When I was bitten by the Pro Touring bug, I owned a beautiful orange 69 X-22 big block car with a 427 and a 5-speed. I really wanted to go all out and couldn�t justify doing it to a completed original big block car so I opted to sell it and find a project. Some of my family members couldn�t believe I sold that car.

I bought this car out of Plano Texas, anything that could be unbolted was. It had changed owners as a project a few times. As far as rust went the worst part was the cowl. The floor could have been patched but I wanted it to look like it had never been touched so I installed a one piece floor pan along with DSE sub frame connectors. After installing the patch panels, I moved on to installing the front and rear suspension motor, transmission, supercharger, intercooler and piping. The intercooler required cutting the core support and building a new inner structure. Once the car was dummied up, and the gaps perfected, I turned it over to Kenny Brody in Austin, Texas.

Kenny stripped the car down to bare metal, finished perfecting the gaps pulled all of the small dents he could find, then disassembled the car completely and put it on a rotisserie. He then blocked and painted every square inch of the car, frame, suspension components, motor and transmission, then re-assembled it. I had originally intended to do it as a Yenko car but then decided that a fully loaded RS Z-28 was the way to go for me. When Kenny delivered it to my house it looked like it just rolled off the showroom floor in 69 except in Pro Touring style.

Once it was back home, I immediately started on the electrical, AC, and Dynamat. Once they were completed I ran all stainless steel brake lines and aluminum fuel lines. One of the coolest things about having updated technology in this car was turning the key for the first time and hearing it run.

Once most of the bugs were lined out I turned it over to Rivera Services in Alvin for a full leather interior. My wife and I had met with Robert a few times to go over some designs that he had drawn up. I didn�t want an over the top street-rod style interior, what I was looking for was something along the lines of a Viper/Corvette style interior. After we agreed on the designs he stitched everything in black leather using carbon fiber to make the door panels and Mercedes carpet for the floor.
 

Engine:
LS 416 602 HP at the wheels
Dart Pro1 heads
Diamond pistons
Compstar crank and rods
F-1 Pro Charger
60psi Seimens injectors


Transmission:
Rockland T-56
Spec 3 clutch
ATS Hydraulic clutch
Pro 5.0 shifter


Suspension and brakes:
Art Morrison Sub-frame
G-bar 4 link
Wilwood 14� front 13� rear
Hydratech hydroboost


Misc:
Fiske wheels
Cruise control
Auto Meter gauges
Borla Stainless exhaust
Stainless Works headers
Pioneer receiver
JL audio amp Focal speakers