1969 Speedtech Equipped Pro Touring Camaro

[garickman]

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.

[garickman]

In an earlier post I mentioned I am trying to keep the interior very close to classic with a few modern touches like adding the Holley 12.3 Pro Dash. I also wanted the two center A/C ducts to appear similiar to original but I can't stand the poor fitment into the dash pad. I fabricated a steel pocket and welded it to the dash. I used some stamped recessed panels from Holohans Hot Rods to install the Vintage Air rectangle vents. I cut the crap out of DSE steel dash insert and modified it to my liking. Some custom CNC and carbon fiber work and I now had a matching bezel for my Holley dash and the passenger side dash plaque and grab handle.

[garickman]

Since the dash had been modified, I needed a custom dash pad. Again trying to keep with somewhat of a classic look. We hand fabricated a dash pad base out of steel and made it attach the exact same as the original pad. Then we made a giant mess with some expanding foam and started to carve out something close to original.

[garickman]

I sent the newly fabricated dash pad to Tony Stitches in Washington and this is what he sent me back.













He also covered my Shop LLC kick panels.

[garickman]

Rear seate delete. This will house the battery, amps and some other electronic goodies. I raised the floor and the sides of the tunnel to help tuck the 3 inch exhaust and Borla mufflers. I made the muffler pockets extra tall so I can also add some heat sheilds to the mufflers as well. Help keep heat out of the electronics area. That piece in the center with over 100 small bow ties cut into is the speaker grill for the 10 inch subwoofer. 1/8 thick aluminum that was laser cut. There is matching laser cut grilles for the speakers in the package tray also. The bow ties are even smaller.

[garickman]

DSE spring pocket reinforcements.

[garickman]

Aerial view of the rear package tray. The ill fitment of the laser cut speaker grill has already been addressed.

[214Chevy]

Greg, you've been holding out on us, I see. Nonetheless, thanks for all of the great pics. At the behest of my builder, I just brought my rear bumper in closer to the body as well and didn't notch or cut into the quarter panel...he made a good call and I love the look. Keep the updates coming.

[garickman]

Random trunk pics. This a CNC machined billet fuel tank access panel. It came for Billy Utley at B&B Classics.









The rectangle plates are reinforcement plates for the crossmember of the Speedtech torque arm.



We later welded the roll cage to the Speedtech reinforcement plates.





And a few more shots