1969 Camaro Update
 

Console

The car also had a GTO console in it……………..I can’t even really describe what the guy did to it………….anyways, it had to be fixed.

Before (yes, that is carpet wrapped around the front, and yes it looked like he trimmed it with a sawzall…………….

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The console didn’t fit right, it was to wide, it was digging into the seats and damaging the leather. We took the console and cut 1.5″ out of the center of the entire console.

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We then used pieces of ABS and riveted the whole thing back together, we then molded everything together. (see how the top trim curves up to where the dash would be in a GTO)

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We then added to the front of the console to round it off and modified the trim panel to flow with the new front instead of “up” like it did.

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We removed the power window switches from the doors and rear panels and placed them in the console.

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With it almost finished we wanted to get some pictures of it. The two small holes are for the door pop switches. The large hole is for the Sony marine controller. The client really liked the silver accent that came on the console to begin with, so we kept it. We still have to clear coat the console and flock the storage compartment but it’s almost done.

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Rear Seats

The car came in with 2006 GTO leather seats (as well as many other GTO parts). The person that installed them used some back straps and some drywall anchors to hold them in. The seats had this large “hoop” section on top that the head rests sunk into. This “hoop” actually stopped the top from folding down properly. We took the seat apart and removed the “hoop” and redid the leather on the seat. We also modified the entire metal frame so that we could mount the solidly. We also removed the center section to allow for the future home of the subwoofers. By modifying the metal frame we got the seats lower, back and created more of a gap for the future woofers.

Before

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After

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Rear Side Panels

When the car arrived, the rear side panels were really hurting…….they were made up of 3 seperate secured with several visible chrome screws.

Before

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Doing some panel repair as we join all three panels together and then adding the speaker mount.

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We then covered it with fleece and fiberglassed it, did some sanding, filling and shaping. We want to do something else on it so that it isn’t just a big molded vinyl panel. We will probably add some billet inserts or something to match the theme of the car.

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Keep watching our new blog for updates every day or so.

We are doing a basic, well not so basic but a basic system in the Camaro. The source side of the system consists of the Sony CDX-F50 Marine deck, a 10 disc changer, iPod module and the Sony Marine controller. Everything but the iPod and the controller will be mounted in the trunk. We will be also using Morel speakers and Zapco amplifiers in it. The only undetermined product will be which subwoofers to use. We were going to use the Focal 5″ (4) because of the space between the rear seats but not that we modded the **** out of the seat we actually gain about another 4 inches in the center, so we might squeeze a single 10″ or 2 8″ in there. It has to be loud (convertible) and play all kinds of music.

Anyways, here is the trunk rack we welded up to hold the deck, changer, multichanger module and have a place to strap up the excess cables.

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Before

The stupid little 8 Balls on the panel were actually Valve Stem covers, the guy cut some valve stems apart and used them to mount the 8 balls where the old lock plungers went................very gay..............

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The beginning

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NICE! Thanks for taking the time to post all the photos!

Darren

looks like the beginings to a cool car keep us updated for sure :thumbsup:

Is the front of the new center consloe all fiberglass?

No, it's all plastic....ABS to be exact.....fiberglass would not stick long term to the rest of the plastic on the console and would crack.

We make A LOT of stuff out of ABS and various composites......

Really nice work guys !

I was amazed at how the console came out - sweet !

Thanks !