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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnC
I'm not saying that I would piece together a whole car, just that you could. The shells are around $13,000. Considering that it is all brand new, that is not really that bad. Just about all of the problems on a first generation F-body is that section and the unibody. a rough shape car will cost you $8,000+, And now you would have to do tons of body work and rust repair. With the new shells, you can have a '69 Camaro just about brand new for possibly less than what a new one would cost depending on what kind of shape your original is in. Would you buy a brand new 67-69 Camaro right now for $32,000? Not just restored, but just about brand new? The shell includes quite a bit with it. When I had my '69 firebird, all od the rest of the items were what I eventually replaced or upgraded. The main body shell was the roughest part left, and that was 22 years ago.
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It is not a complete bolt on and go either. You cannot just prime, paint and bolt everything on. There is a fair amount of body work required for correct body fit especially with all these after-market panels. Yes the factory panels were not that great of a fit back then either, but I just wanted people to be aware it not as simple as buying a body and transferring your parts over from your beater.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 10:45 AM
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And just something to think about. Lets say you could find a primo 69 Camaro for 30-40k there is no way you can duplicate it for less by buying a shell, a rough car and farming a % of the work out.

But yes shells are available to those with rusted hunks and dreams of Barrett-Jackson
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