There&rsquo;s very little about this hobby that could be considered inexpensive, but one of the biggest outlays of cash can be buying the initial project car. Of course, the cost of the car is directly proportional to the popularity of what you choose and its overall condition. Want to start with a rust-free and super-clean 1969 Camaro RS? Well then, the opening salvo of cash is going to be huge. Something clean but less popular like a big-bumper 1976 Camaro would save you cash, but remember to get what you like since the cost to fix up the &rsquo;69 Camaro or the &rsquo;76 Camaro is nearly identical. The other way to save cash on the car is in the area of&nbsp;condition. Yep, if you don&rsquo;t mind starting out with something rough, then you can get in cheap. Of course, if you&rsquo;re farming out the work to a professional shop any savings could quickly evaporate, but if you can do most of the work yourself then big bucks can be saved on your overall budget.Jason&nbsp;Scudellari&nbsp;wanted to build a nice Pro Touring Chevy II, but he didn&rsquo;t have a ton of cash to spend on a ready-to-go starter car.Fortunately for him, former Super Chevy editor Evan Perkins had a rough 1963 Chevy II that he bought for $600, but gave it to Jason for free. Oh yeah, there&rsquo;s a catch. It was pegging the rough-o-meter&nbsp;in terms of rust and rot, but hey, what do you expect for $600? Jason runs our TEN tech center so he&rsquo;s pretty handy and the guys over at Superstition Restoration in Mesa, Arizona, offered to help him rescue the wayward Chevy II from oxidation oblivion.The plan was simple; the hopeless sheet metal would be pulled off or cut away and replaced by fresh steel from Golden Star Classic Auto Parts.In areas where no replacement panels were available, like the roof, patch panels would be fabricated and stitched in place.&nbsp;Future plans include a full turn-fast chassis from Schwartz Performance and a ProCharged Chevrolet Performance LS engine, but right now the focus is getting the Chevy II&rsquo;s body rock solid. We have a lot of metal to replace and fix, so we&rsquo;re breaking this down into four parts: the teardown, Detroit Speed mini-tub install, quarter and rear panel replacement, and roof repair. So follow along as we turn one beat down Chevy into something pretty damn cool.

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