1969 Camaro Build Thread

[JsTA]

Originally Posted by lsuguy

I have also been working with Orme Brothers. They are going to send me all of the AN fittings I need to do the car, let me mock up the hoses with cheap rubber hose and send back to them. They will then be doing all of them in Brown & Millers new crimped black hose and fittings. I have even worked with them on doing some custom colors on the crimp collar, so still working on that....

Is this a service they offer for everyone or do you have an inside "connection" for it?

I plan to run new PTFE lines in my car next year and I am not comfortable enough to do it myself. Don't feel like chancing a fire lol

[Josh@Ridetech]

Beautiful work man, I'm glad to see our shocks on there. Let me know if I can help out with anything!

[lsuguy]

Originally Posted by JsTA

Is this a service they offer for everyone or do you have an inside "connection" for it?

I plan to run new PTFE lines in my car next year and I am not comfortable enough to do it myself. Don't feel like chancing a fire lol

They will offer it to anyone. Call and talk to Joel @ Orme Brothers and he will get you going.

[lsuguy]

Hey guys. Sorry I have been slow on the updates. I am making steady progress but its slow, tedious work like wiring, plumbing etc that I think we all know takes longer than we want. I do have a few pictures below so enjoy!

I landed and mounted the overflow tank and power steering reservoir so I can start working on getting these plumbed up.



Its not visible in the pictures but I had to have some custom brackets machined to mount this like I wanted. Luckily I found a free lance guy that did it for next to nothing and they came out great. Its going to be a tight squeeze in this corner with the intake tubing but If I have everything measured correctly, it should fit



I also sent my EZ clip system fittings out to be polished since these are the two that you see coming off the compressor



Due to me being somewhat OCD on this car the wiring has been especially challenging. There are no butt splices or quick disconnects anywhere in the car. I have exclusively used Metri-Pack connectors throughout the car and each connection is labeled under clear heat shrink. I also did away with the factory routing. The main AAW fuse panel will be located in the same location but the engine side will be welded smooth. Everything is routed through the kick panel and hidden in the fenders.



Speaking of kickpanels I modified the speaker enclosure to house a small distribution panel for power into the car. I wanted to eliminate the fuisble links that would end up being on the on cabin side.






I did complete the hard lined section of fuel line which you will see in the pictures below. I also measured up and got the mocked up hoses for the remaining AN hoses needed to complete the fuel system sent out to Orme Brothers. They are making crimped hose assemblies for me using Brown Miller fittings/hose.







And last but not least my Headers did finally show up but we are having some issues getting them to fit. They look great but I am looking forward to getting the final form installed so I can move ahead.



Thats it for now! I am working through more and more of the small details and will try to post pictures as I go.

[waynieZ]

Nice work, it looks great! Where are you running the fuel line up to the fuel rails? The car is looking nice.

[Spiffav8]

And that's the reason I am subscribed to this thread!

[Mikael A]

Very cool!!! Your attention to all the small details are awesome.

[lsuguy]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Nice work, it looks great! Where are you running the fuel line up to the fuel rails? The car is looking nice.

Thanks Wayne. I ran the hard line up to the firewall and will be using AN hose from there to the passenger side fuel rail.

Originally Posted by Spiffav8

And that's the reason I am subscribed to this thread!

Thanks. I need to do better on updates but I always forget to take pictures lol

Originally Posted by Mikael A

Very cool!!! Your attention to all the small details are awesome.

[Jimbo1367]

AMAZING build. Amazing. I see alot of these in your future. LOL

[lsuguy]

Another quick update.

I got the fuel tank bolted up. Now I can measure the AN lines from the previous shots of the hard lines. Once that is done the fuel circuit is ready to go.



Finished up the 3/16 tubing for the brake lines to the rear. I have a tee fitting that I will be welding to the rear axle. Once I have that bolted up I will be able to measure the flex line from the tubing to the axle housing.



I had a couple of pinch points on the 3/16 that I didn't like around the front trailing arm brackets. I found some 3/16 ID Neoprene hose with an OD of 3/8 and slid that around the problem areas. I then finished it off with Techflex's fabric heat shrink. Overall this should eliminate the metal to metal contact.



I know you guys have heard me mention that I am hiding all of the wires. This is the distribution point on the firewall. I have tested it and I can reach the circuit breakers with the Hood and fender on. These shouldn't trip unless there are major issues anyway. It's hard to tell but MP circuit breakers have an option to add a clear acrylic backer with a red LED lamp. If one of the circuit breaker's trips I will visibly be able to see the LED without standing on my head.

The 80 Amp circuit breaker will feed a Bussman RTMR for my fan/head light relay center. The 100 amp feeds the kickpanel fuse box you have seen in previous photos.



I also got around to tacking in the weld nuts on the cabin side of the firewall. This will allow me to weld the area and bolt holes smooth where the factory fuse panel used to reside.



Thats it. Hoping for some time off soon where I can make more headway...