68 Camaro update:

[almcbri]

Here is my 68 Camaro progress thread. I bought this car when I 17 in 2002 and have been slowly making a little progress on her, but it should be finished one of these days!


How it looks now:



More pictures: Project Old School http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/
Engine
5.7 LS1 painted chevy orange
Camshaft
K&N Air Filter
Corvette Fuelie Fuel Rail Covers (orange w/silver letters)
carshopinc. motor mounts
Dynatech Long tube Headers
modified f-body oil pan
MSD plug wires
stock accessories powdercoated black
Lokar throttle cable, mount and gas pedal
Transmission
T56:
fabricated crossmember
Interior:
4th gen camaro bucket seats recovered in houndstooth
stock black interior appearance
autometer gauges/ Covan Dash bezel
Vintage A/C
Color:
Lemans Blue exterior w/ white Z28 Stripes
Gloss Black dupont interior
30% semi gloss underhood black engine bay and misc. parts
Body:
seamless panels
smoothed firewall
Rhinolined underbody & trunk
Suspension:
Tubular UCA's & LCA's
Stock frame (rewelded and smoothed)
Speedtech-Performance tie rod sleeves
Homemade tubular subframe connectors
Homemade rear frame rail brace
Hotchkis coil springs
Addco 1-1/8" sway bar
Monroe Sensa-trac shocks
3:23 posi rear...will change to 4:10
Hotchkis rear leaf springs
1" drop blocks
C5 front & rear disc brakes
Wilwood black 7/8 tandem master
Wilwood adjustable proportioning valve
Speedtech-performance disc brake conversion
Moog idler arm, tie rods
Wheels & Tires:Vintage Wheel works V-40's
Front - 18x8
Rear - 18x9.5
275/40/18 BFGoodrich g-Force T/A
245/40/18 BFGoodrich g-Force T/A
Misc. Parts:
3" exhaust w/ x-pipe (undecided on mufflers)
LED tailights
95 Caprice poly tank w/ Homemade mounts & fuel pump access cover.
Custom engraved Chevrolet billet battery tray

[XcYZ]

Cool, progress! Sorry, I can't relate.

Where do you live? Is it rural?

[kennyd]

Originally Posted by Andrew McBride

Here are a few updates on my 68 camaro. The next step is to jamb the car and send it to paint. Winning Blue is the color I chose. It is from a new Mazda RX8. Here is my battery tray I am working on but I am still trying to figure a different way to attach the hold downs on top.
http://photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/

Also I am building an 18' car hauler. I used 5" Channel to build the frame and set the cross braces on 2' centers. I am adding 4 wheel brakes to the axles and also a rock shield. http://photobucket.com/albums/a312/a...er%20Projects/

Also some of this may interest you guys who go to the lake:
Here is some pictures of my 83 Ski Nautique. I just got the interior finished up. http://photobucket.com/albums/a312/a...ki%20Nautique/

now i know who i can barefooting with , i had a mastercraft till a year ago . do you have a barefoot boom ? i have one left over from mine you can have it if you will use it .

[almcbri]

Scott,


It is rural I guess you could say! N. Oklahoma. Our Wal-mart is the only one you can walk in and see all 4 walls of the store-Literally. The closest house is about a mile away. The closest movie theater is 38 miles. I wouldn't trade any of it, a 400 acrea yard to grow up in. You can't ever say you are bored out here. There is always cows to feed, fences to fix and plenty of other work.

-I actually had a conversation with someone awhile back that was from a large city and I asked what in the heck do you guys do? She laughed and said what the heck do you do out there.

[almcbri]

do you have a barefoot boom ? i have one left over from mine you can have it if you will use it .

Kenny,
I have always wanted to learn to barefoot. I would defintely use it. I am going to build a Skyline pole this spring. I have a few friends who barefoot but I never have got a chance to try it out. When I get the engine finished up we may have to drag it up to the lake and do some skiing. How does the pole attach?

[Steve1968LS2]

Sort of a strange place to mount a battery, but I am sure you know what you are doing

Seriously.. nice to see progress.. That's a nice blue you chose

[srh3trinity]

Nice Nautique, very clean resto, I have spent many hours behind the wheel of one of those. You should check out www.planetnautique.com or www.the2001.com if you haven't already found them. If you like wakeboarding you should check out wakeworld.com

[hotwheels]

right on man, awesome progress

[Musclerodz]

Looks good. You need to drive it down after you finish it up. Who did you decide to get to paint it?

Mike

[almcbri]

Sort of a strange place to mount a battery, but I am sure you know what you are doing

Steve, haven't you heard that above the Right front tire gives you better performance in the corners?

Looks good. You need to drive it down after you finish it up. Who did you decide to get to paint it?

Mike

Darren and Les Webb at Perry Paint & Body are doing the paint work. I am going to set in and help and also try to not get in the way. They do great work and have been really helpful in answering my rookie questions.

I don't know when I will ever have it complete, but when I get it finished up I will drive it down. I still got a lot of work to do.

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I look forward to seeing paint on the car.