Beast Mode '69 Camaro

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Man I'm lovin' this build Casey. Work faster, post more please

I with him ^^^^^^

Looking at this build it has track car written all over it I can't wait to see it finished and at the track.

So what color is it going to be painted ?

[tubbed69]

Very impressive build Casey,thats one fine Camaro with alot of nice parts going on it.more pics please?

[SBDave]

Awesome car Casey! I don't remember responding before but notice you mentioned the Australia V8 Super Cars. I work for a performance transaxle company that is the US distributor for the transmissions in those cars. We primarily do transaxles but that unit is very modular for different drivetrain configurations. I'm assuming you were joking about that but if not send me a PM. Keep it up!

Dave

[tones2SS]

[QUOTE=syborg tt;559438]Looking at this build it has track car written all over it I can't wait to see it finished and at the track. /QUOTE]

^^What Marty said. That thing is looking beastly indeed.
That LS7 should be really nice in there. Great numbers on that engine build.

[LS7 Z/28]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Man I'm lovin' this build Casey. Work faster, post more please

Thanks Ron! There should be a lot done in the next 6 months. I'm going to buy a decent camera soon also.

Originally Posted by syborg tt

I with him ^^^^^^

Looking at this build it has track car written all over it I can't wait to see it finished and at the track.

So what color is it going to be painted ?

Thanks Marty, I promise to beat on it. I'm having a hard time making a color choice though... and watching multiple cars get destroyed at a recent Ultimate Street Car event I went to makes me really nervous to give it a quality paint job, but I can't see leaving it in primer...

Originally Posted by tubbed69

Very impressive build Casey,thats one fine Camaro with alot of nice parts going on it.more pics please?

Thanks! I'll get to work on that.
[QUOTE=tones2SS;559533]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

Looking at this build it has track car written all over it I can't wait to see it finished and at the track. /QUOTE]

^^What Marty said. That thing is looking beastly indeed.
That LS7 should be really nice in there. Great numbers on that engine build.

Thank you! I wanted more but I couldn't justify spending what it takes to get reliable Stielow type power. I'm happy with it though.

[LS7 Z/28]

Originally Posted by SBDave

Awesome car Casey! I don't remember responding before but notice you mentioned the Australia V8 Super Cars. I work for a performance transaxle company that is the US distributor for the transmissions in those cars. We primarily do transaxles but that unit is very modular for different drivetrain configurations. I'm assuming you were joking about that but if not send me a PM. Keep it up!

Dave

Thank you Dave! Do you work for Holinger???

[HBRod]

First build I've read with the Schwartz chassis. So am very interested in seeing how this will turn out. Have you decided what you'll do with the deleted rear seat area? Curious as that is something I've been considering doing on my build project once I get started. Also curious how it would handle if you did go to the 17" rims. Sounds like a dray car with that width.
Best of luck on completing it the way you want it to be.

Rod

[SBDave]

Here's the company I work for: http://weddleindustries.com

[LS7 Z/28]

A few more things have been done recently with quite a bit more planned for the next couple of months. The engine and transmission have been mocked up, along with all of the steering components. Gussets were added between the firewall down bars and the chassis for added stiffness. The new dash is in place and the Anvil dash insert is mocked up. I bought a Vintage Air Gen II heater and it has been mocked up as well. The Fesler trunk hinges are on and they are very high quality and fit great. I am very happy with how the cockpit turned out. The position of the seats, steering wheel, pedals and shifter are all right where I want them.
Within the next few weeks I'm planning on taking the car to have custom headers made, also one of the next things my dad and I plan on doing is fabricating a rear spoiler and rear diffuser. After a few more things get fabricated I plan on buying a rotisserie so we can finish all the welding on the car and send it to be media blasted. If all goes well it should be painted before winter and assembly will begin. I have a bunch of parts on back-order from Anvil so that is a big factor in the timing of the bodywork and paint.

[LS7 Z/28]

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