You should check out the front air dam Joe Martin built for the 69 GTO they built: In the episode they show how they did it.
I saw that episode. It looks killer, but I don't have Joe's tools or talent. He's definitely a master of his craft, and makes it look so easy. Most of the things I'm doing is guess work and trial and error. I definitely envisioned the air dam looking a lot cooler than it does, but I will have to wait and see what tweaks or mistakes will take shape before it gets the "good enough for me" stamp of approval.
I finished the main structure of the air dam. I took it off the car so I could weld up all the seams and brackets. Then my headlights and fog lights came in! Josh
I cut out the windows for the fog lights and then boxed in the bottom and sides. I painted the back and bottom with epoxy paint. I'll use all-metal filler to dress the welds and smooth the edges Josh
Thanks. I'm doing body filler right now. I thought it was fairly straight, but I could airbrush surf boards on it with all the waves I see. It's not gonna be perfect, but I'll get it as straight as I can before I throw it in primer and paint Josh
And the tedious process of bodywork continues. I'm pretty amazed at how smooth its looking. I'm on the final glaze stage, filling in little low spots and pinholes. Hopefully I'll primer it and have paint on it by the weekend Also, I ordered front and rear sway bars as well as a strut tower brace from bmr suspension and they showed up today. Josh
I epoxy primered the air dam. After work I installed it, along with the fog lights and new headlights Josh
No worries. I wasn't digging how it was looking at first either, but the bottom of the radiator is so exposed. I sold some g8 parts to a guy and he said he's broken 2 radiators on his because it's so unprotected. I think the body filler softening the hard angles really helped the look. I hope it looks as good once I paint it. Josh
Interesting - I didn't think about the radiator and looking at it, it is really hanging out there! Great solution!
I didn't like the sharp corners on the leading edge of the air dam, so I cut them out and welded in a radiused edge from a section of a stainless steel truck bumper my dad had laying around. I'm much happier with the way it looks now. Josh
It'll clear a soda can on the ends, but not in the center. It's not fully bolted on in these pictures, but it's about 5 inches. Josh
I'm trying to figure out how to install a battery cutoff switch and utilize the fuel filler door since I can't seem to find a patch panel to delete it. I ordered a fuel tank cap and battery cutoff switch, drilled a hole in the cap and, to my surprise, the cap is secure enough to toggle on and off without any other modifications. Now I have to figure out the mounting and running of the battery negative to and from the switch. Josh
I bodyworked and primered the air dam again. While I was at it, I primered the side skirts and rear skirts that I made out of the 67-68 camaro air dam. It was hard to see how things looked with the darker colors Josh
I put the air dam back on so I could see how the side skirts would look. My dilemma is how do I run the tapered skirts? Big end up front, tapering to the rear or small end up front, getting bigger toward the back? Josh
