“We’d previously owned a GTHO Falcon years ago, and wanted to get back into the muscle car scene now that the kids have moved out,” Mark explains. “We were looking for a project and decided that the ’67 Camaro was a good option. But it was a typical Mexican paintjob – it looked good but was far from it in reality.”
So, Mark and Denise shipped the first-gen Camaro to Russ Weaver from Weavers Autobody Restorations to deliver them a turn-key stunner.
“Mark began stripping the body back and found bogged rust holes, so he got in contact with me,” Russ says of the moment that began the four-year build and a relationship where both owners worked closely with their entrusted builder. “Mark and Denise had a lot of input – they chose the colour, the style of wheels and the trim.”
With the Camaro in hand, Russ and his co-worker Anthony Fuller checked the severity of dodginess, and the prognosis wasn’t good. It was deemed to be simpler to replace the beaver and quarter panels rather than fix the previous butcher job. Yet the flow-on effect can never be escaped, as the aftermarket items – born from different factories – generated a new set of problems. The Weavers team had to mould the separate pieces to fit the bill, while at the same time adding the required enhancements.
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