Project "Jane Doe" 69 Camaro at Best of Show Coachworks

[Gandalf]

You can see the ports in the top part of the tank more clearly in this shot. These parts all headed to be hard annodized (black). You can also see where Jeff @ Precision Metal Crafters closed out the extra port on the lower tank for me.

[Gandalf]

Not long after the move - Jon @ DriverzInc delivered my new Fikse wheels....



We were united in thinking it totally transformed the look of the car. Fikse Profil 5s in 18", Technipolish centers with polished hoops. 9.5" up front and 12" in the rear. Thanks to Jon for his patience - he walked me through every step of the process including measuring and changing finish a few times lol - thanks Jon - you're a rock star!

[Gandalf]

So having moved-in, that's where the fun really began. With the dry sump tank situated and all the parts away being hard anodized, I decided to get busy again on the wiring. That lasted all of half a day before I got fed up with how things were fitting. I had elected to run my engine harness through the tunnel since one of my main goals was to keep as much plumbing and wiring hidden from view. It seemed I was working "up-hill" trying to make each leg of the SpearTech harness reach and also having to run some really tight corners. The driveline angle built-into the Art Morrison clip is about 4deg so raising the trans tunnel and creating a slightly larger opeingin in the firewall for the trans would give me some more options.

So reluctantly, we pulled the front-end including the engine and trans again.

To be clear - this was not the fault of the harness - John @ SpearTech had designed the harness exactly as requested and it came out great. Similarly there was nothing wrong with the Art Morrison setup, I had just elected to run less of an angle, closer to 2deg. Since we could not drop the front of the engine lower due to the dry-sump pan clearance at the rack, we will raise the trans. With the earlier move to the AM engine mounts, that extra 1/16" thickness helped with some issues (like exhaust and pan clearance) but showed up in other areas like the engine-to-firewall / tunnel area. Not a big deal if you are running a stock firewall but in our case, too much work had gone into this to not stop and get it fixed now.

Eric is the newest addition to the BOS team and is a fantastic fabricator. We had Eric cut out and create a new trans tunnel with more clearnace for everything.
Here's Eric doing his thang....



The real joy - doing all this on an already painted car...ugh! Jesus refinished and sprayed the firewall and once out of the booth we re-undercoated the tunnel with Wurth StoneGuard.



Prior to reassembly we took the opportunity to locate and mount our 4-port a/c bulkhead, ready for the Vintage Air and Jesus & i took care of the shifter cutout and mounting. With the engine and trans back in, we were finally getting set to go forward again!

[Gandalf]

Long story but my original ATI underdrive balancer for the LS7 finally arrived back from ATI so we were able to swap that onto the engine in place of the standard ATI balancer. The main difference was not as much the underdrive ability but the offset difference allowing me to run FBody accressories and not the YBody/Corvette setup. Again, looking to keep the engine bay reasonably tidy and therefore the a/c and alt down low in the frame - not up high like standard Corvette accessories. I taped that ATI puppy up REAL quick because in the 12mths the other balancer had been mounted, it had started to turn a nice shade of dark purple(!) Not sure the tape will help but it cannot hurt.



My new coil-relocation kit from Jason @ Katech showed-up so I mounted those on the Katech valve covers I already had. I wanted to start nailing-down my final "look" for powdercoating the valve-covers so I gave them a quick squirt with the gloss black rattle-can to check the look. Didn't come out too bad. I'm not 100% on it yet but I have time before my next powdercoating order so I'll sit with it while the remainder of the engine compartment comes together.

Also Greg @ Meziere repositioned the connectors on my electric water pump so I could have one less connector in plain view, enabling me to hide it within the harness. Meziere just happens to be a couple blocks from BOS and Greg has a VERY nice '69 Camaro PaceCar Convertible - he happens to be a helluva nice guy and a car guy like you would expect. Thanks again Greg!

[coolwelder62]

Awesome.The camaro is really taking shape.Going to be outstanding.

[Richio1]

Yeah looks sweet. Is the color a dark blue or black with a blue tint or pearl to it? Looking forward to seeing more updates on your progress. BOS does some awesome work.

[KPC67]

Great car Gregg, I secretively followed this one over on PT.com. I envy you.
What are the specs on your front wheels? i gathered they are 9.5", what about bs?

[Ron in SoCal]

You guys should see this car in person. I literally cannot stop staring at it. Also, props to Gregg for all the assistance and brainstorming. We have a 'few' of the same parts (and bad habits like fabbing on a painted car ) so we get to bounce ideas off each other.

Great car Gregg!

[tones2SS]

Wow, great car Gregg. That is a seriously nice build. Love the paint and wheel choice. Great work from the boys at Best Of Show.

[67ragtp]

Gregg,

The car is outstanding, great job!!

Keep the pics coming- Rich