Looking goooooooooooooooooood!!!!!

Thanks Jer!!

You better hurry up over to Marty's !! Time ticking!!!

So after spending the last week working on the car and then searching for and planing out my suspension for the front and rear <WOW :hairpullout:

I've come to a couple of conclusions, first yup you guessed it this hobby cost a lot :hairpullout: and second man are there ALOT of options out there for a 2nd gen Camaro :waveflag:

I could build a 9 second drag car with motor for you can spend on upper end front and rear suspension for our cars.

The hardest part is trying to put the right parts together (system) you want this, but oh that would be cool to have. Yeah I know what's the intended use for the car :BlahBlah: I get all that. I know to go with a system from a vender and not try to rethink what they have already done. I was talking with my wife and she said why don't you just build the car you want?? :confused59: :idea: And I said here's how much the just the suspension I want will cost and here's what she did :lmao:!! But said if that's what you want then go for it just don't show her the bill s for any of it!! :catfight:

Soooo after my long winded :BlahBlah: here's what I'm going to do, first I'm going back to the "KISS" method for this build!! I have two kids that will be in catholic high school in two years :hairpullout: and then collage after that! So just can't see spending that kind of cash now in my life it just doesn't make sense.

I'm going to finish the body make it perfect like a resto top and bottom. Rebuild all the parts I have suspension front and back, maybe a set of lowering springs (most likely as they will not cost that much).

As for the interior mine is in nice shape other then new carpet and redo the seats. So nothing crazy there.

Wheels well I'll see what comes up there but it will be on the lower end of cost that's for sure. I will do some little custom things to the body but nothing crazy. Just a nice street cruiser that's it!! :relax:

Anyway with all that said let show you a picture of my DSE sub frame I just ordered!! :D :ups:

J/K :D Now out to the shop to keep working on it because it's not going to finish it self ( ask me how I know that)??? :relax:

Next weekend is my plan or this week sometime?? Read above^^^ I've got a plan now :hairpullout: :D :woot: :hello:

Texting him as I reply!!

:thumbsup:

^^ Tree'd by Cozmo ^^

Just do all the stuff you can accomplish on the cheap. Most of the metal work can be done on a budget. We were mini tubing cars long before DSE tubs were available. As long as you can weld and stick metal where its supposed to go.

Rear suspension systems can be created. Links are cheap to build with parts available from Speedway, Spohn, and Summit. A RideTech air bar rear isn't too bad as far as cost.

That front suspension works fine. With better parts available now it would be even better. Our combo back in the day was Koni's, factory HD coil springs chopped to fit, 75-81 TA sway bars, new bushings and firewall bars. Several Solo II cars with this simple package did very well, Koni's painted gray of course. That's with rubber bushings and no frame connectors. (well a cage but you know)

The goal is to keep it running.

If you are serious about wanting to keep it under budget let me know.

We built this one with a serious budget in mind.

http://www.meanstreetsperformance.co...ing-build.html

You would pee a little if you found out how much the rear suspension cost to build.

Ok we need to talk???

At this point, I'm following the same budget minded suspension path as you, Rick. I went with Custom Works for Viking coil overs and Speed Tech control arms on the front. You could easily save a bunch of money and stay with a coil spring/shock combo. I'm already a WS6 so I have the upgraded sway bars. For the rear, I'm trying out composite monoleafs with Viking shocks that match the front shocks. We'll see if this gives me the desired performance/budget balance I want. I'm not tubbed at this point. 9.5" on all four corners is the goal for me for now. Maybe one day I'll minitub. When I do, it's going to be with a strip of metal and not DSE tubs. I'm building a go car not a show car.

Good luck, Rick. I like your plan.

Ummmm what's going on here??? :peepwall:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...ps241403fa.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...ps143438f7.jpg

I'm guessing somebody doesn't like the way the repop fender fits to the door. He's gonna do a fenderectomy :superhack:

Looks like someone went a little crazy with a cutoff wheel or plasma.....

I'd say your going for more airflow. The brakes will cool fine with that mod IMO, but i really think your going after cooling the coils as they bounce up and down (kinda like the mattress in your master bed):peepwall:

Was kinda doin the same thing, can't leave well enough alone

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/...EA2A33A649.jpg

Ding ding ding!! Yup but it was at the back of the hood that lined up real bad, the hood was almost an inch up from the back of the fender. The line to the door was to bad; workable any. Plus this way the inner structure of the org gets to stay. It's not even close to the org.

Air saw :superhack: and spot weld drill, but not crazy (well maybe the guy running it) easiest way to it fix the issue in the end.

So the fender didn't line well to the hood, so it was either drill out all the spot welds at the top of the A/M fender and try to over it up and move the cage nuts down for the hood hinge or just use the front of the A/M fender as a patch panel :superhack: so as you can see which idea won, this will be the easiest fix in the end.

I also get to keep my org inner structure of the fender which the A/M doesn't look anything like:EmoteClueless: and I get a much better fitting fender. I should be all wrapped up with this part by next weekend. Then it's on to the rear end of the car!!!

More of this :superhack: to come!!

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...ps9883fada.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...ps72287f6c.jpg

that's awesome.

ps you should have just bought the NOS one I have sitting my my warehouse

Yeah but the price of admission is just to much for me!! Lol

Plus don't you have the complete front end??

I also have another complete car with NOS Fenders, and a boat load of Carbon fiber pieces for a 2nd gen.

Plus I have a 67 Camaro, with about 10 grand of Anvil Carbon fiber stuff, 24 Trailer.... $10,000 takes the 1st gen and we would have to talk about the 2nd gen.

Looking good Rick, I want to see it on the road next summer.

This was the only part I read :mock:


Looking good! I like the effort put into the fender surgery.

I tell you he is going to love that sub.

:gitrdun:

I'm using this picture of Jody's rendering from he was building his 2nd gen as inspiration for my build. What do you think? This is close to what the final car will look like.

Jody let me know if I owe you a royalty for the picture?? :D

No, that's all Ben Hermance!! :trophy-1302:

Well ok, but you had him do it!! I wonder how much he would charge for a copy as it's already be done?

I can't tell you how excited I am that your going to do that paint color and scheme.

I think that's an excellent look!

Yep. Yep. Thats it. wouldn't do anything different, right down to the "pastel" blue.

All these blue Camaro owners dog-piling on the color choice!!!
:cheering: :cheering: :cheering: :lmao:

Me too!:thumbsup:

Blue is the new Black or is it Blue is the new Red

Actually, blue was definitely on the list for the Firebird I'm building too!
:peepwall:

Yeah well if Marty would stop sending other color combos it might be painted already! :poke:

I have only just begun !!!!!!

Yeah I know :warning: :hello:

Ok no more jabberin....... whats the scoop.

Lets get this up to speed for everyone. Post up the list please.

did you sell it?