Novice Builders '67 Camaro, "Ol' Bucket"

[Eric67]

Well, here’s what I started with… Nothing special, but a nice driver, and fun to drive at the time.



Shortly after I bought it, I replaced the bushings around the body and suspension. One of the subframe nuts broke free. It was the left front one, and the bolt never tightened up. I drove the car around like this for a few years as a nice cruiser.

A couple summers ago, I managed to spin a rod bearing, so the engine came out. Now was a good time to fix that subframe nut. So I peeled back the carpet to cut a hole in the drivers toeboard, and spied a line of rust at the floorpan to firewall seam. Uh-Oh. I peeled back the carpet on the passenger side, more rust. I pulled the back seat, and found a bunch of rot. Oops… This is also when I discovered the TERIBLE job that the guy I had put the trunk in years ago had done. Now I’ve got to fix his work too.

Here We Go!!!

I started disassembling the car and about that time, I stumbled across this site. With all the beautiful cars around here, it’s easier to keep motivated. With the helpful assistance of another member, I decided to install a one piece floor myself.

Now… I’m definitely no body guy and had never welded anything before in my life, so there was one hell of a learning curve.

Let’s see how this goes!