New to forum but wanted to share my project I am starting a 1968 firebird. I have a rendering I'm following and have the car already, my late model front and rear bucket seats from a Gto, my 9 inch rear axel, and all my sheet metal on the way, still looking for passenger side front fender louver. Here's the car as it sits and the car it will look like! Hope u guys like it. I also am needing to find the side mirrors like in pic, as well as the front grille if its even made, if not ill be doing it. Oh ya I'm doing a 525 ls3 motor with 6 speed.
Last edited by chauffeur1st; 11-09-2013 at 08:18 PM.
Im going with Detroit in the rear and prolly their front as well minus the frame, so the one that utilizes the stok frame rails. Going to be painting gloss black and clear over it too on all frame. Im smoothing out front fire wall too. Oh ya doing tubes from detroit for rear too. Prolly going 19 inch in rear and 18 front not sure width yet though. Looked for cars for awhile,I wanted this type of car clean title and no one has gone into it yet and re metaled or hid crap. Im the first and last one in, feel better building this type of car from ground up want it solid especially with the power putting into it. I have bout 4000 dollar of sheet metal getting picked up this week, thanks to my dad doing the drive to pick up. So your right alot alot of new metal. Already sent him on 6 hour road trip to pick up my front and rear bucket late model gto seats I am looking foward to this project. Something ill be building forself.
Funny thing is the car picks I posted are actually cleaned up. It had two ancient spare donuts flat on rear and the front were ancient flat snow tires on white steel rusted wheels car wouldnt roll had to work on drums for awhile too get moveable. Had half door frame full of dirt also had to airchisle the doorskins offcause somehad had put door cylinoids in and shaved door handles like in 1990. Im happy its mine though now.
I had a 1967 Camaro, and I never understood why the 1969 had the "gills" in front of the rear tires. If the paint wasn't already done when I bought my car I'd shave the drip rails, and door hardware, or at least install flush handles.
Any thought of putting a full frame under the car? Roadster shop, Art Morrison and Swartz Performance make full frames?
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DETONATOR - 69 Camaro RS
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Well I have looked at them all. Im trying to keep price down a bit, I've been in cars with both ways and ill be happy with either way I go. I decieded on ls3 525 hp recently which added cost. I wish I had unlimited resources only reason I can be do this all is cause ill do the whole car and labor cept the interior upholstery. Im going to keep the gills and factory type handles and adding the louver on front fender, but willbe doing modern mirrorslike in rendering. Old school with some new school.
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I am looking foward to this project. Something ill be building forself.
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