67 Camaro - Dad and Son build - Lateral-g Forums

70rs · #1 08-30-2011, 10:29 AM

Like you said, they look better than most at the local cruise in near me too.
The most common mistakes I see at the local thing is the gaps being inconsistent. There may be 1/8" to 3/16" DIFFERENCE in gaps on the same car. Like they just bolted a panel on an painted it. I looked at a 67 Mustang coupe last saturday that had 1/2" gaps on the pass side and 1/8" on the drivers side. It looked like the pass door was too short.
But they painted it like that anyway.

Juggernaut · #2 08-30-2011, 11:18 AM

Congratulations on the birth of your son!

I'm quite jealous of your project. My dad has never really been into cars and surely didn't pass the love on to me; not until about 1998 did I really get into cars. He helped me out with a few changes to my '90s Caprices but there was no shop (gravel driveway or sloped street only), no array of tools and definitely no money to pull off anything like you're doing here with your dad. Hopefully while mine's still around I will be able to get a project started with him.

Thanks for the updates!

boostin05blacks · #3 08-30-2011, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 70rs

Like you said, they look better than most at the local cruise in near me too.
The most common mistakes I see at the local thing is the gaps being inconsistent. There may be 1/8" to 3/16" DIFFERENCE in gaps on the same car. Like they just bolted a panel on an painted it. I looked at a 67 Mustang coupe last saturday that had 1/2" gaps on the pass side and 1/8" on the drivers side. It looked like the pass door was too short.
But they painted it like that anyway.

Yep. Thats the same with all the cars I see too. My gaps are no where near tight and super clean but they all seem to be consistant. That is all we are aiming for. The car will be drove to and from shows/events and wont see a trailer unless shes really hurt.

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Originally Posted by Juggernaut

Congratulations on the birth of your son!

I'm quite jealous of your project. My dad has never really been into cars and surely didn't pass the love on to me; not until about 1998 did I really get into cars. He helped me out with a few changes to my '90s Caprices but there was no shop (gravel driveway or sloped street only), no array of tools and definitely no money to pull off anything like you're doing here with your dad. Hopefully while mine's still around I will be able to get a project started with him.

Thanks for the updates!

Thanks for takin the time to stop by. Im glad that you enjoyed me and my dads jorney so far, its been a long one. Just looking back now there are times I see me and him working on it and it makes me smile. Its not about the car so much as the times hanging with him that mean a lot to me.

boostin05blacks · #4 09-12-2011, 08:03 AM

Ok so since the birth of my son I relized that the car will be taking somewhat of a back seat for awhile as I get life back in order. I am by no means stoping my project. I have acepted a slower pace is all. With that being said I relized that the car would not be painted any time soon and small surface rust was starting. I talked to Timmy and he said we should just epoxy primer the whole car so it will be protected. So thats what we did this weekend. Overall pretty easy and I know its not really a step forward but its really nice and is a great motivation to see the car in one color, plus is shows any small dents we missed and really shows the gaps pretty well. There is still some small gap work to be done but overall they are pretty close.

After we primed the whole car I looked at him it was around 1:30, the kid was sleeping and I wanted to get as much done as possible. I said you wanna put the fender extensions on and see if we can get the fender wells to fit...he agreed and we tackled that stuff next... onto the pictures.

Getting ready.. Before..

Starting..

Drying..

After..

In other news I bought a set of barely used steering set up(tierods, center link, pitman arm, idle arm), steeing box 12.7 :1 w/ all lines, and steering colum w/ rag joint for 200. I though it was a really good deal and all the stuff has less than 500 miles on it. Ill be getting that stuff today so that will be soon.

boostin05blacks · #5 09-25-2011, 02:46 PM

Got to the car for a few hours this weekend when the boy was sleeping. I bought a oem standard grill, all aluminum trim, lights, turn signals w/ trim and lower valance for 150 which I thought it was a really good deal. It needs to be cleaned up still and im still looking into how I can remove some dents in the trim but the headlight trim and lower trim are in really nice shape. Better than drive quality I would say. I don't ever do any before pictures so I though it would be nice to have some so I can see how much better it looks once restored.

In other news I did a dry fit on the steering stuff I bought. I'm missing some bolts and am still trying to track down the correct sizes/threads ect..if any one has any of this info and would like to share where to get this stuff/correct size I would be thankful. I need the slotted nut that connects the center link to the pitman arm (I think its a 1/2-20 slotted nut) and I need the bolt and nut that connects the rag joint to the steering box (I think its 3/8 bolt about 1.5" in length) Onto the pictures..

Steering

boostin05blacks · #6 10-10-2011, 08:38 AM

Well I pulled the trigger and my wheels have showed up and some on my transmission money is now gone but..well spent if you ask me...onto the carporn..

Big thanks to Mr. Rupp for the great deal and the fast shipping. It was my pleasure.

teaser....

Its crazy that the front wheels is wider than my old rears...haha
Now I need tires and to choose which option is better...

1)The front subframe has to be worked and I need new upper and lower control arms...
2)Rebarrel the fronts to 8.5 or 8 so they fit...

orangevert · #7 10-10-2011, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by boostin05blacks

Got to the car for a few hours this weekend when the boy was sleeping. I bought a oem standard grill, all aluminum trim, lights, turn signals w/ trim and lower valance for 150 which I thought it was a really good deal. It needs to be cleaned up still and im still looking into how I can remove some dents in the trim but the headlight trim and lower trim are in really nice shape. Better than drive quality I would say. I don't ever do any before pictures so I though it would be nice to have some so I can see how much better it looks once restored.

In other news I did a dry fit on the steering stuff I bought. I'm missing some bolts and am still trying to track down the correct sizes/threads ect..if any one has any of this info and would like to share where to get this stuff/correct size I would be thankful. I need the slotted nut that connects the center link to the pitman arm (I think its a 1/2-20 slotted nut) and I need the bolt and nut that connects the rag joint to the steering box (I think its 3/8 bolt about 1.5" in length) Onto the pictures..

Steering

I just so happened to take all the stuff off this week. Send me you address and I ship it out. I just sold some cat tracs so I will be shipping stuff this week...Kirk

boostin05blacks · #8 01-09-2012, 08:07 AM

Ok so its been a bit of time. Ive lost a lot of my free time due to my son, the holidays..But im ok with that. Im sure you all know how that goes. I do what I can when I can. With that being said I did get some wonder gifts for x-mass this year. My wife and parents always treat me well. My wife got me the the fast fuel rails and my parents gave me money for my tires..still looking for them atm.. I want 335/30/18 for the rear and something like 225-245/40/18 for the front. Just waiting to find a set that matches all the way around or a good deal to pop up. In other news I treated myself to a x-mass gift and bought a nick williams 102mm tb.. all polished also. I pulled the rear as I need to have it narrowed to fit the 18x12. Just need to buy the rear tires first to get a good measurment before decide how much needs to come off. The best price so far for the narrowing is 300 and the guy is going to cut the old perchs off and weld on the ridetech ones.

I also had timmy take the lower valance, grill trim and lower carbon spoiler and clean them up.. He did an awesome job again and Im a very picky person. He took all the dents out of it, welded the holes shut, straigthened the lower valance, primed it and assembled it all. He also cleaned up the trim and game it a brushed look. Im not sure what im doing with it yet, either keeping the brushed look or going to have it painted a satin black with a small edge polished through. Time will tell. Since he did such a nice job I gave him the rest of the window trim and tail lights to work on..Im sure ill be amazed again.. ok enough talk onto the pictures..

Rear all pulled apart.

Polished goodness.

Timmy's magic..

Im almost wrapped up with the motor at this point..just need a few more items(injectors, headers,wiring) and it is done..then transmission time...Hey frank want to give me a killer deal/sponsor so I can drive this thing in this lifetime..?? haha..