Done with the cutting unless I screw something up and need to re-cut something!  Next I can focus on drilling some holes with the new drill press!

Got some 6″ 2.5×2.5’s:

and a few 2×2’s, angle irons, plates, and misc pieces – I will post the guage and lengths as I start welding as a picture is worth a 1000 words (or so I hear!):

A few extra pieces:

About 150 Zinc plated nuts and bolts to use as set screws:

Also have a mess to clean up from all of my cutting – that dust went everywhere!  If I had it to do over again, I would use a band saw!:

Got the 2×2 plywood base on my drill press…  Need to go to Menards and get some cutting oil so I can start drilling!

All of the 2.5×2.5 are cut into 6″ pieces.  Still need to cut the 2×2’s.  Bought a drill press for drilling holes for the set bolts:

Need to mount the bottom to the 2×2 board.  Has a laser sight, and a light bulb.  16 speed 260-4220 RPM.  Didn’t have much workbench space, so I went with the floor model from Menards.

Got some garage time in this weekend.  Worked on the body jig.  My design is complete and the next step is to cut up the 2.5×2.5 and 2×2 metal tubes.  Got to use the cut-off saw for the first time.  I quickly found out that cutting these will be time consuming!

My setup:

Three more 6′ sections to go!

These will be cut into 6″ sections.  This is from one 6′ section – three more to go and then start cutting the 2×2’s!

Decided to build my own body jig to keep the Camaro from twisting while I work on replacing the body parts.  Priced the 1/8″ 2×2’s on the internet for roughly $600 and $100 shipping for 11 12′ sections.  Drove down to Mcneilus steel in Dodge Center and got the same thing for about $350 (note: you can buy one on the Internet for roughly $850-$975 plus $350 shipping):

I will start on the body jig AFTER I replace the firewall brackets so I have a good mounting point.