Kevin's 67 Camaro

[Flash68]

Very nice story indeed. Car looks great and that phone pic is better than some people's camera pics these days.

Saw the pic of you and your bro and the farm equipment in the other thread... very cool too.

7500 acres... I'd be happy with .75 acres where I live.

[KPC67]

Originally Posted by compos mentis

That's a nice story about patience and perseverance... like many members' builds on here. Looking forward to seeing it all come together.

Thanks Compos, I have wanted this car since I was 14 so I will not give up on it. It is because of all the other builds on here like mine that kept me motivated.

Originally Posted by Track Junky

Nice work Kevin. Iphone pic looks great.

Thanks Track junky,
Actually it s a blackberry, I expected to get a bit of flack for that pic; to me it looks blurry.
I will probably make the switch to an iphone once this one dies.

Originally Posted by Flash68

Very nice story indeed. Car looks great and that phone pic is better than some people's camera pics these days.

Saw the pic of you and your bro and the farm equipment in the other thread... very cool too.

7500 acres... I'd be happy with .75 acres where I live.

Thanks Flash, About half of the land is rented, and the other half is owned by the bank at the moment, so don't be to jealous.
I have read your build thread, I definitely envy you, being able to use your car, and have fun with it like you appear to be having.

Thanks again for the comments guys.

[Ron in SoCal]

Awesome build Kevin! Move this over to the projects section...

[almcbri]

The car looks great!

That crossmember looks good. It has given me a couple ideas for the one I am working on.

I look forward to seeing more progress

[KPC67]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Awesome build Kevin! Move this over to the projects section...

Will do Ron, as soon as I have an update.

Originally Posted by almcbri

The car looks great!

That crossmember looks good. It has given me a couple ideas for the one I am working on.

I look forward to seeing more progress

If I were to do it again I would build it so the cross bar is on the rear side of the trans mount; I think I could have tucked it up a little more.
Here are a couple more pics for you, again not the best quality.









Thanks for the compliments guys.

[Sonar Chief]

Nice work on the 67, definitely post more pictures when you have some. Thanks for looking at my 67 thread.
Michael

[Chicken Louie]

Nice work Kevin,

Work like your keeps me inspired, I know the feeling.

[KSBRKTRACER]

Really like where you are heading with this. How about some specifics .. Tire and wheel size , backspace, How wide is the rear, etc . Also do you have anymore pics of the tub modifications .....Looking for ideas for my 67 . I am ready to starting hanging sheetmetal on mine and I think I want to mod the outer tubs to get the car down lower. I am putting DSE inner tubs in mine also.

[KPC67]

The rears are 18x12 with 5.375" bs, and the fronts have not been measured yet.
The tire sizes are 335/30/18, and 275/35/18
sorry I don't really have any detailed pics of the tub stretch.
I tried to explain it below but it is kind of hard to follow. (sorry it's late)

First I drew a line on the tub where I wanted to cut it, I made the cut go quite a ways down the tub.



Then I put the 1/4 panel back on and clamped the inner tub to it; then I pulled them out to where I felt the 1/4 would still fit properly(gaining about 3/4"). Then I tacked a brace to the inside of the tub to hold it in place.



When I pulled the 1/4 off again and shaped the lip it looked something like this^^

Next step is filling in the gap with some new 16 gauge metal.

Note during the shaping process I had to cut the structure out and trim it up in order to raise the tub for more clearance.