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STZ 1968 Camaro True Passion
This is a pretty cool story. A story of True Passion.
The owner of this '68 bought the car when he was 12 years old in 1994. Yes 12 years old! Think about what you were doing when you were 12. I sure as hell wasn't buying cars yet. Rob saved every penny from a paper route, odd jobs, and scrapping aluminum. It was going to be the perfect father/ son project. Grinding, sanding, painting.... Bonding. Rob and his dad, Scott got right to work tearing it down to bare bones. Over the next few years, they slowly, steadily made progress as time and money allowed. The budget of the average 12-15 year old kid is pretty moderate, but he put the little bit he had into buying parts and materials to complete the well laid-out plan of a complete budget friendly restoration. That along with the parts that trickled in from birthdays and Christmas presents, Rob and Scott were able to get a good jump on the project. Sandblasted,primed and painted the subframe and all the suspension components. Stripped and undercoated the underside. Replaced the subframe mounts. Replaced all bushings, ball joints, and tie rods. Replaced leaf springs. Blasted and painted the stock rearend. Started replacing the quarters. Etc..... Well, high school studies, college, serving a church mission, and eventually beginning his profession as a CPA, moving half way across the country and getting married, all got in the way of completing the "camaro of his dreams". Life forced him to put it on hold, as it does for many of us. The difference between Rob and a lot of us is that he NEVER gave up on his first car. Dispite many people pushing him to "just get rid of the damned thing", he couldnt do it. He had True Passion for this car. Fast forward about 16 years from the purchase date, Rob has now owned the car for more years than he hasn't. Kinda funny.:lol: Realizing he probably wont be able to finish it on his own, he called us to see if we could help. His original plan (1994), was going to be a simple restoration-type build. Mostly stock with some 15" Torque Thrusts. After a few conversations to find some direction, we decided on a resto-mod with very few body mods, simple body and paint job, entry-level front disc brake kit, stockish interior, 17" Rocket wheels. Just a solid, clean, fun car. Then..... We took him to SEMA. Needless to say, plans changed again. For the better. It's not going to compete with a lot of the builds on here due to budget, but should still be pretty nice nonetheless. Here's the rendering I came up with. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...aro/rend04.jpg 18x8 and 19x10 Raceline Static wheels that we decided on will be here next week. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18.../rl-static.jpg |
WOW that story stikes very close to my heart. I bought my 68 when I was 15. I was lucky enough to drive it through high school 6cyl 3 speed on the floor. Then I had the dreams of tearing it apart and building it the way i wanted. THEN life happend, finding a job getting married buying a house and 2 kids later i am now 31. Still not ready to work on it seriously but have been picking away here and there. Looking forward to watching this build
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i'm glad i'm not the only crazy one on here. i bought my 69 z when i was 15 47now it's not a car anymore it's family lol
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Looks like a cool build! Rendering and wheels look great! :thumbsup:
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So, like I said, we originally planed on a really mild build, basically just pick up where he left off. Stock body, stock color, lowered stock suspension, 15" Torque Thrusts, etc... You know the look.
After taking him to SEMA this year, he caught the "bug". New plan... Chassis: -DSE Minitubs -DSE Quadralink -Ford 9 -BellTech spindles -BellTech front drop springs -BellTech Swaybar -BellTech front shocks -Tube upper/lower arms -18 & 19" Raceline Static wheels -Wilwood brakes Body/ paint: Basiclly stock as far as mods go. -Tucked bumpers -Custom front valance -Modified tail/ rollpan for exhaust -Panel fitment/ gaps Motor: To fit with Robs budget, we're building a 350/350 combo. No fancy LS stuff on this one. -Stainless headers -Stainless custom exhaust Interior/ Audio: -Stock/mod interior -Custom Sony/ JL audio system So.... Here she is. Pulled her out of the hole she was living in for the last 15 years. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...o/IMG_7065.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...o/IMG_7070.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...o/IMG_7075.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...o/IMG_7085.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...aro/0RB008.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...aro/0RB009.jpg In the shop http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...aro/0RB024.jpg Out with the old http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...aro/0RB027.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...aro/0RB025.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...aro/0RB026.jpg |
good start i'm thinking about the raceline wheels for my 69ss are they good to work with
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