FINALLY introducing myself...
 

Hey guys,

My name is Adam, I'm 23 years old, and go to school at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. I'm a full-time student, and then work ~30 hours/week so I'm a pretty busy guy it seems.

I think I've been on this site for a couple years - it seems like I always saw these bad-looking muscle cars with a lateral-g.net stamp in the picture all the time, so I wanted to check it out. I love the site, though I don't have the money to afford the types of things most guys put on their cars...they're incredible to see and watch being built though, that's for sure! As is, I don't post much - but I definitely read. :)


Anyways, for the story...my dad is/will probably always be a car-nut. Growing up with rides in his 71 454/4-speed LS5 Corvette, watching him and my brother restore a '68 Corvette...he's a corvette-NUT. He stopped daily-driving the 71 in 2000, and got a new convertible, which he loves. I was raised around cars. He's had plenty of Corvettes in the past, and actually has a barn-full of parts and cars :cool: . He's used E-bay to fund his hobbies, and he's currently building a '61 Corvette with an aftermarket frame(can't remember whose) w/ C4 suspension and a LS1/4L60E.

Anyways, my car is a 1969 Camaro SS, with me adding the RS package since I like the looks far better. We bought it when I was 13, turned out to be a pile - your typical story. Oblivious to metalwork (Dad's used to fiberglass), every panel with any bondo or rust was replaced...leaving us with just a roof and 1 rocker panel :willy: . We originally put it back together with a 350/M22, but it was boring, and got terrible mileage. So, nearly 4 years ago we bought a 98 Z28 wrecked with 42,000 miles, pulled the motor trans, parted the car, and started the swap.


Here's me at 14, taking off the front end for the first time:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...n/MVC-003S.jpg

Here it is with the new front end:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...aroinmid03.jpg

There was 3 inches of bondo in this fender in some spots, and the inner fender was crushed. We just replaced it all :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...o05-10-03D.jpg

Here it is, on wheels for the first time again:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...n/MVC-753S.jpg

Done for the first time. The stripes don't line up with the emblem, I know. It's been that way since we painted it, and I've never found a way to fix it - I need to get a nice set of brushed LS1 emblems.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Picture015.jpg

Here was the donor car:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...p/DSC00088.jpg

Engine bay. Still is missing a few things that I haven't put back on, but at least I'm driving it!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...o/IMG_4617.jpg

Interior. Will be pulling to lay down dynamat hopefully in the coming months, and adding the stereo. I am still trying to fit the speakers into the kick panels, need to put them in and secure it, build the console, and get a shorter shift handle to go with my orange shift knob :yes: . It's a very basic right now, all stock minus the gauges/wheel, but it's got the factory deluxe interior and stock houndstooth seats - would love to get a set of Arizen seats in houndstooth :bow: . Maybe in a year or two :lol:

The gauges and wheel:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...o/IMG_4604.jpg

Finished:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...o/IMG_4616.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...o/IMG_4619.jpg

I lowered the rear 2" and here is how it sits today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Camaro/042.jpg

It took 3 1/2 years to get it back together (car is 35 miles away), but it finally ran again starting July 2008, and I added:

Speartech harness
Aftermarket aluminum radiator/e-fans for LS1
Stainless Works longtube headers
ATS trans x-member and clutch plate
Rick's Stainless tank w/ Warlbro 255 lph
Eaton posi w/ 4.10s
VBP fiberglass leaf springs
Covan's classic dash
Stewart Warner Power series gauges
Ididit powdercoated column with a Budnik wheel/hub

...and other small miscellaneous stuff. I would love to do an aftermarket frame/brakes/4-link, but...I'm a college student. I've got a nice stereo going in w/ a touch-screen DVD/NAV, need to make a center console for it, put on my Modo pedal covers, and then we'll take it one step at a time :P. It's got a little bit of hood and trunk alignment issues too, but they can always be worked out. It's getting dyno-tuned at a shop nearby next week, I'll let ya know how it goes!

Very nice car !!

Jason

Nice car, great story. Welcome aboard!

welcome, nice car.

Nice car and don't worry you have plenty of time to finish the car how you want it.

Adam Welcome to the site Very Nice Ride!:thumbsup:

Welcome, you will fit in great with all of the Mizzou Tiger fans here! J/K.

Nice car too. Most intro show a heap and yours has a good looking car.

yeah, yeah...my dad actually graduated from MU, so we've got a little family rival LOL. My brother graduated from KU, so there'll be two of us to out-number Mom and Dad!

Thanks for the comments, guys, keep 'em going!

-Adam