New member with a 69 Camaro BBC swap

[AllSpeedAndy]

Looks like your off to great start.

It's rare to find someone to go threw the education process as you have,
then start on a project(especially for a hobby)....keep us posted on progress.

[XcYZ]

Excellent! Keep us posted.

Welcome aboard.

[Garage Dog 65]

Looks like you found an excellent car to start with - and what a monster it's gonna be with that mean big block in there ! Sweet !!

Welcome !

[BBC69Camaro]

Originally Posted by Garage Dog 65

Looks like you found an excellent car to start with - and what a monster it's gonna be with that mean big block in there ! Sweet !!

Welcome !

Thanks! Yeah I spent about 6 months looking till I found one that was pretty good shape. You can't believe how many rustbuckets people were trying to sell.

[BBC69Camaro]

Big update (been lazy ):

Pulled out the old heater box that was all rusted from the old heater leaking. Wire wheeled it and cleaned it up:


Then threw some Por-15 and their Chassis coat black on it and replaced all the weather stripping, also had to weld on some new bolts as two of them broke taking them off:


Came out really nice I am pleased with it, shouldn't have to worry about it rusting anymore.

[BBC69Camaro]

Striped the front sub-frame of control arms, springs and brakes and removed the front sub-frame and cleaned it up. It also had a spot on the drivers side spring pocket that needed some minor welding so welded that up and then it went to the powder coater (it really needed it):



Beautiful work, they sandblasted it, baked off any remnants and then powder coated it. They even painted the inside of the rails, pretty good for $250.00. Pyramid Powder Coating in Sun Valley.

Painted the firewall with Por-15 and Chassis black, came out pretty good, very durable finish.

Put the front clip back on, mounted the Global West uppers and lowers with QA1 double adjustables, put the AFX spindles on, along with the Touring Classics AFX big brake kit (12.7" rotors) and Hydro-boost unit. Brake lines are from the Right Stuff.

A special thanks to Tyler over at ATS for helping me figure out the front suspension and brake setup! He really knows his stuff and is willing to work with you to make sure you are set.

Put the heater box back on with new heater core and big block outer cover and made a small cover since the new big block outer heater box didn't cover up the small block heater holes.

For comparison here is a before and after shot (you tell me which is which ):

[BBC69Camaro]

Painted the inside fenders of the front clip with Por-15 and Chassis black (pictures didn't come out too good):

Before:


After painting (pic didn't come out too good, but it looks nice):


Redid the hinges and hood lock mechanism in Eastwood's Zinc Phosphate paint. The below picture really doesn't do em justice they all look brand new now (from pretty rusty) :