Quiet Eric

I've posted about the '57 before, but it has changed a lot since the last time it was on the road. Of course that was around 3 years ago. I've also been working on this '64 El Camino. It's a full frame off. Lots or rust repair, suspension work, 9" rear. 6.0LS. But it's been pretty hard for me to find the motivation to get out in the garage the last couple years. Much easier and quicker return on my effort building models!

Oooooooooh man. That is cool.

You're nailing it on this one. Always been one of my favorite customs.

Spotted in surprise surprise, Ft. Worth Tx yesterday afternoon.

I don't remember where I saw this and it might have been here a long time ago, but thought I'd share anyway. This is a "Printed Circuit Board holder." It is excellent for holding a body to put decals on when when you really need an extra hand. Good for holding chassis too for assembly. Lots of adjustability and it rotates. They go for $10-$20 online.

Couldn't resist adding some decals this morning.

I decided this one should be something close to Evening Orchid/Iris Mist...well I didn't figure that out before my last Scale Finishes order, so this is my compromise. I decanted and mixed a couple Tamiya colors and came up with this. It's pretty close to what I had in mind and I'm excited to see it with some white detailing and decals.

Really nice work on this pair Bill.

Thanks! As far as I know, there's really not much difference from '65-'69 so I don't see why that wouldn't work, especially for racecar purposes. I call this one a '60 and I don't recall why I landed on that year, because the resin kit I bought was sold as a '63.

I agree, don't know the story on that. But should be an easy fix. The seat back doesn't have that issue.

Fantastic result!

The fan on the front of a Z28 was the same fan on any other V8 camaro. And the noise from an evenly space fan blade on the highway with an engine at 3500rpm...is very obnoxious. So finding a fix for that was pretty important to many drivers. They also did not remove any blades from the fan, they are just clocked a little differently and done so in a way that the fan is still balanced.

The camaro is pretty junky, nothing special. At least not yet. Yes on the go kart. And here's the '63 ragtop.

I'm calling it on the fabrication end. Time to wrap it up and start painting. Bent a piece of rod for the brake pedal and added the shoe print gas pedal. I couldn't find a gauge panel I liked so I made one by cutting thin slivers of some tubing and gluing it to some sheet, then trimmed it all down. The gauge backs are some shaped pieces of sprue. Added the pitman arm...should have added a support towards that end of the steering shaft but might wing that one later. Cut the tonneau cover to fit around that and added a small lip, to which I'll add a small piece of clear to act as a "windshield". I trimmed and added the kit wheelie bars to the chassis and will detail them with some photo etch bolt heads later. My one regret that I'm not going to do anything about is finding a better rear axle than the whatever-that-thing-is that comes in the kit. Not to mention the way is attaches to the springs, or the lack of shackles. But it'll have to do! I also found some correct big block valve covers, and swapped in an automatic transmission. Finally I cut the centers out of some AMT wheel backs and glued them to the front wheels, then added a piece of tubing to the center of the wheels to attach to the axle. Now the wheels are open all the way through, because there's no need for front brakes.

Looks like some nice conversion work so far.

This showed up at my workplace. While it is obviously a very well restored '67 C10, it took me a while to realize the uniqueness of the CST "Custom Sport Truck" package. It's very refreshing to see such a nice example of a bone stock truck instead of another street rodded version or a patinamobile. Though I wouldn't hesitate to throw a set of aluminum slots or Cragars on it!

So seldom do I see those carb scoops done well and you nailed it. The whole project is just right!

Thank you! Still unsure on color but I do think white decals. I ordered up a bunch of Slixx decal sheets to make something that will work.

Ok, I think I'm finally happy with the chassis and fit of everything on this one. Reworked the roll hoop and added some bars out back. I couldn't make it to the LHS this weekend for the right diameter styrene rod so I used some good ol' fashioned parts box scrounging, hence the multi-colors. I shortened the injection unit and cut down a scoop from the Tony Nancy double dragster kit, but think it needs to be cut down just a little more to fit this right. Now I can do some cleanup and sanding on the chassis, and start getting everything in paint.

That looks like a wiper motor to me

That is amazing. Cool trick!!!

Its always a struggle to divvy up credit on these cars...Everyone always knows and hears Boyd's name attached to these cars, but the parts we know and love are the sheetmetal. Which in this case was designed by Larry Erickson, and Marcel Delay built from scratch. Boyd certainly had some skills, but maybe his most crucial skill was bringing together all of the right folks to birth cars like this into reality.

Pretty amazing what a few modifications can do to significantly improve this one. Makes me want to build one for myself. Nice work! I agree with you on early Camaro's, '68 for me is the best year. One note on the rocker trim. It looks like you have scribed the fender separation line through it. That trim is one piece front to back, overlapping the rocker and fender.

A little progress, got the body stripped. It spent the better part of 3 days in a Simple Green bath. The bright green came off very quickly...but there was some avocado stuff underneath that was ON THERE! It probably would have come off easier with something stronger like brake fluid, but I already had the jug of simple green in the garage. Mostly it just softened the paint to the point where I could scrape it off. This will only get a minor cleanup, no modifications though I do have to finish the hood. I'm not sure what color it'll be.

Got a little primer on it yesterday so I can see where it needs some more work.