69 Camaro- The Family Car

[pw2006]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Coming along nicely Rob! I like those CAC downbars...

Thanks Ron- Your project is as well! I agree with you, that last 10% takes forever. On the 63, I kept thinking we were 2-4 weeks from being complete for the last 6 months. At work, I like to say "that" should only be a cup of coffee and an afternoon to finish. But with a zillion little things to do on these cars, I guess it is a lot of coffee and a whole lot of afternoons.

Originally Posted by michaelh440

It sucks that you're having to rebuild it, but now at least you know that it will be right. Looking good so far!

Thanks Michael! It takes a lot of willpower to keep from going crazy with this build. Part of the reason I called it the Family Car was to keep me in check. Cool, fun and trouble free... well that's what I keep telling myself.

Originally Posted by 70Nova

It has come a long way form the rust bucket.

What are the dimensions/offset on the front wheels?
Thx,
Jon

Hi Jon- The front wheels are 18x8 with 4.75" offset. The tires are 245/40/18s. As far as the progress, besides at the beginning, it was nothing a lot of time and couldn't cure.

[pw2006]

Originally Posted by Jay Hilliard

Looking awesome. I feel for you having to redo the car, but now you know for sure what you have.

Thanks Jay! No kidding, since we stripped it down to bare metal and replaced nearly every panel, we now have a very solid foundation for a fun hotrod. I still need to make some decisions on the interior. I have a good idea of what I will be doing, but still need to nail down my dash/gauges and what materials and colors to use.

[pw2006]

The project is making some progress, so I thought I would post a few pics.

On a positive note, the hood was in perfect shape with no rust!


We have the cold air kit welded up and fitting nicely:


The test fitting process is coming together:


It looks like a car again!


Prodigy Customs never sent the rear coil overs and hasn't responded for the last 4 months. So I am working on Plan B... do you think this will be too stiff?



Not sure at this point if I am going to just buy another set of QA1s in the rear to match the fronts, or if I will sell the front shocks (Qa1s) and springs (Hotchkis) and go with JRI or Ridetech coil overs all around. Oh well, at this stage I still have some time to decide.

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by pw2006

Prodigy Customs never sent the rear coil overs and hasn't responded for the last 4 months. So I am working on Plan B... do you think this will be too stiff?



Not sure at this point if I am going to just buy another set of QA1s in the rear to match the fronts, or if I will sell the front shocks (Qa1s) and springs (Hotchkis) and go with JRI or Ridetech coil overs all around. Oh well, at this stage I still have some time to decide.

Yeeaahhhhhh...I think those might be just a tad too stiff. Sorry to hear about you Prodigy issue. I see he is still f*@king people out of their money after all this time, huh? Just order you a new set and move on with your build. Car is looking great by the way. Keep up the good work.