We recently added a frame extenstion to the back half of the chassis and cut out the trunk floor along with the old frame rails. We made a fuel cell frame/guard that will be removable with four bolts. Later we will make the upper straps for the cell when the new floor is in place. One of the next things we are planning is doing metal work in the trunk area. We will also be starting on the full rollcage soon, along with seat and pedal mock up.

Here are some before and after photos of the fuel cell guard and new chassis back half.

To get it up there we used an Engine Cherry Picker on the backend with a strap running through the taillight openings. One guy guided the cherry picker while my dad and I lifted the front of the car. We will do the same to take it off. I'm tough as nails.

Wow Casey, great looking project! Definitely going to be following the progress.


Lots of attitude!
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Casey,

How's your awesome build coming along?

Also, do you think Anvil nailed it as far as integrating the wider front end with the rest of the car?

From what I have seen in person the rear could use a 3/4" stretch to match it. But thats just my opinion.

your a beast! LOL

Love the rear frame work.

Thanks for asking Skip! Doing lots of metal work on the floor and trunk areas. It's really tedious and slow going but we are getting there. We should be getting a lot done over the next few months. I'm accumulating funds and parts also.

I think the fenders look really good. If you look down the side of a stock '69 the rear is definitely wider than the fenders are. I think Anvil did a fantastic job. No one that has come to look at my car has even noticed the extra width unless I tell them. I tried to get a decent photo but it's quite difficult to get the right angle without seeing it in person. I'm no Sieg...

I can agree Vince, a little bit of width in the rear might make it just right, I'm not doing it though haha.

I've bought a few parts lately and I'm planning on ordering some more stuff soon. I ordered a Raingear hidden wiper kit and firewall down tube mounts from Billy @ B&B Classics. Very nice pieces.

I also picked up a couple of Kirkey Road Race Seats, a Wilwood Race Clutch and Brake Pedal set up with master cylinders, bias adjuster and proportioning valve.

looks great in black!!

haaa, at least not this moment. :welder:

And it will be ok to admit it publicly Casey when you do finally widen the rear quarters.

We understand...

:relax:

Haha, as you guys know things change in a hurry. I have deviated from the original plan quite a bit already... Who knows.

Stielow's car is in the paint shop right now, no rear stretch. I'm sure it will be bad@$$

It's wrong for us to expect perfection from the man...all the time.

:D

Matt at Sled Alley did push the rear quarters out about a 1/2 inch a side. We debated on matching the front Anvil fenders and chose not to do it.

Car looks great. What tire size did you do on the front?

Mark

Great project Casey! Not sure how I missed it 'til now!

Quite a few things have changed over the last few months. A lot of the metal work has been completed and I have acquired a lot of important pieces. Here are some of the photos of the metal work. I Made the decision to go with an LS Engine and a Tremec T-56 Magnum so I bought a mock up block and ordered a new transmission with a Quick Time bellhousing so we could work on the firewall and floor. The new floor was fabricated with a raised tunnel, mounts for the seats were fabricated along with that. The firewall has been recessed and completely redone because we pulled the engine back a few inches. I bought Detroit speed deep tubs and we added around 3" to them so now I can fit 17" wide tires in the rear if I ever decided I wanted to. The trunk area was totally redone to accommodate the fuel cell and to get rid of extra weight. The stock rear subframe is gone because it's not needed with the full frame chassis. The full roll cage is in place, and we are currently working on installing the new Dash to fit around the cage.

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I decided to have a Naturally aspirated LS7 427 built by Thomson Automotive and my dad and I drove up there to pick it up about a month ago. I didn't trust my truck to make it on a 20 hour round trip so I borrowed my Mom's new Chevy Equinox. The engine just barely fit and she was not very happy about the whole deal but we made it.

The engine ended up at 665 Horsepower and 571 Lb/ft on 93 Octane. It has a Callies Dragon Slayer crank, Oliver Rods, Diamond Pistons, Trend Pushrods, Custom ground Comp Cam, etc... It should be a pretty solid engine.

Some of the parts I've bought: Kirkey Road Race Seats, MOMO Nascar steering wheel, Schroth Nascar harnesses, Joes Racing Carbon X Shifter boot, Fesler Trunk hinges, Wilwood pedals and masters, Borla Mufflers, RAINGEAR hidden wiper kit, Flaming River Steering Column and a few other parts. I have a lot of stuff to buy yet but things are progressing.

When BAD is a good thing -- ya got it going on in spades!



This is coming along really nicely!

Sorry I must have missed that in your thread Mark

Thanks! I decided to go with 315's on the front, we'll see how it works.

Thanks Greg!

Schwartz chassis, Anvil fenders, Ring bros parts, titanium fasteners, Wilwood brakes, Forgeline wheels... You must have a salary that Bill Gates would envy, ha ha

Nice work on the Camaro!

awesome work Casey!!!! You guys f****** rock

Wow!!

Casey, insane build...keep the pics coming. Can't wait to see this one come together.:thumbsup:

Killer ride! I'm curious would it have been the same result if you would've stretched the inner stock wheel housings? It looks like you stretched them a bit anyway and just wondering why not just get the cheaper ones to start with?

Awesome job !

Just went through the entire thread...... I'm not sure how I missed it either. Great job Casey. Like others have said, the name definitely fits it.

Haha, I'm living with a relative for the duration of the build, I don't have a house payment, car payment, or girlfriend. I don't make all that much but almost all of it goes to this project. I've also been saving for a very long time. Thanks!
Haha, Thanks Vince!!
:thankyou:
Thanks Lenie, it will never be as immaculate as your car, but hopefully it turns out pretty nice.
In hindsight yes, but things changed as we worked on it and I had already ordered the ones from Detroit Speed. Thanks!
Thank you Wayne!
Thanks Al!!

Man I'm lovin' this build Casey. Work faster, post more please :D

I with him ^^^^^^

Looking at this build it has track car written all over it I can't wait to see it finished and at the track.

So what color is it going to be painted ?

Very impressive build Casey,thats one fine Camaro with alot of nice parts going on it.more pics please?

Awesome car Casey! I don't remember responding before but notice you mentioned the Australia V8 Super Cars. I work for a performance transaxle company that is the US distributor for the transmissions in those cars. We primarily do transaxles but that unit is very modular for different drivetrain configurations. I'm assuming you were joking about that but if not send me a PM. Keep it up!

Dave

[QUOTE=syborg tt;559438]Looking at this build it has track car written all over it I can't wait to see it finished and at the track. /QUOTE]

^^What Marty said. That thing is looking beastly indeed.
That LS7 should be really nice in there. Great numbers on that engine build.

Thanks Ron! There should be a lot done in the next 6 months. I'm going to buy a decent camera soon also.
Thanks Marty, I promise to beat on it. I'm having a hard time making a color choice though... and watching multiple cars get destroyed at a recent Ultimate Street Car event I went to makes me really nervous to give it a quality paint job, but I can't see leaving it in primer...
Thanks! I'll get to work on that.
[QUOTE=tones2SS;559533]Thank you! I wanted more but I couldn't justify spending what it takes to get reliable Stielow type power. I'm happy with it though.

Thank you Dave! Do you work for Holinger???

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First build I've read with the Schwartz chassis. So am very interested in seeing how this will turn out. Have you decided what you'll do with the deleted rear seat area? Curious as that is something I've been considering doing on my build project once I get started. Also curious how it would handle if you did go to the 17" rims. Sounds like a dray car with that width.
Best of luck on completing it the way you want it to be.

Rod

Here's the company I work for: http://weddleindustries.com

A few more things have been done recently with quite a bit more planned for the next couple of months. The engine and transmission have been mocked up, along with all of the steering components. Gussets were added between the firewall down bars and the chassis for added stiffness. The new dash is in place and the Anvil dash insert is mocked up. I bought a Vintage Air Gen II heater and it has been mocked up as well. The Fesler trunk hinges are on and they are very high quality and fit great. I am very happy with how the cockpit turned out. The position of the seats, steering wheel, pedals and shifter are all right where I want them.
Within the next few weeks I'm planning on taking the car to have custom headers made, also one of the next things my dad and I plan on doing is fabricating a rear spoiler and rear diffuser. After a few more things get fabricated I plan on buying a rotisserie so we can finish all the welding on the car and send it to be media blasted. If all goes well it should be painted before winter and assembly will begin. I have a bunch of parts on back-order from Anvil so that is a big factor in the timing of the bodywork and paint.

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