replaced/fixed, what is too much trouble to bother with.


scott