69 Z06 Camaro
 

Hi everyone,
My name is Jeff and I live in So Cal. It's been 20 years or so sense my last car project. I did a replica of an 037 Rally car but took time off after. About 2 years ago I got the bug again and started a Porsche 914 project. It had a LS6 and the suspension from a 996 under it. While working on it one day John (aka Driveability) was casing :_paranoid my area and stopped to check it out. After stopping by a couple more times he made me an offer that I decided to accept. My mind was already drifting toward a Camaro, so as John was picking up the 914 I was dropping off my new project.
The plan is a full frame with late model C6 Z06 drive-line. I've had the car for a little over a year now so I will try and get caught up to where I am currently.
Byndbad914 is how I came across this site, as he had a 914 project here but there are so many cool builds and ideas that it has become a routine for me come here.
The 037
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The 914
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The Camaro came with extra quarter skins and I figured I would be able to just use those and save as much of the outer shell as possible. I knew I wasn't going to use much of the original car but I really underestimated how bad this car had been tore up. Here is the car when I brought it home. Comments and suggestions are always welcome, either on the thread or PM.

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And my Orange Coolaide because I see some people here ride. :yes:
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Jeff

I like your style Jeff. That body isn't so bad, we've all seen worse. It's a perfect starting point for the style of build you're going for. Looks like fun, and so do those previous projects. That's a sweet bike too. Good luck with the project, I'm looking forward to future progress.

Welcome Jeff!

Variety is the spice of life. :thumbsup:

Yep, have some orange (mixed with white) Koolaid up here too!

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pretty good start and a nice rear foundation to hold up that transaxle.

welcome to the site.

btw give me a hollar when you get to the rear track and rear body width dilema.

I'm about 1 year into the build already so I've mostly crossed that bridge. :willy:
Thanks for the offer, I'm sure there will something else thou.


Jeff

One of the first things I needed was some kind of frame table/cart. I still had another car I needed in the garage so it had to be mobile, square and adjustable sense the garage floor is not level.
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Some tear down pictures.
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I was able to find the transmission and tube assemble on craigslist but it was missing the rearend. It took more than a few weeks to find one on Ebay. He was asking a couple hundred more then others I had seen but they sell fast. I figured I better just get it. After talking to the guy it ended up being the rearend from this trans. Something he was going to install in his car but needed to sell. Also found a complete rear suspension, seems that everyone uses the front suspension components but not so much the rear.
One of the first things I decided to replace was the rocker panels. They had been shortened for the Pro Street tires and where rusted through in a few areas.

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Welcome to the site. This sounds like a great build. I'm curious to know how you made your table adjustable as I'll be in the same boat should I ever need to make a frame table.

Thanks

The wheels are attached to square tubing that slides within the larger square tubing that is welded to the table. 3" .250 wall square for the frame, 2.5" .250 wall for the wheels and a bit of grinding to get them to slide nicely. You can see the bolts that are above the wheels that allow me to raise or lower any corner. Also the cross rails are just tacked into place so they can be relocated when needed. Measure width, length and cross-measure about 1000 times to keep it square. Less welding means less chance of distortion. This is nothing like some of the more solid non-movable tables but I just don't have room for that.

Jeff

After much debate I decided to use the stock rear aluminum subframe. Made a jig to hold it in place, got some bends from Art Morrison and started on the frame.

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nice work!!

Picked up a new block, :faint: some LS7 heads and Forgeline rims from the Corvette forums and an intake from here. The motor was going to be setback a little more then I was hoping so I made new offset transmission mounts. Pictures show the motor with the offset mounts.
Finding front suspension was harder, seems there is good demand for the C6 suspension. Got some new/setup only front knuckles off Ebay but the guy had drilled the lower ball joint holes, so after getting that mess fixed I ordered new.

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Thanks
Jeff

Love this project! From previous project pics I've seen, using the Vette drivetrain sometimes creates a cramped space (floor height, tunnel, etc.) in a first gen Camaro. Just curious if you've looked at that and if it's an issue? Also, is the block new or used?

Keep goin' Jeff! :cheers:

I had to be a little careful on seat choice as I wanted them to fit down between the frame rails and not on top of them. So far it's working fine, as I get the thread up to date I'll get those pictures up. I'm working on the floor and trans tunnel now.
Block is new as used motors didn't seem to come up much when I was looking and didn't want to put out the money all at once for a new motor although in the long run it might have been better.
BTW enjoy the builds you have going.

Jeff

Front of frame coming together, engine and rack and pinion mounts.
Everything is cell phone pictures so sorry for not being steady enough when taking some of them.


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Jeff

Damn. Looks good.

Great job on the Camaro, but I really love the 914. Do you have a link to where I can see more pictures of that build?

Andrew

Very nice work, I will follow this one for sure

Andrew,
I did not have one going when I started it but John has a build thread here.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=45044
Give him a nudge on his thread and I will text him for an update. I talked to him a couple weeks ago and he was getting ready to start it.

Jeff

Sweet. I'm looking forward to more pics!

After seeing what you have done so far the starting point of the car doesn't look as rough as I initially thought. You have cut it all away anyhow!

Nice to see your Cam being seen ! I'm close to driving up to see ya in the 914. Here is a video.
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Picture overload ahead. I didn't plan on replacing the the entire car but the rear panels were cut up and the roof rails were rusted though. Also some cage construction.

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Jeff

And finally on the ground.

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Jeff

looking f'n good!!!!!!!

awesome work

Have you decided what body you will be going with? :peepwall:

Thinking of leaving it "Dune Buggy" style. :bunny: LOL

Jeff

Wow. Amazing fab skills you have sir!
You gonna build a traditional style header, or something trick?

Wow, that is amazing! I cannot wait to see this get finished.

Nice!
 

Took me another coffee to realize it was a torque tube and IRS in there:flashie:

Wow amazing!

Love your work Spode. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Cool project. Good call on the Woodward rack. I dig the Orange Crush, too. I'm more of a blue flavored guy, myself.

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lmao I was thinking the same thing........... What happened to the Camaro he was building.

Nice looking project! Looking forward to more updates.

Seeing this is like a flash back on mine.page 54 Great build

Love this stuff!!! Looking like it is going to be some major fun that's for sure.

Built Tri-Y headers, that part will be coming soon.


Rack was 28" so not so common. Kind of a hard pill to swallow :G-Dub: but there have been a few of those so far. :headspin: Cool picture, had a WR for a few years but started riding motocross so switched to an MX bike for a while. Now back to playing on trails. KTM is proud of their bikes thou.


I thought I had seen most of the builds here but somehow I missed yours. I even did a search for ZO6 in the title as to not make something confusing with another build. Maybe a rename is coming. I've only looked at the first page of your build but I see I have some reading to do. It looks very nice.

Thanks to all for the kind words. I'll try and get more posted to catch up with where I am now.

Jeff