Awesome finish on the motor! Builds looking good!

Got to Thank Rodger, for letting me borrow this defender cover while I assemble this POS.

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Installed the McLeod Twin Disc clutch.

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Engine and transmission installed FINALLY.
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Thats sick looking Rob!

Painting the valve covers body color??

Valve cover still undecided on what I'm doing.
Might just do a satin black finish.

Not easy building a killer UNIQUE 69 Camaro these days.

Serious question Bob... how many different color schemes did you go through in your head over the years before arriving at this one.

Love it.

second time I go through the entire build thread and just bad ass

Its really not that Unique, its just a 69 Camaro with some mild custom touches. Nothing that hasn't been seen before. I wish I had the funds to really build something unique.

As far as color schemes go since day one I wanted silver. I was going to do a silver like the Mule. That is what got me into pro-touring. Then as the YEARS went by I started to like the darker silver tones. I saw a Nissan GTR at a local cruise (Beaches) and liked the way the color flopped. That's what I stuck with.
Every Camaro I have built I have painted the motor red. I'm not crazy about the Chevy orange. If I had painted the car a light silver I would have painted the engine bright red. Since I went with a much darker silver gray. I wanted the motor to be a dark red.
Where I work we have a full paint facility and I get to see a lot of the current colors as parts come off the line. One day I walk past a bin of parts being tossed in the trash all a dark Ford Ruby Red (2014 F150). I ask the paint manager what's up and he said they were having problems with the ruby red its a candy color and its not matching the factory paint. The paint manufacture was working on a new formula and they were waiting for it. He was going to also toss out gallons of this paint out also. I asked him if I could have it. I was going to do a matte finish anyways, and I didn't have to match any body panels. He gave me the paint.
That's how I came up with the paint scheme.

Bob, just take the damn compliment. :lol:

Good story and background. Free stuff doesn't suck.

Beautiful build but I would of voted to keep it satin...