El camino rear widebody& raised rear quarters

[jlcustomz]

Got most of sheet metal cleaned back up & welded 2 sides of visor together. Drivers side rises up at rear where pass side is flat .Looking at from straight on at sides, think I'll raise pass side up in back. Gives more of spoiler look.
Next is to start wrapping underside with metal & figure how to mount. I think if I turn the temporary mounting screw locations into guides, I can slip visor into place & bond with panel adhesive.

 

[Doug Chahoy]

Glad to see your back on it.

 

[jlcustomz]

Got top of visor straighter, fit bottom metal, & got er welded up.

 

[jlcustomz]

Got a little bodywork & epoxy primer done on visor last night at work. Didn't have time to bodywork near as good as I wanted before first priming, but wanted to get it sealed up while I was spraying epoxy on the clock at work. Thursday night I started with epoxy filler on the leading edge so it would be tough & then a skimcoat of USC all metal filler. Then yesterday did I coat of evercoat metal glaze. I will be having to bodywork the top when bonding to the roof anyways, at least I'll be able to view it better with shiny black primer to see what it needs.

 

[jlcustomz]

Did more cleanup, welding , & metal planishing on the quarter panel this weekend along with some epoxy filler on many of the welds & a little usc all metal filler on the rougher spots. Took panel in to work & got first coats of epoxy primer & will do some bodywork on it before attaching.

Did a little more bodywork on the visor & another coat of epoxy. I spent so much $ on the metal glaze filler I had to cheap out on the sanding tools pictured.😜 Seriously though, I have an assortment of premade sanding blocks at home & sometimes it's still hard to beat ole fashioned paint stirring sticks, misc scrap woodsticks, & whatever you can grab to do the job, such as a round glue bottle for rounded areas.

 

[jlcustomz]

Been staying late after work every night working on visor & quarter panel.
Visor has been primed & spot skimmed & sanded a few times.
Since I ran out of weekend before epoxy priming quarter panel I just took it to work for the week. Got the bodywork decent enough for a complete coat of epoxy a little after 11:00 tonight. Not sure if I'll bodywork & epoxy a little more at work or just bring home & prime with Evercoat g-2 primer surfacer next.

 

[jlcustomz]

Little more sanding before bringing home. I knew I still had a bunch of high & low spots before primer last night, but was out of working time & had to use up mixed primer from Monday before it went bad. With SPI epoxy you have to mix & induce at least a half hour(which means wait & let it set). Once mixed it can last in a sealed container from 48 to 120 hours. Will next see if my evercoat g-2 sprayable primer surfacer is still good & switch to using it for easier blocking & sanding.

 

[billyjack]

Joe, your work is amazing!
My metalworking skills are limited to aluminum fab work for our Sprint Cars, building wings and body parts, but enough that I can appreciate all the work you've done over the years. I used to visit a friend in Winter Park yearly, taking a "vacation" week to do things like swapping a big block in his '37 Chevy or an aftermarket subframe in his '66 Nova. Haven't been there in ten years, but if I ever return I've got to drive up to J'ville and check out that badass Camino.

Bill

 

[jlcustomz]

Thanks Billy. My street is 2 miles off I 95 broward rd exit, just past zoo exit. Cruise in car show pretty much every weekend here too

There is a good reason I've never located another el camino widebody on the internet, this is some f- word hard work here. Then when you start bodyworking it you find out even the smoothest looking sections of metal are nowhere near smooth enough, much less all the welded & planished & welded & planished again & again parts.
Right now I'm out in the sun at home doing a little more fine tuning on panel before hopefully getting attached permenantly this weekend.Giving this primer & filler all the uv exposure I can .

 

[jlcustomz]

coated widened inner wheel well & front inner sheet metal with a urethane rubber sealant & used some fire retardant spray foam up front, Hope it helps with noise. Got some g-2 primer on quarter panel. Did last test fit & got it bolted, glued, & partly welded in place.