My 68 Camaro build

[Smitty68]

Originally Posted by Roberts68

Subscribed, great looking 68! Love the color and with the stripes. Did not notice them at first. I like the subtlety.
Thanks for commenting on my thread. Looking forward to more inspiration, thank you for that.

Thanks for all the compliments guys! It's been a while since I've made any updates. Here are a few pics of where I'm at now. Mostly waiting now for parts to come in for assembly of the motor. But I needed to check the fittment of my front fenders after all of the adjustments of the doors and new radiator support. I cut and buffed all of the front clip pieces so I could attach the badging before the inner fenders go on. Got most of the engine bay wiring done waiting for the engine for final length of wires etc..












Here are the first few things to come in on the motor.

[coolwelder62]

Lookin awesome.The paint is perfect.Now

[tubbed69]

Car is turning out very nice,paint looks great

[MX145]

Very nice!!

[captainofiron]

man that paint looks amazing

[Smitty68]

Originally Posted by coolwelder62

Lookin awesome.The paint is perfect.Now

Originally Posted by tubbed69

Car is turning out very nice,paint looks great

Originally Posted by MX145

Very nice!!

Originally Posted by captainofiron

man that paint looks amazing

Thanks guys, that hood was a definite pain in the ass to get the same as the rest of the car texture wise. Taking my time on it paid off using the finer grit discs.

[Smitty68]

Got more pics of the hood. I will post pics of what I used on my paint for some of you that may want to try doing this yourself. You must know if you try this you can and will ruin your paint, so if you try it be carefull! I got some more of the front wiring, relays, and other things buttoned up today as well.






Here are a couple more shots of the hood that I had. Thanks again for the kind words guys!

[Leadfoot1]

Very nice car!!

Did you get the tires yet? What size are you shooting for?

I was looking at your pictures and was wondering, are you running the bttery in the trunk? It looks like it... But i see the long black (ground ?) wire and wasnt sure why its going back to the front (if its what it does?) ??.

Keep posting pics, i love the color too! I usually am not too much of an "out of the box" kind of guy when it comes to paint schemes but i really dig yours!!

You should give us some details on what you use and the steps to get a finish like that!! I have everything to do the job (tools) but have always been afraid to try it out! .... I find it little scary, even if i do every other part of the builds myself lol!!! That one always has be braking!

Cheers!!

Lead.

[John510]

Wow . I love the engine and that paint is

[Smitty68]

Originally Posted by Leadfoot1

Very nice car!!

Did you get the tires yet? What size are you shooting for?

I was looking at your pictures and was wondering, are you running the bttery in the trunk? It looks like it... But i see the long black (ground ?) wire and wasnt sure why its going back to the front (if its what it does?) ??.

Keep posting pics, i love the color too! I usually am not too much of an "out of the box" kind of guy when it comes to paint schemes but i really dig yours!!

You should give us some details on what you use and the steps to get a finish like that!! I have everything to do the job (tools) but have always been afraid to try it out! .... I find it little scary, even if i do every other part of the builds myself lol!!! That one always has be braking!

Cheers!!

Lead.

It has a trunk mount battery kit with remote solenoid back there as well. Most of my steps are similar to some of the other guys here on the site. I use the 3M trizact system of pads. They can be used with a water DA sander or just with a hook-it pad for the sanding discs. I generally start out wet sanding with 2000 and work my way up to 5000 being the finish up stage. The reason for the 5000 is to make the paint come back out from sanding and cuts a lot out of the time of running my buffer. Plus it gives me a chance to really fine tune it where I'm wanting to stay clear of cutting/buffing it too much and screw it up...
I use foam mequiars pads on all of my cars as well.
As far as tires go I'm thinking of going with 225/40's on the front and 275/35's on the back. My wheels are staggered 18's and 19's. Those tire sizes I may or may not go with. Especially on the front.
Thanks for the compliments everyone.