Monogram 1969 Camaro SS-PROJECT COMPLETED-07/20

PatW

Member since
December 2008
From: UK

Posted by PatW on Saturday, January 14, 2017 1:50 AM

Coming along nicely mustang1989.

I tried the same thing recently when I'd lashed the paint up on a build, but the brake fluid has been in the garage at least 25 years, since my time building kit cars, and it picks up condensation anyway which waters it down.

I'll have to get another tin!

Remember , common sense is not common.

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mustang1989

Member since
March 2012
From: Corpus Christi, Tx

Posted by mustang1989 on Friday, January 13, 2017 5:45 PM

Ok folks. This is the very best that Monogram could do in the late 70's and throughout the early 80's I guess. It's not very accurate but it's what I've got ................so we'll deal with that.

It's not going to be perfect but I'm shooting for the best I can do with this interior bucket to transform it into something that somewhat resembles this....minus the wood grain of course. Yuck!

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mustang1989

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March 2012
From: Corpus Christi, Tx

Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 5:28 AM

Thanks Toshi! Yes

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Toshi

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March 2015
From: Streetsboro, Ohio

Posted by Toshi on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 4:23 AM

This is turning out to be a very interesting redo. Nice start!

Toshi

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Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world. Mrs. Toshi

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mustang1989

Member since
March 2012
From: Corpus Christi, Tx

Posted by mustang1989 on Monday, January 9, 2017 9:52 PM

Glad you're here Joe! I didn't wanna spoil the surprise for you in just blabbing it to you. Thanks for the good word bubba.

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JOE RIX

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August 2009
From: MOAB, UTAH

Posted by JOE RIX on Monday, January 9, 2017 8:58 PM

Oh, this will be awesome Joe. I really enjoy your "refurbish" builds. They're a departure from the norm and lend to some quite clever modeling from you. Not to mention that it's just plain fun to watch the overall transformation. I also like the second stance. glad that you are going with that one. I'll be following along and offering up a healthy dose of "oohs and aahs" Bring it on!

"Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did". George Carlin

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mustang1989

Member since
March 2012
From: Corpus Christi, Tx

Posted by mustang1989 on Sunday, January 8, 2017 7:04 AM

Still on this one fellas. I've managed to strip most of the paint from all the parts.

The body turned out pretty good and still needs some cleaning up. I ended up clipping one of the rear tail light openings at the bottom and knocked the thin strip at the bottom of the opening out so I'll have to work some fancy foot work to get that back in line but it shouldn't be all that bad.

I've got the wheels and tires picked out for it now after a few days of searching.

I started setting up two different stances but I like the second one alot better so I think we'll be going with that one.

This isn't going to be a "numbers matching Camaro" as I'll be changing a few things up to more of a mild modified street car. I'm currently looking for a blank grille with no Z/28 or RS emblems in it. I had 'em on ebay just last night and forgot to visit when I was supposed to and lost it. Indifferent

Stay tuned...more coming this week.

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mustang1989

Member since
March 2012
From: Corpus Christi, Tx

Posted by mustang1989 on Friday, January 6, 2017 5:48 AM

I cleaned up most of the interior parts in regards to excessive flash and sprue joins got most of the small parts separated like the steering wheel and master cylinder and stuff like that. I ordered a spare kit just because I needed some parts that were missing or otherwise deemed unusable just this morning.

The parts I need are all there...........

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mustang1989

Member since
March 2012
From: Corpus Christi, Tx

Posted by mustang1989 on Thursday, January 5, 2017 5:21 AM

Johnny: I know right ??? Thanks bud.

Greg: You know I guess I didn't get everything glued down to the max back then. The only thing that's been giving me trouble is getting the headlights out of the grille. May have to do some fancy foot work there. Thanks for the good word. Yes

Say good bye to the paint fellas. Currently in a bath of Dot 3 Brake Fluid:

and I just acquired this yesterday....

Tire / wheel search currently in progress....

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Greg

Member since
May 2013
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by Greg on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 10:54 AM

How did you get everything apart so cleanly?

Apparently you do not glue stuff to withstand the acopolypse, as I tend to do for whatever reason.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one, Joe.

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tempestjohnny

Member since
November 2003
From: Naples, FL

Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 10:46 AM

Finally a muscle/pony car on your bench

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mustang1989

Member since
March 2012
From: Corpus Christi, Tx

Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 3:27 PM

Hopefully something good. lol . Thanks Pawel.

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Pawel

Member since
May 2009
From: Poland

Posted by Pawel on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 12:31 PM

Hello!

Now I wonder what are you going to make out of this baby! Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

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mustang1989

Member since
March 2012
From: Corpus Christi, Tx

Monogram 1969 Camaro SS-PROJECT COMPLETED-07/20

Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 10:16 AM

I’m pretty much at a standstill on my modified VW bus build with trying to come up with a suitable seating arrangement and waiting on all the aftermarket engine items that I’ve ordered so I thought I’d throw something on the bench that’s been catching my interest for some time now. I showed pictures of this bad boy last year after I did some repairs on it but thought it deserved more than that…………so here we are a year or so later to do it some real justice.
Presented here for rebuild is my 35 year old Monogram 1969 Camaro Z-28 which many of you will know the boxing of this kit back in the late 70’s/ early 80’s:

I’m going to go through this thing I don’t even know how deep I’ll go with it so I aint even going to say that this’ll be a mild rebuild. Anything I touch can’t be done in timely manner it seems like but I’m going to TRY to keep as many original parts as I can in this restoration/ upgrade. There’ll be some definite changes in regards to the interior as well as the exterior. I’ll be changing up the wheel and tire combo and will stay within the boundaries of a street machine using street tires with some Cragar SS wheels and a mildly upgraded Chevrolet 396 with a single four barrel carburetor to top things off.
Here’s a picture of what we’re going to start with as it sat on my bench this morning: