Fantastic work! :trophy-1302: I love the SS hood, IMO dont see it enough. Mine didn't start life as an SS, But it will be when Im done

Wow is all I can say !!!!!


Marty-mj
www.garagescene.net www.syborgtwinturbo.com www.2ndcamaro.com

Fantastic! Love the color. And the detail is awesome!:king:

Good gawd! Those before and after pics are just amazing.... Just WOW!!!

Thanks alot guys, I aim for the quality of your guys builds that have been doing it for such a long time. Although for the most part I'm a one man show working out of my home shop.
That what makes it so special that I can hope to achieve the quality of what I see in alot of these builds on here.
I figured that if I at least aim for the top, that I will end up with a very nice ride that I will be proud to drive, share and tell stories of the journey...

More to come...

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Moving along with some startup and drive action...
 

It's been five years since I started this project. But the first time this car was a project was in 1982 when I was a freshman in California. Many miracles later and here we are!

The first startup...





The first test drive...




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They're right - it it so cool!

Congrats on the fire up and drive.

Those of us still waiting live vicariously through these first engine starts and test drives. It's great that your family is so excited too. Well done!!!

awesome job! Love the video with the family being so excited.

I really liked the videos,nice job on the car:trophy-1302:

No burnouts till after 300 miles! Epic. Looks and sounds awesome.

Great job, and congrats on getting the car running!

Starting to get dressed up...
 

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Making some progress, I got the AC all vacumed, purged and filled with freon.

I was having issues with leakes.on radiator hoses, but have now got those all corrected.
The small steam vent hose was giving me the most trouble dripping down on the other two hoses making it look like they were the problem.

I was also having an issue with my new Pro 5.0 shifter. I was barely able to get into first gear and reverse, after further looking at the shifter and some go ogling I was able to determine that the GTO T56 that I am using needed the shifter lever swapped out with shorter one from a camaro T56, oh well live and learn.



Got the grill, bumper and headlight trim installed.

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...214_193137.jpg



It took some digging to figure out this little known fact that the Camaro uses the shorter shifter lever on the left.


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...GTO%20long.jpg

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RIght on! Congrats on the big step!! Now it's just the little nit picky things to tidy up to finish it up.

Outside for some pictures...
 

I had to get it out in the driveway for some more inspiration, so that I could see it at more of a distance than just in the garage.




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apologies for not perusing your entire thread, but what headlights are those ?

Nice looking Camaro. Are you taking it on Power Tour this year?

Updates...
 

The headlights and bulbs that I ended up using are these types.

The headlights
http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-ROUND-GLAS...item540831bac6



The inside bulbs:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161614752487...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I am not sure if the car will be ready for power tour, I still have a number of critical path's to complete....:whenitsdone:

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My first try at a headliner install...
 

With all of the other stuff that I have tried I thought I would give a try installing my headliner. In the end it wasn't so bad.

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6164.jpg


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6168.jpg


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6172.jpg


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6182.jpg


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6185.jpg


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6191.jpg


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6195.jpg


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6288.jpg


With some help of the carefully placed heat gun and my heat lamp while monitoring with a temperature gun, I kept it below 220 degrees.


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6351.jpg


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6352.jpg


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSCN6353.jpg

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Hi Dennis,

Amazing story and awesome car. I live in Houston and work in Channelview some days. Would love to check out your car one of these days! :hail:

John