Building a car like this is a 1-step forward, 2-steps back process in alot of ways. In this shot, we're setting the YearOne full-length floor on our V8TV-built Camaro chassis jig for about the 50th time. You see, in an effort to make this project fit properly, we've had to put it together, measure, mark, take it apart, measure, drill, put it together... over and over. This particular floor panel is a great quality full floor which will attach to the front firewall section seen in the picture. YearOne has the parts you need to build your dream car, but you have to be patient to build it right.

Speaking of floors, if you're building a first generation Camaro and it needs floor or trunk floor repairs, you need this panel. This is the full-length floor pan we got from YearOne. Notice the complete flanges bending down over the sides... this isn't a patch, this is a complete replacement trunk floor ready to rock.

Next up are the inner rear wheelhouses.. again, high-quality parts from YearOne. We've just clamped this one in place to test fit the parts.

Here's the seam where the floor and the trunk floor will be spot welded together. The new wheelhouse is visible in the background.

Bodyman John Blandford clamps the outer wheelhouses to the inner wheelhouse to get a feel for how they'll fit. Again, the YearOne pieces are really high-quality restoration parts. Once these parts are clamped together and inspected, they'll be drilled and marked for spotwelding together.

It's starting to look like the inside of a 1969 Camaro again! From front to rear, visible are the firewall, the floor, inner wheelhouses, outer rear wheelhouses, and trunk floor. The welds you see on the floor are where we elected to add some spotwelds to the floor bracing and seat supports for added rigidity.

The final teaser... John holds the rear taillight panel in place, just before the whole assembly was disassembled again for drilling! Next time... we drill more holes and fit and weld these parts together!

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