I used to have a 69 Camaro. It could pass anything but a gas station. I spent a lot of time dreaming about restoring it. I also spent a lot of time regretting selling it.
After seeing this restoration page, I realize there’s no way I would have gone through anywhere near this much work – but I still wish I wouldn’t have sold it.
I am replacing the stock subframe with a modern lighter one, replacing the stock rear suspension and updating the entire drive train. And I am welding in new sheet metal in nearly every part of the car. There will be new floor pans, quarter panels, roof skin, trunk pan, and rear frame rails. There won’t be a single nut or bolt left unturned in this project. ~ So I bit the bullet, and I enrolled in two 13 week auto body paint, and collision repair classes at my local junior college.