i thought it was cool too. i have 3 kids and only my youngest shows intrest. isnt it amazing how young kids would rather play w tools & hot rod parts than toys. i guess you are born w autombile pox, if your going to have it. my dad always tells me stories of how i used to tear everything apart as a youngster, he says now he understands why.

engine runs & sounds good . its ready to cruise around the parking lot, that usually motivates me a little. next ill get the popers in and then the front can go on. bill

Bill,

Interesting placement on the MC and booster. Do you plan on running wipers? I'd be interested to know how you engineered that...very cool...

Ron

ron yes im running wipers.(the its a snap kit. ) the brake set up is from eci its designed for a 55 chevey i think. i took the car a spin today and the brakes worked excellent. however i had to cut out the majortiy of the fresh air plenium to make room room for the unit.

Bill do you have some type of cover for the top of the brake setup or underneath to keep water and exhaust fumes out of the interior? I really dig the setup! :thumbsup:

Cool, more pics please. :thumbsup:

Bill, Where did you get the roll bar?

we made the roll bar. we started w a piece of 1 1/2 exhaust pipe to get the shape, then made an 18ga cover that was made up of 6 different pieces. bill ps i thought i had some pics but i cuoldnt find them,if i come across them ill post em

scott im going to get the car outside tomorrow and take some good pics, ill post them tomorrow. all the pics i have dont show the true color, which seems to be everybodys fav thing. ill post a couple pics i have on hand now. thanks bill

i pulled the old girl out side for a couple of pics, and a little abuse. excuse the sorry burnout photo ,i smoked the whole parking lot out but my friend on the camera only snapped one shot,and it was way early.(pre mature lens retraction) lol bill

bill bill bill,i khow your excited about all that torque,with the fat motor an all,easy on that thing till you get some miles on it.the wife is pushing me on her 68 camaro,she wants something with power.looks like your almost finished with vented.ready to shoot another f body for me?:lol: after all i want to do something that doesn't require chalk markings ,an the right bolts in all the right spots.car looks bad dude.

shawn,shawn,shawn it sounded to good to stay out of. i swear that was only on on fast idle.lol bill

few more assy pics. check out the soft touch clear on the flats. the gray semi gloss is called soft touch it feels like velvet but is tough as nails. almost ready to ship to the upholstry shop.(helmans auto upholstry) eric already has most of the seats done the tough part is going tobe covering the hard tonneau cover. i have complete faith in them thell' git er done' bill

looks great! that soft touch, is that Duponts version of swade?

i dont know any thing a bout duponts suede , but we all know they all sell the same proudcts but call them something diff. this clear was actually devloped in the commercial coatings line but then converted to vibrance . if they offer it in the commercial line you know it has to be tough. it really does feel like velvet. ( and yes my wife had to try to prove them wrong on my test panels and tryed to scratch it, she couldent" and she has nails. lol bill

just another update. im down to only needing to paint & install bumpers and hood. then ill be ready to start puting miles on her.i have about 5 or 6 people a day stopping in to check progress Because theve heard about this car ,just through word of mouth the reaction is always the same "holy sh--" i cant wait untill ocean city. bill

few mroe progress pics. my progress is slowing due to base ball (every night) the total man hours so far on this car is in the neighborhood of 700 hr . im going to wrap every thing up within the next couple of weeks. its been a cool build and have had a lot of fun posting my progress. this will be my last update until totally done . see you in oc or colombus ,thanks bill

amsleys 69 camaro convertable (almost done pics)
 

heres a few more pics. ive put about 130 miles on it in the last 2 days, i would like to have 500 miles before i drive to oc. im running a 308 rear (i know why so high?, but it was in the car) and i really like how long it pulls between gears. its real fun to drive! ill be dropping it at the upholstry shop next week.

Great looking car! Thanks for the pics and updates! -Rob

thanks for the positive fedback. i will have the car totally done by the end of the week and will post some good pics. a collector who bought a previous car of mine stopped in today and expressed serious intrest in buying the car after columbus and a few other shows. i told him i wanted to put 2500 miles of fun on it first. so my wheels are turning about my next build. bill

Nice!! :cheers:



Chris:cool:

How long will it take for the interior? Are you taking it to Gettysburg?

almost done
 

95% DONE , just a few details left. i went on a 100mile trip yesterday and every thing went good. im ready to drive it to ocean city. theres a group of us leaving thursday afternoon,so hopefully we will crusin oc around dinner time.

Wow, Looks Great, Who did the top?

very nice. love the color

thanks, helmans upholstry in chambersburg pa bill

whats going on in gettysburg? bill

There's another guy up there that does interior work I was looking into. Thought maybe that was were you went. We have a big show down here on the 3rd Friday of every month. love to see you bring it down sometime. I'm about an hour and 1/2 from you.

One of the best color combos that I have seen!! Perfect car!!

Really like the satin inserts. I wish I wouldn't have allowed my painter to talk me out of them. May have to go back and shoot them on later. Nice car.

lenie , i did all my satin after my primary color was done. so its not to late. bill

thanks for the positive feedback, but you know theres no such thing as a perfect car, theres always something you wish you have done differently.
i think perfect is something we all reach for, but is unobtainable. lol bill thanks again

cool , i love gettysburg ill be there (maybe you can give me a reminder when one comes up) thanks bill

interior shots
 

just a few interior shots

just a few shots on the way to oc

guys found his camaro at the filling station ....looks awesome > nice guy too .

Car looks great, love the color combo

we drove the camaro 685 miles to and from oc. the weekend was great and the car made the trip with no suprises. we paraded the board walk (idiling for 1hr 45 min)thats a real cooling system test. the car was a real hit,we won a top honors trophy for the coolest rod on the beach up at the hooters/ice cream castle show. i met so many nice, down to earth people, that reminded me why i love this hobby. the wheather held out till we were 40 miles from home. look for some pics in camaro perf chuck vranas really liked the car. i am starting to plan my next build(69 camaro convert w/04 gto running gear), i am working on a spot for sema,so i better get to work the clock is ticking.
THANKS BILL

a couple of pics my dad fowarded me from oc

Nice Car!

I noticed at some point at the beginning a hard top boot being constructed...Did it end up finished? Don't see it anywhere?

I'm interested in finding one or getting the guts to try my hand at it...

Lead.