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Thread: Another Moneypit '68 Camaro
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07-18-2021 #1Registered User
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Another Moneypit '68 Camaro
Well, I'm getting back into the game. I've tossed around enough money into my old '50 chevy pickup, and its time to do something different. This is the exact car in high-school, I never thought would leave the hands of my best friends dad. It was his childhood hot rod, a solid roller big block that spins "8200rpm" that was built in thr late 70s. lol. In the early 2000s, he traded a 55 chevy sedan for a pretty decent paint job, they dropped the big block in, and there it sat since then. I had actually planned on driving to Detroit to pick up another 68 with all new sheet metal for a steal of a deal. He got wind that I was picking one up, and I gave him crap for making me drive 1500 miles round trip to pick up the same car he's got. He was pretty intoxicated and his son, my friend, pushed the subject of me just buying his for a few grand more. Lol so he called me and offered it. I was ecstatic. So, I turned around, loaded it up, and now its mine with a ttitle in hand!
Pretty sure the big block is coming out as I'd be changing everything about it anyways. But its in real good shape with just a few tiny pinholes in the floor pans. As cheap as a full floor is, I might just go that route.
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07-18-2021 #2Registered User
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Plans are going to be pretty repetitive for what you guys are used to, but a fun 68 that can have fun at the track, and cruise all day long on the interstate with a stereo and air conditioning has always been a dream.
I talked with Rodney Prouty with Suspension Geek, and he pretty much sealed the deal on what its getting.
-Ride techs rear bolt in 4 link kit with the viking double adjustable coilovers,
-DSE deep tubs,
-ride tech front suspension as well with the tru-turn front end.
-big brakes brakes front and rear
-275/30/18 and 18x10 fronts
-335/30/18 and 18x12 rears.
-500ish hp LS and a T56.
-vintage air
-not sure on wheel brand, but Forgeline gA3 would be the No.1 choice, but man! $$$.
-smoothed firewall, possibly a new full floor,
-lizard skin sound and ceramic spray
-stock deluxe interior
-paint, will probably stay purple until last as I love purple (as you can see from my 50), but I'm letting the wife decide a bunch of the stuff on this one.
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07-19-2021 #3Registered User
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