I can honestly say that your genuine criticism and gentle approach couldn't have been done better. Its not easy to take a build like this a which is a obviously my dream car and suggest against certain things.
With that said let me ask you this. It has been communicated to me that with the size of my brakes and the weight of my car that power brakes can be problematic and too much brake. What are your thoughts there?
The door handle thing is a tough one. I know it will suck to get the doors open if the battery dies, or in an emergency. But I just don't like any of the flush mount or fancy cool door handles made compared to none. I am also having a hard time with side mirrors. I need them and want them large enough to be useful but look nice.
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Originally Posted by syborg tt
I love everything about the build and the car and really looking forward to the build.
However, I would like to add what I have learned on the last four builds.
What makes you want to get in your car and drive it are things we all take for granted when we build a hot rod as we are so used to new cars. Heck, I have driven $5,000 cars that I would feel more comfortable jumping in and driving cross country then cars I have built and owned in the past. We tend to overbuild (syborg) our hot rods which take away the #1 thing we need in our hot rods "Reliability". So when I started the 70 in my garage I wanted to make sure I didn't over complicate the build to the point where the car would be a pain in the butt to drive.
Rule's to consider
Does the car start, run (reliabily), ride comfortably, have good interior sound quality and stop like a new car and the thing we all seem to forget about how easy is the car to service. In other words don't hide stuff as when you need to get to it you might not like your fabricator as much.
If even one of these points are missed then you most likely won't want to drive the car.
That being said I see you have manual brake and that's great however they get old quick and in traffic they suck. You have plenty of room on your firewall so my suggestion is to buy the DSE brake booster and install it and I promise you that you will be happy the first day you have to panic stop. I can honestly say the DSE Booster and the kore3 brakes on my car are simply amazing and they stop like any modern car. Well maybe not the Cayman.
Second thing you should reconsider in the removal of the door handles. Trust me it really sucks to have to charge a battery so you can open a door. More importantly if you are ever in an accident you want to make darn sure EMS can get to you quickly. Leave the door handles and buy any one of the wicket handles that are out there for the 1st Gen Camaro and when your out with your wife or girlfriend you will still be able to open the door like a gentleman for her.
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