John's 68 Camaro - Lateral-g Forums

suark · #1 04-06-2012, 05:58 AM

Well, I've been watching everyone elses projects here for about 5 years now so I figured it's about time to show everyone mine and thank everyone for all the advise, ideas and inspiration. About 7 years ago I started looking for a first gen and after dragging my trailer all over the midwest looking at potential projects only to find junk at astronomical prices, I got frustrated and quit looking for awhile. Then, one night I jumped on ebay and found this one an hour from home with the auction ending within the hour. It was brought here from California in '76, disassembled, forgotten about and was now for sale. It looked good in the pics but the buy it now was astronomical so I just maintained the high bidder until the end but it didn't meet the reserve. I contacted the seller after the auction ended, arranged an inspection date and after seeing it in person, we agreed on a price and it was mine! Over the next few years we started a family so not much got done except for disassembly and stripping at Restoration Specialists in Milwaukee. I knew it had some work done in the right rear but I was a little suprised after the stripping revealed the body work.

suark · #2 04-06-2012, 06:41 AM

I planned the full DSE treatment, Mast LS7, T56, 9", etc.. I scored NOS quarters and a tail panel for it but just didn't have time to work on it. About a year ago we were short handed at work and I was working 12 hr days 7 days a week for a few months and started thinking, I'm making all this extra cash, maybe I should find someone to do a little work on it for me. I don't like other people working on my stuff, the few times I've had someone do something for me I ended up wishing I would've done it myself, it would have been done almost as fast, it would've been done right and I could've saved some money. I had no idea who to take it to, then I found AutoKraft. I was impressed with the projects they had on their website and gave Kurt a call. I immediately felt comfortable with Kurt and set up a time to drop off the car. They installed the sheetmetal, tubs, quadralink, connectors and a full cage. I couldn't be happier, their work is incredible.