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[zbugger]

I think running the one piece rear spoiler is a great idea Scott. But David, just primer it and leave it be. That's the beauty of a sleeper. It looks cheap, but kills what goes after it. Now, being that it's running all this power, are you gonna stiffen up that chassis any? I've seen 2nd gens twisted with a ton less power. That's not any fun at all.

[TOM NELSON]

You No My Vote B/b Ha Ha

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by Freiburger

The car is a '73 Camaro, and is not Pro Touring or G-Machine or whatever. Just a plain, truly drivable, legit street car and somewhat of a sleeper. We were going to go with a pure vintage Trans Am look (like, SCCA Trans Am, not Pontiac), but it was important to Nelson that it run 8s in the quarter, and a handling setup with a six-speed wasn't gonna do that well.

So, the look is stock. No cowl hood, no deck spoiler, no air dam, no stripes, and not even an RS package. It'll probably have steel wheels and column shift and stock seats. It will have power steering and brakes but no air. Trans likely a TH400 with a Gear Vendors, or perhaps a 4l80E. Dana 60 rear with 3.54:1. The suspension will be mostly stock and streetable--neither full-on handling nor full-on drag. Minitub with leaf and Caltracs bars, near-stock front end with swaybar, four-wheel discs that fit behind 15s.

Biggest problem is color. Tell me what to do! Options so far:
- Stock Rally Green with black interior
- Black with black interior
- Black with red interior
- Silver with red interior
- Hugger orange with black interior

Ideas?

DF

Great to see you posting David! This about the only spot on Earth where I could edit your writing rather than the other way around.. lol

I vote for Rally Green. Black sucks to take care of and with no AC just soaks up the heat from the sun. Silver is nice but it's so darn common and the same is true of Hugger. You just don't see that many done in Rally Green and it's such a nice looking yet low-key color.

Ralley Green = Sleeper

I can't say the same about the other colors.

Again, welcome to the site

<--- Steven from Popular Hot Rodding

[flynbyu82]

Can you tell us anymore details or are those classified

I would love to know what specifics on the turbos and the build up of the engine

Either way that engine looks insanly nice

[TOM NELSON]

Imagine It This Color But Just Like You Said Dave Without Cowl,rs,etc..scott Did This Paint Job.

[XcYZ]

That car looks bad ass. Get some updated wheels on it and it would be perfect.

[Payton King]

Hard to say from my end on the color. No air makes me think something very light as in a non-tinted white and put a red interior. I can only imagine the heat off of that motor. I would think the rear spoiler like in the above photo would be needed for the small amount of down force on a car that fast...front one too. Those cars get pretty light above 120 mph.

An idea that I like from 21st Century Street Machines is incorporate the roll cage as part of the structure so you cannot see it...since you are going for the sleeper look. IE. run the halo bar as close to the roof as you can. The bars that come down the windshield pilar, weld a filler plate from the bar to the pilar.

Scott if you are reading this post up a pic of Conrad's 69 with this done.

[XcYZ]

Originally Posted by Payton King

...since you are going for the sleeper look. IE. run the halo bar as close to the roof as you can. The bars that come down the windshield pilar, weld a filler plate from the bar to the pilar. Scott if you are reading this post up a pic of Conrad's 69 with this done.

Here you go, Payton:

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by Freiburger

The car is a '73 Camaro, and is not Pro Touring or G-Machine or whatever. Just a plain, truly drivable, legit street car and somewhat of a sleeper.

Biggest problem is color. Tell me what to do! Options so far:
- Stock Rally Green with black interior

Ideas?

DF

If your goal is to truly make a street sleeper then you should stick with that theme throughout the entire build. If you go black or some other color people will assume that it is a modified car.

If you keep the stock Rally Green then people may and will assume it's a survivor car and not a modified car. If your not sure that you want to keep the Rally Green theme then tint the Green a little Darker to make it look just a little different and make people wonder.

So if you goal is not to stand out in a crowd then stick to your guns and keep it stealth.

[Speedster]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

Here you go, Payton:

Scott -
Thanks for the pic of this rollcage installation.
I ripped my old one out (an 8 point steel bar) and replacing it with a 10 point chrome moly cage and this is exactly the way I wanted to fit it, so thanks. If you have a couple of other shots, please tell me where and I will snag them for the chassis shop. Thanks again.