68 Camaro Project

[TheJDMan]

Hey John,
Nice work! I'm a couple of hours north of you in Fredericksburg. I hear you about the vendor in FL. I ordered a set of Forgelines and a G-link from him and after three months of waiting I finally called Scott at Forgeline only to find my wheels had been setting in his warehouse for several weeks ready to ship. Needless to say I will not deal with that vendor again. While I was waiting on my wheels and G-link to arrive I purchased a DSE subframe and it was delivered 7 days later. I now have the car back on it's wheels again as a roller which makes it much easier to deal with since it can be moved now. If you'er interested I can post a couple of pics but I don't want to hijack your thread. I came very close to going with AME front and rear but there were some features of the DSE that I just liked better. What gear ratio did you settle on for the rear?

[johnnymac46]

Originally Posted by TheJDMan

What gear ratio did you settle on for the rear?

3.73 I'm not set on a tranny yet...I figured that would be the best bet for me...

[Beach Cruiser]

Hey John, Looking good! Let me know if you need a hand anytime. Good seeing again at C&C, again my thoughts are with you on the recent events.

Back to car stuff, If you decide to replace the front sheet metal, let me know I may be interested in "recycling" your existing stuff.

[johnnymac46]

It was good seeing you again as well. Sorry I split so quick I wasnt in a very car mood after I got the news.

As for the fenders Im not sure what I'm going to do yet, Ill let you know which way I go with it. I did just place an order Toe boards to trunk pan. It should be here this week.

I'll be building a car/Jig this week hopefully if I can get some time. Hopefully I'll have the pans in soon. It seems like I've been talking about doing that for a year now(wait I have been).

[johnnymac46]

So I have been tinkering on Paint.... I dont have access to a CAD program( probably overkill anyway). I came up with this fairly simple(for me) design for a Cart. I have seen some plans floating around but wanted to try my own. My main problem is how to account for the rear clip. For now Im going to install the floors and do the rear clip after the trunk is installed. I would like to find a way to attach it to my cart, however I'm not sure there is even a point.

It's paint... dont be too harsh, it may be hard to read.

[johnnymac46]

while throwing some weld through primer on the rails of the AME clip,I heard the growl of a Diesel. Yesterday I recieved a call from a frieght company asking if a Semi could fit in my neighbor hood, I told them most straight trucks have problems. I look out to see a Semi with a 48' trailer squeezing between cars.

we ended up getting him to the house, and got the parts unloaded. all the floors arived in good condition. there is one extra brace on the main floor pan which i'm not sure what that is I'll take some better pics tomorrow. I'm guessing it for a convertible.




you can see the brace infront of the rear seat mount

[waynieZ]

Nice load of parts
I think that brace your talking about with the cage nut is where the sub frame bolts to. My hardtop had it too.