1968 Camaro Build - Third time's the charm

[CMillwheels]

Hi everyone - I've spent quite a bit of time over the years following the awesome build threads on Lateral-G. Now, I can hopefully contribute a little bit. I'm a rookie build thread writer so please bear with me!

I've owned this 1968 Camaro for 27 years. When I first bought it, we did a very low budget build to get it on the road. Drove it like that for 10 years, and then had finally saved enough money to repair all of the rust and do proper body work. Well, the car had way more rust than anticipated and I spent considerably more to get there body back in shape than I had wanted to spend, but I wanted it done right. Unfortunately, that meant that I had to make sacrifices on the performance side of things.

Finally, after it looking pretty for 17 years but not really being that fun to drive I get to Step up the performance a bit!!

I've decided to completly rework the suspension and drivetrain as follows:

complete Speed tech Extreme sub frame kit
Speed tech Torque arm rear suspension
Full floating 9" rear axle
GM performance parts LT4 crate motor
T56 manual transmission
Stainless steel headers for LT4
Stainless steel Ricks vapor works fuel tank
DSE mini tubs and speed tech fiberglass inner wells in front.
Forge line RBC3 wheels
Vintage air HVAC system
PRC radiator
Stop tech 6 piston 14" rotors all around
Ron Sutton valved coil overs with Draco springs

Here's how she started the day


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By this evening I had the interior out and all the fluids drained.

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My plan is to get everything dismantled this week before having to head back to work next week. Tons of parts are showing up to the house daily, and the engine/transmission is being delivered Thursday!

Roger and Ben over at Speedtech have been super helpful and great to work with while I was trying to figure out the direction to take this build. I'll be taking a road trip to their shop in Utah in the coming weeks to pick up the chassis.

And Ben will be drawing a rendering in the coming weeks so I can show you guys the vision for the car.

The Speedtech guys have been keeping my UPS guy super busy...

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I'm going to need a lot of luck and help from my friends to get this car back on the road. Hope you guys enjoy!

Chris