1969 Speedtech Equipped Pro Touring Camaro

[garickman]

Some underhood work, filling in some holes and the porsche/VW hood latch modifications.

[garickman]

Modified the headlight buckets to accept some JW Speaker LED headlights and still allow the doors to close.

[garickman]

Made a new core support hood latch from scratch. This allows me to mount the external oil cooler and power steering cooler centered in the grill opening. I needed to be able to mount the Porsche/VW hood latch and most importantly, my OCD would not allow me to have a bracket that was offset and not centered in the grill opening.

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Here is some work that went into installing the Porsche/VW hood latch.

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Here is the closeout panel we made to hide everything. This is a drop in removeable panel. There is a lip on the back side which drops down over the stock core support to allow it to sit in place. Once it is in, it really doesn't move at all. However it is held in place with the bolts that hold the billet fender braces. This piece will be body worked and painted the same satin black as the engine bay.

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Here are the rear bumper mods. Pretty much typical of what everyone does now. Modify the brackets and pull it in closer to the body. Cut off the ends and tuck them closer and shave the bolts for a smooth look. Although I can appreciate the amount of work, I am not a big fan of notching the quarter panels with a pocket to bring the sides of the bumper in. I like the classic look so I just contoured them a little better to the body and thinned out the bulky ends a little bit.

[garickman]

I did want to keep the original bumperettes (Pro-Classic), so I modified the the mounting brackets and the angle where the meet the bumper. The originals just sat out too far.



This picture shows the difference after some slight mods. The driver side is now much closer to the body and has been contoured to the shape of the lower panel. The passenger side has not been modified yet.



Here is what it looked like when I was done.