1969 Camaro build

[bonecrrusher]

Jealous! Love the second shop!

[TT302Z28]

Great build....keep rolling!

[mincharlie]

Nice, mine is going slow as well, I have 4 year old triplets so i know what you mean. I love the wheels! keep up the good work when you can.

[bonecrrusher]

What product is on the floor of the shop?

[steve671]

Thanks guys.

What product is on the floor of the shop?

Floor is Rust-Oleum EPOXYShield Professional Floor Coating http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=14

[steve671]

So I was able to put some time in on the rear end and rear brakes. It's a Chassisworks Fab9 rear end end housing with a Strange S-Series 3rd member, 4.10 gears, and Strange axles. The rear brakes are Willwood 13" slotted and cross drilled rotors with 4 piston calipers.

[MattG]

Great build and nice choice of parts...I never get sick of a '69 build, Never!

Subscribing,

Matt

[19,69camaro]

I love the build so far. Can we expect any updates in the future? Im dying to see how those wheels look on a 69 camaro. Also how did you you get a 1" lip for the front I called ccw today because they didnt have them listed and they said that you would have to get a 13" wheel and have it cut down and welded

[steve671]

Yep, there will be updates. I havn't done much in the past few months though, so nothing for now.
As far as the lip on the front wheels, they had to be custom made. I can't remember what size they started with before cutting them down though. It took extra time for them to do this, but I think it was worth it. The totally flush front wheel with a rear wheel that has a 1" lip doesn't quite look right on this car, but the matching lips look great in my opinion.

[steve671]

I know it has been a while but here are some updated photos
Here is the proposed ride height with the rear Chassisworks G-link suspension installed:

[steve671]

At this ride height there was only about 1.5" upward suspension travel in the rear because of this bar that goes over the rear end and connects the left and right suspension brackets.

[steve671]

To remedy this, I welded up some 3/16ths steel to route this around the back of the pumkin so it would clear.

[steve671]

And now it clears.

[srh3trinity]

I had to look back through the thread to make sure I haven't said this before, but your wheels are AWESOME!

[Firebird-Geek]

Not to get off subject... but I like how clean and organized your shop is... mine is much more of a dumping ground for everyones crap. What are all those large pipes leading to? Looks like the one in the back is coming out of a saw or something? do you have a central vacuum or something to collect or get ride of dust?

[steve671]

I had to look back through the thread to make sure I haven't said this before, but your wheels are AWESOME!

Thanks, but I cannot take credit for the idea, I saw these wheels on John Ulaszek's 1972 Nova, and had to have them. Now I just need to figure out what paint scene will look good with them. Any suggestions anyone?

[steve671]

Not to get off subject... but I like how clean and organized your shop is... mine is much more of a dumping ground for everyones crap. What are all those large pipes leading to? Looks like the one in the back is coming out of a saw or something? do you have a central vacuum or something to collect or get ride of dust?

Thanks. Yes I have a dust collection system. At the top of this photo what you are looking at is a Laguna 2HP cyclone dust collector connected to several wood working machines via steel spiral ducting. There is also a gas heater up there with a vent tube that goes through the ceeling. When I had this shop built, it was mainly designed for wood working but I knew at some point I wanted to get another muscle car project going, so I designed the wood working machine layout around that idea.

[dropit69]

um Sweet project !!!!!!!!! and Awesome garage !!!!!!

[Richio1]

Steve... what happended to this one?

[BCHALK22]

Nice wheels. like where this is going.