Project "Battle Wagon"

[65 347]

Wow, your not waisting any time! Nice looking build. Good luck

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 65 347

Wow, your not waisting any time! Nice looking build. Good luck

That's funny right there! Only because... the only reason these cars take so much "time" is because people don't actually WORK ON THEM... they're real easy to take apart... But it takes some real effort to get out there and start putting them back together.

Two things that hold my buddies up from building their "dream cars" or getting them done in a reasonable amount of time (months not years)...

Budget: to buy the required parts

Effort: if they have the parts - to get them installed

CamaroAJ obviously has the budget to go get the parts he needs, and he has the drive/willingness to put in the effort to get the job moving... 'cause they don't build themselves at night while you're sleeping!

[CamaroAJ]

so far i have spent $17,885 on: i hope i don't get flamed for talking about money

speedtech sub frame
2001 camaro SS doner
1969 camaro
full floor, firewall, 2 rockers, trunk floor, frame rails
DSE sub frame connectors, mini tubs
misc. stuff

i am still under budget, i am going to try and keep this under 30k but i think 35k is more realistic.

i have been selling all the stuff off the two cars i don't want/need and i have some stuff from other things i've done that needs sold. between the vette i sold and the other things laying around that i sold i haven't really put any money into the car yet.

[Bowtieracing]

That dash is super cool!!

How close it was? What kind of brackets and how did you install it?

[CamaroAJ]

Originally Posted by Bowtieracing

That dash is super cool!!

How close it was? What kind of brackets and how did you install it?

its dead on. i had to make 7 brackets. i went to lowes and got some 1/4 - 20 all thread nuts and 1/2 long 1/4 - 20 bolts and bolted them to the dash. then i got 1/4 cold rolled rod and cut them to the length i needed, on on each side of the threaded nut and one on the bottom to make a triangle.

for the two lower side mounts i used two more of the all thread nuts and a piece of 1/2" tube and welded the nuts inside the tube. the tube then was cut to length and welded to the "A" pillers where the stock dash was welded to the piller.

the lower center mount i used the stock mount and made a stand to bring it up 2" to hold the dash up in the right spot.

i'll post up better pictures tonight, working on installing the frame rails now before i cut off the back of the car that way i have a referance point to where the stock frame rails went and everything lines up right when i go to install the new rear sheet metal.

[CamaroAJ]

since i'm waiting on the sheet metal for the rear of the car i figured i would go ahead and replace the frame rails while i still have a referance point from the factory frame rails













also fitted the dash filler. it will be trimed more once the windshield is in.



here is a few better pictures of the dash brackets

[waynieZ]

It looks good and solid. Nice work.

[CamaroAJ]

thanks.

i'm going to start to cut the rear sheet metal off the rear of the car tonight and get the trunk floor set in. going to go pick up the body mounts at lunch so i can get the frame on the car to start on the steering column and sub frame connectors.

[CamaroAJ]

haven't worked on the car the last two days due to other things going on so i got a jump on it tonight because all the sheet metal is commin in tomorrow, friday and then the last of it saturday. i started off with test fitting the front sub frame.





then since its trash night i wanted to get rid of the junk metal so it wasn't sitting around here for a week so i rough cut the big stuff out

[brans72]

Nice work but I am still not sold on the dashjust my opinion though.