Fesler Built 1969 BB Camaro project "DRACO"
 

Here is an interesting find an all original 1969 Chevy Camaro with no X-code, so with the right parts this car could have been a SS or RS that is in amazing condition as you can see. It appears that it has been painted once about 10 years ago and everything else on the car is stock.

We are going to tear it down and turn it into a full on 1969 Chevy Camaro Yenko Clone with all modern day equipment

I will try to keep a weekly update on the project so you can see the build and what we do to it.

Check back soon

Fesler Built new 1969 BB Camaro project update
 

We have picked the car up and taken it down to nothing, removed everything from it eninge, interior and all panels.

Sending it out to be media blasted and then we will seal it and start all the fab work.

This car is being built into a Yenko Clone as stated so there will not be that much body fabrication as the car needs to be stock looking but very clean.

Once we get the car back from Media Blasting we will know how good of a shell we have.

Fesler Built new 1969 BB Camaro project update
 

Car is back and as you can see not bad at all, just a few small rust spots that we will fix and then get started on the build. This should be a sick Camaro we are doing the following parts on the car

Chevy Crate 572 Engine
6 Piston Baer Brakes all way around
19-inch FS901 Fesler wheels
Air Ride Suspension
Ricks SS fuel Tank
Auto Meter Gauges
Goodmark Cowl Hood
Recaro Leather seats
Flowmaster exhaust 3-inch
more coming

What made it a COPO?

Thank you Fesler for good and detailed project pics.Keep em coming!!!

Wow Chris.... you guys work faster than those guys on TV.
Let me get this straight...
According to the times and descriptions listed:

You picked it up today at 1:41.
Completelty stripped it in 7 mins (1:48pm)
And had it blasted in 5 mins (1:53pm)

Damn bro... thats movin ! :lol:

(sounds like a cool build :thumbsup: )

I was thinking the same thing :rofl:

We dont mess around man all work:cheers:

Chris, looks like you have a great car to start with. So judging by the time lapse so far you should be completely done with it by 7:37 tonight right?

OK guys dont go by the timeline, i am tyring to get you all caught up on the build. I will post a few updates a day till we get caught up with the build as we are getting ready to send the car to paint now.

Fesler Built new 1969 BB Camaro project update 4
 

Here are some shots of fixing some rust on the door and getting the firewall ready to be smoothed out. We do the car right we cut out any and all rust and weld in new metal for a rust free body.

Fesler Built new 1969 BB Camaro project update 5
 

The Suspension, we removed all the factory suspension and installed the Air Ride Technologies upper and lower control arms up front with the Shock waves so we can get the car low.

Huge 6 piston Baer brakes all the way around

Fesler Built new 1969 BB Camaro project update 6
 

19X10-inch FS901 Fesler wheels with black centers installed up front

6 Piston Baer brakes installed on the rear custom built Currie 9-inch rear end this car will be able to run a 13.5 wide rear tire if desiered.

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Tubs

The rear of the Camaro is pointless from the factory with the way the rear frame rails are installed any kind of horse power would bend them up so the best thing to do with them is to remove the factory ones and install some good ones that can handle horse power

So we cut out the stock rear frame rails and inner fenders so we can make some new ones that will fit the larger wheels

The rear frame rails will be moved over a bit as well to clear the larger wheels and then we will build some custom sub frame connectors so strengthen the under side of the car

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The Engine

for anyone wondering why we wanted to strenghten the underside of the car maybe this will answer your questions

GM Crate ZZ572 Deluxe engine

stats
620HP on pump gas
650FT
Forged Crank
Forged Pistons
Forged Rods
.623-inches of valve lift
Compression 9.6:1
Rocker arms Aluminum roller style
850CFM carb
Aluminum water pump
will run on 92 octane all day long

Add the Vintage Air Frunt Runner system and its good to go

We're not worthy! We're not worthy! :hail:

Holy Crap... Ben is right... this thing WILL be done by 7:37pm tonight ! :lol:

Nice work Chris... always like the stuff you do. That green Chevy Truck at SEMA is one of my favorites !

cool,thanks for the updates,can't wait to see the finished product!:yes:

He had a really cool mustang fastback in bare sheetmetal at the Goodguys Southwest Nats last month. Really nice work!!

572/620...couldn't you go bigger LOL!! Awesome picts of the build....

Question, does the lack of an X code denote a COPO. How so? (forgive my lack of knowledge)

Ron

No it does not, I was talking to a customer about a COPO we were doing and put that in here by mistake. This car is a base 1969 Chevy Camaro with no X-Code meaning the early camaro's did not have the X-code late ones do. The X-code is the body tag stating what the car came with from the factory and the early cars did not have this meaning you can turn that car into whatever you want to with the correct parts.

Fesler Built new 1969 BB Camaro project update 9
 

Radiator & Radiator Support

Here is the new Air Mobile large core billet alluminum radiator for a big Block Chevy Camaro and I will have these in stock and ready to ship if someone out there needs one.

I can send you the radiator and support ready to be installed or you can modify your stock one to fit the radiator and install yourself.

Thanks Fesler... I had decoded mine a while ago X44 (base car) with a V8 (3rd position of the VIN).

I used http://www.chevy-camaro.com/chevy-ca...ecode-1969.asp and I hadn't noticed the early 69s had no trim (X) code... thanks...again, awesome build with the "King of all Rats".... Ron

Fesler Built new 1969 BB Camaro project update 10
 

Tubs anyone

Here are the tubs we built for the new 19X12.5 wheels in the rear, we figure its better to build them to the car then it is to buy them, you get a much better fit and look when completed.


here we start by taking a flat sheet of 18gauge steem and rolling it to fit the inner fender, this will get cut perfect and welded with a clean edge so you cant tell where they start and end.

The cardboard template really cuts down on the cut and re cut time

this is half done now and will post more to show you the rest of what we did to get these this big.

Fesler Built new 1969 BB Camaro project update 10.1
 

Tubs

finishing the install and building a cover for the rear suspension

:cheers:

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Low Stance

now you have an idea of how low this car will sit, notice that its sitting on a set of wheel dollies so it will sit a lot lower

Check out the new black Fesler Billet hood hinge and yes they are shipping if you are looking for some.

Looks great Chris..... but,
Is that a 2nd Gen. RS Split Bumper in the background ?:wow:

Yeah we have a few 1st gen and 2nd gen Camaro builds going now, I will post the 2nd gen stuff soon for all to see.

Really impressive work and your website makes my wallet hurt.:D

Fesler Built new 1969 BB Camaro project update 12
 

572 anyone

Here is the massive 572 GM Crate engine going into the car for final fitment before paint, we have to do a little mods to the fire wall so it will fit the dist with no rubbing problems

with the 4L80E tranny it huge overall and fits perfect well not perfect we have to do some more work to the firewall to fit it just right and I will post those tomorrow we are doing that right now.

:cool:

Wow, the quality looks amazing. Those wheels look like they were meant for the camaro!

okay i'm waiting for your 2nd gen car build

Looks awesome! Gotta love those 572's. Whens the target completion date?
-derek

CAR LOOKS AWESOME!!!!
That 572 is a BEAST!!!!! Had the pleaseure of hearing one this past summer. WOOOWW!!!!!!!! SERIOUS POWER!!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Will have the car back from paint in about two weeks and will post more shots. We hope to have the car done and delivered in about 2 months, so thats a full build time in under a year with everything. lots of work but it should be a very cool car when complete

I am doing two of them now, will post them up there soon for all to see.

Sweet Project! :thumbsup:

572!!!:willy:


Paul

Draco
 

OK so we just finsihed with the paint on the Camaro project and check it out, this still needs to be polished but you get the idea of the paint work we do. Notice how the paint looks better than my actual hand in the third picture.

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Here is the engine and all suspension ready to go in now, all suspension is powder coated 50% black to just disapear and not take from the gloss paint

this is a mild build so we are staying with the stock sub-frame and using Air Ride Technologies upper/lower control arms with Shock waves,

The GM performance 572 engine is painted and ready to drop in

For the rear we went with a Currie 9-inch to handle that 572 power