Yeah that's a good shop. I work at a good shop, and it's a really nice feeling knowing your boss would be pissed if we ripped off a customer. The amount of shit our shop does just for the community is awesome, and the customers let us know year after year after year.
@@gingerd2098 There's an old saying "look after your customers an they will look after you for years to come". That's something a lot of shops have forgotten these days or there owned by just dirt bags who put out sub-par work.
Honestly, as some one who worked at a body shop - we wouldn't want to work on that first car, even for the full money. We'd recommend it even if it was a "dads old car". We'd try to convince them because otherwise it becomes quickly a multi-year project. That would be an insane amount of metal work that would take hundreds and hundreds of hours. Even if I wanted the money I'd still say no because it'd be years to get to it.
@@DiabIe37 I know a shop that would do it and do a great job but it would involve a sit down with the owner and him basically telling you he will do what you want but he's being straight that it's going to make no sense for way too much money. He's done one or two jobs like that because he made absolutely sure they know what they are getting into and he knows what it's like to do it because of the memories. One was his dad's old Tornado who died of cancer and the other I know of was a cutlass for a guy whose son died.
You too can support Jay's car addiction with poor choices by only giving .20 cents a day! You could have your own personal Jay be supported and happy! Each month you will receive a photo of your adopted Jay! Please..Jay needs your help! 😂 ill shut up and see myself to the door lol
Brother! Take that rusty shit mobile and turn it into a racing simulator/gaming station. It could be sick af! Put the seats back in but add a racing wheel and pedals. Curved monitor where the windshield goes. Nice rig and a sweet sound system.
A racing sim out of the cab and firewall, a matching love seat out of the rear end and trunk, and a desk out of the front clip. That's the whole freaking JayzTwoCents studio furnished with the coolest office furniture in town! lol
If you're honestly interested in selling it, let me know. I was looking for a '55 Ford truck to build a race truck out of, but this is a good candidate for a tube chassis car. Plus, it'd be sweet to carry Jayztwocents into the 7s... Especially since that's the only way you'll get there :p
Such is the life of a project car.. thank you for being honest and showing that it doesn't always go as planned... Hopefully this bad boy gets to rippin down the track soon🤘🤘
@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 yeah I've watched them all, and yeah it depends... I had neighborhor in high school who was restoring Ford Galaxie Convertible.. this was the late 80s so no internet or online searching.. he had been working on it for about 10 years doing by himself and then trying to turn it into a father son project when his kid turned 15.. then again I've seen show cars that took a couple of days thanks to online searching .. but if you got closer than three feet it was obvious they weren't drivers and we're Hollywood levels of fake... 🤣🤣🤣
Sorry for your loss. I know how disappointing it can be to have to step back, cut your losses and lick your wounds on an important project. Hoping that you get this the way you want soon!
God damn a WHOLE INCH shorter on one side? that shell is fucking hacked, I whole heartedly support the shell swap. It would be so much work to fix it and get the suspension geometry right. The ripples in the floor are a death sentence for any car. I hope it will be smooth sailing from now, Jay. Car resto is always such a gamble, and its especially hard when you dig into a car that an enthusiastic owner brought in for some light work and you find out the car is unsuitable for driving or repair. :(
As soon as he said one side was an inch shorter, I knew it was toast. If you just wanted something to cruise streets in, it could maybe be dealt with. But if you're gonna try anything performance at all, it's junk.
My dad bought a Torino brand new and kept needing to replace tires from being worn abnormally. After fighting with the dealership he took it to a frame shop and they proved the car was crooked. I guess they had dropped the car off the semi when it was delivered to the dealership. After that they gave him another car. Hopefully all your stuff starts coming together. I started fixing up my dad's old Silverado Big 10 and I just gave up on some of the body parts and ordered new sheet metal. Old cars always take more effort than you originally anticipate. Can't wait to see more of your project!
With the pandemic it seems everyone is resto modding vehicles. I work for an aftermarket gauge manufacturer and our sales have gone up like 5x in the last year. The worst offender is 1973- 87 Chevy Pickup gauges, we are making those in the thousands. In the shop we are busier than a 3- peckered billy goat, so much so I'm thinking about looking for another job as we are getting so over worked. Good luck on your car.
I'm happy to see that you've got all your energy and passion back after your health scare with COVID-19 a couple of months back, looking forward to seeing your 68 put back together and shiny. Good luck!
i'm just glad your still doing a project i'm not even a huge car guy but its fun to watch all the steps, i got a few car friends who do there own work i get to learn a lil here and there when they ask for a hand its quite relaxing outside of all the money that goes into it.
yeah you definitely dont want to spend to much redoing a Gen1 Camaro body when you can probable buy a brand new Gen1 Camaro bodys from Year One for the kinda money it would take to restore that 67 body.
I'm in the same boat with my S2000 build and just picked up a better shell this past weekend. Good thing you found this out and I'm stoked to see more 🤘🏼
Did you end up getting a DynaCorn body? those are fresh repops but old specs. pretty dang good stuff! throw some DSE suspension under and and go to town!
Well, good on you for not giving in to the sunk cost fallacy. Move on and cut your losses. She was pretty much boned. I guess it goes to show that having a very capable classic guy do a PPI will save you a lotta heartache.
Jay! What kind of rock have I been buried under... I've been watching your computer videos since the 7700k was king of the consumer cpu's and had no clue about the car channel. I'm working on restoring a 71 nova, and I'm looking at alot of the same challenges that you are facing on this camaro body
Love the 1st Gen Camaro's. Although I do prefer the 1st Gen Firebird/TransAm's. Awesome work though Jay please keep us updated on all the progress. Cant wait to see what you guys do.
I promised myself that I won't start tinkering with cars and this channel isn't helping me. Why am I here? My room is already a PC workshop, I can't afford loosing my garage as well... Aaaaand I'm subbed. Thanks Jay...
Sad to hear about to 67. Earlier I had commented on your first video of 67 Camaro. Looked like a sweet car. Glad you have found another Camaro and have a chance to build a Camaro you want. I will keep watching.
Video made me sad at first but glad you are continuing with another project (and another Camaro). Sometimes it's best to walk away, especially as you said, when no sentimental value is there. Good luck and I can't wait to see further progress.
A bit late to this party but...Glad you found this out when you did. I spent a hell of a lot on a 72 RS/SS before finding out just how week the unibody was. Most of the damage was hidden by a good sub-frame connector.
That's the sort of extremes you have to go to in order to preserve vehicle heritage. My families favorites were the Triumph 2000's and TR's(UK). After about 20 years in service the parts needed to keep the cars on the road were getting hard to find, so we had to get the parts machined by engineers who had the same hobby.
I've known you're also a car guy for a while. But it's nice seeing "modern techy guys" that have a love for old cars. I'm gonna be working on a 66 Cutlass.
Jay, super glad you put up that link for the GPU' giveaway (not only because I too was a victim of this shortage) but I didn't know that you were also a car guy! I miss my 19 Mustang GT, but I've owned everything from 87 Cutlass supreme to just about every model of Mustang excluding the Fox Body. Regardless of the outcome of the give away I've enjoyed your content and I look forward to seeing these other "versions" of Jay. Wish me luck in replacing my 1080! More car content!
Sorry to hear the '67 is no good. I have been down that road recently myself with a vehicle that was hiding damage which we didn't see until removing the interior on the vehicle. I feel your pain. I'm glad you found another one to keep moving forward with the build tho.
Better to get things right at this point in the project than trying to fix it down the road. That's why we're still in the engineering phase of my 69 Newport Convertible / 71 Imperial build.
This is gonna be a 6 and half figure car... Damn Jay, glad you're doing it right. Sorry about the '67. After doing a '77 Trans Am I understand all to well the struggle of a restoration.
67 owner here. It may be a blessing in disguise. The 68 is the better looking of the 1st gen Camaro's anyway. It still has the round top fenders, no side markers, no vent windows and the better looking turn signals (unless you are going with the RS package hide-a-ways).
I hope people learn from this and have any classic car inspected by a reputable body shop before you buy it. It's way to easy to hide rust and other structural issues.
Jay gives the definition of "Project Car" to all of us that have ever done this and says "nope". If I had the space I'd probably take this off his hands, because that thing is in amazing shape for my area. Project cars are usually done for the learning and love of the vehicle, not necessarily for the "sentimental" value. Jay's definition of "Project Car" = "Mint Condition, all I have to do is bolt on race parts". I've seen cars in SO MUCH worse shape. Heck, ever seen Boyd Coddington? Sheesh, contact him Jay, maybe he'll take it off your hands. Project cars are rarely about sentiment, I think I know TWO out of maybe 200 people that have done resto's for sentimental reasons. If this was 5 years down the road I'd probably grab that old body because in 5 years my retirement shop will be looking for projects, but until then...yea, no room and I'm not going to pay $100+/month to store that thing for 5 years waiting.
Should turn the '67 into a burnout beater and colab with ol' Cleetus McFarland. I would be over-the-moon giddy to see two of my favorite RUclipsrs from different niches getting together to wreak some havoc :D
Damn, I would be gutted! Better to find out sooner than later though.. But damn.. Hope we get more of your car videos soon - really enjoy them! Thanks for the effort and the trip along
You know, the worst part is I hate Mustangs... I DO however enjoy your content and the tinkering process so I'll enjoy this either way. I'm a rotary fan, and will spin my doritos at 10k rpm with less HP and Torque all day and love it, but this content is universal to car enthusiasts because we all have to deal with building and modifying during the journey.
Man that sucks! I kinda called it though when you first showed the car had was having alignment issues with the windows and doors. But glad it's not getting crushed!
Dont be disheartened... Almost all older cars have some skeletons in their trunks... Case in point. Ur 68 will be so worth it in the end it will be all worth while. Can't wait to see the final product! Subscribed.
I didn't know you were a car guy Jay. I've been subbed to you a very long time on your other channel. it's really nice to see what's going on and i hope this project goes really well for you. I really do. Looks great! I personally prefer motorcycles :)
Stuff like this gets so out of hand visiting a buddy at his shop and we walk over to his old shop there is 400k+ cars that just keep spending year after year in shop. One was a former cover car in the late 90s scratched the subframe in a parking lot it got blown apart and still it sits 20 years later at probably over 750k
Bummer. That said, I wholeheartedly agree with your decision. If your intention was to make a nice classic restomod, this chassis definitely isn't worth the cost and effort.
Was never really into cars, but then I came across Jayztwocents and then his other channel (this one) and am slowly getting into cars. One day, I'll do my own car project!
Yeah, that stinks. Always disappointing to find that out. My brother in law does resto projects like this, but he has his own welding equipment and a metal working shop to hack up multiple cars and fix damage like that. It takes him years to do a car sometimes, but that's all he does for a hobby. Sometimes it's better to go the route you're going. Good luck and have fun!
@@fawncashew Yea, kinda hard to be interested in tech when what you want to do can't happen, I've been wanting to do a water cooled SFF build with a 3080, but even a lot of water cooling parts either aren't available or you might be able to back order
Just a tip from what I have seen, be VERY cautious with that transmission you get, since it is an automatic. The problem is that a lot of shops do not know all the ins and outs of them, and it is the details that tends to get you, tiny things like the correct distance between the flywheel and converter and torque converter and transmission can actually destroy your transmission in less than a few miles. I guess there is truth to the fact that a lot of people are now hitting the road and dragging them to Texas to Precision Transmissions, especially if you have performance aspirations as there are subtle things you can do to uprate these transmissions, both new and old. And often that road trip on the back of a trailer can pay dividends compared to the price of ruined transmissions.
@JayzTwoCars I can't wait to see it done! You said 4l65e, are you gonna do an ls motor or lq? If so which one?? That things gonna be nasty! I have a 1990 foxbody mustang with a erl 454. It's an aluminum 5.3 liter that's sleeved on an engine dyno made 797 on e85. I love it. It's on a holley efi ecu, th400, back braced 8.8 and the whole 9 yards! Keep the updates coming i love cars :)
Alright Jay... I'm being dead serious here... The KX in the background in the barn, if that's a 500 (hell even a 250 or 125, those things are insanely awesome and collectable) and you don't already own it, you need to... That particular breed of 80s/90s big bore 2 stroke dirtbike is the pinnacle of death incarnate on 2 wheels... Own it, cherish it, love it, ride it, feel it drag you willingly towards deaths sweet embrace on a cloud of 2 stroke fumes....
Heartbreaking bud, after all that work. Hope the '68 works out! Also the *Dong!* the doors make, so weird when all the gubbins are taken out. Also, more Tina plox... preferably before Thanksgiving!
I didn't know about this place until the free GPU giveaway. Interesting. I do not know a damned thing about restoring cars, but I love watching professionals work magic. I wonder if we could get Jay to do a JayzTwoHouses?
That's what a good garage will tell you - I had to come to terms with getting rid of a family car that needs more work doing to it than it's actually worth. It's all well and good saying "do it yourself" until it's something like welding or electrical/reprogramming work
it’s always wonderful to see someone into things I enjoy with gaming and streaming and showing people the benefits of pc gaming / building ( even though O haven’t pulled the trigger building my own yet ) and pushing it further by showing the amazing ventures of other things outside the “ gamer box “ having passion and interest to car restoration or just cars in general builds depth to Jays personality and allows others to see reason to be more well rounded as a human
Shame about the original but glad to see the project continues with a better body. Also, thanks! My youtube videos kept freezing in fullscreen and I finally got on my butt and fixed it because I wanted to see this video haha. Cheers!
That's a shame about your old body, you never know what's lurking under the paint on an old car. The new body looks like it'll clean up okay though. I can't wait to see this come together, I'm especially looking forward to when you overclock it 😁
I know on power nation they tackled a similar issue. I believe there work around was straightening body and placing it on a complete frame. Might be worth checking out. 👍
I have my own coffee machine company and love it and my customers. I have built it on reputation. As one gut said below, look after your customers and they will look after you. Good luck Jay, looking forward to more news soon..
Next time you are considering media blasting to to renting a dry ice blasting machine. We use one at work. There is no mess at all. It is a little slower than abrasive media but the lack of clean up more than makes up for it.
My son told me you had this channel so thought I would come check it out. Have you thought at all about doing a project combining both channels? Full tech set up inside a car. Given todays tech with 12v, inverters etc IM sure it could be done. Maybe a 4x4 or van for off grid camping & gaming or even a RUclips Content creators set up. Combine the 2 worlds.
as i've said on a previous 68 video, you can literally buy a complete new body for likely less then you've spent on buying and prepping these two used bodies
The sucks, minus the ripples in the metal I had similar rust. I ended up replacing almost all of the sheet metal minus the roof and the inner shell. Had to cut around the vin and replace the dash. Even the subframe connectors were rusted out. I have a video posted of what it looked like after the first phase of work. It definitely costs more to restore a car this far gone than it is worth. Dang sentimental value..
you should consider vinyl wrapping the car with clear paint protection film when you paint it. It will deepen the color, especially black, and it will make it last way longer. and if it gets damaged you can just peel it and re-wrap that spot.
"JayzTwoCarsForOneBuild" FreakingPhil at it again 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
needs watercooling
@@Simon-ph1nf I mean, it will be when it's finished.
Bro I saw that and died lmao
Now I get Phil's jokes on RTFM when he was busting on Jay.
Dude, that's rough but at least the resto guys told you how were things were instead of sending you a huge bill when it's done.
Yeah that's a good shop. I work at a good shop, and it's a really nice feeling knowing your boss would be pissed if we ripped off a customer. The amount of shit our shop does just for the community is awesome, and the customers let us know year after year after year.
@@gingerd2098 There's an old saying "look after your customers an they will look after you for years to come".
That's something a lot of shops have forgotten these days or there owned by just dirt bags who put out sub-par work.
Honestly, as some one who worked at a body shop - we wouldn't want to work on that first car, even for the full money. We'd recommend it even if it was a "dads old car". We'd try to convince them because otherwise it becomes quickly a multi-year project. That would be an insane amount of metal work that would take hundreds and hundreds of hours. Even if I wanted the money I'd still say no because it'd be years to get to it.
idk any decent shop that would take that job unless they were so shady it's the only job they could actually get.
@@DiabIe37 I know a shop that would do it and do a great job but it would involve a sit down with the owner and him basically telling you he will do what you want but he's being straight that it's going to make no sense for way too much money. He's done one or two jobs like that because he made absolutely sure they know what they are getting into and he knows what it's like to do it because of the memories. One was his dad's old Tornado who died of cancer and the other I know of was a cutlass for a guy whose son died.
You too can support Jay's car addiction with poor choices by only giving .20 cents a day! You could have your own personal Jay be supported and happy! Each month you will receive a photo of your adopted Jay! Please..Jay needs your help! 😂 ill shut up and see myself to the door lol
Lmao This made my morning
This is hilarious... and the world just got a little brighter
Brother! Take that rusty shit mobile and turn it into a racing simulator/gaming station. It could be sick af! Put the seats back in but add a racing wheel and pedals. Curved monitor where the windshield goes. Nice rig and a sweet sound system.
A racing sim out of the cab and firewall, a matching love seat out of the rear end and trunk, and a desk out of the front clip. That's the whole freaking JayzTwoCents studio furnished with the coolest office furniture in town! lol
If you're honestly interested in selling it, let me know. I was looking for a '55 Ford truck to build a race truck out of, but this is a good candidate for a tube chassis car. Plus, it'd be sweet to carry Jayztwocents into the 7s... Especially since that's the only way you'll get there :p
You could send him an email or a Twitter DM
Do ittt tube chassis was all i was thinking watching the vid
bro hope this works out. sounds sick to send his car to the moon!
Such is the life of a project car.. thank you for being honest and showing that it doesn't always go as planned... Hopefully this bad boy gets to rippin down the track soon🤘🤘
uhh,did you watch any of the videos? how long you figure it takes to build a car?
@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 yeah I've watched them all, and yeah it depends... I had neighborhor in high school who was restoring Ford Galaxie Convertible.. this was the late 80s so no internet or online searching.. he had been working on it for about 10 years doing by himself and then trying to turn it into a father son project when his kid turned 15.. then again I've seen show cars that took a couple of days thanks to online searching .. but if you got closer than three feet it was obvious they weren't drivers and we're Hollywood levels of fake... 🤣🤣🤣
So basically, the 67 is dead, and the 68 lives
And 69 Rules!!!
If you're putting 67 parts on a 68, does that make it a 67.5?
Just wait till the 68 is dead and we’ll have a 69 nice
We don't talk about 69...
@@thechris84567 interior of the 69 is discusting, trust me
Sorry for your loss.
I know how disappointing it can be to have to step back, cut your losses and lick your wounds on an important project. Hoping that you get this the way you want soon!
God damn a WHOLE INCH shorter on one side? that shell is fucking hacked, I whole heartedly support the shell swap. It would be so much work to fix it and get the suspension geometry right. The ripples in the floor are a death sentence for any car.
I hope it will be smooth sailing from now, Jay. Car resto is always such a gamble, and its especially hard when you dig into a car that an enthusiastic owner brought in for some light work and you find out the car is unsuitable for driving or repair. :(
As soon as he said one side was an inch shorter, I knew it was toast. If you just wanted something to cruise streets in, it could maybe be dealt with. But if you're gonna try anything performance at all, it's junk.
My dad bought a Torino brand new and kept needing to replace tires from being worn abnormally. After fighting with the dealership he took it to a frame shop and they proved the car was crooked. I guess they had dropped the car off the semi when it was delivered to the dealership. After that they gave him another car. Hopefully all your stuff starts coming together. I started fixing up my dad's old Silverado Big 10 and I just gave up on some of the body parts and ordered new sheet metal. Old cars always take more effort than you originally anticipate. Can't wait to see more of your project!
(4:50) **best Russian accent** Car made of wood, _STRONG LIKE OAK!_
I was expecting the project to be completely lost after reading the title. Was pleasantly surprised after hearing you got a Plan B.
Yeah I was getting really worried in the first couple of minutes but lucky for Jay he got dem connections and didn't waste anytime with plan B.
Chanel name Jayztwocars makes more sense now lol 😂
What, now he has 4 cars instead of 3?
@@KillaBitz mong
With the pandemic it seems everyone is resto modding vehicles. I work for an aftermarket gauge manufacturer and our sales have gone up like 5x in the last year. The worst offender is 1973- 87 Chevy Pickup gauges, we are making those in the thousands. In the shop we are busier than a 3- peckered billy goat, so much so I'm thinking about looking for another job as we are getting so over worked.
Good luck on your car.
I'm happy to see that you've got all your energy and passion back after your health scare with COVID-19 a couple of months back, looking forward to seeing your 68 put back together and shiny. Good luck!
I was pretty much called every name under the sun when I first said this shell would need to be replaced. Now look, hmmmmmm
Well you're just a regular Miss Cleo, aren't ya? here's a cookie.
@@xKrispyx Nah, body shop owner and resto my own projects for fun
i'm just glad your still doing a project i'm not even a huge car guy but its fun to watch all the steps, i got a few car friends who do there own work i get to learn a lil here and there when they ask for a hand its quite relaxing outside of all the money that goes into it.
The 67' is dead, long live the 68'
Loving the kx500 in the barn
That junk body would still go for alot here up north 😂😂😂
At least it isn't rusted to shit 😂
Came here to say that lol, Rust Belt MINT
its NOT junk
he could sell it to a company who are willing to restore it
a lot*
@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 Junk.
yeah you definitely dont want to spend to much redoing a Gen1 Camaro body when you can probable buy a brand new Gen1 Camaro bodys from Year One for the kinda money it would take to restore that 67 body.
Still waiting for the new vids. Was my favourite build at the time..
RIP 67, we will remember you always.
I'm in the same boat with my S2000 build and just picked up a better shell this past weekend. Good thing you found this out and I'm stoked to see more 🤘🏼
Did you end up getting a DynaCorn body? those are fresh repops but old specs. pretty dang good stuff! throw some DSE suspension under and and go to town!
Well, good on you for not giving in to the sunk cost fallacy. Move on and cut your losses. She was pretty much boned. I guess it goes to show that having a very capable classic guy do a PPI will save you a lotta heartache.
Jay! What kind of rock have I been buried under... I've been watching your computer videos since the 7700k was king of the consumer cpu's and had no clue about the car channel. I'm working on restoring a 71 nova, and I'm looking at alot of the same challenges that you are facing on this camaro body
Dang, I forgot about this thing for a second...
Love the 1st Gen Camaro's. Although I do prefer the 1st Gen Firebird/TransAm's. Awesome work though Jay please keep us updated on all the progress. Cant wait to see what you guys do.
I promised myself that I won't start tinkering with cars and this channel isn't helping me. Why am I here? My room is already a PC workshop, I can't afford loosing my garage as well... Aaaaand I'm subbed. Thanks Jay...
Love those ‘67 Camaro rear wheel wells.
Sad to hear about to 67. Earlier I had commented on your first video of 67 Camaro. Looked like a sweet car. Glad you have found another Camaro and have a chance to build a Camaro you want. I will keep watching.
Video made me sad at first but glad you are continuing with another project (and another Camaro). Sometimes it's best to walk away, especially as you said, when no sentimental value is there. Good luck and I can't wait to see further progress.
:( My Dad has a 67 Camaro, love those!
I do not have any idea how you have any time to yourself to work on your other passion like this. It's nuts, good on you Jay.
I'm sorry to hear that the '67 didn't work out as planned Jay. But I'm glad to see you just rolled with it and adapted, bravo!
A bit late to this party but...Glad you found this out when you did. I spent a hell of a lot on a 72 RS/SS before finding out just how week the unibody was. Most of the damage was hidden by a good sub-frame connector.
That's the sort of extremes you have to go to in order to preserve vehicle heritage.
My families favorites were the Triumph 2000's and TR's(UK). After about 20 years in service the parts needed to keep the cars on the road were getting hard to find, so we had to get the parts machined by engineers who had the same hobby.
I've known you're also a car guy for a while. But it's nice seeing "modern techy guys" that have a love for old cars. I'm gonna be working on a 66 Cutlass.
Jay, super glad you put up that link for the GPU' giveaway (not only because I too was a victim of this shortage) but I didn't know that you were also a car guy! I miss my 19 Mustang GT, but I've owned everything from 87 Cutlass supreme to just about every model of Mustang excluding the Fox Body.
Regardless of the outcome of the give away I've enjoyed your content and I look forward to seeing these other "versions" of Jay. Wish me luck in replacing my 1080!
More car content!
Sorry to hear the '67 is no good. I have been down that road recently myself with a vehicle that was hiding damage which we didn't see until removing the interior on the vehicle. I feel your pain. I'm glad you found another one to keep moving forward with the build tho.
Better to get things right at this point in the project than trying to fix it down the road. That's why we're still in the engineering phase of my 69 Newport Convertible / 71 Imperial build.
This is gonna be a 6 and half figure car... Damn Jay, glad you're doing it right. Sorry about the '67. After doing a '77 Trans Am I understand all to well the struggle of a restoration.
I'm here struggling to buy food so your two cars to complete the build is just fine bro! Good luck!
67 owner here. It may be a blessing in disguise. The 68 is the better looking of the 1st gen Camaro's anyway. It still has the round top fenders, no side markers, no vent windows and the better looking turn signals (unless you are going with the RS package hide-a-ways).
Glad to finally get an update, sad news but the work will be worth it in the end!
I hope people learn from this and have any classic car inspected by a reputable body shop before you buy it. It's way to easy to hide rust and other structural issues.
The Mercedes in the background is good 👌🏻💪🏻
Also glad the build is going on, really looking forward to see the monster unveiled!!
Jay gives the definition of "Project Car" to all of us that have ever done this and says "nope". If I had the space I'd probably take this off his hands, because that thing is in amazing shape for my area. Project cars are usually done for the learning and love of the vehicle, not necessarily for the "sentimental" value. Jay's definition of "Project Car" = "Mint Condition, all I have to do is bolt on race parts". I've seen cars in SO MUCH worse shape. Heck, ever seen Boyd Coddington? Sheesh, contact him Jay, maybe he'll take it off your hands. Project cars are rarely about sentiment, I think I know TWO out of maybe 200 people that have done resto's for sentimental reasons. If this was 5 years down the road I'd probably grab that old body because in 5 years my retirement shop will be looking for projects, but until then...yea, no room and I'm not going to pay $100+/month to store that thing for 5 years waiting.
Bittersweet update, just glad to see progress on a cool project.
Should turn the '67 into a burnout beater and colab with ol' Cleetus McFarland. I would be over-the-moon giddy to see two of my favorite RUclipsrs from different niches getting together to wreak some havoc :D
Yeah brother!! Merica
Damn, I would be gutted! Better to find out sooner than later though.. But damn..
Hope we get more of your car videos soon - really enjoy them! Thanks for the effort and the trip along
I've momentarily imagined this Camaro painted in some bad ass purple. It's nice that the Project C is still a go.
Jay: "Here, buy my old car body, i'll sell it cheap"
Also Jay: "I'm going to cut parts out of it for my new car body!"
Everyone: ":|"
That's what we call Neurotic Behavior :)
That 86 Z-28 in the background though... I wanna know more about it lol
I've got you belled but I keep checking back, really looking forward to see how this comes together!
Man, I've wanted a '66 Camaro ever since I was a little kid and saw Cop & 1/2. That's still, to this day, my dream car.
even when Camaros were at the dealer in September '66, they were officially '67
@JayzTwoCars How's the '68 going?
I loved following this car and all your injuries lol
You know, the worst part is I hate Mustangs... I DO however enjoy your content and the tinkering process so I'll enjoy this either way. I'm a rotary fan, and will spin my doritos at 10k rpm with less HP and Torque all day and love it, but this content is universal to car enthusiasts because we all have to deal with building and modifying during the journey.
Man that sucks! I kinda called it though when you first showed the car had was having alignment issues with the windows and doors. But glad it's not getting crushed!
I've been wanting to get Jay to talk about his cars, but never knew he had a channel dedicated to it. Today is going to be a good day
Dont be disheartened... Almost all older cars have some skeletons in their trunks... Case in point. Ur 68 will be so worth it in the end it will be all worth while. Can't wait to see the final product! Subscribed.
I didn't know you were a car guy Jay. I've been subbed to you a very long time on your other channel. it's really nice to see what's going on and i hope this project goes really well for you. I really do. Looks great! I personally prefer motorcycles :)
Ouch. I'm glad you got options and everything seems to be good now. I'm waiting that to be finished!
Stuff like this gets so out of hand visiting a buddy at his shop and we walk over to his old shop there is 400k+ cars that just keep spending year after year in shop. One was a former cover car in the late 90s scratched the subframe in a parking lot it got blown apart and still it sits 20 years later at probably over 750k
Bummer. That said, I wholeheartedly agree with your decision. If your intention was to make a nice classic restomod, this chassis definitely isn't worth the cost and effort.
Was never really into cars, but then I came across Jayztwocents and then his other channel (this one) and am slowly getting into cars. One day, I'll do my own car project!
Im glad Jay gave us his two cents on this project before giving up.
did you consider a Dynacorn body replacement for the 67 ?
Awesome for an update, but the ending with the music...almost made me cry, lol!
hey, when will there be new updates from your 68 Camaro?? thx
Yeah, that stinks. Always disappointing to find that out.
My brother in law does resto projects like this, but he has his own welding equipment and a metal working shop to hack up multiple cars and fix damage like that. It takes him years to do a car sometimes, but that's all he does for a hobby.
Sometimes it's better to go the route you're going. Good luck and have fun!
Glad to see an update, honestly I've been enjoying this content more than the tech channel lately
I feel the same, although in my case its more because I've gone off tech content in general rather than because of his actual uploads
@@fawncashew Yea, kinda hard to be interested in tech when what you want to do can't happen, I've been wanting to do a water cooled SFF build with a 3080, but even a lot of water cooling parts either aren't available or you might be able to back order
Just a tip from what I have seen, be VERY cautious with that transmission you get, since it is an automatic.
The problem is that a lot of shops do not know all the ins and outs of them, and it is the details that tends to get you, tiny things like the correct distance between the flywheel and converter and torque converter and transmission can actually destroy your transmission in less than a few miles.
I guess there is truth to the fact that a lot of people are now hitting the road and dragging them to Texas to Precision Transmissions, especially if you have performance aspirations as there are subtle things you can do to uprate these transmissions, both new and old.
And often that road trip on the back of a trailer can pay dividends compared to the price of ruined transmissions.
@JayzTwoCars I can't wait to see it done! You said 4l65e, are you gonna do an ls motor or lq? If so which one?? That things gonna be nasty! I have a 1990 foxbody mustang with a erl 454. It's an aluminum 5.3 liter that's sleeved on an engine dyno made 797 on e85. I love it. It's on a holley efi ecu, th400, back braced 8.8 and the whole 9 yards! Keep the updates coming i love cars :)
Alright Jay... I'm being dead serious here...
The KX in the background in the barn, if that's a 500 (hell even a 250 or 125, those things are insanely awesome and collectable) and you don't already own it, you need to...
That particular breed of 80s/90s big bore 2 stroke dirtbike is the pinnacle of death incarnate on 2 wheels...
Own it, cherish it, love it, ride it, feel it drag you willingly towards deaths sweet embrace on a cloud of 2 stroke fumes....
I don't know what I was expecting, but somehow this content now makes total sense for a hardware enthusiast.
Heartbreaking bud, after all that work. Hope the '68 works out! Also the *Dong!* the doors make, so weird when all the gubbins are taken out. Also, more Tina plox... preferably before Thanksgiving!
I didn't know about this place until the free GPU giveaway. Interesting. I do not know a damned thing about restoring cars, but I love watching professionals work magic.
I wonder if we could get Jay to do a JayzTwoHouses?
That's what a good garage will tell you - I had to come to terms with getting rid of a family car that needs more work doing to it than it's actually worth. It's all well and good saying "do it yourself" until it's something like welding or electrical/reprogramming work
it’s always wonderful to see someone into things I enjoy with gaming and streaming and showing people the benefits of pc gaming / building ( even though O haven’t pulled the trigger building my own yet ) and pushing it further by showing the amazing ventures of other things outside the “ gamer box “ having passion and interest to car restoration or just cars in general builds depth to Jays personality and allows others to see reason to be more well rounded as a human
Shame about the original but glad to see the project continues with a better body. Also, thanks! My youtube videos kept freezing in fullscreen and I finally got on my butt and fixed it because I wanted to see this video haha. Cheers!
Glad to see tgis project still going to happen. I love 68 camaros!! When are we getting the review of that sweet ass AMG??
That's a shame about your old body, you never know what's lurking under the paint on an old car.
The new body looks like it'll clean up okay though. I can't wait to see this come together, I'm especially looking forward to when you overclock it 😁
I know on power nation they tackled a similar issue. I believe there work around was straightening body and placing it on a complete frame. Might be worth checking out. 👍
Anyone else wanting to see some of Jay's new R8?
I have my own coffee machine company and love it and my customers. I have built it on reputation. As one gut said below, look after your customers and they will look after you. Good luck Jay, looking forward to more news soon..
That's just sad and heart breaking to hear. At least you are going to be able to transfer all the parts from the wreck into the good one.
Finally an update! Jay, next time when you start a project RTFM first, before spending your kids heritage money 😋
Next time you are considering media blasting to to renting a dry ice blasting machine. We use one at work. There is no mess at all. It is a little slower than abrasive media but the lack of clean up more than makes up for it.
You traded a 3090 for that! Thx for the update, this channel needs more love! Gonna be a bad a$$ hot rod
My son told me you had this channel so thought I would come check it out. Have you thought at all about doing a project combining both channels? Full tech set up inside a car. Given todays tech with 12v, inverters etc IM sure it could be done. Maybe a 4x4 or van for off grid camping & gaming or even a RUclips Content creators set up. Combine the 2 worlds.
as i've said on a previous 68 video, you can literally buy a complete new body for likely less then you've spent on buying and prepping these two used bodies
hehehe the old Johnny Cash song, One piece at a Time; "It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70 automobile"
I love your tech videos, but glad to see you are a car guy too. Thanks for sharing your trials, mishaps and funnies with us :D
The sucks, minus the ripples in the metal I had similar rust. I ended up replacing almost all of the sheet metal minus the roof and the inner shell. Had to cut around the vin and replace the dash. Even the subframe connectors were rusted out. I have a video posted of what it looked like after the first phase of work. It definitely costs more to restore a car this far gone than it is worth. Dang sentimental value..
you should consider vinyl wrapping the car with clear paint protection film when you paint it. It will deepen the color, especially black, and it will make it last way longer. and if it gets damaged you can just peel it and re-wrap that spot.
Should have kept the TR6060. That trans is honestly one of my favorite trans I've rowed
Great video!!! Any new updates to the 68 concerning paint, parts and etc?