First Gen Camaro Restoration - Block Party

There are three spots on the fender in which you can adjust it and set the gap. One adjusts the height of the fender, one the inner and outer position, and one the forward and rearward position of it. Martin played with various size shims to obtain the perfect gap adjustment, which is what you see here.

Martin then installed the hood hinges and the hood to set the gap for that in relation to the fenders.

Here is the Camaro before the block sanding and gap alignment was performed.

Here is the same car at the same angles right before we rolled it into the paint booth to jamb the doors and trunk. While still a long way from hitting the open road, the car is starting to look like something.

According to Classic Restoration's Melvin Benzaquen, painting the jambs of the doors and the trunk is easier to do when the car is not painted. With that in mind, the Camaro was rolled into the paint booth, where the trunk and surface of the car was masked off with plastic to prevent overspray from making its way into the trunk or on the convertible top.

Once the car was masked off, the door jambs and trunk jamb (the latter seen here) were hit with a coat of grey primer.

Once the primer was dry, two coats of Daytona Blue (which was previously mixed) were laid down, with a few minutes time between the coats.

Last but not least, a liberal coat of clear was sprayed on. After the jambs are dry, the flanks of the Camaro will be wet sanded to get any overspray off. Then the F-body will go through the paint process, starting with the primer.

Here is the finished product. Neat, huh? We can't wait to see this car when it's done and slathered in its Daytona Blue.