Hi Guys, What can I expect to pay to have my 67 Camaro dismantled to the bare shell? Removing the drive train as well as wiring, clips, nuts, bolts everything. Add storage, cleaning and once the work on the shell is complete reassembly. Thinking of sending the shell to Good-Mark for panel replacement and they require everything off the body. Just looking for a ball park figure here. Thanks

my opinion ; if you cant take it apart yourself, you shouldnt consider this type of restoration.

The big $$$ bill will come upon re-assembly.

taking a car apart is the easiest part...assembly is where it gets harder.

Hi Guys, What can I expect to pay to have my 67 Camaro dismantled to the bare shell? Removing the drive train as well as wiring, clips, nuts, bolts everything. Add storage, cleaning and once the work on the shell is complete reassembly. Thinking of sending the shell to Good-Mark for panel replacement and they require everything off the body. Just looking for a ball park figure here. Thanks

y not find a bodyshop to do it all?

a keg of beer and 3-4 buddies should get it done alot cheaper than paying some shop

my opinion ; if you cant take it apart yourself, you shouldnt consider this type of restoration.

The big $$$ bill will come upon re-assembly.

taking a car apart is the easiest part...assembly is where it gets harder.

x2.

How can you undertake this project if you don't want to do the work? If you ever hope to get the car back together you have to know how it came apart. I took my car apart myself, taking pictures at most every step and still I question myself how it goes back together. If you are to have it all done for you it may run you from $30,000 to $50,000. It sounds like you are going to have a lot of shipping charges too.

Roger

i will ask the big question..

Do you want to do the restoration yourself or pay for it to be restored for you?

The big $$$ bill will come upon re-assembly.
taking a car apart is the easiest part...assembly is where it gets harder.


...I have had a 67 Camaro since I was 17. It was stored in a barn while I was in the Marine Corps, and for a while after I got out.

When I bought my house and had a garage to work in, I gutted it over a few days. After that I built a rotisserie out of old engine stands, then a body jig, then back to the rotisserie and tomorrow it goes back on the ground!!

I had never welded, never worked on a car beyond carb rebuilds, oil changes and simple crap.

The way I saw it, this was my chance to learn. If I trash the car, I'm out nothing (I bought it for 5K in 1994). I felt that if I wasn't able to get it back together, I would at least be able to sell the parts for to recoup some of the 5K.

It is a LONG LONG LONG project (3 years so far) but it is finally coming together and the best part is that I did it myself. Bought a cheap mig welder and went to town on everything I could until I grasped it and was able to make clean, strong body welds.

EVERY BODY PANEL has been replaced, and again--no greater satisfaction than the fact that I did it myself.

If your not willing to make that kind of "all or nothing" take on it, I would have a shop professionally take the job, or go get a 2010 SS and have a blast driving "the next best thing"

And yes, it gets REALLY, REALLY, REALLY expensive to put back together...more so when you pay others to do it.

Ideally (and I am very familiar with this :yes: ), the shop that puts the car back together will want to be the ones that had taken it apart.

Unless you're just absolutely sold on having GoodMark doing the panel replacement, it's best to have it done by the same folks, start to finish.

As all the other members have mentioned....If you farm out the job it will get expensive fast. Follow the recommendation to find a good shop to handle the whole restoration from start to finish. Get referrences and go visit with the owner and see his work, shop and talk with the employees if you can and ask for references from his customers and follow thru with visiting or at the least calling them to disccuss thier experince.

If you are not going to do this yourself it is the only way to go. Expect to pay around 30K or more with this route based on what the car needs and what you want to accomplish with the restoration.......

With that said finding a restored car is probaly less expensive then restoring the one you have. (There are alot of good bargins right now) Not only will you advoid ALOT of frustration and be able to enjoy the car right away......You can sell your projet to help off set the cost as well..............

Good luck

8ball

find a bunch of friends, grab a bunch of tools and take a bunch of pictures and label everything in detail and store your parts as needed...and learn as you go..otherwise it will get real costly, your almost better buying one done, than pay way too much to do what your thinking...
where do you live?

As already mentioned... if ya gotta farm it out...it gonna be pretty pricey$$$$...and most will charge ya $50 or more an hour, and it can really cost, if it's done right.

As already suggested, a lot of the dismantle can be done yourself...not rocket stuff. Get yourself some good manuals, educate yourself as to some of the procedures, take your time... take lots of pictures, and bag/label everything! Getting a place to do it is most often more of a pain!

You could advertise for a mechanic-type who has retired, has the smarts, and you guys would work as a team...this has come up before on the site. Or, attend some local car club meetings, and you might find someone just itching to twist a wrench, looking for some extra coin that wouldn't break the bank.

The easy part of the job is taking it apart...putting it back together... that is another game, eh? But you can do it!

capt

I completely "gutted" my 67 vert. The motor and trans are in the garage. Body, frame and axle are at the body shop and the rest is in my basement. I took a bunch of pictures as I was taking it apart and while I was dismantling parts and posted them on myphotobucket. Makes it alot easier to reference when it goes back together this spring/summer.

As the others have said..... if you can't take it apart, I would suggest selling your car, and buying one already complete.

There is a great aricle in the latest Muscle Car Review on this exact topic. Pulling apart your car, 2 sets of tools, photos and bagging parts. It's a great read.

I completely "gutted" my 67 vert. The motor and trans are in the garage. Body, frame and axle are at the body shop and the rest is in my basement. I took a bunch of pictures as I was taking it apart and while I was dismantling parts and posted them on myphotobucket. Makes it alot easier to reference when it goes back together this spring/summer.

I often wonder how we survived before the digital camera was invented. I bet I have 500 pics of my car that I have taken over the years in various states of disassembly.

I often wonder how we survived before the digital camera was invented. I bet I have 500 pics of my car that I have taken over the years in various states of disassembly.

Lots of film.

Zero dollars
do it yourself

This Is like buying a boat, if you ask, you can't afford it.

im for do it yourself. then, you can take your time and mark where each and every bolt goes. if you take it somewhere, they may just rip and tear stuff out without a care.

Buy a completed restoration. Unless you are ultra rich.

If the car is a matching numbers don't sell it. I feel the rewards you will have knowing that it was restored the way you want will outweigh buying one that is finished with things you will want.

I cannot tell you exactly what mine has run to this point because I originally started with a front-clip restoration. A friend helped me with the interior and engine removal (30 hrs) and I turned the car into the sheet metal shop as a roller where it immediately went to powder coating. It needed a RT quarter panel replace and various patching in the exterior cosmetics and fenders. Refitting the aftermarket door and gap fit ran some also.

Excluding the engine and interior, everything to that point had run 200 hrs. As a stripped roller, I found out it would be fairly easy to go body-off. I was surprised to see it only took 10 hrs to remove the front clip, differential, electrical harness, steering and other parts to have it ready for paint.

well not a 67 but i completely gutted my car myself sold all the things that i was gonna replace with new. bought a media tumbler and restored 90% of my hardware, tagged and bagged of course, trailered the car 45 miles up north to Tony at musclecar metal and for 8k hes redoing my shell. i have a buddy thats a painter. you just need the drive to start and complete these types of projects. trust me there were times i was under my car and i just stopped what i was doing and left the garage, cuz it can and will be frustrating at times.
good luck.
theres always 20,000 or more people on this site at your fingertips whenever you need help
-Steven

Do it yourself. Bag and tag everything, take lots of pictures. I did this car from start to finish in three yrs. There is so much help on this site for
you. If you can weld a little and do some basic bodywork that helps
too. This was my first car and a lot of these guys gave me the confidence
to try stuff I never did before. Even if you can do some of the work, it
will save you a ton of money.

Hi Guys, What can I expect to pay to have my 67 Camaro dismantled to the bare shell? Removing the drive train as well as wiring, clips, nuts, bolts everything. Add storage, cleaning and once the work on the shell is complete reassembly. Thinking of sending the shell to Good-Mark for panel replacement and they require everything off the body. Just looking for a ball park figure here. Thanks

Ramairdave posted in this thread PM him and talk to these guys about having your work done before think of sending to goodmark!! Your work will done the right way the first time.......just aska guy that's paying twice!!

Hi Guys, What can I expect to pay to have my 67 Camaro dismantled to the bare shell? Removing the drive train as well as wiring, clips, nuts, bolts everything. Add storage, cleaning and once the work on the shell is complete reassembly. Thinking of sending the shell to Good-Mark for panel replacement and they require everything off the body. Just looking for a ball park figure here. Thanks
To answer your ? to do what you ask for above you are looking at around $15000.00 That is with NO BODY WORK & NO PARTS! I recomend you buying a digital camara ,ziplock bags, magic markers ,a AIM ,a service manual, blast cabinet & do it yourself. You will have more pride in your ride thats for sure .

To answer your ? to do what you ask for above you are looking at around $15000.00 That is with NO BODY WORK & NO PARTS! I recomend you buying a digital camara ,ziplock bags, magic markers ,a AIM ,a service manual, blast cabinet & do it yourself. You will have more pride in your ride thats for sure .

What?....Thats sounds way, way expensive....My guess is that it would be less than $4k......2 men x 4 days x $60 hour = $3,840.00......Two guys can do that job easily in four days and that includes bagging all hardware.....Put an ad on Craigslist asking for someone to dismantle the car for $4k and you will have them lining up to do it!......Hell, last year I stripped my 70 4x4...started on a friday and had the frame to the powder-coaters and body to media blasters that following Tuesday and most of it I did by myself.... I do agree about doing it yourself if you can.....Its the easy part!


JMO

What?....Thats sounds way, way expensive....My guess is that it would be less than $4k......2 men x 4 days x $60 hour = $3,840.00......Two guys can do that job easily in four days and that includes bagging all hardware.....Put an ad on Craigslist asking for someone to dismantle the car for $4k and you will have them lining up to do it!......Hell, last year I stripped my 70 4x4...started on a friday and had the frame to the powder-coaters and body to media blasters that following Tuesday and most of it I did by myself.... I do agree about doing it yourself if you can.....Its the easy part!


JMO
Did you forget about the cleaning part of his question? Have you cleaned & detailed every part of a car for a restoration? Everybody has their own idea on cleaning a car up for a restoration but unless you know what the inside of every piece in your car looks like then you have no idea how long it takes to do this I could go on & on the heater control,window regulators heater box, cleaning the cables stainless window trim on & on . My friends had thought I had went nuts when they saw my dash cluster on the bench along with my Tic Toc Tach tore done on a couple paper towels. But you know what after running for a year it's still ticking. I may be a little high on my est. but I think it's worth it.

Did you forget about the cleaning part of his question? Have you cleaned & detailed every part of a car for a restoration? Everybody has their own idea on cleaning a car up for a restoration but unless you know what the inside of every piece in your car looks like then you have no idea how long it takes to do this I could go on & on the heater control,window regulators heater box, cleaning the cables stainless window trim on & on . My friends had thought I had went nuts when they saw my dash cluster on the bench along with my Tic Toc Tach tore done on a couple paper towels. But you know what after running for a year it's still ticking. I may be a little high on my est. but I think it's worth it.


My Bad...I was thinking just of the "Cost to dismantle".....Looks like he wants not only cleaning but reassembly as well....Hell, in that case $15k would be a steal.....Probably double that!.....I know all about nut & bolts resto's...I'm in the final stages of a frame off on my PU...and I'm nearing 800 hours....


Dan

Hi Guys, What can I expect to pay to have my 67 Camaro dismantled to the bare shell? Removing the drive train as well as wiring, clips, nuts, bolts everything. Add storage, cleaning and once the work on the shell is complete reassembly. Thinking of sending the shell to Good-Mark for panel replacement and they require everything off the body. Just looking for a ball park figure here. Thanks
Well, looks like the jury has reached a verdict...do it yourself, or buy that "ball park" that you had mentioned. What's it gonna be?

capt