Bob Jane Camaro - Beneath The Skin

[thunder427]

One of the things that impresses me most with this restoration is the flaring for the rear wheel arches. I see you've said it was all done with a hammer and dolly! Did you have to heat up the metal as well to help stretch it? Is this how the Camaro rear flares were originally done when the car was built in 1970 or were they allowed to make the flare then weld it on?

...This is/was one of the 'conditions' I asked Bob to consider when we first considered the restoration/reserection of the Camaro,I wanted to maintain the 1969 'styled' rear quarter,otherwise it could be 67/68 if the 1969 model 'styling line' was lost,being that it was a Genuine ZL1,I did not want to confuse its 'True' Heritage....

Smiling, Mike Kerry, is the man responsible for the fantastic job, Mike,a 'trade school' teacher by day,now semi retired, is a master with the 'Hammer and Dolly', when I asked for his help to 'flare' the NOS 1/4's, Mike subjested ,..."you mark it out and I will Knock it out"......so I created a template,marked out both 1/4's,rang Mike .."Ready to Go"!!.....(Mike drive's a Lada,supose 2 outa 3 aint Bad!!)......two weeks later Mike arrived back with the said item...Wow!!..I was stoked, on the money Mike, the 'Styleline' was perfect, the contour was perfect...I had thought some effort on my behalf would be required, but no!!......'Hi-fill and paint .......Mike your the Man!!!

Sidebar/ the USA supplier of parts got wind that I was going to 'flare' a pair of NOS 1969 Camaro 1/4 panels....the deal proposed,was that I send them the NOS parts, in return, they will supply a matching set of 'repo's and $1500 for each fender (=$3000usd)
......The answer was a Rather Large NO!!!!!...I reminded them that I was restoring a Genuine ZL1, nothing was to good to use on this project......I think the Big problem was that they thought I had had my hand on the 'Gear shift' to long and the Knob was getting Shinny !!!..........regards thunder427/MJ