JCG Restoration & Customs Project Blu Balz

[compos mentis]

[PhillipM]

Wow! That is nice work!! I was a little skeptical about the rectangle shape but it looks like that should work well.

[youthpastor]

Chris - you guys are rockin it down there- I LOVE the product development

trans tunnel looks awesome!

[Cris@JCG]

This weeks update is rear spoiler.. We almost got it done.. few more things to weld.. then we need to eliminate the key hole & move the gas cap hole to the center of the tail panel.. Tail lights!! I got an idea..






T-shirt concept!

[Cris@JCG]

All week we have been finishing some welding last fab work on the stretch.. so were ready for the motor & trans to start the exhaust & plumbing..

I also installed my rear tires so that we can see how the stretch & the car looks on the ground..

[compos mentis]

The widening is so well integrated you could imagine this to be a rare factory racer getting updated to have at it again.

[WS6]

Absolutely love it!

[ratman67]

Here is a pic of a stock floor with no sub-connectors.. one of the weakness of a first gen Camaro is that the center of the floor has no bracing to really help body flex.. They corrected this problem on the 2nd gens..



Here is something that I am doing to help add stiffness to the center of the car.. This 68 already had DSE sub-frame connectors on it when it arrived @ the shop... so I added a convertible OE factory center stiffening brace that goes from rocker to rocker tied in to the sub-frame connector & a Hotckis bolt on brace.. We still need to finish adding the pcs to the sub-frame connector to rocker.. but I think you guys get the idea.. when done it should give it a triangulated effect on the center of the floor.. I remember this feature on convertibles from my days of restoring first gen Camaros..

what does that convertible top floor brace weigh? thx, rm

[ratman67]

We got all the stretching & welding done on the front fenders this week.. We still need to get the front inner wells done..

can you go into a little more detail how you stretched the front fenders? thx, rm

[John Wright]

Very Slick!...I likey

[LeighP]

Nice job on the centre brace.

[preston]

Forget the polished wagon wheels, those rear 5 spokes and big fat tire look so awesome ! In this day and age of 19's on everything in sight those old school wheels on a modern build are awesome. I know its not the way its gonna be but sure looks nice.

[exwestracer]

Forget the polished wagon wheels, those rear 5 spokes and big fat tire look so awesome ! In this day and age of 19's on everything in sight those old school wheels on a modern build are awesome. I know its not the way its gonna be but sure looks nice.

X2 on that! That stance is awesome... Bring back the sidewall!

[Cris@JCG]

We are off to a good start on the exhaust.. I wanted the exhaust to tuck under the sub-frame & transmission support that we were using before was not helping us.. so we ended up using the x-member brace as a transmission support with a few modification to the floor..

[John Wright]

Looks good under there Cris......like the reworked crossmember. Is it heavy, or does it work out to be about the same weight?

[Cris@JCG]

Thanks John! The weight is pretty close to the stock trans support.. If it adds wieght it is all low which is good... Trying to keep the everything under the frame rails so that we can run the car as low as possible..

Looks good under there Cris......like the reworked crossmember. Is it heavy, or does it work out to be about the same weight?

[John Wright]

BTW, whose bell is that...looks alot like my McLeod modular piece.

[Damn True]

Could you go over the process for the exhaust reliefs there? I'm considering doing something similar on mine and have been wondering how do do it cleanly.

[shortrack]

You're going to need some serious insulation on that dry sump tank.....its basically the same as touching your oil pan after a hard run.....a (my) Nascar's dry sump tank is located right behind the driver and has the floor pan cut out right below the tank to allow for air circulation and give the oil somewhere to go if there is a leak.

[Cris@JCG]

It is a Mcleod bell housing..

BTW, whose bell is that...looks alot like my McLeod modular piece.

We are going to try to come as close as we can to the rear view on the rendering.. We bought some tips from Pypes that we will be modifying to get us as close as we can.. give me a few weeks & I will have it done so that you can see if you want to go that route..

Could you go over the process for the exhaust reliefs there? I'm considering doing something similar on mine and have been wondering how do do it cleanly.

Thanks for the advise.. I will take it into consideration..

You're going to need some serious insulation on that dry sump tank.....its basically the same as touching your oil pan after a hard run.....a (my) Nascar's dry sump tank is located right behind the driver and has the floor pan cut out right below the tank to allow for air circulation and give the oil somewhere to go if there is a leak.