FINALLY introducing myself...

[AALynch]

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 . 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 . 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:



Here it is with the new front end:


There was 3 inches of bondo in this fender in some spots, and the inner fender was crushed. We just replaced it all :


Here it is, on wheels for the first time again:


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.



Here was the donor car:


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