Speed Tech....tall forged AFX spindles listed in the second gen "Street fighter" kit. Comes with C5 billet hubs and uses the C5/C6 brakes.:thumbsup:

2nd Chance Camaro - Playing with Ride Height


Posted: July 26, 11 www.2ndchancecamaro.com

Good Morning all,

I felt the need to play with the ride height on the car so the static rods needed to come out so I could make them adjustable.

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Desired ride height

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Talk about a bad hair day or should I say lack of hair day.

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2nd Chance Camaro - A Few NOS Parts


Posted: July 26, 11 www.2ndchancecamaro.com

Good Morning all,

A few new NOS Parts (( Inner Fenders are 4-Sale 12-15-18 Update ))

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NOS Passenger Side fender

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PM sent to you Marty.

Nice to see updates. Keep us posted on this build.

2nd Chance Camaro - BF Goodrich Tires are in the Garage

BF Goodrich Tires are in the Garage
Posted: Sept 02, 11 www.2ndchancecamaro.com

Good Morning all,

Getting ready to take the car to the Media Blaster.

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Everything just seams to easy with this car.

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More Vegetation

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Found some Surface rust on the underside of the roof. Hopefully the media blasting will take care of it.


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I will be dropping off the front clip first at the blaster. I am not a big fan of working with parts that are dirty and rusty.

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Found some Bondo - okay a lot of Bondo ......................

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Eak !! -- Maybe I will build a Rat Rod instead.

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and finally the Tire Rack.....

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Cool progress pics! But by the dates on those photos you've been holding out on us? :_paranoid

Which set is going on the rear of the camaro Marty? The large ones, or the extra large ones?

X-Large ones are going on the rear. The 295's are for a buddy of mines 78 Camaro project.

ps - i am still playing catch up in posting upates

You're missing a cover plate on that outlet...

Lookin' good Marty.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA i look into the future........... WAY into the future, and all i can see is SYBORG!!! 200 pages and 300,000 views!!! :lol:

maybe you can apply for the vintage plates NOW??

:_paranoid
just riding you buddy

Okay after 2 years I finally put the cover on after i saw this picture.

Trust me You may be right. It's that compulsive behavior problem that i have. After seeing your Nova it got me really excited about this car. The Nova was perfect and it has been a pretty strong inspiration for this project.

2nd Chance Camaro - Pypes LS1 Block & G-Force Crossmember Install

Pypes LS1 Block & G-Force Crossmember Install
Posted: Sept 026 11 www.2ndchancecamaro.com

Instead of installing the LS1 block with a cherry picker I ordered up a Pypes mock up block from www.summitracing.com . Cool product just horrible shipping box as it took 3 of them to get me one that wasn't cracked. All they
did was drop it in a box and ship it ( these were drop shipped direct from Pypes not Summit Racing ) without any packing material.

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Picked up a set of American Made Engine set back plates from Edelbrock.

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Here is picture of block #3 from Pypes. Seems they are aware of the problem and it there solution is drywall screws and epoxy. I kept this one as it was the best of the 3.

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Set back plates worked great. I still have to move the factory Stands back about an inch so the cross member bolts line up.

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It looks like the F-Body oil pan is going to work or at least be close.

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Empty 700r case that I kept from previous projects

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Installed the G-Force Cross member and talk about a great fit. There is plenty of clearance and the lowest point doesn't hang below the stock Sub-Frame.

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I need to move the motor back about an inch. Really happy as there is plenty of room up front to move the motor back.

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Since the car will be sitting pretty low with the new Ride-Tech Coil-Over suspension I wanted to make sure the cross member wouldn't hit the ground and the guys at G-Force did a great job.

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2nd Chance Camaro - Front Clip back from Media Blasting

Front Clip back from Media Blasting
Posted: Sept 16 11 www.2ndchancecamaro.com

Good Morning All,

Just a quick update.

I sent the original sheet metal off to the media blaster. Some of these parts will not make it back onto the car but they will be perfect during mock up.

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Find a GM fender at the junk yard thats good if you can Marty, the repop right fenders for these cars are crap. The lefts aren't bad but the right side repop has to be sectioned in the area between the door and hood at the windshield. I would say save it and repair, but the front area looks pretty chewed up. Good progress though.

Lookin good Marty.Folks should like this thread lots of full size photos for them look over.:lol:

Marty, just ask Scott about how much time I have in his rt repop fender. I would fix that one if I where you or at least look for a better OEM one to start with. And as stated the area between the upper door and hood is all wrong and I had cut and reshape Scotts. Other than that looks great :thumbsup:

OMG!! This thread is like watching paint dry!!:D

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ hysterical!!


So perfect!!


EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA:woot:

Love ya brother

I am still looking for a NOS rear Quarter and then we are good to go on sheet metal replacement.

ps I am still waiting for you to get your car out of your shop so you can replace some of the sheet metal on my car. So I am blaming you.

pss The Tiger Cage install is a piece of cake and it looks awesome in the car.

NOS rear quarters you crazy!!! Yours are fine....Don't even tell me I hand striped them for nothing you F@#^&*......

NOS qaurters are insanely expensive for a non number matching car. Save those for Z/28's and bigblock SS cars.

The repop qaurters are very good for these cars and fit great. They are actually the best repop metal piece available for the second gen.

The repops are a few hundred each, NOS are 1400 or more if undamaged and really don't fit any better.

Well them hurry up and lets get your car down to Troy. So you can make room for my car in your shop.

Well that's good news. I will stop looking for a NOS one. However according to my big Brother Mario it don't need no sticking quarter panel.

Congrats for the kewl built Marty. :)

My hinges came in the other day!:willy: I have my doors and a few miscellaneous parts at Stowe's getting blasted. Soon as thats done I'll finish bolting everthing up and off we go.. Will get you in.....

Marty This car isn't done yet?!?!?!?!:P

HAHAHAHAHAH you must be new here!!!!

not at all have Known marty for some time... it was a joke:D

Yeah, Marty's cars are usually done a year in advance of the start of the project thread.

Wow, your having Mario work on the car? He's so busy your car will be finished by the time your girls graduate college.:rolleyes: Just kidding brother.
Mike

:lol: :lol: :lol:

No kidding :thumbsup:

Man I am out of town for a couple days and you guys are kicking my butt. I'm feeling the love.

Not to worry the goal for this one is actually 2 years. :thumbsup:

Honestly 2 years :rofl:

If you say so

Hauling the 2nd Chance Camaro to US Collision
 

2nd Chance Camaro - Hauling the 2nd Chance Camaro to US Collision


Hauling the 2nd Chance Camaro to US Collision

Posted: Oct 14, 2011 www.2ndchancecamaro.com

Good Morning All,

The car is finally ready to make the journey to US Collision so I enlisted the help of my oldest daughter. She was more then confident she would be
able to handle the task of helping Dad get the car into the Trailer.

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She did great the car went in without a hitch.

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Mario was surprises to see how good the car looked. However there is still paint on the car and you never know what it's going to
look like under the paint.

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Back in my Garage I needed to make a front end dolly so we could move the car around at Mario's once we removed the subframe.

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Flash forward one week and Mario was kind enough to let me come over and work on the car.

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JR helped me strip down the Sub Frame so we could put in the back of my Tahoe since I was to lazy to go grab my trailer.

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We mounted the new dolly so Mario can tuck the car under his 69 Camaro Project. You have got to take a minute to go look at the build thread
on his 69 Camaro. That car is going to be over the top cool.

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Finally started bringing parts home from my warehouse. No matter how big your garage is you always want more space.

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My youngest decided she was going to help dad install the Edelbrock Shorty Headers. As you can see she believes in Safety First.

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In order to tuck the exhaust on 2nd Gen. Camaro's you are going to need Shorty headers. Edelbrock headers are American Made and the only
choice for this project. They will only need a minor modification on the one side.

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Both my girls are hard workers and always willing to lend a hand sooner or later I am going to get my wife to come out to
the garage to work on this car.

Looking good Marty, it's nice to see the kids involved. :thumbsup:

Great pics Marty!

Funny -- my daughter was always out in the shop with me.... My son had no interest at all. Get down in the engine room of the boat (twin 300 hp Cummins turbo diesels) and Adrienne was right there with me - asking "what's that - how does it work" etc.

2nd Chance Camaro - Cutting out the Stock Wheel Tubs at US Collision

Cutting out the Stock Wheel Tubs at US Collision
Posted: Oct 26, 2011 www.2ndchancecamaro.com

Good Morning All,

Now that the Camaro is at Mario's we can start getting the car ready for the new BF Goodrich KDW2
Tires. The plan for the car is to be street worthy and not look like every other Camaro being built right
now. First and foremost it has to be comfortable to drive and not attract the attention of every Law
Enforcement officer on the road.

Mario did all the work getting the tubs removed and trust me I heard all about how the instructions
sucked and that the DVD wasn't much help either. So I did jump in the car and headed over to his
shop and together we were able to figure out what they wanted us to do.

Step 1:
Trim using the provided templates

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Step 2. Cutting the floor.
It doesn't have to be a snug tight fit as the new piece that you will be welding to the floor will take up
some of the gap. Also when you clamp the new wheel tub to the vertical piece it will close up any gap
that may be there. (( Picture will be posted later ))

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Mario doing what he does best -- did I mention he called me and my car a bunch of names.

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Step 3: Remove Wheel Tub
Make sure there is plenty of clearance to get the new tubs in. That's it - it's that simple.

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Step Four: Final Test Fit
Make sure you can slide the new tub in and out easily. If not remove more metal.

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Mario did his best to take a couple pictures. Seems Kenny and him are both Experts on the Camera.

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Next step is to haul the car to Pro-Tek Powder Coating to for Media Blasting.

All I can say is Mario is a great guy and I can't wait to ride with him to BBT Fab. I am certain that
ride is going to be entertaining.