Well guys the time has come to restore my el camino

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bawazir

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Well guys had this car over a year 6 years in Dawnzilla, San Diego lol , Got it back from Cali last week, and the time has come to get it going, This el camino is going to get a complete rebuilt, from ground up, stay tune guys :)

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from Cali

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to Chicago



First step is the body, ugly color need to come out,,

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Body need get stripped to bare metal by a body shop, YES! I said bare metel, If u need the best u need to remove all the old nasty paint off,,

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Well the body guy was very impressed that this car had Zero rust, :mrgreen: It's a good thing i bought it from cali :)

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What do you think guys???? is going to be painted Grand National Black, with TRANS AM GTA wheels all around??? need some input about the color :mrgreen:

Stay tune guys :)
383 stroker on the way
Buick grand national rear end from ebay i hope
still looking for a used cowl hood :(
and I need to find someone in the Chicago land area to redo my wire harness from painless :cry:
 

bawazir

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More pics :
Got the car naked from paint :)


He used http: aircraft-paint-remover good stuff to remove paint

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bawazir

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84elko said:
damn i remeber those days looking good cant wait to see it all done up!

man your car look sweet in white!

what do u think did i picked the right color??
GRAND NATIONAL BLACK?? :mrgreen: Now u got me thinking white :)
 

bawazir

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More pics:
Well this the 2nd week:


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Let me know guys :)
 

Bumpin1ohmSS

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Aw Hell YEAH!! Lookin good bruh! Im in the process of strippin my Monte SS down. Aircraft stripper gets it done. Some will say not to chemical strip tho'. But hittin it with the DA sander afterwards along with properly cleaning will be cool. Lovin the pics. Keep em comin..

Elco Warren
 

bawazir

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Bumpin1ohmSS said:
Aw Hell YEAH!! Lookin good bruh! Im in the process of strippin my Monte SS down. Aircraft stripper gets it done. Some will say not to chemical strip tho'. But hittin it with the DA sander afterwards along with properly cleaning will be cool. Lovin the pics. Keep em comin..

Elco Warren


i was not aware of cleaning after using it?? :wtf:
Damn thanks for letting me know i have to ask my body guy if he did that,, i think he is applying the primer today
 

bawazir

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dose any one know which color primer should i use??
i am using the gray primer,, was wondering if the have any black primer ?
 
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