Sniz
11-02-2006, 05:57 PM
Hey all,
New to the forum here, one of the original cars to be put on this website though. I had an absolutely beautiful '69 Camaro SS that I modded to the pro touring theme before I knew there was a pro touring theme really. I found this car in a local paper when I was in High School and convinced my dad that we HAD to have this beauty. It turns out that was the beginning of my sales career, now currently part of a successful Maryland real estate team.
So we got the car in basically original shape for a great price of $6,500 in 1997. Car was very clean, good body, good paint, basic fresh 350, and 3 speed auto. From there we took the car a whole new direction had my local car guru fabricate a mounting system for a T56 out of a local track racers camaro (was modded for heavy hp). I didnt know at the time it was being done by anyone else so we had to do all our own fab and parts. The car kept evolving into a road machine w/ Holley Digital FI, custom made springs on all 4 corners, sways, upgraded discs, new heads, intake, rockers, cam, headers, full stainless exhaust, new corbeau racing seats w/ harnesses, subframe connector, gauges, new carpet, all new exterior chrome, etc. By 2000 she was damned near perfect!
In 2001 My parents garage was struck by lightning and we lost my beloved Camaro. This really was a labor of love me and my father. WE still get tears in our eyes when we talk about it. I cant imagine a better bonding experience for a college kid and his father.
So now its 2006, I've lost another high hp car to an accident and i'm finally ready to get back into the pro touring scene. I havent posted on here because honestly its just been too hard for me.
I'm looking for a good shell to start with, I have big plans for whatever I pick up, but its going to be another 6spd., high hp N/A or turbo smallblock car. I'm into clean, not flashy cars that just get up an move. If anyone knows of a good, clean '69 Camaro let me know. I'd like to put my own engine, tranny, suspension, etc. into it so I can feel like its mine again. I really want to get back into this before my father simply gets too old to enjoy it. He's in his late 60's now and has had some health complications.
My other choice is a new Z06 vette...........I'd like to make a modern version of the '69 similar to the Z06.....Just more HP. 650hp+ NA would be ideal for me.
Sorry for the long story, here are a few pics of my old camaro, I have many more and will share as I can. Photos of the car after the fire are below.
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The sad photos, I lost 2 cars in this fire, my mother 1.
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New to the forum here, one of the original cars to be put on this website though. I had an absolutely beautiful '69 Camaro SS that I modded to the pro touring theme before I knew there was a pro touring theme really. I found this car in a local paper when I was in High School and convinced my dad that we HAD to have this beauty. It turns out that was the beginning of my sales career, now currently part of a successful Maryland real estate team.
So we got the car in basically original shape for a great price of $6,500 in 1997. Car was very clean, good body, good paint, basic fresh 350, and 3 speed auto. From there we took the car a whole new direction had my local car guru fabricate a mounting system for a T56 out of a local track racers camaro (was modded for heavy hp). I didnt know at the time it was being done by anyone else so we had to do all our own fab and parts. The car kept evolving into a road machine w/ Holley Digital FI, custom made springs on all 4 corners, sways, upgraded discs, new heads, intake, rockers, cam, headers, full stainless exhaust, new corbeau racing seats w/ harnesses, subframe connector, gauges, new carpet, all new exterior chrome, etc. By 2000 she was damned near perfect!
In 2001 My parents garage was struck by lightning and we lost my beloved Camaro. This really was a labor of love me and my father. WE still get tears in our eyes when we talk about it. I cant imagine a better bonding experience for a college kid and his father.
So now its 2006, I've lost another high hp car to an accident and i'm finally ready to get back into the pro touring scene. I havent posted on here because honestly its just been too hard for me.
I'm looking for a good shell to start with, I have big plans for whatever I pick up, but its going to be another 6spd., high hp N/A or turbo smallblock car. I'm into clean, not flashy cars that just get up an move. If anyone knows of a good, clean '69 Camaro let me know. I'd like to put my own engine, tranny, suspension, etc. into it so I can feel like its mine again. I really want to get back into this before my father simply gets too old to enjoy it. He's in his late 60's now and has had some health complications.
My other choice is a new Z06 vette...........I'd like to make a modern version of the '69 similar to the Z06.....Just more HP. 650hp+ NA would be ideal for me.
Sorry for the long story, here are a few pics of my old camaro, I have many more and will share as I can. Photos of the car after the fire are below.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
The sad photos, I lost 2 cars in this fire, my mother 1.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
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