With a floor pan and firewall mocked onto the floor jig, the primary Camaro fixture system is put in place. From there, the inner and outer rocker panels are spot-welded with exact duplication of a factory body. The rocker panels are the starting point for the assembly of the critical a-pillars and body posts making up the main structure.

These steel race bodies come without the floor pan, trunk floor, firewall, or frame rails. Minus those middle panels, a new race-car chassis and rollcage project can result in a significant amount of time savings and less wasted metal.

Also eliminated from the race-body option are the dash panel, rear-seat structure, and wheel tubs. All these components would eventually hit the shop floor via a plasma cutter anyway, only to be replaced with custom-fabbed race panels. This is a great option, as locating a quality body from the ’60s to chop away at would almost be sacrilege.

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