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68RS350 07-07-2009 07:17 PM

My 1968 Camaro - C5 Sus, Drive & Turbos
 
I have been lurking and working on this project for awhile. I finally have made enough progress to share some pictures. I started with a rusty shell and have replaced some sheetmetal. I have also chosen to build a full tube chassis with C5 components. I have lengthened the torque tube 6" from a stock C5. Also have 6.0L out of a 2000 Chevy pick up truck. Recently I have been working with Matt and Steve at Art Morrison to build a front subframe for my car. I just received it today and got it roughly mocked up in place on the car. I couldnt wait to see the suspension on so I decided to put it on. Here are the pics!! Enjoy!!

almcbri 07-07-2009 07:21 PM

welcome to :lateral: .
Sounds like a cool car.

links are not working. you may try insert image or insert link. a lot of guys you photobucket, or you can load some pictures from your computer.

68RS350 07-07-2009 07:38 PM

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68RS350 07-07-2009 07:40 PM

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68RS350 07-07-2009 07:48 PM

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ElkyZO6 07-07-2009 07:52 PM

That is one nice looking subframe. Please keep us updated:thumbsup:

Al Moreno 07-07-2009 07:55 PM

Very nice :thumbsup:

68RS350 07-08-2009 04:41 AM

Here the process I used to lengthen the torque tube. First I made a jig to time the bellhousings.
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...Picture044.jpg

Then I cut the ends off with a plasma and mounted them on our Bridgeport and milled the welds till the rest of the tube came out. If you look at the third picture you can start to see that we were getting close to milling off the weld.
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68RS350 07-08-2009 04:43 AM

Then once I had the ends milled it was time to bolt the bellhousing ends to the jigs and put the new longer tube in. After the tube was inserted I welded the bottom the jig together with 1.5"x1.5" sqaure tubing so I could transport it and take it to the weld shop. The ends are parrallel within 1/16".

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...Picture063.jpg

Rybar 07-08-2009 12:04 PM

Nice work, and really cool project :thumbsup:


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