My 68 Camaro build
 

New member here and haven't made any post's as of yet so here goes. I have a 68 Camaro RS I am building. I bought the car in the middle of a restoration. And thought id make it a little bit more than what direction it was going in. The car had been on a rotessery and all the rust had been removed. First I cut and buffed the new paint and then on to the suspension and detailing work. Crome ,new brakes, wheels, suspension etc...Here is what it looked like when I got it. No glass, no chrome, no wiring, all but the seats were gone. I still haven't been able to get the whole story on where all the parts walked off to. But its getting a new face lift no matter.
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Got this to install later on
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I cut and buffed the whole car and installed all the glass chrome window fuzzies and headliner.
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I took the front clip off the car and began to take the suspension apart. It was all worn out from 40+ years of abuse.
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Got everything all cleaned up and smoothed out for re-assembly.
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Welcome to the forum!!
Very nice start to a build!

What are your plans for drivetrain, suspension, brakes, etc?

Jeff

Got my Vi-king coilovers and upper and lower control arms in to begin the assembly. I got the passenger side done last night. I have the driver side about 75% done.
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I managed to get all the brake lines and new master cylinder installed as well.
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Hope you like the pics, thanks for looking.

car looks very slick and straight,great project to start with

Nice start for a project, what's he plans for engine and trans???

I am going with a carbureted 355cui 10.1 smallblock with a turbo 350. The suspension is BMR uppers and lowers with Vi-king double adjustable coilovers with 2" drop spindles. I did a stock disc brake conversion for now. Hotchkis 3" leaf drop kit on rear with Rushforth wheels.

I managed to get the suspension all buttoned up this past weekend and back to a roller again.
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Everything you've done looks great. Your doing a nice job on it.

lookin good!

Here are the wheels I've decided on for the car.
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68 Camaro
 

Coming along great, keep the pictures coming!!

rich

very good choice on wheels,Rushforths has alot of good looking wheels

I haven't done much to the car in a few weeks due to work. But progress is progress :shakehead: Started installing the dynamat.http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psdf0c956b.jpg
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Got my Rushforths in http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psc2511a6c.jpg
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I masked the car back up to cut and buff the top some more.
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Installed my column and seals.
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Got all the dynamat in except for one piece underneath the stering column.
And got busy on all the wiring.
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Next on the list is installing the steering linkage.
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Pics coming soon!

Finished up my short block today. 350sbc bored .30 line bored block decked 0.10, new clevette cam bearings, rod bearings main's, freeze plugs. Eagle rods, Wiseco pro tru pistons file fit total seal moly rings. all ARP rod and main bolts. Nothing special but "will be a screamer" when called on.:whenitsdone: This was a 1971 original truck 4 bolt main block,,never bored or molested..
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Love this build. Very cool. Looking forward to the rest of the story.

DF

Looking Good! love the color! ;)

Very cool project! Subscribed.

The car is coming along nice keep the up dates coming.

Thanks guys for the support!! My next thing on the list is a gas tank with a electric fuel pump inside. Any ideas??

This is what I am looking at getting any of you guys running these?
http://aeromotiveinc.com/products-pa...lth-fuel-tank/

That is a nice tank setup
The fuel pump is overkill for a smallblock running carb ( unless your plans have changed)
I was told that it is a Tanks Inc fuel tank eith a Aeromotive 340 fuel pump

I went with a complete Tanks Inc setup in my 68 that included a Walbro 255 pump and a 0-90 ohm sending unit and the tank was already powdercoated

Matt's Classic Bowties hopked me up for about $475 for everything

Thanks for the info, looks like I need to give Kim or Matt a call. I am not real saavy on these newer tank set-ups. I'm used to the fuel cell and the ole Holley blue pumps, or the even better belt drive stuff...lol. Which worked very well for the race set-up cars.

Give Matt & Kim a try they have great customer service and very good prices,cars really is coming along great

Thanks for the compliment! Its coming along a little slow at this point with the wiring. I have ordered a lot of stuff from MCB and they are great people for sure and service was second to none.

Got the trunk all done and ready for the wiring...:headspin:

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nice job on the trunk,you are going to have a real nice car when finished

Thanks again!, Do you have a build thread on the 69? I would like to check it out. I am still gathering ideas for the interior.

https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=35459 still debating on interiors also,went Knoxville and talked to Steve Holcomb@Pro Auto Custom Interiors and planning on maybe letting him do mine.

I checked your build out, and WOW is all I can say Jeff. I only wish mine were as nice as yours is at this point. I can get you some contact info for this local guy down here. He is well known and very good at what he does.
Here is his web-site. http://www.paulatkinsinteriors.com/

thanks,I replied to your pm,your car will be very nice when finished

Trunk turned out great! Nice and clean looking in there

Thanks Jeremy it looked like hell before I started so I am pretty satisfied with it. Next thing to add there is a new trunk mat to match the carpet.

Subscribed, great looking 68! Love the color and with the stripes. Did not notice them at first. I like the subtlety.
Thanks for commenting on my thread. Looking forward to more inspiration, thank you for that.:thumbsup:

Thanks for all the compliments guys! It's been a while since I've made any updates. Here are a few pics of where I'm at now. Mostly waiting now for parts to come in for assembly of the motor. But I needed to check the fittment of my front fenders after all of the adjustments of the doors and new radiator support. I cut and buffed all of the front clip pieces so I could attach the badging before the inner fenders go on. Got most of the engine bay wiring done waiting for the engine for final length of wires etc..
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Here are the first few things to come in on the motor.
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Lookin awesome.The paint is perfect.Now:gitrdun:

Car is turning out very nice,paint looks great:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Very nice!!

man that paint looks amazing